Deuteronômio 17

1 Kaua e patua mā Ihowā, mā tōu Atua, tētahi kau, hipi rānei, he koha tōna, tētahi atu hē rānei; he mea whakarihariha hoki tēnā ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua.

2 Ki te mea ka kitea i roto i a koe, i roto i tētahi o ōu tatau e hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe tētahi tangata, tētahi wahine rānei, i mahi i te kino ki te titiro a Ihowā, a tōu Atua, i whakapaheke hoki i tāna kawenata, 3 i haere hoki, i mahi ki ngā atua kē i koropiko ki a rātou – ki te rā rānei, ki te marama rānei, ki tētahi rānei o ngā mano o te rangi kīhai nei i whakaritea atu e ahau – 4 ā, ka kōrerotia ki a koe, ā, ka rongo koe, nā, me āta ui mārie e koe, nā, mehemea he tika, he pono te kōrero kei te meatia taua mea whakarihariha i roto i a Īharaira. 5 Me whakaputa e koe taua tangata, taua wahine rānei, i mahi nei i taua mea kino, ki ōu tatau, taua tangata, taua wahine rānei; ka āki ai i a rāua ki te kōhatu, ā mate noa. 6 Mā te kupu a ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua, a ngā kaiwhakaatu tokotoru rānei, e mate ai te tangata e tika ana kia whakamatea; e kore ia e mate i te kupu a te kaiwhakaatu kotahi. 7 Ko ngā ringa o ngā kaiwhakaatu te pā wawe ki a ia hei whakamate i a ia, ā muri iho ko ngā ringa o te iwi katoa. Pēnei ka whakakorea atu e koe te kino i roto i a koe.

Ngā Take Pakeke

8 Ki te ara ake tētahi take pakeke rawa i a koe te whakawā, he toto ki te toto, he whakawā ki te whakawā, he patu ki te patu, he take tautohetohe i roto i ōu tatau – nā, me whakatika koe, me haere ki runga ki te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā, tōu Atua; 9 ā, ka tae koe ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā Rīwaiti, ki te kaiwhakawā hoki e whakarite ana i aua rā; ā, ka ui koe; ā, mā rātou e whakapuaki ki a koe te tikanga mō te whakarite. 10 Nā, me mahi e koe tā rātou e whakapuaki ai ki a koe i taua wāhi i whiriwhiri ai e Ihowā; kia tūpato hoki kia rite te meatanga ki ngā mea katoa e kīia e rātou ki a koe. 11 Kia rite tāu meatanga ki te tikanga o te ture e kīia e rātou ki a koe, ki te ritenga hoki e kōrerotia e rātou ki a koe; kaua e peka kē atu, ki matau rānei, ki mauī rānei, i te kupu e whakapuakina e rātou ki a koe. 12 Ā, ki te poka wāhi tētahi tangata, kāhore e whakarongo ki te tohunga e tū ana, e minita ana i reira i te aroaro o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, ki te kaiwhakawā rānei, me whakamate taua tangata; ā, ka whakakorea atu e koe te kino i roto i a Īharaira. 13 Ā, ka rongo katoa te iwi, ka wehi, e kore e poka wāhi noa i muri iho.

Meatanga hei Kīngi

14 Ka tae koe ki te whenua e hōmai ana e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe, ā, ka riro mai a reira i a koe, ā, ka noho koe ki reira, ka mea hoki, "Ka meinga e ahau tētahi kīngi mōku, ka pērā me ngā iwi katoa i tētahi taha ōku, i tētahi taha." 15 Ko tā Ihowā, ko tā tōu Atua e whiriwhiri ai, ko ia anake tāu e mea ai hei kīngi mōu. Ko tētahi o ōu tuākana tāu e mea ai hei kīngi mōu; e kore e āhei kia meatia e koe hei kīngi mōu te tangata iwi kē, ehara nei i te tuakana nōu. 16 Otiia kaua ia e whakamaha i te hōiho mōna, kaua anō hoki e whakahokia te iwi ki Īhipa, hei whakamaha i ngā hōiho; kua mea nei hoki a Ihowā ki a koutou, "E kore koutou e hoki nā taua huarahi ā mua ake nei." 17 Kaua anō ia e whakamaha wāhine māna, kei riro kē tōna ngākau; kaua anō hoki e whakanuia rawatia e ia te hiriwa me te kōura māna.

18 Ā, ka noho ia ki te torōna o tōna rangatiratanga, nā, me tuhituhi e ia ki tētahi pukapuka ngā kupu o tēnei ture, nō ēnā i te aroaro o ngā tohunga, o ngā Rīwaiti; 19 ā, hei a ia takoto ai, ā, me kōrero ia ki reira i ngā rā katoa e ora ai ia. Kia ako ai ia ki te wehi ki a Ihowā, ki tōna Atua, ki te pupuri i ngā kupu katoa o tēnei ture, i ēnei tikanga, hei mahi māna; 20 kei whakakake tōna ngākau ki ōna tēina, kei peka kē atu hoki ia i te whakahau ki matau, ki mauī; kia roa ai ōna rā i tōna kīngitanga, ōna me o āna tama, i waenganui i a Īharaira.