Priljubljene svetopisemske vrstice iz Hona 4

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Ā, ka īnoi ia, ki a Ihowā, ka mea, “Auē, e Ihowā, he teka ianei ko tāku tēnei i mea ai i ahau anō i tōku whenua? Nā reira ahau i rere wawe ai ki Tarahihi; i mōhio hoki ahau he Atua atawhai koe, he tohu tangata, he pūhoi ki te riri, he nui te aroha, e puta kē ana te whakaaro mō te kino.

Anō rā ko Ihowā, “I manawapā koe ki te hue kīhai nā i mahia e koe, kīhai anō i whakatupuria e koe; kotahi anō te pō i tupu ake ai, kotahi anō te pō i kore ai. Ā, kaua ianei ahau e manawapā ki Ninewe ki taua pā nui, he tokomaha nei ōna tāngata i ngā mano e ono tekau tōpū, he hunga kāhore nei e mōhio ki ō rātou ringa matau, ki ō rātou ringa mauī, he maha anō hoki ngā kararehe?”