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Te Kupu Whakarite mō ngā Kaimahi i te Māra Wāina
(Matiu 21.33-46; Ruka 20.9-19)
1 Nā, ka tīmata ia ki te kōrero kupu whakarite ki a rātou: “I whakatōkia e tētahi tangata he māra wāina, taiepatia ana ki te taiepa, nā, ka keria te takotoranga wāina, hangā ana tētahi whare tiketike, tukua ana e ia ki ngā kaimahi, nā, ko tōna haerenga ki tawhiti. 2 Ā, i te pō i tika ai ka tonoa e ia he pononga ki ngā kaimahi ki te tiki i ētahi hua o te māra wāina i a rātou. 3 Nā, ka mau rātou ki a ia, ā, whiua ana, tonoa kautia atu ana. 4 Nā, ka tonoa anō e ia ki a rātou tētahi atu pononga; ā, ka ākina ia e rātou ki te kōhatu, ngawhā iho tōna mātenga, ā, ka tūkinotia ia e rātou ka tonoa atu. 5 Nā, ka tonoa anō e ia tētahi atu; ā, whakamatea iho ia e rātou; me ērā atu, tōna tini, ko ētahi i whiua, ko ētahi i whakamatea.
6 “Nā, kotahi ake anō tāna, he tama aroha nāna, ko ia ō muri rawa i tonoa ai e ia ki a rātou, i mea hoki ia, ‘E hopohopo rātou ki tāku tama.’ 7 Nā, ka mea aua kaimahi ki a rātou anō, ‘Ko te tangata tēnei mōna te kāinga; tēnā, tātou ka whakamate i a ia, ā, mō tātou te kāinga.’ 8 Nā, ka mau rātou ki a ia, whakamatea iho, makā ana ki waho o te māra wāina.
9 “Nā, ka pēhea te rangatira o te māra wāina? Ka haere ia, ka whakangaro i ngā kaimahi, ka hoatu te māra wāina ki ētahi atu. 10 Kāhore koia koutou i kite i tēnei karaipiture:
‘Ko te kōhatu i kapea e ngā kaihanga kua meinga
hei upoko mō te kokonga.
11 Nā te Ariki tēnei,
ā, he mea whakamīharo hoki
ki ō tātou kanohi’?”
12 Nā, ka whai rātou kia hopukina ia, otiia, i mataku i te mano. I mātau hoki rātou mō rātou te kupu whakarite i kōrerotia nei e ia; nā, whakarērea ana ia, haere ana rātou.
Te Utu Takoha
(Matiu 22.15-22; Ruka 20.20-26)
13 Nā, ka tonoa mai e rātou ki a ia ētahi o ngā Parihi, rātou ko ngā Herōriana, hei hopu mō tētahi kupu āna. 14 Ā, nō tō rātou taenga mai, ka mea ki a ia, “E te Kaiwhakaako, e mātau ana mātou he kupu pono tāu, e kore anō tā te tangata e whakaaroa e koe; e kore anō koe e titiro ki te kanohi tangata, engari, ka whakaako i te ara a te Atua i runga i te pono. He mea tika rānei te hoatu takoha ki a Hīhā, ehara rānei? 15 Me hoatu rānei e mātou, kaua rānei e hoatu?”
Otirā, i mōhio ia ki tō rātou tinihanga, ka mea ki a rātou, “He aha koutou ka whakamātautau ai i ahau? Mauria mai he pene ki ahau, kia kite ahau.”
16 Ā, mauria ana mai. Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a rātou, “Nō wai tēnei āhua me te tuhituhinga?”
Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nō Hīhā.”
17 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Hoatu ki a Hīhā, ngā mea a Hīhā, ki te Atua ngā mea a te Atua.” Ā, mīharo ana rātou ki a ia.
Te Take e Pā ana ki te Aranga ake i te Mate
(Matiu 22.23-33; Ruka 20.27-40)
18 Nā, ka haere mai ki a ia ngā Haruki, e mea nei kāhore he aranga; ka ui ki a ia, ka mea, 19 “E te kaiwhakaako, i tuhituhi a Mohi ki a mātou, ‘Ki te mate te tuakana o tētahi tangata, mahue iho tāna wahine, kāhore he tamariki hei waihotanga iho, me tango tāna wahine e tōna teina, ka whakatupu uri ai mō tōna tuakana.’ 20 Nā, tērā tētahi whānau, tokowhitu, he tuākana, he tēina: ka tango tō mua i te wahine, ka mate, ā, kāhore he uri hei waihotanga iho. 21 Kātahi, ka tango te tuarua i a ia, ka mate, kāhore anō hoki ōna uri hei waihotanga iho. Pērā tonu anō hoki te tuatoru. 22 I tango anō te tokowhitu i a ia, ā, kāhore ō rātou uri hei waihotanga iho. Muri rawa iho ka mate ko te wahine. 23 Nā, i te aranga, i te mea ka ara rātou, mā wai o rātou te wahine? He wahine hoki ia nā rātou tokowhitu.”
24 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ehara ianei tēnei i te mea i hē ai koutou, kāhore nei hoki e mōhio ki ngā karaipiture, ki te kaha hoki o te Atua? 25 I te mea hoki ka ara mai rātou i te hunga mate, e kore e mārena, e kore anō e hoatu kia mārenatia; engari, ka rite ki ngā anahera o te rangi. 26 Nā, mō te hunga mate, mō tō rātou aranga mai; kāhore koutou i kite i roto i te Pukapuka a Mohi, i te wāhi ki te Rākau, i tā te Atua i kī ai ki a ia, i mea ai, ‘Ko te Atua ahau o Āperahama, ko te Atua o Īhaka, ko te Atua o Hākopa’? 27 Ehara ia i te Atua nō te hunga mate, engari, he Atua nō te hunga ora; nā, nui atu tō koutou hē!”
Te Ture Tino Nui
(Matiu 22.34-40; Ruka 10.25-28)
28 Ā, ko te haerenga mai o tētahi o ngā karaipi, ko te rongonga ki a rātou e totohe ana, ka kite he pai tāna whakahoki ki a rātou, ka ui ki a ia, “Ko tēhea te tuatahi o ngā ture katoa?”
29 Nā, ko te whakahokinga a Īhu ki a ia, “Ko te tuatahi o ngā ture katoa, ‘Whakarongo, e Īharaira: Ko te Ariki, ko tō tātou Atua, he Ariki kotahi; 30 kia whakapaua hoki tōu ngākau, tōu wairua, tōu hinengaro, tōu kaha, ki te aroha ki te Ariki, ki tōu Atua. Ko te ture tuatahi tēnei.’ 31 Ko te tuarua tēnei, ‘Kia aroha koe ki tōu hoa tata, ānō ko koe.’ Kāhore he ture kē atu e rahi ake ana i ēnei.”
32 Nā, ka mea te karaipi ki a ia, “He pono, e te Kaiwhakaako, he tika tāu kōrero ‘kotahi tonu ia, ā, kāhore tētahi ko ia anake’; 33 ā, ‘Ko te whakapau i te ngākau, i te hinengaro, i te wairua, i te kaha, ki te aroha ki a ia, me te aroha ki tōna hoa tata, ānō ko ia,’ nui atu ēnā i ngā tahunga tinana, i ngā patunga tapu katoa.”
34 Ā, nō te kitenga o Īhu he kupu mōhio tāna i whakahoki ai, ka mea ki a ia, “Kāhore koe i matara atu i te rangatiratanga o te Atua.” Ā, kīhai tētahi tangata i māia ki te ui ki a ia i muri iho.
Te Take e Pā ana ki te Karaiti
(Matiu 22.41-46; Ruka 20.41-44)
35 Nā, ka kī a Īhu, ka mea, i a ia e whakaako ana i roto i te temepara, “Nā te aha ngā karaipi ka mea ai, he tama nā Rāwiri a te Karaiti? 36 Nā Rāwiri ake hoki te kupu i roto i te Wairua Tapu:
‘I mea te Ariki ki tōku Ariki:
“Hei tōku matau koe noho ai,
kia meinga rā anō e ahau ōu hoariri
hei tūranga waewae mōu.” ’
37 Ko Rāwiri tonu tēnei e karanga nei ki a ia he Ariki; ā, nō hea ia i tama ai ki a ia?”
Ā, āhuareka ana te mano tini ki te whakarongo ki a ia.
Te Whakatūpato a Īhu mō ngā Kaiwhakaako i te Ture
(Matiu 23.1-36; Ruka 20.45-47)
38 Nā, i mea anō ia ki a rātou i tāna akoranga, “Kia tūpato ki ngā karaipi, ko tā rātou e rawe ai ko te hāereere i roto i ngā kākahu roroa, me ngā ohatanga i ngā kāinga hokohoko, 39 me ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā whare karakia, me ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā hākari. 40 Ka pau nei i a rātou ngā whare o ngā pouaru, ā, ka māminga ki te īnoi roa. He nui rawa te mate e pā ki ēnei.”
Te Koha a te Pouaru
(Ruka 21.1-4)
41 Ā, ka noho a Īhu i te ritenga atu o te takotoranga moni, ka mātakitaki ki te mano e panga moni ana ki te takotoranga moni; ā, he tokomaha ngā tāngata whai taonga i panga moni maha ki roto. 42 Nā, ko te haerenga mai o tētahi pouaru rawakore, ka maka i ngā mea nonohi e rua, kotahi pātene ki te huia.
43 Nā, ka karangatia e ia āna ākonga, ka mea ki a rātou, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ko tā tēnei pouaru rawakore i maka ai, nui atu i a rātou katoa e maka rā ki te takotoranga moni. 44 Ko rātou katoa hoki, he hira nei ō rātou taonga, i makā ko tētahi wāhi; tēnā ko ia i tōna rawakoretanga i maka i āna mea katoa, arā, i tōna oranga katoa.”