1 Nā, ka waiata a Tepora rāua ko Paraka tama a Apīnoama i taua rā, ka mea:

2 "Whakapaingia a Ihowā mō te takitakinga

a ngā kaitakitaki o Īharaira,

mō te hihikotanga mai o te iwi.

3 "Whakarongo, e ngā kīngi, kia whai taringa, e ngā rangatira;

māku, āe rā, māku e waiata ki a Ihowā,

ka hīmene ahau ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o Īharaira.

4 "E Ihowā, i tōu putanga atu i Heira,

i tōu haerenga atu i te pārae i Ēroma,

i wiri te whenua,

i māturuturu iho anō ngā rangi;

i māturuturu iho anō hoki ngā wai o ngā kapua.

5 I rere ā-wai ngā maunga i te aroaro o Ihowā, ko taua Hinai anō hoki,

i te aroaro o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira.

6 "I ngā rā o Hamakara tama a Anata,

i ngā rā o Taere, i takoto kau ngā huarahi,

i haere hoki ngā tira haere i ngā ara i tahaki.

7 I mutu rawa ngā rangatira o Īharaira,

i kāhore rawa,

ā, whakatika noa ake ahau, a Tepora,

whakatika ake ahau, he whaea nō Īharaira.

8 I whiriwhiria e rātou he atua hou;

kātahi ka puta he whawhai ki ngā kūwaha.

I kitea rānei he pukupuku, he tao rānei,

i roto i ngā mano e whā tekau o Īharaira?

9 Kei ngā kaiwhakatakoto tikanga o Īharaira tōku ngākau;

i hihiko rātou ki te tuku i a rātou i roto i te iwi.

Whakapaingia a Ihowā.

10 "Kōrerotia, e ngā kaieke kāihe mā,

e te hunga e noho ana i runga i ngā whāriki utu nui,

e te hunga e haere ana i te ara.

11 Mamao noa mai i te reo o ngā kaikōpere,

i ngā wāhi utuhanga wai,

ka kōrerotia e rātou i reira ngā mahi tika a Ihowā,

ngā mahi tika o tāna whakahaere tikanga i roto i a Īharaira.

"Kātahi te iwi o Ihowā

ka heke ki raro ki ngā kūwaha.

12 Maranga, maranga, e Tepora!

Maranga, maranga, whakahuatia he waiata!

Whakatika, e Paraka, ārahina tāu whakaraunga ki te whakarau,

e te tama a Apīnoama.

13 "Kātahi ka haere mai ki raro te mōrehu o ngā rangatira, me te iwi;

i haere mai hoki a Ihowā ki raro mōku ki te whawhai ki te mea nui.

14 I puta mai i a Ēparaima te hunga ko tō rātou pakiaka nei kei a Amareke;

kei muri i a koe, e Pineamine, i roto i ōu iwi;

i haere mai ngā kaiwhakatakoto tikanga i roto i a Makiri;

nō roto i a Hepurona ngā kaihāpai i te tokotoko a te kaiwhakahaere;

15 i a Tepora hoki ngā rangatira o Ihākara;

he pērā a Ihākara; he pērā hoki a Paraka;

huaki atu ana rātou i raro i ōna waewae ki te raorao.

I ngā manga wai o Reupena,

tērā ngā whakaaroaronga nunui o te ngākau.

16 He aha koe i noho ai ki ngā taiepa hipi,

whakarongo ai ki ngā whakatangi mō ngā kāhui?

I ngā manga wai o Reupena,

tērā ngā rapurapunga nunui o te ngākau.

17 I noho a Kireara ki tērā taha o Horano;

nā, ko Rāna, he aha ia i noho ai i runga i ngā kaipuke?

Ko Āhera, whakakeke tonu mai i te takutai moana,

ā, noho ana ia i te taha o ōna manga wai.

18 Ko Hepurona he iwi i whakahāwea ō rātou tinana ki te mate;

rāua ko Napatari i ngā wāhi teitei o te pārae.

19 "I haere mai ngā kīngi, i whawhai,

nā, ka whawhai ngā kīngi o Kanaana

ki Tānaka, ki te taha o ngā wai o Mekiro;

kīhai tētahi moni i riro hei taonga mō i rātou.

20 I whawhai iho rātou i te rangi;

i whawhai ngā whetū i ō rātou huarahi ki a Hihera.

21 I kāhakina atu rātou e te awa, e Kihona,

e taua awa tawhito, e te awa, e Kihona.

E tōku wairua, haere tonu i runga i te kaha.

22 Takatakahi ana i reira ngā pāua o ngā hōiho,

nā ngā pekenga, nā ngā tūpeketanga a ō rātou mārohirohi.

23 ‘Kangā a Meroho,’ e ai tā te anahera a Ihowā;

‘kangā kinotia ngā tāngata o reira;

mō rātou kīhai i haere mai hei āwhina mō Ihowā,

hei āwhina mō Ihowā ki te whawhai ki te hunga nunui.’

24 "Kia manaakitia i roto i ngā wāhine a Taere

wahine a Hēpere Keni;

kia manaakitia i roto i ngā wāhine o te tēneti.

25 I tonoa e tuahangata he wai mōna, he waiū tāna i hoatu ai,

kawea ana e ia he pata i roto i te peihana rangatira.

26 Totoro atu ana tōna ringa ki te titi

tōna matau ki te hama a ngā kaimahi;

hama iho e ia a Hihera,

ākina iho tōna pane;

titia iho hoki e ia tōna rahirahinga ā puta rawa.

27 Kūpapa ana ia ki ōna waewae,

hinga ana, takoto ana;

i kūpapa ia, i hinga, ki ōna waewae;

ko te wāhi i kūpapa ai ia,

hinga ana ia i reira, mate rawa.

28 "I titiro mai te whaea o Hihera i te matapihi,

i karanga hoki i te wini whakakahokaho,

‘Nā te aha i roa ai te haere mai o tana hāriata?

Nā te aha i pūhoi ai ngā wīra o ana hāriata?’

29 Ka utua e ngā mea mōhio o āna wāhine rangatira;

āe, ko ia anō hei whakahoki ake i te kupu ki a ia anō,

30 ‘Kāhore rānei rātou i tūpono atu, i wehewehe i ngā taonga?

He kōtiro, tokorua ngā kōtiro ki tērā, ki tērā;

he taonga kōtingotingo tō Hihera,

he taonga kōtingotingo, he mea whatu ki te ngira,

he mea kōtingotingo, he mea whatu ki te ngira i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha,

mō ngā kakī o te hunga i te taonga parakete?’

31 "Kia pēnā te whakangaromanga o ōu hoariri katoa, e Ihowā.

Kia rite ia te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia ki te rā

i tōna putanga kaha mai."

Nā, e whā tekau ngā tau i okioki ai te whenua.