1 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki ahau: “Ahakoa i tū a Mohi rāua ko Hamuera ki tōku aroaro, e kore ahau e whai ngākau ki tēnei iwi. Makā atu rātou i tōku aroaro, kia haere atu rātou.
2 Nā, ki te mea rātou ki a koe, ‘Me haere mātou ki hea?’ kātahi koe ka mea ki a rātou, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
3 “E whā hoki ngā tū mea e whakaritea e ahau mō rātou,” e ai tā Ihowā, “ko te hoari hei whakamate, ko ngā kurī hei haehae, ā, ko ngā manu o te rangi, ko ngā kararehe hoki o te whenua hei kai, hei whakamōtī.
4 Ka tukua hoki rātou e ahau kia poipoia haeretia i waenga i ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua, mō tā Mānahi tama a Hetekia kīngi o Hūrā, mō tāna i mea ai ki Hiruhārama.
5 Ko wai oti e tohu i a koe, e Hiruhārama,
6 Kua whakarērea ahau e koe,” e ai tā Ihowā,
7 Kua pōwhiriwhiritia rātou e ahau ki te mea pōwhiriwhiri
8 Ko ā rātou pouaru i tōku aroaro kua tokomaha atu
9 Ngohe kau te wahine ka tokowhitu nei āna tamariki;
10 Auē, tōku mate, e tōku whaea, i whānau mai ahau
11 I mea a Ihowā:
12 “E taea rānei e tētahi te wāhi te rino,
13 Ka hoatu e ahau ōu rawa me ōu taonga
14 Ā, ka meinga rātou e ahau kia haere tahi me ōu hoariri
15 E Ihowā, e mōhio ana koe;
16 I kitea āu kupu, ā, kainga ake e ahau,
17 Kīhai ahau i noho i roto i te whakaminenga o te hunga whakahī,
18 He aha tōku mamae i mau tonu ai,
19 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
20 Ka meinga hoki koe e ahau ki tēnei iwi
21 “Ka meinga anō koe e ahau kia mawhiti i roto i te ringa o te hunga kino,