Ko Tepania
3:1 Aue te mate mo tenei e whakakeke nei, kua poke nei, mo te pa tukino!
3:2 Kihai ia i whakarongo ki te reo; kihai ia i akona; kihai ia i whakapono
i roto ia Ihowa; kihai ia i whakatata ki tona Atua.
3:3 He raiona e hamama ana ona rangatira i roto ia ia; he wuruhi ahiahi ona kaiwhakawa;
e kore ano e kainga e ratou nga wheua a ao noa.
3:4 Ko ona poropiti he wairangi, he hunga tinihanga: ko ona tohunga
kua whakapokea te wahi tapu, kua tukinotia e ratou te ture.
3:5 He tika a Ihowa i roto ia ia; e kore ia e mahi he: katoa
i te ata ka whakapuakina e ia tana whakawa ki te marama, e kore ia e ngaro; engari ko te
e kore te hunga tika e mohio ki te whakama.
3:6 Kua oti nga iwi te hatepe atu e ahau: kua ururuatia o ratou pourewa; I hanga e ahau i a raatau
kua ururuatia nga waharoa, te haere ai te tangata: kua ngaro o ratou pa, no reira
kahore he tangata, kahore he tangata hei noho.
3:7 I ki ahau, He pono ka wehi koe i ahau, ka pai ki te ako; na
kaua e hatepea atu to ratou nohoanga, me taku whiunga ano i a ratou: engari
moata tonu to ratou maranga, he iho a ratou mahi katoa.
3:8 Mo reira tatari mai ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa, ki te ra e whakatika ai ahau
ki nga taonga parakete: ko taku tikanga hoki tenei kia kohikohia nga iwi, kia pai ai ahau
huihuia nga kingitanga, kia ringihia toku riri ki runga ki a ratou, ara oku katoa
ka mura te riri: ka pau hoki te whenua katoa i taku ahi
puhaehae.
3:9 Ko reira hoki ahau puta ke ai he reo ma mo nga iwi, kia ora katoa ai ratou
karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa, kia kotahi tonu te whakaaro e mahi ai ratou ki a ia.
3:10 I tera taha o nga awa o Etiopia aku inoi, ara te tamahine a
ko aku marara, ka mau mai ki ahau.
3:11 I taua ra e kore koe e whakama ki au mahi katoa e mahia e koe
kua he koe ki ahau: katahi ka tangohia atu e ahau i roto
i roto ia koe te hunga e koa na ki tou whakapehapeha, a kore noa iho koe
i whakakake ki toku maunga tapu.
3:12 Ka whakatoea ano e ahau tetahi iwi i roto i a koe, he ware, he rawakore, a
ka whakawhirinaki ratou ki te ingoa o Ihowa.
3:13 E kore nga toenga o Iharaira e mahi he, e korero teka ranei; kahore hoki
ka kitea he arero hianga i roto i o ratou mangai: ka kai hoki ratou
takoto ana, te ai he kaiwhakawehi.
3:14 Waiata, e te tamahine a Hiona; hamama, e Iharaira; kia koa, kia hari tahi me te katoa
te ngakau, e te tamahine a Hiruharama.
3:15 Kua kore i a Ihowa nga whakawa mou, kua peia e ia tou hoariri.
kei roto i a koe te kingi o Iharaira, ara a Ihowa: ko koe tena
kei kite i te kino a muri ake nei.
3:16 Ko te korero tenei ki Hiruharama i taua ra, Kaua e wehi;
Kei ngohe ou ringa.
3:17 Kei roto a Ihowa, tou Atua, ia koe, a he kaha ia; mana e whakaora, mana e whakaora
kia hari ki a koe i runga i te koa; ka okioki ia i runga i tona aroha, ka hari ano ia
ki a koe me te waiata.
3:18 Ka whakaminea e ahau te hunga e pouri ana ki te huihuinga nui, ara
nau, i taimaha nei ki a koe tona tawainga.
3:19 Nana, i taua wa ka mahi ahau ki te hunga katoa e whakatupu kino ana ia koe: ka whakaora hoki ahau
ko te wahine totitoti, kohikohia ana te wahine i peia atu; a ka whiwhi ahau
he whakamoemiti ratou, he rongo i nga whenua katoa i whakama ai ratou.
3:20 I taua wa ka whakahokia mai koutou e ahau, i te wa e huihuia ai koutou e ahau:
no te mea ka meinga koe e ahau hei ingoa, hei whakamoemiti i roto i nga iwi katoa o te whenua;
ina whakahokia mai e ahau to koutou whakaraunga ki to koutou aroaro, e ai ta Ihowa.