1Ko ia tohunga nui hoki e tangohia nei i roto i ngā tāngata, he mea whakatū rātou mō ngā mea a ngā tāngata ki te Atua, hei tāpae i ngā whakahere, i ngā patunga tapu mō ngā hara.
2E taea e ia te āta hanga ki te hunga e kūware ana, e kotiti kē ana; nō te mea e muia ana anō ia e te ngoikore;
3nā konei i tika ai, kia rite ki tāna mō te iwi tāna e tāpae ai mōna ake, hei whakahere mō ngā hara.
4E kore anō hoki tētahi e tango i tēnei hōnore ki a ia anō, engari te tangata e karangatia ana e te Atua, e pērātia ana me Ārona.
5Waihoki ko te Karaiti kāhore āna whakanui i a ia hei tohunga nui; nā tērā kē i kī rā ki a ia:
“Ko koe tāku Tama,
nō nāianei koe i whakatupuria ai e ahau.”
6Pērā hoki me tāna i kī ai i tētahi atu wāhi,
“Hei tohunga koe ake ake
i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke.”
7I ngā rā o tōna kikokiko, i tukua e ia he īnoi, he karakia, i runga i te kārangaranga kaha, i te roimata, ki te Mea kaha ki te whakaora i a ia i te mate, ā, whakarangona ana mōna i wehi ki te Atua;
8ahakoa he Tama ia, i whakaakona ia ki te ngohengohe e ōna mamae.
9Ā, ka meinga nei ia kia tino rite, ka waiho ia hei take mō te ora tonu ki te hunga katoa e ngohengohe ana ki a ia;
10he mea karanga nā te Atua hei tohunga nui i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke.
He Whakatūpato ki Whakarērea te Whakapono11He maha nei ā mātou kōrero mō tēnei, he uaua ki te whakamārama, he pūhoi hoki nō koutou ki te whakarongo.
12I te mea hoki ka tika kia waiho koutou hei kaiwhakaako nō te mea ka roa nei, nā, me tuarua te whakaako i a koutou ki ngā tīmatanga rawatanga o ngā kupu a te Atua; me waiū hoki he kai mā koutou, kauaka te kai pakeke.
13Ko ngā tāngata katoa hoki e kai ana i te waiū, he kūware rātou ki te kupu o te tika, he kōhungahunga hoki.
14Mā ngā pakeke e tika ai te kai mārō kua taungatia nei ō rātou hinengaro e ngā meatanga maha, e wehe ai i te pai, i te kino.
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