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Te Arero Rauhanga
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri nā Rāwiri, i a Roeke Ēromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, “Kua tae a Rāwiri ki te whare o Ahimereke.”
1 He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui?
He pūmau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.
2 E whakatakoto ana tōu arero i ngā mea nanakia,
e mahi hīanga ana, ānō he heu koi.
3 E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai,
te teka i te kōrero tika.
Hera
4 E te arero hīanga,
e arohaina ana e koe ngā kupu horomiti katoa.
5 Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu;
ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka tākiritia atu i tōu nohoanga,
ka hūtia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora.
Hera
6 E kite hoki te hunga tika, ā, ka wehi;
ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,
7 “Inanā, ko te tangata tēnei
kīhai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mōna;
otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o āna taonga,
whakapakari ana i runga i tāna mahi kino.”
8 Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te ōriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua;
ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.
9 Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nāu hoki tēnei i mea;
ka tūmanako anō ki tōu ingoa;
he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tāu hunga tapu.