Hopa
33:1 ¶ Tena ra, whakarongo, e Hopa, ki aku korero, kia whai taringa ki aku korero katoa
kupu.
33:2 Nana, kua puaki nei toku mangai, kei te korero toku arero i roto i toku mangai.
33:3 Ma aku kupu ma te tika o toku ngakau; ka korero oku ngutu
kia marama te korero.
33:4 He mea hanga ahau na te Wairua o te Atua, na te manawa ano o te Kaha Rawa ahau
homai te ora ki ahau.
33:5 Ki te taea e koe, whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau; whakatikaia au kupu ki toku aroaro, e tu ki runga.
33:6 Nana, ko toku anga ki te Atua ka rite ki tau i pai ai: kua whai ahua nei ano hoki ahau.
o te uku.
33:7 Nana, e kore te wehi ki ahau e whakawehi ia koe, e kore ano toku ringa e pawera
taimaha ki runga ki a koe.
33:8 He pono kua korero koe ki oku taringa, a kua rongo ahau i te reo o Ihowa
au kupu, i mea,
33:9 He ma ahau, kahore oku he, he harakore ahau; kahore hoki i reira
te he i roto i ahau.
33:10 Na, e rapu take ana ia ki ahau, e kiia ana ahau e ia he hoariri nona;
33:11 E karapitia ana e ia oku waewae ki te rakau, e ata titiro ana ia ki oku hikoinga katoa.
33:12 Nana, ehara tenei mea au i te mea tika: maku e whakao atu ki a koe, no te mea ko te Atua ia
nui ake i te tangata.
33:13 He aha koe i totohe ai ki a ia? e kore hoki ia e whai tikanga ki tetahi
ana take.
33:14 Kotahi hoki, ae ra, e rua korerotanga a te Atua, heoi kahore e maharatia e te tangata.
33:15 I te moemoea, i te kite moemoea o te po, ina au iho te moe o te tangata;
i nga moe i runga i te moenga;
33:16 Ko reira ia whakapuare ai i nga taringa o nga tangata, hiri ai hoki te ako mo ratou;
33:17 Kia whakanekehia ai te tangata i tana i whakaaro ai, kia hipokina ai hoki te whakapehapeha o te tangata.
33:18 E puritia ana e ia tona wairua kei tae ki te rua, tona ora kei mate
te hoari.
33:19 E whiua ana hoki ia ki te mamae i runga i tona moenga, me ona mano tini
nga wheua me te mamae nui:
33:20 A whakarihariha ana tona ora ki te taro, tona wairua ki te kai whakaminamina.
33:21 E honia ana ona kiko, a kore noa e kitea; me ona wheua tera
kare i kitea ka puta mai.
33:22 Ae ra, e whakatata ana tona wairua ki te rua, tona ora ki a Ihowa
nga kaiwhakangaro.
33:23 Ki te mea he karere kei a ia, he kaiwhakamaori, kotahi i roto i te mano;
hei whakaatu ki te tangata tona tika.
33:24 Na ka tohu tera ki a ia, ka mea, Whakaorangia ia kei heke ki raro
te rua: Kua kitea e ahau he utu.
33:25 Ko ona kikokiko ka ngawari atu i to te tamaiti, ka hoki mai ano ia ki nga ra
o tona taitamarikitanga:
33:26 Ka inoi ia ki te Atua, a ka manako tera ki a ia;
titiro atu ki tona mata i runga i te hari: no te mea ka utua e ia ki te tangata tona tika.
33:27 Ka titiro ia ki nga tangata, a ki te mea tetahi, Kua hara ahau, whakaparoritia ketia ake e ahau tera.
he mea tika, a kahore he pai ki ahau;
33:28 Ka whakaorangia e ia tona wairua kei riro ki te rua, a e kite tona wairua
te marama.
33:29 Nana, e mahi ana te Atua i enei mea katoa ki te tangata;
33:30 Hei whakahoki mai i tona wairua i roto i te rua, kia whakamaramatia ki te marama o te
te hunga ora.
33:31 Kia whai whakaaro mai, e Hopa, whakarongo mai ki ahau: noho puku koe, a ka korero ahau.
33:32 Ki te mea he kupu tau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau: korero, ko taku hoki e pai ai kia whakatikaia
koe.
33:33 Ki te kahore, whakarongo ki ahau: noho puku koe, a maku koe e whakaako ki te whakaaro nui.