Hopa
16:1 ¶ Katahi a Hopa ka whakautu; i mea ia,
16:2 Ka maha nga mea pena kua rongo nei ahau: he kaiwhakamarie haumaruru rawa koutou katoa.
16:3 E whai mutunga ranei nga kupu horihori? he aha ranei koe i maia ai?
whakautu?
16:4 E taea ano e ahau te korero pena ia koutou: me i penei to koutou wairua me toku wairua
e taea e ia te puranga kupu ki a koutou, ka ruru ano toku mahunga ki a koutou.
16:5 E whakakaha ano ia ahau i a koutou ki toku mangai, ki te tarewa hoki a oku ngutu
me whakaiti i to pouri.
16:6 Ahakoa korero ahau, kahore toku pouri e iti iho: ahakoa kaiponuhia e ahau, he aha ahau?
I ngawari ahau?
16:7 Inaianei ano kua meinga ahau e ia kia ruha: moti iho ia koe toku whakaminenga katoa.
16:8 Na kua ki tonu mai koe i ahau ki oku kita, hei kaiwhakaatu moku.
e te putanga ake o toku hirokitanga i roto i ahau hei kaiwhakaatu ki toku mata.
16:9 Haehaea ana ahau e ia ia ia e riri ana, e kino ana hoki ki ahau;
niho; e whakakoi mai ana toku hoariri i ona kanohi ki ahau.
16:10 Hamama mai ana o ratou mangai ki ahau; kua patua ahau e ratou
paparinga tawai; huihui ana ratou ki te whawhai ki ahau.
16:11 Kua tukua ahau e te Atua ki te hunga kino, kua whakahokia ahau ki nga ringa
o te hunga kino.
16:12 Humarie ana taku noho, heoi kua wawahi ia i ahau; kua mau hoki ahau i a ia.
toku kaki, ruia iho ahau e ia, whakaturia ake ahau hei tohu mana.
16:13 Karapotia ana ahau e ana kaikopere, motumotuhia ana e ia oku whatumanawa, motumotuhia ana e ia oku whatumanawa.
e kore e tohungia; ringihia ana e ia toku au ki te whenua.
16:14 He mea wawahi ahau nana, he wahanga, he wahanga; ano he tangata kaha ia e rere mai ana ki runga ki ahau.
16:15 Tuituia ana e ahau he kakahu taratara mo toku kiri, whakapokea iho e ahau toku haona ki te puehu.
16:16 Paruparu noa toku mata i te tangi, kei runga i oku kamo te atarangi o te mate;
16:17 ¶ Ahakoa kahore he tutu i oku ringa, a he ma taku inoi.
16:18 Kaua, e te whenua, e hipokina oku toto, kei whai wahi tanga ano hoki taku karanga.
16:19 Kei te rangi nei ano inaianei te kaiwhakaatu o taku, kei te wahi i runga toku kaititiro.
16:20 E tawai mai ana oku hoa ki ahau, maturuturu tonu ia nga roimata o toku kanohi ki te Atua.
16:21 Kia tohe tetahi i to te tangata ki te Atua, i to te tangata e tohe ana mona
hoa tata!
16:22 Kia taka mai hoki nga tau torutoru nei, ka haere ahau i te ara kihai nei ahau i tupono atu
hoki mai.