Ngā Hūpiri Upoko 1 1 Nā, i te tau tuatahi o te putanga mai o ngā tama a Iharaira i Ihipa, i te toru o ngā marama, i te tekau mā ono o ngā rā o te marama, [2450 Anno Mundi] ka kōrero te Atua ki a Mohi, ka mea: 'Piki ake ki ahau ki runga i te Maunga, ā, māku e hoatu ki a koe ngā papa kōhatu e rua, ko te ture me te whakahau kua oti nei i ahau te tuhituhi, kia whakaakona ai rātou e koe.' 2 Na ka piki atu a Mohi ki te maunga o te Atua: a i tau te kororia o Ihowa ki runga ki Maunga Hinai; a e ono nga ra i taupokina ai a reira e te kapua; 3 Ā, i te whitu o ngā rā ka karanga ia ki a Mohi i waenganui o te kapua: ā, ko te āhua o te kororia o Ihowā i rite ki te ahi mura i runga i te tihi o te maunga. 4 Ā, e whā tekau ngā rā, e whā tekau ngā pō i noho ai a Mohi i runga i te Maunga, ā, i whakaakona ia e te Atua ki ngā kōrero o mua, me ngā kōrero o muri mai mō te wehenga o ngā rā katoa o te ture me te whakaaturanga. 5 Ā, ka mea ia, Kia anga mai tōu ngākau ki ngā kupu katoa e kōrerotia e ahau ki a koe i runga i tēnei maunga, tuhituhia hoki ki te pukapuka, kia kite ai ō rātou whakatupuranga i ahau kāore i whakarere i a rātou mō ngā kino katoa i mahia e rātou, i a rātou e takahi ana i te kawenata i whakatakotoria e ahau i waenganui i ahau, i a koe hoki, mō ō rātou whakatupuranga i tēnei rā i Maunga Hinai. 6 Ā, ka pēnei te āhua ina tae mai ēnei mea katoa ki a rātou, ka mōhio rātou he tika ake ahau i a rātou i roto i ā rātou whakawakanga katoa, i ā rātou mahi katoa, ā, ka mōhio rātou kua noho pono ahau ki a rātou. 7 Nā, tuhituhia māu ēnei kupu katoa e whakapuakina atu nei e ahau ki a koe i tēnei rā; e mōhio ana hoki ahau ki tō rātou tutu, ki tō rātou kaki maro, i mua i taku kawe i a rātou ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō rātou matua, ki a Āperahāma, ki a Īhaka, ki a Hākopa, i mea ahau, Ka hoatu e ahau ki ō koutou uri he whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi. 8 Ā, ka kai rātou, ka makona, ka tahuri ki ngā atua kē, ki ngā atua (e kore nei e taea te whakaora i a rātou i ō rātou mamaetanga katoa: ā, ka rangona tēnei kaiwhakaatu hei kaiwhakaatu mō rātou. Ka wareware hoki rātou ki aku whakahau katoa, ki ngā mea katoa e whakahaua ana e ahau ki a rātou, ā, ka whai i ngā tauiwi, i ō rātou poke, i ō rātou whakama, ka mahi ki ō rātou atua, ā, ka waiho ēnei hei hara, hei whakapataritari, hei mamae, hei mahanga ki a rātou. 9 Ā, he tokomaha ka mate, ka riro herehere, ka taka ki te ringa o te hoariri, nā te mea kua whakarērea e rātou aku tikanga, aku whakahau, me ngā hakari o taku kawenata, me aku hapati, me taku wāhi tapu i whakatapua e ahau mōku i waenganui i a rātou, me taku tapenakara, me taku wāhi tapu i whakatapua e ahau mōku i waenganui o te whenua, kia waiho ai tōku ingoa ki runga, kia noho ai (ki reira). 10 Ā, ka hanga e rātou he wāhi tiketike mā rātou, he Ahera, he whakapakoko whakairo, ā, ka koropiko rātou ki tāna whakapakoko, ki tāna whakapakoko, kia he ai rātou; ka
patua hoki ā rātou tamariki ki ngā rewera, ki ngā mahi katoa a ō rātou ngākau hē. 11 Ā, ka tonoa atu e ahau ētahi kaiwhakaatu ki a rātou, hei kaiwhakaatu mō rātou, engari e kore rātou e whakarongo, ā, ka patua hoki e ahau ngā kaiwhakaatu, ā, ka whakatoia e rātou te hunga e rapu ana i te ture, ā, ka whakakorea e rātou, ka whakarerekētia hoki ngā mea katoa kia mahi ai i te kino i mua i ōku kanohi. 12 Ka huna hoki e ahau toku mata i a ratou, ka tukua ratou e ahau ki te ringa o nga tauiwi hei whakarau, hei taonga parau, hei kai ma ratou; ka tangohia atu ano ratou e ahau i waenganui o te whenua, ka titaritaria hoki ratou e ahau ki roto ki nga tauiwi. 13 Ā, ka wareware rātou ki taku ture katoa, ki aku whakahau katoa, ki aku whakaritenga katoa, ā, ka he rātou ki ngā marama hou, ki ngā hapati, ki ngā hakari, ki ngā tiupiri, me ngā tikanga. 14 Ā, muri iho i tēnei ka tahuri mai rātou ki ahau me ō rātou ngākau katoa, me ō rātou wairua katoa, me ō rātou kaha katoa, ā, ka kohikohia rātou e ahau i roto i ngā iwi katoa, ā, ka rapua ahau e rātou, kia kitea ai ahau e rātou, ina rapua ahau e rātou me ō rātou ngākau katoa, me ō rātou wairua katoa. 15 Ka whakakitea e ahau ki a rātou te nui o te rangimārie me te tika; ka tangohia atu hoki e ahau te whakato o te tika i a rātou, me tōku ngākau katoa, me tōku wairua katoa: ā, hei manaakitanga rātou, ehara i te kanga; ā, hei upoko rātou, ehara i te hiku. 16 Ka hanga e ahau taku wahi tapu ki waenganui i a rātou, ka noho ahau ki roto i a rātou, ā, ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou, ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku i runga i te pono, i te tika. 17 E kore ahau e whakarere i a ratou, e kore hoki e whakarērea ratou: ko Ihowa hoki ahau, ko to ratou Atua. 18 Nā ka takoto tapapa a Mohi, ka inoi, ka mea, E Ihowa, e toku Atua, kaua e whakarerea tau iwi, me tou taonga tupu, kei kotiti ke ratou i roto i te he o o ratou ngakau; kaua hoki ratou e tukua ki te ringa o o ratou hoariri, o nga tauiwi, kei rangatira ratou i a ratou, kei meinga ratou kia hara ki a koe. 19 Kia ara ake tōu aroha, e te Ariki, ki runga i tō iwi, kia hanga hoki he wairua tika i roto i a rātou, kaua hoki te wairua o Periara e tukua kia whakahaere i a rātou hei whakapae i a rātou ki tōu aroaro, hei mahanga hoki i a rātou i ngā ara katoa o te tika, kia ngaro ai rātou i tōu aroaro. 20 Engari ko tāu iwi rātou, ko tāu taonga tuku iho, i whakaorangia e koe ki tōu mana nui i te ringa o ngā Ihipiana: hanga he ngākau ma, he wairua tapu ki roto i a rātou, kaua hoki rātou e tukua kia mau ki roto i ō rātou hara i tēnei wā tonu, ā ake tonu atu. 21 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, E mōhio ana ahau ki tō rātou tahuritanga ke, ki ō rātou whakaaro, ki tō rātou kaki maro; e kore hoki rātou e whakarongo, kia whakaae rā anō rātou ki ō rātou hara, ki te hara hoki o ō rātou mātua. 22 Ā, muri iho i tēnei ka tahuri mai rātou ki ahau i runga i te tika, i te ngākau katoa, i te wairua katoa, ā, ka kotia e ahau te kiri matamata o ō rātou ngākau, me te kiri matamata o te ngākau o ō rātou uri, ā, ka hanga e ahau he