Ihāia

Chapter 35

1 Ka koa te koraha me te wāhi mokemoke, ka hari te koraha, koia anō kei te rōhi te whai puāwai.

2 Nui atu te tupu, ka koa, āe rā, koa ana, waiata ana. Ka hoatu te korōria o Repanōna ki reira, te nui o Karamere, o Harono. Ka kite rātou i te korōria o Ihowā, i te nui o tō tātou Atua.

3 Whakakahangia ngā ringa ngoikore, whakaūngia ngā turi ngonge.

4 Mea atu ki te hunga ngākau pōtatutatu, "Kia kaha, kaua e wehi! Nanā, ka haere mai tō koutou Atua, me te rapu utu, me te whakautu a te Atua; ka haere mai anō ia ki te whakaora i a koutou."

5 Ko reira ngā kanohi o ngā matapō kite ai, ā, ka puare ngā taringa o ngā turi.

6 Ko reira te kopa tūpeke ai, ānō he hāta, ka waiata te arero o te whango. Nō te mea ka pakaru mai ngā wai i te koraha, ngā awa i te wāhi tītōhea.

7 Nā, ka meinga te kirikiri mumura hei hārotoroto, te whenua maroke hei pupūtanga wai; ā, i te nohoanga i takoto ai ngā kīrehe mohoao, ko te tarutaru, ko te kākaho, ko te wīwī.

8 Ka whai huanui anō a reira, me tētahi ara, ka kīia hoki, Ko te Ara o te Tapu. E kore te poke e haere i reira; engari, ka waiho mō rātou, ā, ko te tangata haere ara, ahakoa he wairangi, e kore e hē ki reira.

9 Kāhore o reira raiona, e kore anō tētahi kararehe kai kino e tika nā reira; e kore e kitea ki reira; engari ka hāereerea e te hunga i hokona.

10 Nā, ko ā Ihowā i hoko ai ka hoki mai, ka haere mai i runga i te waiata ki Hiona; i runga i ō rātou māhunga ko te haringa e kore e mutu; ka whiwhi rātou ki te koa, ki te hari, ā, rere atu ana te pōuri me te auē.