Hopa
19:1 ¶ Katahi a Hopa ka whakautu; i mea ia,
19:2 Kia pehea ake te roa o ta koutou whakaporearea i toku wairua, o ta koutou wawahi i ahau ki te kupu?
19:3 Ka tekau enei tawainga a koutou ki ahau, kahore o koutou whakama i ta koutou mahi
he mea ke ki ahau.
19:4 Ki te mea ano hoki kua he ahau, kei ahau ano toku he e noho ana.
19:5 Ki te mea ka whakakake mai koutou ki ahau, a ka totohe ki ahau i taku
tawai:
19:6 Kia mohio koutou na te Atua ahau i whakaparori i taku take, he mea karapoti nana ahau
kupenga.
19:7 Nana, e tangi ana ahau i te mahi nanakia, heoi kahore ahau e whakarangona;
kahore he whakawa.
19:8 Kua tutakina e ia toku ara, te puta ahau; tukua iho ana e ia te pouri ki roto
aku ara.
19:9 Ko toku kororia huia atu ana e ia; tangohia ana e ia te karauna i toku mahunga.
19:10 Wawahia ana ahau e ia i nga taha katoa, a kua riro ahau;
ka tangohia ano he rakau.
19:11 Kua mura mai ano tona riri ki ahau;
ko tetahi o ona hoa riri.
19:12 E huihui ana ana taua, kua whakatika ake i to ratou ara ki ahau, kei te whakapae i ahau
a tawhio noa toku tapenakara.
19:13 Kua meinga e ia oku teina kia matara atu i ahau; ko aku i mohio ai he pono.
mawehe atu i ahau.
19:14 Ko oku whanaunga, mutu pu ta ratou, ko oku hoa ake kua wareware ki ahau.
19:15 Ko te hunga e noho ana i toku whare, me aku pononga wahine, kiia iho ahau e ratou he tangata ke;
he tangata ke ahau ki ta ratou titiro.
19:16 I karanga atu ahau ki taku pononga, heoi kihai ia i whakao mai; I tohe ahau ki a ia me taku
waha.
19:17 Ko toku ha tauhou ana ki taku wahine, me taku inoi hoki mo nga tamariki
mo toku ake tinana.
19:18 Ko nga tamariki nonohi ano hoki, whakahawea mai ana ki ahau; ka whakatika ahau, ka korero kino ratou moku.
19:19 E whakarihariha mai ana ki ahau oku hoa aroha katoa, a kua tahuri mai a ratou i aroha ai
ki ahau.
19:20 Piri tonu toku iwi ki toku kiri, ki oku kikokiko, a mawhiti atu ana ahau me te
kiri o oku niho.
19:21 Tohungia mai ahau, tohungia mai ahau, e oku hoa; mo te ringa o
kua pa te Atua ki ahau.
19:22 He aha koutou i tukino ai i ahau, i pera ai me te Atua, te makona koutou i oku kikokiko?
19:23 Aue, me i tuhituhia aku kupu! Aue, me i taia ki te pukapuka!
19:24 Me i whaoa ki te kamaka ki te pene rino, ki te mata, mo a mua tonu atu!
19:25 E mohio ana hoki ahau kei te ora toku kaihoko, e tu ana ia i te aroaro o Ihowa
i runga i te whenua i nga ra whakamutunga:
19:26 A ahakoa i muri i toku kiri ka pau tenei tinana i te kutukutu, ka mate ano i roto i oku kikokiko
Ka kite ahau i te Atua:
19:27 E titiro ano ahau ki a ia ake ano, a ma oku kanohi e titiro, kahore rawa
tetahi atu; ahakoa hemo oku whatumanawa i roto i ahau.
19:28 Engari ki te ki koutou, Na, ta tatou i tukino ai ia ia, i te mea he putake tenei mea
kua kitea i roto i ahau?
19:29 Kia wehi koutou kei mate te hoari;
te hoari, kia mohio ai koutou he whakawa ano tenei.