1 Mō ngā tamariki a Āmona.
2 Mō reira, tēnei ngā rā te haere mai nei,
3 “Auē, e Hehepona, kua pāhuatia hoki a Hai!
4 He aha koe i whakamanamana ai ki ngā raorao,
5 Nanā, ka tākina e ahau he wehi ki runga ki a koe,”
6 Hei muri ia ka whakahokia e ahau ngā tama a Āmona i te whakarau,”
7 Mō Ēroma.
8 E rere koutou, tahuri atu, hei roto riro noho ai,
9 Ki te tae atu he kaikohikohi karepe ki a koe,
10 Kua takoto kau ia i ahau a Ēhau,
11 Waiho āu pani, māku e whakaora;
12 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā: “Nanā, ko te hunga i takoto nei te tikanga kia kaua e inu i te kapu, he pono ka inumia e rātou; ā, ko koe rānei te mea e kore rawa e whiua? E kore e kore ka whiua koe, engari ka tino inu nei koe.
13 Nō te mea kua waiho ahau e ahau anō hei oati, e ai tā Ihowā, ka waiho a Potora hei mīharotanga, hei ingoa kino, hei ururua, hei kanga anō hoki; ā, ka waiho ōna pā katoa hei koraha ake ake.”
14 Kua rangona e ahau he kōrero i a Ihowā,
15 “Nō te mea, nā, kua meinga koe e ahau kia iti i roto i ngā tauiwi,
16 Tēnā ko tōu whakamataku,
17 “Ā, ka meinga a Ēroma hei mīharotanga;
18 Ka rite ki te hurihanga o Horoma, o Komora,
19 “Nanā, ka rite ia ki te raiona e haere ake ana i te whakamanamana o Horano
20 Mō reira whakarongo ki te tikanga a Ihowā kua whakatakotoria e ia mō Ēroma;
21 Oho ana te whenua i te haruru o tō rātou hinganga;
22 Nanā, ka haere mai ia, ā, ka rere ānō he ēkara,
23 Mō Ramahiku.
24 Kua ngoikore a Ramahiku, kua anga ki te rere,
25 Taukiri e! Kīhai i mahue te pā e whakamoemititia ana,
26 Heoi, hinga ana āna taitama i ōna waharoa,
27 “Nā, ka tahuna anō e ahau he ahi i roto i te taiepa o Ramahiku,
28 Mō Kerara, mō ngā kīngitanga hoki o Hatoro i patua nei e Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna.
29 Ka tangohia e rātou ō rātou tēneti, ā rātou hipi;
30 E rere koutou, haere atu ki tawhiti,
31 “Whakatika, whakaekea te iwi e noho ana i te rangimārie,
32 Ā, ka pāhuatia ā rātou kāmera,
33 “Ā hei nohoanga a Hatoro mō ngā kurī mohoao,
34 Ko te kupu a Ihowā i puta mai ki a Heremaia poropiti mō Erama i te tīmatanga o te kīngitanga o Terekia kīngi o Hūrā, i mea ia:
35 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: “Nanā, ka whatia e ahau te kōpere a Erama, te mea nui rawa o tō rātou kaha.
36 Ā, ka tākina atu e ahau ngā hau e whā i ngā pito e whā o te rangi ki runga ki Erama, ā, ka tītaritaria atu rātou e ahau ki aua hau katoa; kāhore hoki he iwi e kore te taea atu e te hunga o Erama ka peia atu nei.
37 Ā, ka meinga e ahau a Erama kia wehi i te aroaro o ōna hoariri, i te aroaro hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea rātou; ka tākina hoki e ahau he kino ki runga ki a rātou, ko tōku riri e mura ana, e ai tā Ihowā; ā, ka ungā e ahau te hoari ki muri i a rātou, ā, kia poto rā anō rātou i ahau.
38 Nā, ka whakatūria e ahau tōku torōna ki Erama, ā, ka whakakāhoretia atu tō reira kīngi, rātou ko ngā rangatira,” e ai tā Ihowā.
39 “Otiia hei ngā rā whakamutunga ka whakahokia e ahau a Erama i te whakarau,” e ai tā Ihowā.