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Ngā Kararehe e Rua
1 Nā, i te tū ahau i te one o te moana. Ā, ka kite ahau i tētahi kararehe e haere ake ana i te moana, e whitu ōna māhunga, tekau ngā hāona, tekau hoki ngā karauna i runga i ōna hāona, i runga anō i ōna māhunga ko te ingoa kohukohu. 2 Rite tonu hoki te kararehe i kite ai ahau ki te reparo, ko ōna waewae kei o te pea, ko tōna māngai kei te māngai o te raiona. Ā, ka hoatu e te tarakona tōna kaha ki a ia, tōna torōna, me te mana nui. 3 I kite anō ahau i tētahi o ōna mātenga me te mea kua marū, he mea e mate rawa ai; heoi, kua ora ia i tōna patunga e mate ai ia. Nā, kei te mīharo te ao katoa i muri mai i te kararehe; 4 nā, koropiko ana rātou ki te tarakona nāna nei i hoatu te mana ki te kararehe. Koropiko ana hoki ki te kararehe; i mea rātou, “Ko wai te rite ana ki te kararehe? Ko wai te kaha ana ki te whawhai ki a ia?”
5 Ā, i hoatu ki a ia he māngai, e kōrero ana i ngā kōrero nunui, i ngā kohukohu; i hoatu hoki ki a ia he kaha, e mahi ai ia ā taka noa ngā marama e whā tekau mā rua. 6 Ā, ka puaki i tōna māngai he kohukohu ki te Atua, he kohukohu ki tōna ingoa, ki tōna nohoanga, ki te hunga hoki e noho ana i te rangi. 7 I tukua anō ki a ia kia whawhai ki te hunga tapu, kia taea hoki rātou e ia. I hoatu anō ki a ia he mana ki ngā hapū katoa, ki ngā reo, ki ngā iwi. 8 Ā, ko te hunga katoa e noho ana i te whenua, ka koropiko ki a ia, ngā tāngata katoa kāhore nei ō rātou ingoa i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka ora a te Reme, nō te tīmatanga iho rā anō o te ao tōna whakamatenga.
9 “Ki te mea he taringa tō tētahi, kia rongo ia! 10 Ko te tangata hopu taurekareka, ka riro anō ia hei taurekareka; ko te tangata e patu ana ki te hoari, ka patua anō ia ki te hoari. Ko tēnei te manawanui me te whakapono o te hunga tapu.”
11 I kite anō ahau i tētahi atu kararehe e haere ake ana i te whenua; e rua ōna hāona rite tonu ki ō te reme, ko tāna kōrero hoki i rite ki tā te tarakona. 12 Kei a ia anō ngā mana katoa o te kararehe tuatahi hei mahi ki tōna aroaro, e mea ana hoki ia i te whenua me te hunga hoki e noho ana i reira kia koropiko ki te kararehe tuatahi, kua ora nei tōna patunga e mate ai ia. 13 He nui hoki ngā tohu e meatia ana e ia, e mea ana ia i te kāpura kia heke iho i te rangi ki te whenua i te tirohanga a ngā tāngata. 14 E whakapōhēhē ana hoki ia i te hunga e noho ana i te whenua, ki ngā tohu ka hoatu nei ki a ia kia mahia ki te aroaro o te kararehe; e mea ana ia ki te hunga e noho ana i te whenua, kia hangā he whakapakoko mō te kararehe i patua nei ki te hoari, ā, kua ora nei anō. 15 I hoatu anō ki a ia kia hoatu he wairua ora ki te whakapakoko o te kararehe, e kōrero ai te whakapakoko o te kararehe, e mea ai hoki i te hunga e kore e koropiko ki te whakapakoko o te kararehe kia whakamatea. 16 I mea anō hoki ia i te hunga katoa, i te iti, i te rahi, i te hunga whai taonga, i te hunga rawakore, i ngā rangatira, i ngā pononga, kia meatia ki a rātou he tohu ki ō rātou ringaringa matau, ki ō rātou rae rānei. 17 Kia kaua hoki tētahi e āhei te hoko mai te hoko atu rānei, ko te tangata anake kei a ia nei te tohu, te ingoa rānei o te kararehe, te whika rānei o tōna ingoa.
18 Tēnei te mātauranga. Mā te tangata whai whakaaro e tatau te whika o te kararehe! He whika tangata hoki. Nā, ko tōna whika, e ono rau e ono tekau mā ono.