1 Nā, ka rongo a Pahuru tama a Imere tohunga, tino kāwana i roto i te whare o Ihowā, i a Heremaia e poropiti ana i ēnei mea.
2 Kātahi a Pahuru ka patu i a Heremaia poropiti, kuhuna ana e ia ki te here waewae i te Kūwaha o Runga o Pineamine, ki tērā i te whare o Ihowā.
3 Nā, i te aonga ake ka whakaputaina mai a Heremaia e Pahuru i te here waewae. Kātahi a Heremaia ka mea ki a ia, “Ehara a Pahuru i te ingoa i huaina e Ihowā mōu, engari ko Mākoro Mihapipi.
4 Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘Nanā, ka meinga koe e ahau hei whakawehi mōu anō, mō ōu hoa katoa anō hoki; ka hinga rātou i te hoari a ō rātou hoariri, me te titiro anō ōu kanohi. Ka hoatu anō e ahau a Hūrā katoa ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, māna rātou e whakarau ki Papurōna, e patu ki te hoari.
5 Ka hoatu anō e ahau ngā rawa katoa o tēnei pā, me āna mea katoa i hua mai, me āna mea utu nui katoa, āe rā, me ngā taonga katoa o ngā kīngi o Hūrā, ka hoatu e ahau ki te ringa o ō rātou hoariri, ā, ka pāhuatia e rātou, ka tangohia, ka maua hoki ki Papurōna.
6 Nā, ko koe, e Pahuru, koutou ko ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i tōu whare, ka riro koutou ki te whakarau; ā, ka tae koe ki Papurōna, mate atu ki reira, tanumia atu ki reira, a koe me ōu hoa aroha katoa, i poropiti teka atu nā koe ki a rātou.’ ”
7 E Ihowā, nāu ahau i hangarau,
8 I ōku kōrerotanga katoa hoki, ka hāmama ahau;
9 Ā, ki te kī ahau, “E kore ahau e whakahua i a ia,
10 Kua rongo hoki ahau i te hahani a te tini:
11 Otiia kei ahau a Ihowā, ānō he mārohirohi,
12 Otiia, e Ihowā o ngā mano, e whakamātautau nei i te tangata tika;
13 Waiata ki a Ihowā!
14 Kia kangā te rangi
15 Kia kangā te tangata
16 Kia rite taua tangata ki ngā pā
17 he kore nōna kīhai i whakamate i ahau i te putanga mai anō i te kōpū;
18 He aha ahau i puta mai ai i te kōpū,