1 Ā, nō te kitenga o Paraama ko tā Ihowā i pai ai he manaaki i a Īharaira, kīhai ia i haere me mua rā ki te whai i te mea mākutu; engari i anga tōna mata ki te koraha. 2 Nā, ka maranga ngā kanohi o Paraama, ā, ka kite i a Īharaira e noho ana i ō rātou iwi. Nā, ko te putanga mai o te Wairua o te Atua ki a ia. 3 Nā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:

"He kī tēnei nā Paraama, tama a Peoro,

he kī hoki nā te tangata i kopi rā tōna kanohi,

4 he kī nā te tangata e rongo ana i ngā kupu a te Atua,

e kite ana i te whakakitenga a te Kaha Rawa,

e taka iho ana, me te titiro anō ōna kanohi.

5 "Anō te pai o ōu tēneti, e Hākopa,

o ōu nohoanga, e Īharaira!

6 "Ānō ko ngā awaawa e takoto atu ana,

rite tahi ānō ki ngā kāri i te taha o te awa,

ki ngā aroe i whakatōkia e Ihowā,

ki ngā hīta i te taha o ngā wai.

7 Ka maringi iho he wai i āna pere,

ā, hei roto āna purapura i ngā wai maha.

"Ka nui ake hoki tōna kīngi i a Akaka,

ā, ka kake tōna kīngitanga.

8 "Nā te Atua ia i whakaputa mai i Īhipa;

ko tōna kaha, rite pū ki tō te unikanga;

ka pau ngā iwi, ōna hoariri, i a ia,

ka whatiwhatiia e ia ō rātou wheua,

ka werohia hoki rātou ki āna pere.

9 I tāpapa ia, i takoto, ānō he raiona,

ānō he raiona kātua; mā wai ia e whakaoho?

"Ka manaakitia te tangata e manaaki ana i a koe,

ka kangā hoki te tangata e kanga ana i a koe."

10 Nā, ka mura te riri o Pāraka ki a Paraama, ka papaki ōna ringa. Nā, ka mea a Pāraka ki a Paraama, "He kanga i ōku hoariri i karanga ai ahau i a koe, nā, ka toru nei āu manaakitanga i a rātou. 11 Nā, rere atu āianei ki tōu wāhi; i mea ahau kia whakanuia rawatia koe; heoi, kua puritia nei koe e Ihowā kei whai korōria."

12 Nā, ka mea atu a Paraama ki a Pāraka, "Kāhore ianei ahau i kōrero, i mea ki āu karere i ungā ake rā e koe ki ahau, 13 ‘Ahakoa i kī tōna whare i te hiriwa, i te kōura, e hōmai e Pāraka ki ahau, e kore e āhei i ahau te whakawhiti kē i te kupu a Ihowā, te mea i te pai, i te kino rānei, i tā tōku ngākau ake; ko tā Ihowā e kōrero ai, ko tēnā tāku e kōrero ai?’ 14 Nā, ka haere tēnei ahau ki tōku iwi; haere mai, māku e whakaatu ki a koe tā tēnei iwi e mea ai ki tōu iwi i ngā rā whakamutunga."

15 Nā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:

"He kī tēnei nā Paraama, nā te tama a Peoro,

he kī hoki nā te tangata i kopi rā tōna kanohi,

16 he kī nā te tangata, e rongo ana i ngā kupu a te Atua,

e mōhio ana ki ngā mea a te Runga Rawa,

e kite nei i te whakakitenga mai a te Kaha Rawa,

e taka iho ana, me te titiro anō ōna kanohi.

17 "E kite anō ahau i a ia, otiia kāhore āianei;

e titiro atu ahau ki a ia, otiia e kore e tata.

Tērā e puta he whetū i roto i a Hākopa,

ka ara ake anō hoki he Hēpeta i roto i a Īharaira,

ā, ka patua e ia ngā pito o Moapa,

ka hunā anō hoki e ia ngā tama katoa a Hete.

18 Ā, ka riro a Ēroma, ka riro anō a Heira,

ko ōna hoariri nei ērā;

ā, ka māia te mahi a Īharaira.

19 Ā, ka whai rangatiratanga tētahi e puta mai i roto i a Hākopa,

ā, ka hunā e ia ngā mōrehu o te pā."

20 Nā, ka titiro ia ki a Amareke, ā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:

"Ko Amareke te tīmatanga o ngā iwi;

ko tōna whakamutunga ia he whakangaromanga."

21 Nā, ka titiro ia ki te Keni, ā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:

"He kaha tōu nohoanga,

kua hangā anō hoki tōu ōhanga ki te kāmaka.

22 He ahakoa rā ka pau te Keni;

ā, whakaraua noatia koe e Ahiria."

23 Nā, ka ara anō tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:

"Auē, ko wai e ora, ina meatia tēnei e te Atua?

24 Ā, ka ū mai he kaipuke i te taha o Kitimi,

ā, ka tūkinotia e rātou a Ahiria, ka tūkinotia anō a Ēpere,

ko ia anō hoki ka whakangaromia."

25 Kātahi ka whakatika a Paraama, ā, haere ana, hoki ana ki tōna wāhi; me Pāraka anō hoki i haere i tōna ara.