1 I taua rā ka tuwhera he puna mō te whare o Rāwiri, mō ngā tāngata anō o Hiruhārama, hei mea mō te hara mō te poke.

2 "I taua rā," e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, "ka hātepea atu e ahau ngā ingoa o ngā whakapakoko i runga i te whenua; e kore anō e maharatia ā muri ake nei; ka kore anō i ahau ngā poropiti, me te wairua poke, i runga i te whenua. 3 Nā, tēnei ake, ki te poropiti tētahi ā muri ake nei, ka mea tōna pāpā ki a ia, rāua ko tōna whaea i whānau ai ia, ‘E kore koe e ora; kua kōrero teka hoki koe i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā’; nā, ka werohia ia e tōna pāpā rāua ko tōna whaea i whānau ai ia, ina poropiti ia.

4 "I taua rā ka whakamā ngā poropiti, tēnei, tēnei, ki tāna kite, i te mea ka poropiti ia; e kore anō e kākahuria e rātou he kākahu huruhuru hei mea tinihanga. 5 Engari ka mea ia, ‘Ehara ahau i te poropiti, he paruauru ahau, he pononga hoki ahau nō tōku taitamarikitanga ake.’ 6 Ā, ka mea tētahi ki a ia, ‘He aha ēnei patunga i ōu ringa?’ ā, ka mea ia, ‘Ko ōku patunga i roto i te whare o ōku hoa aroha.’ "

7 "E ara, e te hoari, ki tāku hēpara,

ki te tangata i takahoatia ki ahau,"

e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano.

"Patua te hēpara, kia marara hoki ngā hipi;

ka tahuri atu anō tōku ringa ki ngā mea ririki.

8 Nā, i te whenua katoa," e ai tā Ihowā,

"e rua ngā wāhi o reira ka hātepea atu, ka mate;

ka toe ia te tuatoru o ngā wāhi ki reira.

9 Ka kawea anō e ahau te tuatoru o ngā wāhi i roto i te ahi,

ka tahia hoki te para,

ka pērātia me te hiriwa e tahia ana.

Ka whakamātautauria anō rātou e ahau,

ka pērātia me te kōura.

Ka karanga rātou ki tōku ingoa,

ā, ka whakarongo ahau ki a rātou.

Ka mea ahau, ‘He iwi rātou nāku,’

ā, ka mea rātou, ‘Ko Ihowā tōku Atua.’ "