1Auē te mate mōu e pāhua nei, ā, kīhai koe i pāhuatia; e tinihanga nei, ā, kīhai anō koe i tinihangatia! Kia mutu tāu pāhua, ka pāhuatia anō koe; kia mutu tāu tinihanga, ka tinihangatia koe.
2Kia atawhai, e Ihowā, ki a mātou; kua tatari nei mātou ki a koe. Ko koe hei ringa mō rātou i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata, hei whakaora mō mātou i ngā wā o te raru.
3I te rongonga i te ngangau, whati ana ngā iwi; i tōu aranga ki runga, marara ana ngā iwi.
4Ko te kohikohinga o ō koutou taonga ānō he moka e kohi ana; kei te tarapeke o te māwhitiwhiti te rite ina kōkiritia e rātou.
5Ka whakanuia a Ihowā; kei runga hoki tōna nohoanga; nāna a Hiona i kī ai i te whakawā, i te tika;
6ā, ka ū ngā wā i a koe; hua tonu te whakaora, te whakaaro nui, te mātauranga; ko te wehi ki a Ihowā hei taonga mōna.
7Nanā, he tangi ō rātou māia i waho; ko ngā karere hohou rongo, tīwerawera ana te tangi.
8Kua ururuatia ngā ara, kua kore e haerea e te tangata. Kua paheke i a ia te kawenata, whakahāwea ana ia ki ngā pā; kāhore te tangata e whakaaroa e ia.
9E tangi ana te whenua, ngohe noa iho; kua whakamā a Repanōna, kua memenge; a Harono, rite tonu ki te koraha; ko ngā rau o Pahana, o Karamere, ruirui rawa.
10“Kātahi ahau ka whakatika,” e ai tā Ihowā; “kātahi ahau ka whakarewa ake i ahau, kātahi ahau ka neke ake.
11Ko tō koutou hapū he pāpapa, whānau ake he kakau wīti; ko tō koutou manawa, ka rite ki te ahi, ka kai i a koutou.
12Ka rite hoki ngā iwi ki ngā tahunga kotakota; ki te tātarāmoa kua tapahia, e tahuna ana ki te ahi.”
13Whakarongo, e koutou o tawhiti ki tāku i mea ai; e te hunga e tata ana, kia mōhio mai ki tōku kaha.
14Pawera noa iho ngā tāngata hara i Hiona, mau pū te hunga atuakore i te tūiri. “Ko wai o tātou e noho ki te ahi e kai ana? Ko wai o tātou e noho ki ngā tahunga e kore nei e mutu?”
15Ko te tangata e haere ana i runga i te tika, he tika anō āna kōrero; ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki ngā taonga o te tūkino, e rukerukea ana e tōna ringa te utu whakapati; e punia ana ōna taringa kei rangona he kōrero toto, e whakamoe ana i ōna kanohi kei kite i te kino;
16ko te nohoanga mō tērā kei runga rawa; ko tōna wāhi ārai riri ko ngā kaha o ngā kāmaka; ka hōmai he taro māna, ka pūmau te wai mōna.
17Ka kite ōu kanohi i te kīngi, i tōna ātaahua; ka mātakitaki anō ki te whenua e hora mai ana i tawhiti.
18Ka whakaaroaroa te wehi e tōu ngākau: “Kei hea te kaitatau? Kei hea te kaipāuna takoha? Kei hea te kaitatau o ngā pourewa?”
19E kore koe e kite i te iwi nanakia, he hōhonu nei tō rātou reo, kāhore e rangona e koe; he rerekē te reo, e kore e mātauria e koe.
20Titiro ki Hiona, ki te pā o ā tātou hākari; ka kitea e ōu kanohi a Hiruhārama, he nohoanga hūmārie, he tēneti, e kore e nekehia; ā, kore tētahi o ōna titi e unuhia ā ake ake, e kore anō tētahi o ōna taura e motu.
21Engari, ki reira a Ihowā ki a tātou me tōna nui, hei wāhi mō ngā awa whānui mō ngā wai nunui; kāhore hoki he waka e hoehoea ki reira, kāhore he kaipuke nui e tika nā reira.
22Nō te mea ko Ihowā tō tātou kaiwhakawā, ko Ihowā tō tātou kaiwhakatakoto tikanga, ko Ihowā tō tātou kīngi; māna tātou e whakaora.
23Kua tangoro kau ōu pūwhenua, tē taea te tūranga o tō rātou rewa te whakaū, tē taea te rā te whewhera. Nā, nui atu te taonga parakete e wehewehea ana, pāhuatia ana ngā taonga pārau e ngā kopa.
24Kāhore hoki he kīanga ake a te tangata whenua, “He mate tōku”; ko te iwi e noho ana i reira, ka murua tō rātou hē.