1 “Auē te mate mō ngā tamariki whakakeke,”
2 e haere nei ki raro ki Īhipa,
3 Mō reira hei mea whakamā ki a koutou te kaha o Parao,
4 I Toana hoki āna rangatira,
5 whakamā katoa rātou
6 Ko te poropititanga mō ngā kararehe o te tonga.
7 Ko tā Īhipa āwhina hoki he horihori, he kore noa iho;
8 Nā, haere, tuhituhia ki te papa ki tō rātou aroaro,
9 He tutū hoki tēnei iwi,
10 ko tā rātou nei kupu ki ngā matakite,
11 peka atu i te ara,
12 Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a te Mea Tapu o Īharaira:
13 nā, ko te tukunga iho o tēnei hē ki a koutou,
14 Ka wāhia hoki e ia, pērā i te oko a te kaihanga rīhi e wāhia ana,
15 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā, a te Mea Tapu o Īharaira:
16 Nā, i kī nā koutou,
17 Ko te mano kotahi, ka rere i te riri a te tangata kotahi;
18 Nā konei anō a Ihowā ka tatari,
19 Tērā hoki te iwi e noho ki Hiona, ki Hiruhārama; mutu ake tōu tangi. He pono ka aroha ia ki a koe, ki tōu reo e tangi ana; ka rongo ia ki a koe, ka whakahoki kupu ia ki a koe.
20 Ahakoa hōmai e te Ariki hei taro mā koutou ko te ngākau mamae, hei wai anō ko te tūkino, e kore ōu kaiwhakaako e hunā ā muri; engari ka kite ōu kanohi i ōu kaiwhakaako.
21 Ā, ka rongo ōu taringa i te kupu i muri i a koe e mea ana, “Ko te ara tēnei; nā konei atu, ina tahuri koutou ki matau, ina tahuri ki mauī.”
22 Ka whakapokea hoki e koutou te kōpaki o āu whakapakoko hiriwa, me te mea whakakikorua o āu whakapakoko kōura whakarewa; ka rukerukea atu e koe, ānō he mea poke, ā, ka mea ki taua mea, “Haere atu!”
23 Ā, ka hōmai e ia he ua ki tāu purapura e whakatōkia e koe ki te oneone, he taro anō, he hua nō te oneone, ā, ka whai ngako, ka nui taua mea; i taua rā anō he nunui ngā pārae e kai ai āu kararehe.
24 Ā, ko ngā kau, me ngā kūao kāihe e mahi ana i te oneone, ka kai i te kai pai, he mea i whakarererea ki te koko, ki te whakarerere wīti;
25 ā, i runga i ngā maunga tiketike katoa, i ngā pukepuke ikeike katoa, ka rere he awa, he manga wai – i te rā o te parekura nui, ina hinga ngā pourewa.
26 Ko te mārama hoki o te marama ka rite ki te mārama o te rā, ā, ko te mārama o te rā, e whitu ōna whakanekehanga ake, ka rite ki te mārama o ngā rā e whitu, i te rā e takaia ai e Ihowā te kaiākiko o tāna iwi, ina rongoātia e ia te patunga i patua ai rātou.
27 Nanā, kei te haere mai te ingoa o Ihowā i tawhiti,
28 Ko tōna manawa, ānō he awa e ngawhā ana,
29 Ka waiata koutou,
30 Ka meinga hoki e Ihowā tōna reo korōria kia rangona,
31 Mā te reo hoki o Ihowā ka pakaru ai te Ahiriana
32 Ā, ko ngā whakapānga katoa o te tokotoko i whakaritea,
33 Nō mua iho hoki a Topete i whakaritea ai;