1Nā Pāora, i paingia e te Atua hei āpōtoro mā Īhu Karaiti, mō te ora i whakaaria mai i roto i a Karaiti Īhu,
2Ki a Tīmoti, ki tāku tamaiti aroha:
Kia tau te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua Matua, nā Karaiti Īhu hoki, nā tō tātou Ariki.
Whakamoemiti me te Manawa3E whakawhetai ana ahau ki te Atua, e mahi atu nei ahau ki a ia, he mea nō ōku tūpuna iho i runga i te hinengaro mā, nō te mea kāhore e mutu tōku mahara ki a koe i āku īnoinga i te pō, i te ao.
4Nui atu tōku hiahia kia kite i a koe, i ahau e mahara ana ki ōu roimata, kia kī ai ahau i te hari.
5Ka hoki ake nei tōku mahara ki te whakapono tinihangakore i roto i a koe; i noho tuatahi rā i roto i tōu tupuna wahine, i a Roihi, i tōu whaea hoki, i a Ūnihi; ā, e tino mōhio ana ahau kei roto anō i a koe.
6Koia ahau ka whakamahara nei i a koe, kia whakaūngia anō te ahi, te mea i hoatu nā e te Atua, tēnā kei roto i a koe, he mea nā te whakapānga atu o ōku ringaringa.
7Kāhore hoki i hōmai e te Atua ki a tātou te wairua o te wehi; engari tō te kaha, tō te aroha, tō te ngākau mahara.
8Nā, kei whakamā koe ki te whakaatu i tō tātou Ariki, ki ahau rānei, ki tōna herehere; engari uru atu koe ki ngā mate o te rongopai, kia rite ki tā te Atua whakakahanga.
9Nāna nei tātou i whakaora, nāna hoki tātou i karanga ki te karangatanga tapu; kīhai i rite ki ā tātou mahi, engari ki tāna ake tikanga i whakatakoto ai i mua, ki te aroha noa hoki i hōmai nei ki a tātou i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, i mua atu o te tīmatanga o te ao;
10ā, kua whakakitea mai nei ināianei i te putanga nui mai o tō tātou Kaiwhakaora, o Īhu Karaiti, i whakakāhore nei i te mate, ā, whakakitea mai ana e ia te ora me te matengakore, he mea nā te rongopai.
11Meinga iho nei ahau hei kaikauwhau mō tēnei, hei āpōtoro, hei kaiwhakaako.
12Ko te mea hoki tēnei i pāngia ai ahau e ēnei mate. He ahakoa rā kāhore ahau e whakamā; e mātau ana hoki ahau ki tāku i whakapono ai, e ū ana tōku whakaaro e taea e ia te tiaki tāku i tuku atu ai ki a ia, ā taea noatia taua rā.
13Kia mau ki te tauira mō ngā kupu tika i rongo rā koe ki ahau, puritia i runga i te whakapono, i te aroha i roto i a Karaiti Īhu.
14Ko te mea pai i tukua rā ki a koe, me tiaki e koe, arā e te Wairua Tapu e noho ana i roto i a tātou.
15E mātau ana koe ki tēnei, i tahuri kē i ahau te hunga katoa i Āhia; nō rātou a Paikeru rāua ko Heremokeni.
16Kia tohungia e te Ariki ngā tāngata o te whare o Onehipora; he maha hoki ōku oranga ngākau i a ia, kīhai hoki ia i whakamā ki tōku mekameka.
17Ā, i a ia i Rōma, i rapua mārietia ahau e ia, ā, kitea ana.
18Mā te Ariki e tuku ki a ia kia kite i te mahi tohu a te Ariki ā taua rā. Ko āna mahinga mea hoki māku i Epeha, erangi koe e mōhio ana.
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