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Ngā Mahi a Paora mō ngā Tauiwi
1 Nā konei tāku, tā Paora, he herehere nei ahau nā Karaiti Īhu, hei mahi ki a koutou ki ngā tauiwi; 2 kua rongo pea koutou ki te mahi tuari i te aroha noa o te Atua kua hōmai nei ki ahau, hei mea ki a koutou, 3 arā, tāna whakakitenga, tāna whakaaturanga i te mea ngaro ki ahau. He pērā hoki me ēnā kupu torutoru i tuhituhia nā e ahau i mua; 4 ka oti i a koutou tēnā te kōrero, ka mōhio koutou ki tōku mātauranga ki te mea ngaro a te Karaiti. 5 Kīhai nei i whakakitea i ērā atu whakatupuranga ki ngā tama a te tangata, kīhai i pēnei me te whakakitenga ināianei e te Wairua ki āna āpōtoro tapu rātou ko ngā poropiti; 6 arā, mō ngā tauiwi kia uru tahi ki ngā taonga, kia tinana kotahi, kia whiwhi ngātahi ki āna mea i whakaari i mua i roto i a te Karaiti, he meatanga nā te rongopai.
7 Mō reira ahau i meinga nei hei minita, i runga i tā te aroha noa o te Atua, i hōmai nei ki ahau, he mahinga nā tōna kaha. 8 I hōmai ki ahau, ki te mea iti iho i te iti rawa o te hunga tapu katoa, tēnei aroha noa, kia kauwhautia e ahau i roto i ngā tauiwi te taonga o te Karaiti e kore nei e taea te rapu; 9 kia whakakitea anō hoki e ahau ki ngā tāngata katoa te whiwhinga tahitanga ki te mea ngaro, ki te mea i huna nei inamata noa atu i roto i te Atua, nāna nei i hanga ngā mea katoa; 10 kia ai te hāhi ināianei hei whakaatu ki ngā rangatiratanga, ki ngā mana i ngā wāhi o te rangi, i te maha o ngā whakaaro nui o te Atua. 11 I runga i tāna i whakatakoto ai i mua noa atu, he mea mahi nāna i roto i tō tātou Ariki, i a Karaiti Īhu; 12 kei roto nei i a ia tō tātou māiatanga me tō tātou whakatatanga atu i te mea e ū nei te whakaaro, he meatanga nā te whakapono ki a ia. 13 Koia ahau ka mea nei kia kaua koutou e ngākaukore i ōku tūkinotanga mō koutou; ko tō koutou korōria hoki tēnei.
Te Aroha o te Karaiti
14 Nō konei i tūturi ai ōku turi ki te Matua, 15 nōna nei te ingoa e huaina ana ki ngā hapū katoa i te rangi, i te whenua. 16 Kia rite ki te nui rawa o tōna korōria he hōmaitanga māna ki a koutou, kia pakari ai a roto i a koutou i te kaha o tōna Wairua; 17 kia noho ai a te Karaiti ki roto ki ō koutou ngākau, he mea whakapono; ā, i te mea kua whai pakiaka, me te whai tūranga mō koutou i roto i te aroha. 18 Kia kaha ai koutou me te hunga tapu katoa ki te whakaaro i te whānui, i te roa, i te hōhonu, i te tiketike, 19 ā, kia mōhio ki te aroha o te Karaiti, e kore nei e taea te whakaaro; kia tino kī rawa ai koutou i te Atua.
20 Nā, ki a ia, e kaha nei ki te mahi i ngā mea nui whakaharahara, nui noa atu i ngā mea katoa e īnoi ai, e whakaaro ai tātou, he pēnei anō me te kaha e mahi nei i roto i a tātou, 21 waiho atu i a ia te korōria i roto i te hāhi i runga i a Karaiti Īhu, ā taea noatia ngā whakatupuranga katoa, ake ake. Āmine.