Rōma 3 - Maori Bible 2012(MRI2012)

1Ha, he aha rā te painga i hua ki te Hūrai? He aha te rawa o te kotinga?

2He nui rā i ngā mea katoa. Ko te tuatahi, kua ākona rātou ki ngā kupu a te Atua.

3Ka pēhea, mehemea kāhore he whakapono o ētahi? E taka rānei tō te Atua pono i tō rātou whakapono kore?

4Kāhore rāpea! Engari ko te Atua kia kitea he pono, ko ngā tāngata katoa he teka kau; ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia,

“Kia tika ai tāu i tāu kōrerotanga,

kia puta ai tāu ina whakawākia koe.”

5Ha, ki te mea nā tō tātou hē i kitea nuitia ai tō te Atua tika, me pēhea he kupu mā tātou? E hē ana rānei te Atua i a ia e whakapā ana i te riri? (He kupu tangata tēnei nāku.)

6Kāhore rāpea! Pēnei me pēhea te Atua e whakawā ai i te ao?

7Nā, ki te mea nā tōku teka i hira rawa ai tō te Atua pono hei korōria mōna; he aha ahau i whakahēngia tonutia ai ānō hei tangata hara?

8He aha hoki tē pēnei ai, ā, ko te kupu whakapae teka tēnei mō mātou, ā, ki tā ētahi ko tā mātou kupu tēnei, “Tātou ka mahi i te kino, kia puta ai he pai”? Tika tonu te tau o te hē ki a rātou.

Kāhore he Tangata e Tika ana

9He aha koia? He pai ake rānei tō mātou wāhi i tō rātou? Kāhore rā hoki; kua oti hoki te whakapā e mātou i mua he hē ki ngā Hūrai, ki ngā Kariki, kei raro katoa rātou i te hara;

10ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia:

“Kāhore he tangata tika,

kāhore kia kotahi;

11kāhore he tangata e mātau ana,

kāhore he tangata e rapu ana i te Atua.

12Kua peka kē rātou katoa, kua kino ngātahi;

kāhore he tangata e mahi ana i te pai,

kāhore rawa kia kotahi.

13He urupā puare noa tō rātou korokoro;

e patipati ana ō rātou arero;

kei roto i ō rātou ngutu te wai whakamate o ngā nākahi;

14kī tonu ō rātou māngai i te kanga, i te nanakia.

15Ko ō rātou waewae, hohoro tonu ki te whakaheke toto;

16he whakangaro, he ngākau pōuri, kei ō rātou ara;

17kāhore hoki rātou i mōhio ki te ara o te rangimārie.

18Kāhore he wehi o te Atua i mua i ō rātou kanohi.”

19Nā, e mātau ana tātou ki ngā kupu o te ture, e kōrero ana ki te hunga i te ture, kia kopia ai ngā māngai katoa, kia whakawākia ai te ao katoa e te Atua.

20Nō te mea kāhore he mahi o te ture e tika ai tētahi kikokiko i tōna aroaro; mā roto mai i te ture te mātauranga ki te hara.

Te Tikanga a te Atua hei Whakatika i a Tātou

21Otiia, kua whakakitea ināianei he tika a te Atua, motu kē i te ture, he mea whakaatu nā te ture, nā ngā poropiti;

22arā, ko te tika a te Atua e nā runga mai ana i te whakapono ki a Īhu Karaiti ki te hunga katoa e whakapono ana. Kāhore hoki he pokanga kētanga;

23kua hara katoa hoki, ā, kāhore e taea e rātou te korōria o te Atua;

24he mea whakatika utukore nā tōna aroha noa, i runga i tā Karaiti Īhu hokonga;

25ko ia hoki tā te Atua i whakaari ai hei whakamārie, i runga i te whakapono, he mea nā ōna toto. Kia whakakitea ai tōna tika, i te mea ka whakapahemotia atu ngā hara ō mua, he mea hoki nā te manawanui o te Atua;

26hei whakakite i tōna tika i tēnei wā nei anō; he mea kia tika ai ia anō, me te kaiwhakatika i te tangata e whakapono ana ki a Īhu.

27Nā, kei hea te whakamanamana? Kua āraia atu. E tēhea ritenga ture? E tō ngā mahi? Kāhore, engari, e te ture o te whakapono.

28Koia mātou ka mea ai, kei te whakapono he tika mō te tangata, motu kē i ngā mahi o te ture.

29Ko te Atua oti te Atua o ngā Hūrai anake? Ehara rānei ia i te Atua o ngā tauiwi hoki? Āe rā, o ngā tauiwi anō hoki;

30ki te mea ia he kotahi te Atua, ā, māna e whakatika te kotinga i runga i te whakapono, me te kotingakore ina whakapono.

31E taka rānei te ture i tā mātou, arā i te whakapono? Kāhore rāpea! Engari, nā tā mātou i ū ai te ture.