1 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: "Haere ki raro, ki te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā, ka kōrero i tēnei kupu ki reira, 2 mea atu: ‘Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e te kīngi o Hūrā, e noho nā i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri – a koe, koutou ko ōu tāngata, ko tōu iwi e tomo ana ki ēnei kūwaha. 3 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Whakaritea te whakawā me te tika, whakaorangia te tangata e pāhuatia ana i te ringa o te kaitūkino. Kaua e mauria kinotia, kaua e whakatupuria kinotia te manene, te pani, te pouaru, kaua hoki e whakahekea te toto harakore ki tēnei wāhi. 4 Nō te mea ki te mahia mārietia tēnei e koutou, kātahi ka tomo mai ki ngā kūwaha o tēnei whare he kīngi e noho ana i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri, e eke ana ki te hāriata, ki te hōiho, a ia, me āna tāngata, me tōna iwi. 5 Engari, ki te kore koutou e whakarongo ki ēnei kupu, hei oati tēnei māku ki ahau anō, e ai tā Ihowā, tērā tēnei whare e takoto kau.’ "

6 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā mō te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā:

"Ko Kireara koe ki ahau,

ā, ko te tihi o Repanōna;

otiia he pono ka meinga koe e ahau hei koraha,

hei pā hoki e kore e nohoia.

7 Ā, ka whakaritea e ahau he kaiwhakangaro mōu,

rite rawa i tāna patu, i tāna patu;

ā, ka tuaina e rātou ōu hīta papai,

ka makā hoki ki te ahi.

8 "Ā, he maha ngā iwi e haere mā te taha o tēnei pā, ā, ka mea tēnā ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa, ‘He aha tēnei i meatia e Ihowā ki tēnei pā nui?’ 9 Kātahi rātou ka kī ake: ‘Mō rātou i whakarere i te kawenata a Ihowā, a tō rātou Atua, ā, koropiko ana ki ngā atua kē, mahi atu ana ki a rātou.’ "

10 Kaua koutou e tangi ki te tūpāpaku,

e uhunga rānei ki a ia;

engari kia nui te tangi mō te tangata e haere atu ana;

nō te mea e kore ia e hoki mai ā muri,

e kore anō e kite i te whenua i whānau ai ia.

11 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā mō Harumu tama a Hōhia, kīngi o Hūrā, i kīngi nei i muri i tōna pāpā, i a Hōhia, i haere atu nei hoki i tēnei wāhi: "E kore ia e hoki mai ki konei ā ake ake. 12 Engari, hei te wāhi i whakaraua atu ai ia, ka mate ia ki reira, ā, e kore ia e kite i tēnei whenua ā ake ake.

13 Auē te mate mō te tangata e hanga nei i tōna whare ki te hē,

i ngā rūma hoki o reira ki te whakawā hē;

e whakamahi nei i tōna hoa, kāhore e utua,

kāhore hoki e hoatu tō tāna mahi ki a ia;

14 e mea ana, ‘Ka hangā e ahau he whare māhorahora mōku,

he rarahi ngā rūma.’

Pokaia ana he matapihi mōna i roto;

ā, ko te hīpoki he hīta,

pania ake ki te whero ngangana.

15 "E kīngi rānei koe,

nō te mea e whai ana koe kia pērā rawa atu te hīta?

Kīhai ianei tōu pāpā i kai, i inu,

i whakarite i te whakawā, i te tika?

Ā, he pai i reira ki a ia.

16 I whakaritea e ia te whakawā a te ware a te rawakore;

ā, he pai i reira.

He teka ianei ko te mōhio tēnei ki ahau?"

e ai tā Ihowā.

17 "Kāhore hoki ōu kanohi, ōu ngākau

mō tētahi mea kē atu,

heoi mō tōu apo anake,

mō te whakaheke i te toto harakore,

mō te tūkino, mō te tutū, hei mahi māu."

18 Mō reira ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei mō Iehoiakimi tama a Hōhia kīngi o Hūrā:

"Kāhore he tangi mōna, he mea:

‘Auē, e tōku tuakana!’ ko tēnei rānei, ‘Auē, e te tuahine!’

Kāhore rātou e tangi mōna, e mea,

‘Auē, te ariki! Auē, tōna korōria!’

19 Ka tanumia ia ki te tanu o te kāihe –

ka tōia, ka makā ki waho i ngā kūwaha o Hiruhārama.

20 "E piki ki Repanōna tangi ai,

kia puaki hoki tōu reo i Pahana;

tangi mai hoki i Aparimi,

kua mongamonga katoa hoki te hunga i aroha ki a koe.

21 I kōrero ahau ki a koe i te wā o tōu rangatiratanga;

engari i mea koe, ‘E kore ahau e rongo.’

Ko tāu tikanga tēnei nō tōu tamarikitanga ake,

kīhai koe i rongo ki tōku reo.

22 Mā te hau e whāngai āu hēpara katoa,

ka riro hoki te hunga i aroha ki a koe ki te whakarau.

Kātahi rawa koe ka whakamā,

ka numinumi kau ki tōu kino katoa.

23 E te wahine e noho nā i Repanōna,

e hanga nā i tōu kōhanga ki ngā hīta,

anō te nui o te manawapā mōu ina tae ngā mamae ki a koe,

te mamae e rite ana ki tō te wahine e whānau ana!"

24 "E ora ana ahau," e ai tā Ihowā, "ahakoa a Konia tama a Iehoiakimi kīngi o Hūrā, ko te mōwhiti i runga i tōku ringa matau, ka unuhia tonutia atu koe e ahau i reira; 25 ā, ka hoatu koe e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea koe, ki te ringa anō o te hunga e wehi nā koe, arā ki te ringa o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ki te ringa hoki o ngā Karari. 26 Ka ākiritia atu anō koe e ahau me tōu whaea i whānau ai koe ki tētahi atu whenua ehara nei i te wāhi i whānau ai kōrua; ā, mate atu kōrua ki reira. 27 Engari ko te whenua i ōkaka tonu ai ō rāua ngākau kia hoki ki reira, e kore rāua e hoki ki reira."

28 Ko tēnei tangata, ko Konia,

he oko pakaru rānei ia e whakahāweatia ana?

He oko kāhore e matenuitia ana?

He aha i ākiritia atu ai, rātou ko ōna uri, i makā atu ai

ki te whenua kīhai i mōhiotia e rātou?

29 E te whenua, te whenua, te whenua,

whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā.

30 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Tuhituhia e koutou tēnei tangata, he urikore,

he tangata e kore e oti pai tāna i ōna rā e ora ai;

e kore hoki e tōtika tā tētahi o ōna uri

e noho ana i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri,

e kīngi ana ā muri ake nei i roto i a Hūrā."