1 Ā, nō te kitenga o Paraama ko tā Ihowā i pai ai he manaaki i a Īharaira, kīhai ia i haere me mua rā ki te whai i te mea mākutu; engari i anga tōna mata ki te koraha.
2 Nā, ka maranga ngā kanohi o Paraama, ā, ka kite i a Īharaira e noho ana i ō rātou iwi. Nā, ko te putanga mai o te Wairua o te Atua ki a ia.
3 Nā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:
4 he kī nā te tangata e rongo ana i ngā kupu a te Atua,
5 “Anō te pai o ōu tēneti, e Hākopa,
6 “Ānō ko ngā awaawa e takoto atu ana,
7 Ka maringi iho he wai i āna pere,
8 “Nā te Atua ia i whakaputa mai i Īhipa;
9 I tāpapa ia, i takoto, ānō he raiona,
10 Nā, ka mura te riri o Pāraka ki a Paraama, ka papaki ōna ringa. Nā, ka mea a Pāraka ki a Paraama, “He kanga i ōku hoariri i karanga ai ahau i a koe, nā, ka toru nei āu manaakitanga i a rātou.
11 Nā, rere atu āianei ki tōu wāhi; i mea ahau kia whakanuia rawatia koe; heoi, kua puritia nei koe e Ihowā kei whai korōria.”
12 Nā, ka mea atu a Paraama ki a Pāraka, “Kāhore ianei ahau i kōrero, i mea ki āu karere i ungā ake rā e koe ki ahau,
13 ‘Ahakoa i kī tōna whare i te hiriwa, i te kōura, e hōmai e Pāraka ki ahau, e kore e āhei i ahau te whakawhiti kē i te kupu a Ihowā, te mea i te pai, i te kino rānei, i tā tōku ngākau ake; ko tā Ihowā e kōrero ai, ko tēnā tāku e kōrero ai?’
14 Nā, ka haere tēnei ahau ki tōku iwi; haere mai, māku e whakaatu ki a koe tā tēnei iwi e mea ai ki tōu iwi i ngā rā whakamutunga.”
15 Nā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:
16 he kī nā te tangata, e rongo ana i ngā kupu a te Atua,
17 “E kite anō ahau i a ia, otiia kāhore āianei;
18 Ā, ka riro a Ēroma, ka riro anō a Heira,
19 Ā, ka whai rangatiratanga tētahi e puta mai i roto i a Hākopa,
20 Nā, ka titiro ia ki a Amareke, ā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:
21 Nā, ka titiro ia ki te Keni, ā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:
22 He ahakoa rā ka pau te Keni;
23 Nā, ka ara anō tāna kī pepeha, ka mea:
24 Ā, ka ū mai he kaipuke i te taha o Kitimi,
25 Kātahi ka whakatika a Paraama, ā, haere ana, hoki ana ki tōna wāhi; me Pāraka anō hoki i haere i tōna ara.