1Nā, ko koe, e tāku tamaiti, kia kaha i runga i te aroha noa i roto i a Īhu.
2Ko ngā mea hoki i rongo rā koe ki ahau i ngā kaiwhakaatu tokomaha, tukua ēnā ki ētahi tāngata pono, e pai ana hei whakaako ki ērā atu hoki.
3Tukua atu ngā mamae ki a koe, kia rite ki te hōia pai a Īhu Karaiti.
4Ki te whakahōia tētahi tangata, e kore ia e whakararurarutia e ngā mea o te ao; kia āhuareka ai ki a ia te kaiwhakatū i a ia hei hōia.
5Ki te whakataetae anō tētahi e kore ia e karaunatia, ki te kore e rite ki te tikanga tāna whakataetae.
6Ko te tikanga tēnei, ko te kaingaki e mahi ana kia kai wawe i ngā hua.
7Whakaaroa āku e kōrero nei; ā, mā te Ariki e hōmai ki a koe he ngākau mahara i ngā mea katoa.
8Kia mahara ki a Īhu Karaiti, i whakaarahia nei i te hunga mate, he uri nō Rāwiri, e ai ki tāku rongopai;
9ko te mea anō ia i pāngia ai ahau e ngā mamae, ā hereherea noatia iho, ānō he tangata mahi kino; otirā, e kore tā te Atua kupu e herea.
10Koia hoki ahau i whakaririka kau ai ki ngā mea katoa he mea mō te hunga whiriwhiri; kia whiwhi ai rātou ki te ora i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, ki te korōria mutungakore anō hoki.
11E pono ana hoki te kōrero:
Ki te mate tahi tātou me ia,
ka ora tahi anō hoki tātou me ia.
12Ki te manawanui tātou,
ka whakakīngitia ngātahitia tātou me ia.
Ki te whakakāhore tātou,
ka whakakāhoretia hoki tātou e ia.
13Ki te kore tātou e whakapono,
e mau ana anō tōna pono:
e kore e āhei kia whakakāhore ia i a ia anō.
He Kaimahi e Kore e Whakamā14Whakamaharatia rātou ki ēnei mea, me kauwhau i te aroaro o te Ariki, kia kaua e tautohetohe ki ngā kupu huakore, ki ngā mea whakaputa kē i ngā kaiwhakarongo.
15Kia puta tāu tohe mōu kia tū ki te aroaro o te Atua, he mea e manakohia ana, he kaimahi e kore e whakamā, e whāwhā tika ana i te kupu o te pono.
16Mawehe kē i ngā kōrero whakarihariha, teka noa; ka neke ake hoki te karakiakore o ērā;
17ā, ka kaikai tā rātou kupu, ānō he mea kua kikohungatia. Nō rātou a Himeniu rāua ko Piritu;
18kua hē nei ki te pono, e mea ana, kua pahemo kē te aranga mai; ā, whakaputaia kētia ake e rātou te whakapono o ētahi.
19E ū ana ia te mau o tā te Atua tūranga, ko tōna hīri hoki tēnei, “E mātau ana te Ariki ki āna ake,” me tēnei hoki, “Kia mawehe kē i te hē ngā tāngata katoa e whakahua ana i te ingoa o te Karaiti.”
20Otiia, i te whare nui ehara i te mea he kōura kau, he hiriwa kau rānei ngā oko, tērā anō ētahi he mea rākau, he mea oneone; ētahi hei mea hōnore, ētahi hei mea hōnorekore.
21Nā, ki te mea te tangata i a ia kia mā i ēnā mea, hei oko ia mō te hōnore, kua oti te whakatapu, te whakapai mō a te rangatira tikanga, rite rawa mō ngā mahi pai katoa.
22Oma atu i ngā hiahia taitamariki; whāia te tika, te whakapono, te aroha, te rangimārie, e koutou tahi ko te hunga e karanga ana ki te Ariki i roto i te ngākau mā.
23Āraia atu anō ngā uiuinga wairangi, kūware, kia mahara hoki ko aua mea hei whakatupu whawhai.
24Nā, e kore e pai kia ririhau te pononga a te Ariki; engari kia ngāwari ki ngā tāngata katoa, kia whai ngākau ki te whakaako, kia manawanui.
25Kia whakaako mārie i te hunga e totohe ana; me kore e hoatu e te Atua ki a rātou he rīpenetā e whakaae ai ki te pono;
26kia ara ake ai hoki i roto i te māhanga a te rēwera te hunga i hopukia oratia e te pononga a te Ariki hei mahi i tā te Atua i pai ai.
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