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Kaua e Whakawākia ētahi atu
1 Ko te tangata he ngoikore te whakapono, manakohia, kauaka ia ki ngā tautohe whakaaro. 2 Ko tētahi hoki e whakapono ana he pai ngā mea katoa hei kai māna. Ko te tangata ia he ngoikore tōna whakapono e kai otaota ana. 3 Kaua te tangata e kai ana e whakahāwea ki te tangata kāhore e kai, kaua hoki te tangata kāhore e kai e whakahē i te tangata e kai ana. Kua manakohia hoki ia e te Atua. 4 Ko wai koe e whakahē nā i te pononga a tērā? Mā tōna rangatira ia e whakatū, e whakahinga rānei. Inā, ka whakatūria anō ia, e taea hoki ia e te Atua te whakatū.
5 Ki te whakaaro o tētahi, nui atu tētahi rā i tētahi, ki tō tētahi whakaaro ia he rite katoa ngā rā. Kia ū mārire ngā whakaaro o tētahi, o tētahi. 6 Ko te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te rā, he whakaaro ki te Ariki tōna whakaaro; ko te tangata e kai ana, he whakaaro ki te Ariki tāna kai, e whakawhetai atu ana hoki ia ki te Atua; ko te tangata kāhore e kai, he whakaaro ki te Ariki tāna kore e kai, e whakawhetai ana anō ia ki te Atua. 7 Ehara hoki i te mea ki a ia ake anō te ora o tētahi o tātou, ehara hoki i te mea ki a ia ake te mate o tētahi. 8 Tā te mea, ahakoa ora, e ora ana tātou ki te Ariki; ahakoa mate, e mate ana tātou ki te Ariki. Nā, ahakoa ora tātou, mate rānei, nā te Ariki tātou.
9 Ko te mea hoki tēnei i mate ai a te Karaiti, i ara ake ai anō, i ora ai anō, kia waiho ai ia hei Ariki ngātahi mō te hunga mate, mō te hunga ora. 10 Ko koe nā, he aha koe i whakahē ai i tōu teina? Me koe nā hoki, he aha koe i whakahāwea ai ki tōu teina? E tū katoa hoki tātou ki te nohoanga whakawā o te Atua. 11 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi:
“ ‘E ora ana ahau,’ e ai tā te Ariki,
‘e piko katoa ngā turi ki ahau,
e whakaae anō hoki ngā arero katoa ki te Atua.’ ”
12 Āe rā, ka kōrerotia e tēnei, e tēnei o tātou te tikanga o āna mahi ki te Atua.
Kei Hinga tētahi i a Koe
13 Nā, kāti tā tātou whakahē tētahi i tētahi. Engari, ko tēnei kia rite i a koutou, kia kaua e whakatakotoria he tūtukitanga waewae, he take whakahinga rānei mō tōna teina. 14 E mōhio ana ahau, ū tonu tōku whakaaro i roto i te Ariki, i a Īhu, kāhore he mea nōna ake anō tōna noa. Hāunga ia ki te mea tētahi he noa tētahi mea, e noa anō ki a ia. 15 Ki te mea hoki nā te kai i pōuri ai tōu teina, kāhore e mau ana tāu haere i runga i te aroha. Kei mate i tāu kai te tangata i mate nei a te Karaiti mōna. 16 Nā, kei kōrerotia kinotia tō koutou pai. 17 Ehara hoki te rangatiratanga o te Atua i te kai, i te inu; engari he tika, he rangimārie, he hari i roto i te Wairua Tapu. 18 Ko te tangata hoki ko ēnei hei mahinga māna ki a te Karaiti, ka āhuarekatia ia e te Atua, ka paingia hoki e ngā tāngata.
19 Nā, kia whai tātou i ngā mea e mau ai te rongo, i ngā mea anō hoki e hangā ai te pai o tētahi, o tētahi. 20 Kaua e waiho te kai hei whakahoro mō tā te Atua mahi. He mā hoki ngā mea katoa; otiia, he kino ki te tangata e kai ana me te whakahē tōna ngākau. 21 He mea pai tonu kia kaua e kai kikokiko, kia kaua e inu wāina, aha rānei e tūtuki ai tōu teina.
22 Ko te whakapono i a koe nā, waiho i a koe anō i te aroaro o te Atua. Ka hari te tangata kāhore e whakatau i te hē ki a ia anō mō te mea i whakapaia e ia māna. 23 Ki te ruarua ia tētahi, ka tau te hē ki a ia ki te kai ia; nō te mea ehara i te kai whakapono. He hara hoki ngā mea katoa kīhai nei i puta ake i te whakapono.