1 Mō Moapa:

Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira:

"Auē te mate mō Nepo, kua pāhuatia hoki!

Kua meinga a Kiriataima kia whakamā, kua riro:

kua meinga a Mihikapa kia whakamā, kua wāwāhia iho ia.

2 Kua kāhore te whakamoemiti mō Moapa;

i Hehepona rātou e whakatakoto ana i te kino mōna,

‘Haere mai, tātou ka hātepe atu i a ia, kia kore ai tēnā iwi.’

Ko koe anō hoki, e Maramene, ka whakanohopukutia koe;

ka aru te hoari i a koe.

3 Ka puta te reo auē i Horonaimi,

‘He pāhua, he whakangaromanga nui!’

4 Ka oti a Moapa te tukituki!

He auē ka rangona, nā āna mea ririki.

5 Ka haere hoki rātou mā te pikinga atu ki Rūhiti

me te tangi haere tonu;

nō te mea i te heketanga ki Horonaimi

kua rongo rātou i te mamae kino o te auē ki te whakangaromanga.

6 E rere! Kāhaki i a koutou kia ora ai!

Kia rite ai ki te manoao i te koraha!

7 "Nō te mea, nāu i whakawhirinaki ki āu mahi, ki āu taonga,

koia anō koe ka horo ai;

ā, ka riro a Kemoho i te whakarau,

rātou tahi ko ōna tohunga, ko ōna rangatira.

8 Ka tae te kaipāhua ki ngā pā katoa,

e kore hoki tētahi pā e puta;

ka ngaro te raorao, ka hunā hoki te mānia;

ka pērā me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai.

9 Hoatu he parirau mō Moapa,

kia rere atu ai, kia puta ai:

ā, ka ururuatia ōna pā,

tē ai he tangata hei noho ki reira.

10 "Ka kangā te tangata e mahi whakaparahako ana i tā Ihowā mahi,

ā, ka kangā hoki te tangata e kore nei e tuku i tāna hoari ki te toto.

11 "I runga a Moapa i te rangimārie nō tōna tamarikitanga ake,

ā, i āta takoto ia i runga i ōna nganga,

kīhai i ringihia atu i tētahi oko ki tētahi oko,

kīhai anō hoki ia i riro i te whakarau.

Heoi, mau tonu tōna reka ki a ia,

ā, kīhai tōna kakara i rerekē.

12 Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā,"

e ai tā Ihowā,

"e ungā ai e ahau ki a ia te hunga ringiringi,

ā, ka ringihia atu ia e rātou;

ā, ka noho tahanga i a rātou āna oko,

ka pakaru rikiriki hoki ā rātou pounamu.

13 Nā, ka whakamā a Moapa ki a Kemoho,

ka pērā me te whare o Īharaira i whakamā rā ki Pētēre,

ki tā rātou i whakawhirinaki ai.

14 "He pēhea tā koutou e kī nā,

‘He mārohirohi tātou, he uaua ki te whawhai’?

15 Kua pāhuatia a Moapa, ā, kua piki atu rātou ki ōna pā,

kua heke iho hoki āna taitama, he mea whiriwhiri, kei raro, he parekura,

e ai tā te Kīngi, ko Ihowā nei o ngā mano tōna ingoa.

16 Ka tata te aituā o Moapa te puta,

ā, kei te tino kaikā mai te hē mōna.

17 Tangihia ia, e koutou katoa i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha,

e koutou e mōhio ana ki tōna ingoa;

kī ake, ‘Anō te whatinga o te rākau kaha,

o te tokotoko ātaahua!’

18 "E te tamāhine e noho mai nei i Ripono,

makere mai i tōu korōria,

e noho ki te matewai;

nō te mea kua tae te kaipāhua o Moapa ki a koe,

kua kore i a ia ōu wāhi kaha.

19 E te wahine e noho ana i Aroere,

e tū ki te ara titiro ai.

Ui atu ki te tangata e rere ana, ki te wahine e mawhiti ana;

mea atu, ‘He aha kua meatia?’

20 Kua whakamā a Moapa, kua pakaru;

auē, e tangi!

Kōrerotia ki Aranona,

kua oti a Moapa te pāhua.

21 "Kua tae atu anō te whakawā ki te mānia;

ki Horono, ki Iahata, ki Mepaata,

22 ā, ki Ripono, ki Nepo, ki, Pēteripirataima,

23 ki Kiriataima, ki Petekamuru, Petemeono,

24 ki Kerioto, ki Potora,

ki ngā pā katoa o te whenua o Moapa,

ki ngā mea i tawhiti, ki ngā mea e tata ana.

25 Kua oti te haona o Moapa te pōuto atu,

kua whati tōna ringa,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

26 "Meinga ia e koutou kia haurangi;

mōna i whakakake ki a Ihowā;

ā, ka okeoke a Moapa i roto i tōna ruaki,

ā, waiho anō ia hei katanga.

27 He teka ianei i waiho a Īharaira hei katanga māu?

I kitea rānei ia i roto i ngā tāhae?

Nō te mea i āu kōrerotanga katoa mōna,

e oraora ana te māhunga.

28 E ngā tāngata o Moapa,

whakarērea ngā pā, e noho ki te kāmaka;

ā, kia rite ki te kūkupa e hanga nei

i tōna ōhanga ki ngā taha o te kūwaha o te rua.

29 "Kua rongo tātou i te whakahīhī o Moapa –

nui atu hoki tōna whakahīhī –

i tōna whakakake, i tōna whakamanamana, i tōna whakapehapeha,

i te whakahirahira hoki o tōna ngākau.

30 E mōhio ana ahau ki tōna riri,"

e ai tā Ihowā,

"otiia kāhore he tikanga;

kāhore he rawa o āna whakapehapeha.

31 Mō reira ka tangi ahau mō Moapa;

āe rā, ka auē ahau mō Moapa katoa.

Ka uhunga rātou mō ngā tāngata o Kiriherehe.

32 E te wāina o Hipima,

ka tangihia koe e ahau, nui atu i te tangihanga, mō Iatere.

Kua whiti ōu peka ki tērā taha o te moana,

kua tae rawa ki te moana o Iatere.

Kua kōkiri atu te kaipāhua ki āu hua raumati,

ki tāu kohikohinga wāina.

33 Ā, kua whakakāhoretia atu te koa me te hari

i te māra mōmona, i te whenua hoki o Moapa;

ā, kua mutu i ahau he wāina mō ngā takahanga wāina;

e kore tētahi e hāmama i te takahanga;

ko tō rātou hāmama ehara i te hāmama.

34 "Nō te auētanga i Hehepona tae noa ki Ereare,

ki Iahata, te puakanga o tō rātou reo,

nō Toara tae noa ki Horonaimi, ki Ekerata Herihia,

nō te mea ka mokemoke anō hoki ngā wai o Nimirimi.

35 Ka meinga anō hoki e ahau kia mutu

i roto i a Moapa,"

ai tā Ihowā,

"te tangata whakaeke whakahere ki te wāhi tiketike,

me te tangata tahu whakakakara ki ōna atua.

36 Nā reira kei te tangi tōku ngākau ki a Moapa ānō he pūtōrino,

kei te tangi hoki tōku ngākau ānō he pūtōrino ki ngā tāngata o Kiriherehe;

nā reira kua mōtī ngā mea maha i mahia e ia.

37 He mea moremore katoa hoki ngā māhunga,

ko ngā kumikumi katoa tapahi rawa;

he haehaenga kei ngā ringa katoa, he kākahu taratara kei ngā hope.

38 Kei runga i ngā tuanui katoa o Moapa a kei ōna ara he uhunga kei ngā wāhi katoa;

nō te mea kua pakaru i ahau a Moapa,

ānō he oko e kore e manakohia,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

39 "Anō tōna wawāhanga! Tā rātou auē!

Inā, te tahuritanga mai o te tuarā o Moapa i te whakamā!

Nā, ka waiho a Moapa hei katanga,

hei whakawehi ki te hunga i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha."

40 Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Nanā, ka rere ia ānō he ēkara,

ka roha hoki ōna parirau ki runga ki Moapa.

41 Kua horo Kerioto,

kua riro ngā wāhi kaha,

ā, ka rite te ngākau o ngā mārohirohi o Moapa i taua rā

ki te ngākau o te wahine e whakamamae ana.

42 Ā, ka hunā a Moapa, ka kore tēnā iwi,

mōna i whakakake ki a Ihowā.

43 Ko te wehi, ko te poka, ko te rore,

kei a koe, e te tangata o Moapa,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

44 "Ko te tangata e rere ana i te wehi,

ka taka ki te poka;

ā, ko te tangata e puta ake ana i te poka,

ka mau i te rore.

Ka tākina hoki e ahau ki runga ki a ia, arā ki a Moapa,

te tau e tirotirohia ai rātou,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

45 "Ko te hunga i rere, tū ana rātou

i raro i te ata o Hehepona, kāhore he kaha;

kua puta atu hoki he ahi i Hehepona,

he mura i waenganui o Hihona,

ā, kua pau te koki o Moapa,

te tumuaki hoki o ngā tama a te ngangau.

46 Auē te mate mōu, e Moapa!

Kua hunā te iwi o Kemoho;

kua riro hoki āu tama hei whakarau,

āu tamāhine hoki hei whakarau.

47 "Otiia, ka whakahokia mai anō e ahau a Moapa

i te whakarau i ngā rā whakamutunga,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

Heoi anō te whakawā mō Moapa.