Hopa 27

Te Oati Pono o Hopa

1 Nā, i kōrero tonu anō a Hopa i tāna pepeha, i mea:

2 "E ora ana te Atua, nāna nei i whakakāhore tōku tika;

te Kaha Rawa nāna nei i whakakawa tōku wairua;

3 kei te toitū tonu hoki tōku ora i roto i ahau,

ā, kei roto i ōku pongaponga te Wairua o te Atua;

4 e pono, e kore ōku ngutu, e kōrero kino,

e kore te hīanga e puaki i tōku arero.

5 Auē kia whakatikaia tā koutou e ahau!

E kore e whakarērea e ahau tōku ngākau tapatahi, ā mate noa.

6 Ka mau tāku pupuri ki tōku tika, e kore e tukua atu e ahau;

e kore tōku ngākau e whakahē ki ahau i ahau anō e ora nei.

7 "Ko tōku hoariri, kia rite ia ki te tangata kino;

ko te tangata e whakatika mai ana ki ahau, kia rite ia ki te tangata hara.

8 He aha oti tā te whakapono kore e tūmanako ai,

ahakoa whiwhi ia i te rawa,

ki te mea ka tangohia atu tōna wairua e te Atua?

9 E rongo rānei te Atua ki tāna tangi

ina pā te hē ki a ia?

10 E āhuareka rānei ia ki te Kaha Rawa,

e karanga rānei ki te Atua i ngā wā katoa?

11 "Ka whakaakona koutou e ahau ki te ringa o te Atua;

e kore e hunā e ahau ngā mea e takoto mai nei i te Kaha Rawa.

12 Nanā, kua kite koutou katoa;

ā, nā te aha koutou i wairangi rawa ai?

13 "Ko tā te Atua wāhi tēnei mā te tangata kino,

ko te mea e whakarērea iho mā ngā kaitūkino,

ko tā te Kaha Rawa e riro i a rātou.

14 Ki te mea ka tokomaha āna tamariki, hei mea mā te hoari;

e kore anō hoki ōna uri e mākona i te taro.

15 Ko ōna mōrehu ka tanumia ki te mate;

e kore anō hoki āna pouaru e tangi.

16 Ahakoa āmene ia i te hiriwa ānō he puehu,

ā, pae tonu te kākahu mōna ānō he paru –

17 e pae anō i a ia, otiia ka kākahuria e te tangata tika,

ka wehewehea hoki te hiriwa e te harakore.

18 Ka rite tāna hanga i tōna whare ki tā te pūrehurehu;

tōna rite kei te whare tīhokahoka e hangā ana e te kaitiaki.

19 Ka takoto ia, he tangata taonga, otiia e kore e kohia ki te urupā;

ko te tirohanga ake a ōna kanohi, nā, kua kāhore noa iho ia.

20 Rite tonu ki te wai ngā whakawehi e mau ai ia;

tāhaetia ana ia e te paroro i te pō.

21 Ka kāhakina atu ia e te marangai, ā, riro ana ia;

ka āia atu anō ia i tōna wāhi.

22 Ka āki mai hoki te Atua ki a ia, e kore anō ia e tohungia;

mea noa ia kia rere mai i roto i tōna ringa.

23 Ka papaki te tangata i ō rātou ringa ki a ia,

ā, ka whakahī, ka ā atu i a ia i tōna wāhi."