1Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei: kua peia oti e te Atua tāna iwi? Kāhore rāpea! Nō Īharaira anō hoki ahau, nō te uri o Āperahama, nō tō Pineamine iwi.
2Kāhore hoki te Atua i pei i tāna iwi i mōhio ai i mua. Kāhore oti koutou i mātau ki te kōrero a te karaipiture i tā Irāia? I īnoi rā hoki ia ki te Atua, i whakahē i a Īharaira, i mea,
3“E te Ariki, kua patua e rātou āu poropiti, kua whakahoroa āu āta; ko ahau anake hoki, kua mahue nei, ā, e whai ana rātou kia patua ahau.”
4Heoi, e pēhea ana te whakahoki a te Atua ki a ia? “E whitu mano tāngata kua waiho e ahau māku, kāhore nei i piko te turi ki a Paara.”
5Waihoki i te wā nei anō, tērā anō he toenga, he whiriwhiringa nā te aroha noa.
6Ki te mea ia nā te aroha noa, ehara i te mea nā ngā mahi; pēnei ehara te aroha noa i te aroha noa.
7Ha, he pēhea rā? Ko tā Īharaira e rapu nei, kīhai tēnei i taea e ia; otirā kua taea e te hunga whiriwhiri, ko ērā atu ia i whakapakeketia;
8ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, “Kua hoatu ki a rātou e te Atua he wairua hiamoe, he kanohi e kore ai rātou e kite, he taringa e kore ai e rongo; ā taea noatia tēnei rā.”
9E mea ana hoki a Rāwiri,
“Kia whakatupu māhanga tō rātou tēpu,
hei rore hoki, hei tūtukitanga waewae, hei utu anō ki a rātou;
10kia whakapōuritia ō rātou kanohi, kia kaua rātou e kite,
ā, kia whakapikoa tonutia iho e koe tō rātou tuarā.”
11Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei, he tūtuki rānei tō rātou e hinga rawa ai? Kāhore rāpea! Engari, nā tō rātou hinga i puta ai te ora ki ngā tauiwi, he mea kia hae ai rātou.
12Nā, ki te mea hei taonga mō te ao tō rātou hinganga, hei taonga anō mō ngā tauiwi tō rātou whakaitinga; tērā noa ake i tō rātou whakanuinga?
Te Whakaoranga o ngā Tauiwi13Ki a koutou, ki ngā tauiwi tēnei kupu āku, i te mea he āpōtoro ahau ki ngā tauiwi, e whakanui ana ahau i tāku mahi minita,
14me kore e hae ngā tāngata o tōku kikokiko, kia ora ai ētahi o rātou i ahau.
15Mehemea hoki ko tō rātou makanga atu hei houhanga rongo mō te ao, ka aha tō rātou tangohanga mai? He teka ianei he oranga ake i roto i te hunga mate?
16Ki te mea hoki he tapu te mea mātāmua, ka pērā anō te pūranga; ki te tapu hoki te pakiaka, e pērā anō ngā manga.
17Engari, ki te mea kua whatia atu ētahi o ngā manga, ā, ka honoa mai koe, te ōriwa ngahere, ki roto i ngā manga, ka whiwhi ngātahi ki te pakiaka o te mōmonatanga o te ōriwa;
18aua e whakapehapeha ki ngā manga. Ki te whakapehapeha ia koe, ehara i te mea nāu i mau ake ai te pakiaka, engari, nā te pakiaka koe.
19Nā, tērā koe e mea, “I whatia atu ngā manga, kia honoa iho ai ahau.”
20Āe rā; nā te whakapono kore rātou i whatia atu ai, nā tōu whakapono koe i tū ai. Aua e whakakake, engari kia wehi.
21Nā, ki te mea kīhai i tohungia ngā manga tupu e te Atua, e kore anō ia e tohu i a koe.
22Nā, tirohia iho te ngāwari me te pakeke o te Atua: pakeke ki te hunga i hinga; ngāwari ki a koe, ki te ū koe ki tāna tikanga ngāwari; ki te kāhore, ka tapahia hoki koe.
23Me rātou anō, ki te kore e ū ki tō rātou whakapono kore, ka honoa anō; e taea hoki rātou e te Atua te hono mai anō.
24Mehemea hoki ka tapahia mai koe i te ōriwa ngahere, ā, ka honoa mai ki te ōriwa pai, he mea rere kē i te tikanga; tērā noa ake te honoa o ēnei, o ngā manga tupu, ki tō rātou ōriwa anō.
Tā te Atua Atawhai ki te Hunga Katoa25E kore hoki ahau e pai, e ōku tēina, kia kūware koutou ki tēnei mea ngaro, kei mea noa koutou he mātau koutou, kua tau tētahi wāhi o te whakapakeketanga ki a Īharaira, kia riro mai rā anō te tokomahatanga o ngā tauiwi.
26Ko reira a Īharaira katoa ora ai; ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia:
“Tērā e puta mai te Kaiwhakaora i Hiona,
māna e kaupare te karakiakore i a Hākopa.
27Ko tāku kawenata hoki tēnei ki a rātou,
ina tangohia atu e ahau ō rātou hara.”
28Nā, i runga i te rongopai he hoariri rātou, he whakaaro ki a koutou; i runga ia i te whiriwhiringa, e arohaina ana rātou, he whakaaro ki ngā mātua.
29I ā te Atua hōmaitanga hoki, i tāna karangatanga, kāhore e puta kē te whakaaro.
30Ka rite hoki ki a koutou kīhai i whakapono i mua ki te Atua, ināianei ia kua tohungia, he mea nā tō rātou whakapono kore;
31waihoki kua kāhore ēnei i whakapono ināianei, kia tohungia ai anō rātou i runga i te mahi tohu i whiwhi nei koutou.
32Kua oti hoki te katoa te kōpani e te Atua ki roto ki te whakateka, he mea kia tohungia ai e ia te katoa.
Whakamoemiti ki te Atua33Anō te hōhonu, te hua ngātahi hoki o te whakaaro o te Atua me tōna mōhio! E kore āna tikanga e taea te rapu, ōna huarahi te whakataki!
34“Ko wai hoki te mōhio ana ki te hinengaro o te Ariki?
Ko wai hoki tōna hoa whakatakoto whakaaro?
35Ko tā wai hoki kua mātua hoatu ki a ia,
ā, ka whakahokia mai he utu ki a ia?”
36Ko ngā mea katoa nei hoki, nāna, ā kei runga anō i a ia, ā, e ahu ana hoki ki a ia. Mōna te korōria ake tonu atu! Āmine.
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