1 Ā, i a Rāwiri e noho ana i tōna whare, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Nātana poropiti, "Nā, kei te noho ahau ki te whare hīta, ko te āka ia o te kawenata a Ihowā kei raro i te ārai kākahu e noho ana."

2 Anō rā ko Nātana ki a Rāwiri, "Meatia ngā mea katoa i tōu ngākau; kei a koe hoki te Atua."

3 Nā, i taua pō ka puta te kupu a te Atua ki a Nātana, ka mea:

4 "Haere, mea atu ki tāku pononga, ki a Rāwiri: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kaua e hangā e koe he whare hei nohoanga mōku. 5 Kāhore nei hoki ahau i noho i roto i te whare, nō te rangi i kawea mai ai e ahau a Īharaira ā taea noatia tēnei rā. Heoi, he noho haere tōku i tētahi tēneti ki tētahi tēneti, i tētahi tapenākara ki tētahi tapenākara. 6 I ōku hāereerenga katoa i roto i a Īharaira katoa i puaki rānei tētahi kupu āku ki tētahi o ngā kaiwhakarite o Īharaira i whakaritea e ahau hei hēpara mō tāku iwi, i mea rānei ahau, "He aha koutou tē hanga whare hīta ai mōku?" ’

7 "Nō reira kia pēnei tāu kī atu āianei ki tāku pononga, ki a Rāwiri: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: Nāku koe i tango i te nohoanga hipi, i te whai hipi, hei rangatira mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira; 8 ā, i a koe ahau i ōu haerenga katoa; hautopea atu ana e ahau ōu hoariri katoa i tōu aroaro; ā, meinga ana koe e ahau hei ingoa, hei pērā anō me te ingoa o ngā mea nunui o te whenua. 9 Nā, māku e whakarite he wāhi mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira; ka whakatōkia anō rātou e ahau kia noho ki tō rātou ake, e kore anō rātou e ngāueue ā muri ake nei; e kore anō rātou e pēhia ki raro i muri nei e ngā tama a te kino; e kore e pērā me tō mua, 10 me tō te wā anō i whakaritea ai e ahau ngā kaiwhakarite mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira; ā, ka pēhia e ahau ki raro ōu hoariri katoa.

" ‘Ko tētahi, e mea atu ana ahau ki a koe, mā Ihowā e hanga he whare mōu. 11 Ā, ka tutuki ōu rā, ka haere koe ki ōu mātua, nā, ka whakaarahia e ahau tōu uri i muri i a koe i roto i āu tama, ka whakapūmautia anō e ahau tōna kīngitanga. 12 Māna e hanga he whare mōku, ā, ka whakapūmautia e ahau tōna torōna ā ake ake. 13 Ko ahau hei matua ki a ia, ko ia hei tama ki ahau, e kore anō e mutu tōku aroha ki a ia, e kore e pērā me tōku i mutu ki tērā i mua atu nā i a koe, 14 ā, ka tūturu ia ki tōku whare, ki tōku kīngitanga ā ake ake; ā, ka mau tonu tōna torōna mō ake tonu atu.’ "

15 Rite tonu ki ēnei kupu katoa, ki tēnei putanga katoa, ngā kupu a Nātana ki a Rāwiri.

16 Nā, ka haere a Kīngi Rāwiri, ka noho ki te aroaro o Ihowā, ā, ka mea ia:

"Ko wai ahau, e Ihowā, e te Atua, he aha hoki tōku whare, i kawea mai ai ahau e koe ki konei? 17 He mea iti anō tēnei ki tāu titiro, e te Atua; kua kōrerotia nei hoki e koe te whare o tāu pononga a tau tini noa atu, ā, kua titiro mai hoki koe ki ahau, ānō ki te tangata nui rawa, e Ihowā, e te Atua.

18 "Ko te aha ake hei kōrerotanga mā Rāwiri ki a koe mō te whakahōnore i tāu pononga? E mōhio ana hoki koe ki tāu pononga. 19 He whakaaro ki tāu pononga, e Ihowā, rite tonu anō ki tā tōu ngākau, i mea ai koe i ēnei mea nunui katoa, i whakaritea mai ai ēnei mea nunui katoa.

20 "Kāhore he rite mōu, e Ihowā, kāhore atu hoki he atua, ko koe anake; rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i rongo ai ō mātou taringa. 21 Ko tēhea iwi hoki o te whenua hei rite mō tāu iwi, mō Īharaira, i haere nei te Atua ki te hoko hei iwi māna ake, hei mea ingoa mōu, ki ngā hanga nunui, whakamataku hoki, i te peinga atu i ngā tauiwi i te aroaro o tāu iwi i hokona nei e koe i Īhipa? 22 Kua meinga nei hoki e koe tāu iwi, a Īharaira, hei iwi māu ā ake ake; me koe hoki, e Ihowā hei Atua mō rātou.

23 "Nā, whakamanā āianei, e Ihowā, te kupu i kōrerotia e koe mō tāu pononga, mō tōna whare hoki ake ake, meatia hoki tāu i kōrero ai. 24 Kia mana anō, kia whakanuia hoki tōu ingoa ā ake ake, kia kōrerotia ai, ‘Ko Ihowā o ngā mano te Atua o Īharaira, hei Atua anō ki a Īharaira!’ Ā, ka tūturu tonu te whare o tāu pononga, o Rāwiri, ki tōu aroaro.

25 "Nāu nei hoki, e tōku Atua, i whakapuaki mai ki tāu pononga, ka hangā e koe he whare mōna; koia te ngākau o tāu pononga i anga ai ki te īnoi ki tōu aroaro. 26 Nā, ko koe, e Ihowā, te Atua, ā, kua kōrerotia e koe tēnei mea pai ki tāu pononga. 27 Ā, kua pai tēnei koe ki te manaaki i te whare o tāu pononga, kia pūmau tonu ai ki tōu aroaro; ko koe hoki hei manaaki, e Ihowā, ā, ka manaakitia ake ake."