Waiata

Chapter 11

1 Ko Ihowā tāku e whakawhirinaki ai; he aha koutou ka mea ai ki tōku wairua, "Rere ā-manu atu ki tō koutou maunga?

2 Nanā, kua whakapikoa te kōpere e te hunga kino, e whakatikaia ana ā rātou pere ki te aho, hei perenga pukutanga mā rātou ki te hunga ngākau tika.

3 Ki te wāwāhia ngā tūranga ake, me pēhea te tangata tika?"

4 Kei tōna temepara tapu a Ihowā, kei te rangi te torōna o Ihowā. E titiro ana ōna kanohi, e whakamātautau ana ōna kamo i ngā tama a te tangata.

5 E whakamātautau ana a Ihowā i te tangata tika; ā, e kinongia ana e tōna wairua te tangata kino me te tangata e aroha ana ki te tutū.

6 Ka uaina e ia ki runga ki te hunga kino he māhanga, he ahi, he whānāriki, he āwhā tuai kerekere; ko te wāhi tēnā mō tō rātou kapu.

7 Nō te mea he tika a Ihowā, e aroha ana ki te tika; ka kite te hunga tika i tōna kanohi.