1 Ko te kupu a Ihowā i puta mai ki a Heremaia poropiti mō ngā iwi.
2 Mō Īhipa, mō te ope a Parao Neko kīngi o Īhipa, mō tērā i te awa, i Uparati, i Karakemihi, i patua rā e Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna i te whā o ngā tau o Iehoiakimi tama a Hōhia kīngi o Hūrā:
3 “Whakapaia te whakangungu rākau me te puapua,
4 Whakanohoia ngā hōiho,
5 He aha ahau i kite ai i tēnei?
6 “Kaua te tangata tere e rere atu,
7 “Ko wai tēnei e puhake ake nei me te mea ko te Naera,
8 I puhake mai a Īhipa ānō ko te Naera,
9 Haere atu, e ngā hōiho;
10 Ko taua rā hoki he rā nā te Ariki, nā Ihowā o ngā mano,
11 “Haere ki runga, ki Kireara,
12 Kua rongo ngā iwi ki tōu whakamā,
13 Ko te kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā ki a Heremaia poropiti, tērā ka haere mai a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna ki te patu i Īhipa:
14 “Kauwhautia e koutou ki Īhipa, pānuitia ki Mikitoro,
15 He aha ōu māia i tahia atu ai?
16 He tini ngā mea nāna i tukoki ai,
17 I karanga rātou i reira,
18 “E ora ana ahau,” e ai tā te Kīngi,
19 E koe, e te tamāhine e noho nei i Īhipa,
20 “He kūao kau ātaahua rawa a Īhipa –
21 Ko āna tāngata hoki i utu ai,
22 Ko tōna reo ka rite te puaki ki tō te nākahi;
23 Ka tuaina e rātou tōna ngahere,”
24 Ka whakamā te tamāhine a Īhipa;
25 E mea ana a Ihowā o ngā mano, te Atua o Īharaira: “Nanā, ka whiua e ahau a Amono o Nō, a Parao, a Īhipa hoki, me ō reira atua, me ō reira kīngi; a Parao rawa, rātou ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.
26 Ka tukua hoki rātou e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea rātou, ki te ringa anō o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ki te ringa o āna tāngata. Ā muri iho ka nohoia, ka pērā me ngā rā o mua,” e ai tā Ihowā.
27 “Ko koe ia, kaua e wehi, e tāku pononga, e Hākopa,
28 Kaua koe e wehi, e tāku pononga, e Hākopa,”