1 Ko te poropititanga mō Ninewe. Ko te pukapuka o te kite a Nahumu Erekohi.

2 He Atua hae a Ihowā, he rapu utu;

he rapu utu a Ihowā, ā, kī tonu i te riri;

e rapu utu ana a Ihowā i ōna hoariri,

ā, e rongoātia ana e ia he riri mō ōna hoariri.

3 He pūhoi a Ihowā ki te riri, he nui tōna kaha,

e kore rawa e whakaharakoretia e ia te tangata hara.

Ko tō Ihowā ara kei te tūkauati, kei te paroro,

ko ngā kapua te puehu o ōna waewae.

4 E rīria ana e ia te moana, ā, meinga ana kia maroke,

ā, whakamaroketia ana ngā awa katoa.

E ngohe ana a Pahana, me Karamere,

ā, kahakore noa iho te puāwai o Repanōna.

5 Wiri ana ngā maunga i a ia,

rewa ana ngā pukepuke;

huamo ake ana te whenua i tōna aroaro,

āe rā, te ao, me ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i reira.

6 Ko wai e kaha ki te tū i mua i tōna āritarita?

Ko wai e kaha ki te whakatika, ina mura tōna riri;

ko te ringihanga mai o tōna weriweri, ānō he ahi;

ko ngā kāmaka wāhia iho e ia.

7 He pai a Ihowā,

he pā kaha i te rā o te raru;

e mōhio ana hoki ia ki te hunga

e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.

8 Otiia ka mōtī tō reira wāhi i tāna waipuke e ngawhā ana;

ka whāia anō e ia ōna hoariri ki roto ki te pōuri.

9 Ko te aha tā koutou e whakaaro nā ki a Ihowā?

Ka mōtī rawa i a ia;

e kore e tuaruatia te putanga ake o te aituā.

10 Nō te mea, ahakoa rite rātou ki te tātarāmoa e whiwhi ana,

ahakoa ki ngā kōpū anō nā tā rātou wāina,

ka tino pau rātou, ānō he kakau wīti kua maroke.

11 Kua puta mai i roto i a koe

tētahi e whakaaro ana i te hē mō Ihowā,

he kaiwhakatakoto i te whakaaro kino.

12 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā,

"Ahakoa tino kaha rātou, ahakoa tini,

heoi ka tapahia rātou, ka pahemo ia.

Ahakoa i whiua koe e ahau,

e kore koe e whiua e ahau ā muri ake nei.

13 Nā, ākuanei ahau wāhi ai i tāna ioka i runga i a koe,

momotu ai i ōu here."

14 He whakahau hoki tā Ihowā mōu, arā:

"Kia kaua e whakatōkia tētahi o tōu ingoa ā muri ake nei;

ka hātepea atu e ahau te whakapakoko tārai

me te whakapakoko whakarewa i roto i te whare o ōu atua.

Ka hangā e ahau he urupā mōu; nō te mea he kino koe."

15 Nanā, kei runga i ngā maunga ngā waewae

o te kaikawe mai i te kōrero pai,

o te kaikauwhau i te rongo mau!

Mahia āu hākari, e Hūrā,

whakamanā āu kupu taurangi;

nō te mea heoi anō haeretanga atu o te tangata kino nā waenga i a koe;

kua hātepea rawatia atu ia.