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Te Kupu ki Epeha
1 “Tuhituhi atu ki te anahera o te hāhi i Epeha:
“Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te kaipupuri i ngā whetū e whitu i tōna matau, e hāereere ana i waenganui o ngā tūranga rama kōura e whitu. 2 Ka mātau ahau ki āu mahi, ki tōu uaua, ki tōu manawanui, e kore hoki koe e āta hanga ki te hunga kino. Kua whakamātautauria hoki e koe te hunga e mea nei he āpōtoro rātou, ā, ehara, kua mau i a koe he hunga teka rātou. 3 I whakamanawanui koe, i mahi tonu, ahakoa pēhia, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa, kāhore hoki i hōhā.
4 “Otirā, he mea anō tāku ki a koe, kua whakarērea e koe tōu aroha tuatahi. 5 Nā, kia mahara ki te wāhi i taka iho ai koe, rīpenetā, mahia hoki ngā mahi ō mua; ki te kāhore, ka hohoro tāku haere atu ki a koe, ka nekehia atu e ahau tōu tūranga rama i tōna wāhi ki te kore koe e rīpenetā. 6 Ko tēnei ia tāu nā, e kino ana koe ki ngā hanga a ngā Nīkoraiti, e kinongia nei hoki e ahau.
7 “Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ka hoatu e ahau māna e kai tō te rākau o te ora, e tū ana i waenganui o te Pararaiha o te Atua.”
Te Kupu ki Hamurana
8 “Tuhituhi atu hoki ki te anahera o te hāhi i Hamurana:
“Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te Tuatahi, a te Whakamutunga, i mate nei, ā, kua ora anō. 9 Ka mātau ahau ki tōu tūkinotanga ki tōu rawakoretanga; engari he whai rawa tonu koe. E mātau ana anō ahau ki ngā hahani a te hunga e mea nei he Hūrai rātou, ā, ehara, engari ko te whakamenenga rātou a Hātana. 10 Kaua e wehi ki ngā mamae meāke nei pā ki a koe. Nā, tērā e makā ētahi o koutou e te rēwera ki te whare herehere, kia whakamātautauria ai koutou; ā, ka whakamamaetia koutou kotahi tekau ngā rā. Kia pono koe ā mate noa, ā, māku e hoatu ki a koe te karauna o te ora.
11 “Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, e kore ia e hē i te matenga tuarua.”
Te Kupu ki Perekamu
12 “Tuhituhi atu hoki ki te anahera o te hāhi i Perekamu:
“Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te kaimau i te hoari koi, i te mea matarua. 13 Ka mātau ahau ki te wāhi e noho nā koe, ko te wāhi ia i te torōna o Hātana. E mau ana hoki koe ki tōku ingoa, kāhore hoki koe i whakakāhore ki tōku whakapono, i ngā rā iara i tāku kaiwhakaatu pono, i a Anatipa, i whakamatea nei i roto i a koutou i te wāhi e noho nā a Hātana.
14 “Tēnei ia ētahi mea āku ki a koe, nō te mea kei a koe te hunga e mau ana ki te ako a Paraama, nāna nei i whakaako a Paraka ki te maka tūtukitanga waewae ki te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira, i kai ai rātou i ngā mea i patua mā te whakapakoko, i moepuku ai hoki. 15 Kei a koe anō hoki te hunga e mau ana ki te ako a ngā Nīkoraiti, pērā anō. 16 Nō reira, rīpenetā; nā, ki te kāhore, ka hohoro tāku haere atu ki a koe, ā, ka whawhaitia rātou e ahau ki te hoari a tōku māngai.
17 “Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ka hoatu e ahau te mana huna, ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a ia he kōhatu mā, me te ingoa hou, he mea tuhituhi ki te kōhatu, e kore nei e mātauria e tētahi, ko te tangata anake e whiwhi ana.”
Te Kupu ki Taiataira
18 “Tuhituhi atu hoki ki te anahera te hāhi o Taiataira:
“Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te Tama a te Atua, ko ōna kanohi nei me te mea he mura ahi, ōna waewae rite tonu ki te parāhi pīata. 19 E mātau ana ahau ki āu mahi, ki tōu aroha, ki tāu mahi minita, ki tōu whakapono, ki tōu manawanui, ā, nui atu āu mahi ō muri nei i ngā mea ō mua.
20 “Tēnei anō ia ētahi mea āku ki a koe, nō te mea e tukua ana e koe taua wahine a Ietēpere, e mea nei he poropiti ia; kei te whakaako, kei te kukume i āku pononga kia moepuku, kia kai anō hoki i ngā mea e patua ana mā ngā whakapakoko. 21 Ā, i hoatu e ahau ki a ia he tāima e rīpenetā ai ia; otirā, kāhore ia e pai kia rīpenetā i tāna moepuku. 22 Nā, ka makā ia e ahau ki tētahi moenga, me te hunga e pūremu ana ki a ia, ki roto ki te whiu taimaha, mehemea kāhore rātou e rīpenetā ki ā rātou mahi. 23 Ka whakamatea hoki e ahau āna tamariki kia mate rawa; ā, ka mātau ngā hāhi katoa ko ahau te kairapu i tā ngā whatumanawa, i tā ngā ngākau. Ka rite hoki ki ā koutou mahi tāku e hoatu ai ki tēnei, ki tēnei o koutou. 24 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei ki a koutou, ki ērā atu hoki i Taiataira, ki te hunga kāhore nei i a rātou tēnei ako, kāhore anō kia mātau ki ngā mea hōhonu a Hātana, ki tā rātou e kōrero nei; e kore e whakawahā e ahau tētahi atu mea taimaha ki a koutou. 25 Ko te mea ia i a koutou, puritia kia mau kia tae atu rā anō ahau.
26 “Nā, ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ko te tangata hoki e puritia e ia āku mahi taea noatia te mutunga, māku e hoatu ki a ia he mana rangatira ki ngā tauiwi. 27 He rino hoki te tokotoko e whakahaere tikanga ai ia mō rātou, ka pērā i ngā oko a te kaipokepoke paru, ka pakaru rikiriki; ka rite ki tā tōku Matua i hōmai ai ki ahau. 28 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a ia te whetū o te ata. 29 Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi.”