1 Ko te kupu a Ihowā i puta mai ki a Tepania tama a Kuhi, tama a Keraria, tama a Amaria, tama a Hetekia, i ngā rā o Hōhia tama a Amono, kīngi o Hūrā.

2 "Ka poto rawa i ahau ngā mea katoa

i runga i te mata o te oneone," e ai tā Ihowā.

3 "Ka poto i ahau te tangata, te kararehe;

ka poto i ahau te manu o te rangi,

me te ika o te moana,

ngā tūtukitanga waewae ngātahi anō ko te hunga kino;

ka hātepea atu anō e ahau te tangata

i runga i te mata o te oneone," e ai tā Ihowā.

4 "Ka totoro anō tōku ringa ki runga ki a Hūrā,

ki ngā tāngata katoa anō o Hiruhārama;

ka hātepea atu e ahau i tēnei wāhi ngā toenga o Paara,

me te ingoa o ngā Kemarimi, rātou ko ngā tohunga;

5 me te hunga e koropiko ana i runga i ngā tuanui

ki te ope o te rangi;

rātou ko te hunga e koropiko ana, e oati ana i a Ihowā,

me te oati anō rātou i a Marakama.

6 Me te hunga i tahuri atu nei i te whai i a Ihowā,

me te hunga kīhai nei i ui ki a Ihowā,

kīhai anō i rapu i a ia."

7 Whakarongoa i te aroaro o te Ariki, o Ihowā,

ka tata hoki te rā o Ihowā,

kua takoto hoki tā Ihowā patunga tapu,

kua whakatapua hoki e ia āna manuhiri.

8 Nā, i te rā o tā Ihowā patunga tapu,

ka whiua e ahau ngā rangatira,

rātou ko ngā tama a te kīngi,

ko te hunga katoa ānō he kākahu kē ō rātou.

9 Ā taua rā ka whiua e ahau

te hunga katoa e tūpekepeke ana i runga i te paepae,

e whakakī ana i ngā whare o ō rātou ariki

ki te nanakia, ki te tinihanga.

10 "Ā taua rā," e ai tā Ihowā,

"ka karanga te reo i te Kūwaha Ika,

he auē hoki i te wāhi tuarua,

ā, he nui te pakaru i ngā pukepuke.

11 Auē, e ngā tāngata o Makateha,

kua mōtī hoki ngā tāngata katoa o Kanaana,

kua hātepea atu ngā kaimau hiriwa katoa.

12 I taua rā ka rapua e ahau tā Hiruhārama,

mea rawa ki te rama;

ka whiua anō ngā tāngata kua tōtoka i runga i ō rātou nganga,

ā, e mea ana i roto i ō rātou ngākau,

‘E kore a Ihowā e mahi i te pai,

e kore anō e mahi i te kino.’

13 Nā, hei mea pārau ō rātou rawa;

ō rātou whare hei ururua.

Āe rā, ka hanga whare rātou;

ā, e kore e nohoia e rātou;

ka whakatō i te māra wāina,

otiia e kore e inu i te wāina."

14 "Ka tata te rā nui o Ihowā,

ka tata, nui atu te hohoro,

arā te reo o te rā o Ihowā;

nui noa atu te tangi o te mārohirohi i reira.

15 He rā riri taua rā, he rā mamae,

he pāwera, he rā whakangaro, whakamōtī,

he rā pōuri, he mangu,

he rā kapua, he pōuri kerekere;

16 ko te rā ia o te tētere,

o te whakaoho mō ngā pā taiepa,

mō ngā taumaihi tiketike.

17 "Ka mamae anō i ahau ngā ngākau o ngā tāngata,

ka rite rātou ki te matapō ina haere,

mō rātou i hara ki a Ihowā;

ka ringihia ō rātou toto ānō he puehu,

ō rātou kikokiko ānō he paru.

18 E kore anō tā rātou hiriwa, tā rātou kōura,

e tau hei whakaora i a rātou

i te rā o tō Ihowā riri.

Engari, ka pau te whenua katoa i te ahi,

arā i tōna hae;

ka ohorere hoki, ka poto i a ia

ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua."