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Mai te Mate ki te Ora
1 Me koutou anō nāna i whakaora, i te mea he tūpāpaku i ngā hē, i ngā hara, 2 i hāereerea rā e koutou i mua i runga i tā tēnei ao tikanga, i tā te rangatira o te kaha o ngā kapua, o te wairua e mahi nei ināianei i roto i ngā tama a te tutū. 3 Arā, i ērā hoa o tātou katoa i mua, i a tātou e noho ana i runga i ngā hiahia o tō tātou kikokiko, e mahi ana i ngā mea e paingia ana e te kikokiko, e te whakaaro, i te māoritanga hoki he tamariki nā te riri, he pērā me ērā atu.
4 Ko tā te Atua ia tēnei, ranea rawa hoki tāna mahi tohu, nui atu tōna aroha i arohaina mai ai tātou e ia, 5 i te mea he tūpāpaku tātou i ngā hē, whakaorangia ngātahitia ana tātou e ia me te Karaiti, he aroha noa i whakaorangia ai koutou; 6 ā, whakaarahia ngātahitia ana e ia, whakanohoia ngātahitia ana ki ngā wāhi o te rangi i roto i a Karaiti Īhu; 7 kia whakakitea ai e ia i ngā wā e haere ake nei te hira o te taonga a tōna aroha noa, i a ia ka manaaki i a tātou i roto i a Karaiti Īhu. 8 Nā te aroha noa hoki koutou i whakaorangia ai i runga i te whakapono; ehara anō hoki tēnei i te mea nō koutou; he mea hōmai noa nā te Atua. 9 Ehara i ngā mahi, kei whakamanamana te tangata. 10 He mahinga hoki tātou nāna, he mea hanga i roto i a Karaiti Īhu mō ngā mahi pai i whakaritea e te Atua i mua hei hāereerenga mō tātou.
Kotahi i roto i te Karaiti
11 Nā, kia mahara he tauiwi koutou i mua nō te wāhi ki te kikokiko, e kīia ana hoki ko “te Kotingakore” e tēnei e kīia nei ko “te Kotinga” – arā tō te kikokiko, he mea nā te ringa – 12 i taua wā he mea motu kē atu koutou i a te Karaiti, ehara i te tangata whenua nō Īharaira, he tangata kē ki ngā kawenata o te mea i whakaaria mai i mua, kāhore he tūmanakotanga atu, he hunga Atuakore i te ao. 13 Nā, ināianei i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, ko koutou, ko te hunga i tawhiti i mua, kua meinga e ngā toto o te Karaiti kia tata.
14 Ko ia hoki tō tātou maunga rongo, nāna i mea ngā mea e rua kia kotahi, whakahoroa iho e ia te pātū e ārai ana i waenga. 15 Whakakāhoretia ana hoki e ia ki tōna kikokiko te mauāhara, arā te ture i ngā kupu ako, i ngā tikanga; kia hangā ai i roto i a ia te tokorua hei tangata kotahi, hei tangata hou, kia mau ai te rongo i a ia; 16 kia houhia ai anō hoki e ia te rongo a te tokorua ki te Atua i roto i te tinana kotahi, he meatanga nā te rīpeka, mā reira hoki e whakamate te mauāhara. 17 Ā, haere mai ana ia, kauwhau ana i te maunga rongo ki a koutou i tawhiti, ki te hunga hoki e tata ana. 18 Nāna hoki tātou, te tokorua nei, i whai tatanga atu ai i roto i te Wairua kotahi ki te Matua.
19 Nā reira, ehara koutou i te tāngata kē, i te manene rānei; engari he tāngata whenua koutou tahi ko te hunga tapu, nō te whare hoki o te Atua; 20 he mea hanga ki runga ki te tūranga o ngā āpōtoro rātou ko ngā poropiti, ko Īhu Karaiti anō hei tino kāmaka mō te kokonga; 21 kei roto nei i a ia tēnā whare, tēnā whare, he mea āta tātai mārie, ka tupu hei whare tapu i roto i te Ariki; 22 me koutou anō e hangā tahitia ana i roto i a ia, hei nohoanga mō te Atua, he mea nā te Wairua.