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Ko te Atua, tō Tātou Matua
1 Nā, i tēnei kapua nui o ngā kaiwhakaatu e karapoti nei i a tātou, whakarērea e tātou ngā whakataimaha katoa, me te hara whakaeke tata, kia manawanui hoki tātou ki te oma i te omanga e takoto nei i tō tātou aroaro. 2 Me te titiro pū anō ki a Īhu, ki te kaitīmata, ki te kaiwhakaoti i te whakapono; i whakaaro hoki ia ki te hari i tōna aroaro, ā, whakamanawanui ana ki te rīpeka, whakahāwea ana ki te whakamā, nā, kua noho ki matau o te torōna o te Atua.
3 Whakaaroa hoki ia i whakamanawanui nei ki taua totohe nui a te hunga hara ki a ia, kei hōhā ō koutou ngākau, kei ngākaukore koutou. 4 Ko tā koutou pakanga, kāhore anō kia tae noa ki te toto i a koutou e whawhai nā ki te hara. 5 Ā, kua wareware koutou ki te kupu whakahau e kōrero nei ki a koutou, me te mea he tama koutou,
“E tāku tama, kaua e whakahāwea ki tā te Ariki papaki;
kei ngākaukore hoki ina rīria e ia.
6 E papaki ana hoki te Ariki ki tāna e aroha ai,
e whiua ana hoki e ia ngā tama katoa
e whakatamarikitia ana ki a ia.”
7 Hei pakinga tā koutou e manawanui ai; e rite ana tā te Atua meatanga ki a koutou ki tāna ki ngā tama tupu. Ko wai hoki te tama e kore e pākia e tōna pāpā? 8 Ki te kāhore ia ō koutou pakinga, te mea e whakawhiwhia ana ki te katoa, he pōriro koutou, ehara i te tama. 9 Tētahi, he mātua anō ō tātou nō te wāhi ki te kikokiko, he mea papaki tātou nā rātou; i hopohopo anō tātou ki a rātou. Kaua ianei e nui noa atu tō tātou ngohengohe ki te Matua o ngā wairua, kia ora ai? 10 Ko tā rātou papaki hoki he torutoru nei ngā rā, he mea anō nā tā rātou ake i whakaaro ai; ko tā tēnei ia hei pai mō tātou, kia whiwhi ai tātou ki tōna tapu. 11 Ko ngā pakinga katoa, e kore e kīia ināianei hei whakahari, engari hei whakapōuri; muri iho ia ka puta mai te hua rangimārie o te tika, ki te hunga e whakamahia ana ki taua mea.
He Tohutohu Whakatūpato Hoki
12 Heoi, kia ara ngā ringaringa kua tukua iho, me ngā turi ngoikore, 13 hangā hoki ētahi huarahi tika mō ō koutou waewae, kei whakapeaua kētia atu te kopa; engari kia ora ake i te mate.
14 Whāia te rongo kia mau ki te katoa, me te tapu hoki, ki te kāhore hoki tēnei e kore tētahi tangata e kite i te Ariki. 15 Me te titiro mārie kei hapa tētahi i tō te Atua aroha noa; kei pihi ake tētahi pakiaka o te kawa hei whakararuraru, e poke ai te tokomaha. 16 Kei moepuku tētahi, kei whakarihariha rānei, kei pērā me Ēhau; i hokona rā e ia tōna mātāmuatanga ki te kainga kotahi. 17 E mātau ana hoki koutou ki tōna hiahia i muri kia riro i a ia te manaaki, ā, kapea ana ia. Kīhai hoki i kitea he wāhi mō te rīpenetā; i rapua mārietia anō e ia me te heke anō o ngā roimata.
18 Ehara hoki i te mea kua tae koutou ki te maunga e taea te whakapā atu, ki te ahi e kā ana, ki te pango kerekere, ki te pōuri, ki te tūpuhi, 19 ki te tangi o te tētere, ki te reo e kōrero ana; i īnoi rā te hunga i rangona ai kia kaua he kupu ki a rātou i muri iho. 20 Kīhai hoki rātou i kaha ake ki te mea i whakaritea mai, “Nā, ahakoa he kararehe e pā atu ki te maunga, me āki ki te kōhatu.” 21 Koia anō te mataku o te mea i puta mai rā, i mea ai a Mohi, “Mataku rawa ahau, wiri rawa.”
22 Engari kua tae nei koutou ki Maunga Hiona, ki te pā o te Atua ora, ki Hiruhārama i te rangi, ki ngā mano tini o ngā anahera, 23 ki te huihui nui, ki te hāhi o ngā mātāmua, kua oti te tuhituhi ki te rangi, ki te Atua hoki, ki te kaiwhakawā o ngā tāngata katoa, ki ngā wairua anō o te hunga tika kua oti te mea kia tino tika, 24 ki a Īhu anō hoki, ki te takawaenga o te kawenata hou, ki ngā toto o te tāuhiuhinga, he pai ake nei ngā kōrero i tō Āpera.
25 Kia mahara kei whakarere koutou i tēnei e kōrero mai nei. Ki te mea hoki kīhai i mawhiti te hunga i paopao ki tērā i kōrero rā i runga i te whenua, inā e kore rawa anō tātou, ki te tahuri kē atu i tēnei kua kōrero mai nei i te rangi. 26 Ngāueue ana te whenua i tōna reo i reira; ināianei ia kua puaki tāna kupu whakaari, kua mea ia, “Kia kotahi anō meatanga, ā, ehara i te mea ko te whenua anake, ko te rangi anō hoki tāku e whakangāueue ai.” 27 Ko taua kupu nei hoki, “Kia kotahi meatanga,” hei whakakite i te putanga kētanga o ngā mea ka whakangāueuetia rā, he mea hanga hoki, mau tonu iho ai ngā mea e kore nei e whakangāueuetia.
28 Nā, ka riro nei i a tātou he kīngitanga e kore e taea te whakangāueue, kia whiwhi tātou ki te aroha noa e manakohia mai ai tā tātou e mahi nei ki te Atua i runga i te hopohopo, i te wehi; 29 he ahi hoki e kai ana tō tātou Atua.