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  <book code="OBA" style="id">oba.txt Māori macronized text, extracted 16-05-06</book>
  <para style="h">Opāria</para>
  <para style="toc3">Opār</para>
  <para style="mt2">Ko te Pukapuka a</para>
  <para style="mt1">Opāria</para>
  <chapter number="1" style="c" sid="OBA 1" />
  <para style="s">Ka Whakawhiua e Ihowā a Ēroma</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="OBA 1:1" />Ko te kite a Opāria.</para>
  <para style="b" vid="OBA 1:1" />
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:1">Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā, mō Ēroma:</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:1">Kua tae mai he kōrero i a Ihowā,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:1">kua oti anō he karere te unga ki ngā tauiwi, hei mea:</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:1">“Whakatika, kia whakatika atu hoki tātou ki a ia ki te whawhai!”<verse eid="OBA 1:1" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="OBA 1:2" />“Nanā, kua oti koe te mea e ahau kia iti i roto i ngā tauiwi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:2">nui atu te whakahāwea ki a koe.<verse eid="OBA 1:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="OBA 1:3" />Kua oti koe te tinihanga e te whakapehapeha o tōu ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:3">e koe e noho nā i ngā kapiti o te kāmaka,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:3">kei runga nā tōna nohoanga.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:3">E mea nā i roto i tōna ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:3">‘Ko wai hei whakahoki iho i ahau ki raro ki te whenua?’<verse eid="OBA 1:3" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="OBA 1:4" />Ahakoa i rite tōu kakenga ki tō te ēkara,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:4">ahakoa i hangā e koe tōu kōhanga ki ngā whetū,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:4">ka whakahokia iho koe e ahau i reira,”</para>
  <para style="qr" vid="OBA 1:4">e ai tā Ihowā.<verse eid="OBA 1:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="OBA 1:5" />“Me i tae he kaitāhae ki a koe,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:5">he kaipāhua rānei i te pō –</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:5">taukiri e, tōu ngaromanga!</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:5">E kore rānei rātou e tāhae,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:5">kia maha rā anō ngā mea mā rātou?</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:5">Me i tae he kaiwhawhaki karepe ki a koe,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:5">e kore rānei ētahi karepe e whakatoea e rātou?<verse eid="OBA 1:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="OBA 1:6" />Taukiri e, te rapunga atu o ngā mea a Ēhau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:6">te kimihanga o āna mea ngaro!<verse eid="OBA 1:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="OBA 1:7" />Ko ngā tāngata katoa o tāu kawenata,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:7">kua riro koe i a rātou, tae rawa ki te rohe;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:7">ko ngā tāngata i mau nei tā rātou rongo ki a koe,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:7">kua tinihanga ki a koe, ā, taea ana koe e rātou;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:7">ko te hunga i kai i tāu taro kua takoto i a rātou he māhanga ki raro i a koe –</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:7">kāhore he mātauranga i a ia.<verse eid="OBA 1:7" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="OBA 1:8" />“He teka ianei,” e ai tā Ihowā,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:8">“ka kore i ahau i taua rā ngā tāngata whakaaro nui i roto i Ēroma,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:8">me te mātauranga o te maunga o Ēhau?<verse eid="OBA 1:8" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="OBA 1:9" />Ā, ka wehi ōu mārohirohi, e Temana,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:9">he mea e hātepea atu ai ngā tāngata katoa o te maunga o Ēhau, tukituki rawa.”<verse eid="OBA 1:9" /></para>
  <para style="s">Ngā Take e Whakawhiua ai a Ēroma</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="OBA 1:10" />“Ka taupokina koe e te whakamā</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:10">hei utu mō te mahi tutū ki tōu teina, ki a Hākopa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:10">ka hātepea atu anō koe ā ake ake.<verse eid="OBA 1:10" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="OBA 1:11" />I te rā i tū hāngai mai ai koe,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:11">i te rā i whakaraua ai ōna rawa e ngā tautāngata,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:11">i tapoko ai ngā tāngata iwi kē ki ōna kūwaha,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:11">i kōkiri nui ai mō Hiruhārama,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:11">i rite rawa anō koe ki tētahi o rātou.<verse eid="OBA 1:11" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="OBA 1:12" />Otiia, kaua koe e titiro ki te rā o tōu teina,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:12">i te rā o tōna aituā,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:12">kaua hoki koe e koa ki ngā tama a Hūrā</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:12">i te rā o tō rātou whakangaromanga;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:12">kaua hoki e whakanuia tōu māngai</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:12">i te rā o te raru.<verse eid="OBA 1:12" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="OBA 1:13" />Kaua e tomo ki roto ki te kūwaha o tāku iwi</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:13">i te rā o tō rātou aituā;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:13">āe rā, kaua koe e mātakitaki ki tō rātou matenga</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:13">i te rā o tō rātou aituā,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:13">kaua anō hoki koutou e pā ringaringa ki ō rātou rawa</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:13">i te rā o tō rātou raru.<verse eid="OBA 1:13" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="OBA 1:14" />Ā, kaua koe e tū ki te pekanga o te ara</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:14">ki te hātepe i ōna mōrehu e mawhiti;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:14">kaua hoki e tukua ōna mōrehu</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:14">i te rā o te raru.”<verse eid="OBA 1:14" /></para>
  <para style="s">Ka Whakawātia e te Atua ngā Iwi Katoa</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="OBA 1:15" />“Kua tata hoki te rā o Ihowā ki ngā tauiwi katoa.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:15">Ka rite ki tāu i mea ai ka meatia ki a koe;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:15">ka hoki tāu utu ki runga ki tōu māhunga.<verse eid="OBA 1:15" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="OBA 1:16" />Ka rite hoki ki tā koutou inumanga i runga i tōku maunga tapu;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:16">ka pēnā anō te inu a ngā tauiwi katoa ā ake nei, ake nei;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:16">inā, ka inu rātou, ka horomia anō e rātou,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:16">ā, me te mea i kore rātou.”<verse eid="OBA 1:16" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Wikitōria Whakamutunga a Īharaira</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="OBA 1:17" />“Otiia, tērā anō ngā mea ka mawhiti i Maunga Hiona,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:17">ā, ka tapu tērā;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:17">ā, ka riro ō rātou wāhi i te whare o Hākopa.<verse eid="OBA 1:17" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="OBA 1:18" />Ā hei ahi te whare o Hākopa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:18">hei mura anō te whare o Hōhepa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:18">hei kakau wīti hoki te whare o Ēhau.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:18">Ka ngiha rātou i roto i a rātou, ā, pau ake,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:18">kāhore hoki he mōrehu o te whare o Ēhau;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:18">nā Ihowā nei hoki te kupu.”<verse eid="OBA 1:18" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="19" style="v" sid="OBA 1:19" />Nā, ka riro te maunga o Ēhau i te hunga o te tonga;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:19">me ngā Pirihitini i te hunga o te mānia;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:19">ka riro anō i a rātou ngā māra a Ēparaima me ngā māra o Hamaria;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:19">mō Pineamine hoki a Kireara.<verse eid="OBA 1:19" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="20" style="v" sid="OBA 1:20" />Nā, ko ngā whakarau o tēnei ope,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:20">o ngā tama a Īharaira, ko ērā i roto i ngā Kanaani,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="OBA 1:20">ka riro i a rātou tae noa ki Harepata;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:20">ā, ko ngā whakarau o Hiruhārama, ko ērā i Teparara,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:20">ka riro i a rātou ngā pā o te tonga.<verse eid="OBA 1:20" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="21" style="v" sid="OBA 1:21" />Ā, ka tae ake he kaiwhakaora ki Maunga Hiona</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:21">hei whakawā mō te maunga o Ēhau;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="OBA 1:21">ā, ka riro i a Ihowā te kīngitanga.<verse eid="OBA 1:21" /></para>
  <chapter eid="OBA 1" />
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