1He pono tāku kōrero i roto i a te Karaiti, kāhore āku teka, ā, e whakaae ana tōku hinengaro ki ahau i roto i te Wairua Tapu,
2he nui atu tōku pōuri, mau tonu te mamae o tōku ngākau.
3He pai hoki ki ahau me i kangā ahau, me i motuhia i a te Karaiti, he whakaaro ki ōku tēina, arā, ki ōku whanaunga o te wāhi ki te kikokiko.
4Nō Īharaira nei rātou; nō rātou nei te whakatamarikitanga, te korōria, ngā kawenata, te hōmaitanga o te ture, te karakia ki te Atua, me ngā kupu whakaari;
5nō rātou nei ngā mātua, nō rātou anō a te Karaiti i te wāhi ki te kikokiko, ko ia nei kei runga ake i ngā mea katoa, ko te Atua e whakapaingia ana ake ake. Āmine.
6Ehara ia i te mea kua taka te kupu a te Atua. Ko te hunga hoki o Īharaira, ehara i te mea nō Īharaira katoa;
7ahakoa he uri nō Āperahama, ehara rātou katoa i te tamariki; engari, “Kei a Īhaka te whakaingoatanga mō ōu uri.”
8Arā, ehara i te mea ko ngā tamariki a te kikokiko ngā tamariki a te Atua, engari, ko ngā tamariki a te kupu whakaari, ko rātou ka kīia he uri.
9He kupu whakaari hoki tēnei, “Kia taka tēnei wā ka haere mai ahau, ā, ka whānau he tama mā Hera.”
10Nā, ehara i te mea ko tēnei anake; i a Ripeka anō ia kua hapū i tētahi, arā i a Īhaka, i tō mātou matua.
11I ngā tama hoki kāhore anō i whānau noa, kāhore anō hoki i mahi te pai, i te kino rānei, he mea kia ū ai tā te Atua i whakatakoto ai mō te whiriwhiringa, ehara i ngā mahi, engari, nā te kaikaranga;
12ka kōrerotia ki a ia, “Ko te tuakana hei pononga mā te teina.”
13Ko te mea ia i tuhituhia, “Kua aroha ahau ki a Hākopa, kua kino ki a Ēhau.”
14Ka pēhea ai i konā tā tātou kōrero? He tikanga hē koia kei te Atua? Kāhore rāpea!
15I mea hoki ia ki a Mohi,
“E tohu ahau i tāku e tohu ai,
e atawhai ahau ki tāku e atawhai ai.”
16Nō reira, ehara i te mea nā te hiahia o te tangata, nā te oma rānei o te tangata, engari, nā te Atua, ko ia e tohu nei.
17E mea nei hoki te karaipiture ki a Parao, Mō konei pū anō koe i whakaarahia ai e ahau, kia ai koe hei whakakite i tōku kaha, kia kōrerotia hoki tōku ingoa ki te whenua katoa.
18Nā konā, e tohungia ana e ia, ko tāna e pai ai, ko tāna hoki e pai ai e whakapakeketia ana e ia.
Te Riri me te Atawhai o te Atua19Nā, tērā koe e mea mai ki ahau, “He aha ia i riri tonu ai? Ko wai hoki e whakakeke ana ki tāna i pai ai?”
20Ha, e te tangata nei, ko wai koe hei whakahoki kupu ki te Atua? Mā te mea hanga koia e mea ki tōna kaihanga, “He aha ahau i hangā ai e koe kia pēnei?”
21He teka ianei kei te kaihanga rīhi te tikanga mō te paru, kia hangā tētahi wāhi o taua mea kotahi i pokepokea hei oko rangatira, tētahi wāhi hei mea ware?
22He aha hoki, mehemea, i tōna whakaaro kia whakakitea tōna riri, ā, kia whakaputaina tōna kaha, ka whakaririka te Atua i runga i te manawanui ki ngā oko o te riri, e rite rawa nei mō te whakangaro?
23Kia whakakitea anō hoki e ia ngā rawa o tōna korōria ki ngā oko o te mahi tohu, kua rite noa ake nei i a ia mō te korōria,
24arā ki a tātou, i karangatia e ia, ehara i te mea nō ngā Hūrai anake, engari, nō ngā tauiwi anō hoki?
25Ko tāna kupu anō tēnā i tā Hohea,
“Ka kīia e ahau tērā ko tōku iwi,
ehara nei i te iwi nōku;
ā, he wahine e arohaina ana
te wahine kīhai i arohaina.
26Ā tēnei ake, i te wāhi i kōrerotia ai ki a rātou,
‘Ehara koutou i te iwi nōku’;
ko reira rātou kīia ai ‘he tama nā te Atua ora.’ ”
27Ko tā Ihāia karanga hoki mō Īharaira,
“Ahakoa i rite te tokomaha o ngā tama a Īharaira ki te onepū o te moana,
ko te toenga kau e ora.
28Mā te Ariki hoki e whakatutuki tāna kupu
ki runga i te whenua, māna e whakaoti,
māna e poro tata.”
29Ā, e kī rā a Ihāia i mua rā,
“Me kāhore te toe i te Atua o ngā mano
he whānau mō tātou,
kua pērā tātou me Horoma,
kua rite anō hoki ki Komora.”
Tā Pāora Īnoi mō Īharaira30Nā, kia pēhea tā tātou kōrero? Ko ngā tauiwi, kīhai nei i whai i te tika, kua tae rātou ki te tika, arā, ki te tika, nā te whakapono.
31Ko Īharaira ia, whai ana i tētahi ture o te tika, kīhai rātou i tae ki taua ture.
32Nā te aha? Nā te mea kīhai rātou i whai i runga i te whakapono, engari, ānō nā runga i ngā mahi. I tūtuki hoki ō rātou waewae ki te kāmaka tūtukitanga;
33ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia:
“Nanā, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki Hiona
he kāmaka tūtukitanga,
he kōhatu whakahinga.
Nā, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia,
e kore e meinga kia whakamā.”
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