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1 Nā, tēnei mātou ōna hoa mahi te tohe atu nei i a koutou, kia kaua e kore hua te rironga mai o te aroha noa o te Atua i a koutou. 2 E mea ana hoki ia,
“Nō te wā manakohanga atu
i whakarongo ai ahau ki a koe,
āwhinatia ana hoki koe e ahau
i te rā o te whakaoranga.”
Nanā, tēnei te wā manakohanga mai; nanā, tēnei te rā o te whakaoranga!
3 E kore hoki e hoatu e mātou tētahi take e hē ai, ahakoa i te aha, kei whakahēngia tā mātou mahi minita; 4 engari, i ngā mea katoa e whakakite ana i a mātou, he minita nā te Atua, i runga i te hua o te manawanui, i ngā tūkinotanga, i ngā aituā, i ngā rarunga, 5 i ngā whiunga, i ngā hereheretanga, i ngā ngangaretanga, i ngā māuiuitanga, i ngā mataaratanga, i ngā nohoanga pukutanga; 6 i runga i te kinokore, i te mātauranga, i te manawanui, i te ngākau ngāwari, i te Wairua Tapu, i te aroha tinihangakore, 7 i runga i te kupu o te pono, i te kaha o te Atua, i ngā mea whawhai o te tika ki matau, ki mauī, 8 i runga i te korōria, i te hōnorekore, i te kupu kino, i te kupu pai; me te mea he hunga tinihanga, ā, he hunga pono anō. 9 Me te mea kāhore e mōhiotia, otiia e mōhiotia nuitia ana; me te mea ka mate, heoi, tēnei anō mātou te ora nei; me te mea e pākia ana, heoi kāhore e whakamatea; 10 me te mea e pōuri ana, heoi, e hari tonu ana; me te mea e rawakore ana, heoi, e mea ana i te tokomaha kia whai taonga; me te mea kāhore ā mātou aha, otiia, kei a mātou ngā mea katoa.
11 Tuwhera tonu ō mātou māngai ki a koutou, e ngā Koriniti, kua nui tō mātou ngākau. 12 Ehara i te mea nō mātou te kūiti i a koutou, engari, nō ō koutou ngākau te kūiti. 13 Nā, hei utu e rite ana, he kupu tēnei nāku ki āku tamariki, kia whakanuia anō hoki koutou.
He Whakatūpato ki ngā Awe o te Hunga Whakapono kore
14 Kei iokatia kētia koutou ki te hunga whakapono kore. Nō hea hoki te whakahoatanga o te tika rāua ko te tutū? Nō hea hoki te huihuinga tahitanga o te mārama ki te pōuri? 15 Ko ēhea mea a te Karaiti i huihuia ki a Periara? Nā tēhea wāhi rānei i huanga ai te tangata whakapono ki te tangata whakapono kore? 16 Ā, kei hea he tatanga mō te whare tapu o te Atua ki ngā whakapakoko? He whare tapu hoki koutou nō te Atua ora; ko tā te Atua hoki tēnā i mea ai:
“Ka noho ahau i roto i a rātou,
ka hāereere ahau i roto i a rātou;
ā, ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou,
ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku.”
17 Mō konei,
“Puta mai i roto i a rātou,
kia motu kē, e ai tā te Ariki.
Kaua hoki e pā ki te mea poke;
ā, ka riro mai koutou i ahau;
18 Ko ahau anō hoki hei Matua mō koutou,
ko koutou hoki hei tama hei tamāhine ki ahau,
e ai tā te Ariki Kaha Rawa.”