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Ko Īhu te Huarahi ki te Matua
1 “Kei pōuri ō koutou ngākau; e whakapono ana koutou ki te Atua, whakapono hoki ki ahau. 2 He maha ngā nohoanga i roto i te whare o tōku Matua; me he kāhore, kua kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou. Ka haere hoki ahau ki te mea i tētahi wāhi hei tukunga ake mō koutou. 3 Ā, ki te haere ahau ki te mea wāhi hei tukunga ake mō koutou, ka haere mai anō ahau, ā, ka tango i a koutou ki ahau; kia noho ai hoki koutou ki te wāhi e noho ai ahau. 4 Nā, e mātau ana koutou ki te huarahi ki te wāhi e haere atu nei ahau.”
5 Nā, ka mea a Tamati ki a ia, “E te Ariki, kāhore mātou e mātau ki te wāhi e haere nā koe; me pēhea ka mātau ai mātou ki te huarahi?”
6 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ko ahau te huarahi, te pono, te ora; e kore rawa tētahi tangata e haere ake ki te Matua, ki te kāhore ahau. 7 Me i mātau koutou ki ahau, kua mātau anō ki tōku Matua. Nā i ēnei ake wā ka mōhio koutou ki a ia, kua kite anō hoki i a ia.”
8 Ka mea a Piripi ki a ia, “E te Ariki, whakakitea te Matua ki a mātou, ā, ka tatū ō mātou ngākau.”
9 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Roa noa atu tōku noho ki a koutou, ā, kāhore anō koe i mātau noa ki ahau, e Piripi? Ko ia kua kite i ahau kua kite hoki i te Matua; he aha koe ka mea ai, ‘Whakakitea mai te Matua ki a mātou?’ 10 E kore ianei koe e whakapono, ko ahau kei roto i te Matua, ko te Matua kei roto i ahau? Ko ngā kupu e kōrero nei ahau ki a koutou, ehara i te kōrero nāku ake; engari, nā te Matua e noho ana i roto i ahau, ko ia te mea ana i ngā mahi. 11 Whakapono mai ki ahau, kei roto ahau i te Matua, ko te Matua hoki kei roto i ahau; ki te kāhore, whakaaro ki ngā mahi, ka whakapono ai ki ahau. 12 He pono, he pono tāku e mea atu nei ki a koutou, ki te whakapono tētahi ki ahau, ko ngā mahi e mea nei ahau, e meinga anō e ia; ā, nui atu i ēnei āna e mea ai; nō te mea e haere ana ahau ki tōku Matua. 13 Ā, ko tā koutou e īnoi ai i runga i tōku ingoa, e meatia tēnei e ahau, kia whai korōria ai te Matua i te Tama. 14 Ki te īnoia e koutou tētahi mea i ahau i runga i tōku ingoa, māku e whakamana.”
Te Whakaaria o te Wairua Tapu
15 “Ki te aroha koutou ki ahau, kia mau ki āku ture. 16 Ka īnoi ahau ki te Matua, ā, māna e hoatu ki a koutou tētahi atu Kaiwhakamārie, hei noho tonu ki a koutou. 17 Ko te Wairua o te pono; e kore nei e riro i te ao, nō te mea e kore e kite i a ia, e kore anō e mātau ki a ia. Kei a koutou hoki ia e noho ana, ā, ka noho anō i roto i a koutou.
18 “E kore koutou e waiho pani e ahau. E haere mai anō ahau ki a koutou. 19 Taro ake, ā, heoi anō kitenga o te ao i ahau; ko koutou ia e kite i ahau; e ora ana ahau, ka ora anō koutou. 20 Ā taua rā koutou mātau ai kei roto ahau i tōku Matua, ko koutou anō kei roto i ahau, me ahau hoki kei roto i a koutou.
21 “Ko te tangata kei a ia nei āku ture, e puritia ana hoki e ia, ko ia te aroha ana ki ahau: ki te aroha tētahi ki ahau, ka arohaina ia e tōku Matua, ā, ka aroha ahau ki a ia, ka whakaatu i ahau ki a ia.”
22 Ka mea a Hūrā ki a ia (hāunga a Ikariote) “E te Ariki, he pēhea i whakaatu ai koe i a koe ki a mātou, ā, kāhore ki te ao?”
23 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “Ki te aroha tētahi ki ahau, e puritia e ia tāku kupu, ā, ka arohaina ia e tōku Matua, ka haere atu māua ki a ia, ka noho tonu ki a ia. 24 Ki te kāhore tētahi e aroha ki ahau, e kore e puritia e ia āku kupu. Nā, ehara i ahau ake te kupu e rongo nei koutou, engari, nā te Matua i tonoa mai ai ahau.
25 “Kua kōrerotia nei e ahau ēnei mea ki a koutou, i ahau e noho nei i a koutou. 26 Nā, ko te kaiwhakamārie, arā ko te Wairua Tapu, e tonoa mai e te Matua i runga i tōku ingoa, māna koutou e whakaako ki ngā mea katoa, māna koutou e whakamahara ki ngā mea katoa kua kōrerotia nei e ahau ki a koutou. 27 He rangimārie tāku e waiho nei ki a koutou, tēnei tāku rangimārie te hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou. E kore e rite ki tā te ao hoatu tāku hoatu ki a koutou. Kei pōuri ō koutou ngākau, kei mataku.
28 “Kua rongo nā koutou ki tāku i mea ai ki a koutou, ‘E haere ana ahau, ā, ka hoki mai anō ki a koutou.’ Me i aroha koutou ki ahau, kua hari koutou, nōku i mea, ‘E haere ana ahau ki te Matua.’ He nui ake hoki tōku Matua i ahau. 29 Nā, kua kōrero nei ahau ki a koutou; i te mea kāhore anō i puta, mō te puta rawa mai, ka whakapono koutou. 30 E kore e maha ake āku kōrero ki a koutou. E haere mai ana hoki te ariki o tēnei ao, kāhore hoki āna wāhi i roto i ahau; 31 otirā, kia mātau ai te ao, e aroha ana ahau ki te Matua; ko tā te Matua anō i whakahau mai ai ki ahau, ko tāku tēnā e mea nei.
“Whakatika, ka haere atu tātou i konei.”