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Ngā Akonga a ngā Tūpuna
(Matiu 15.1-9)
1 Nā, ka huihui ki a ia ngā Parihi, me ētahi o ngā karaipi i haere mai i Hiruhārama. 2 Ā, nō tō rātou kitenga i ētahi o āna ākonga e kai taro ana me te noa anō ngā ringa, arā, kīhai i horoia, ka whakahē rātou.
3 E kore hoki ngā Parihi me ngā Hūrai katoa e kai, ki te kāhore i āta horoia ngā ringa, e pupuri ana hoki i te whakarerenga iho a ngā kaumātua. 4 E kore anō rātou e kai ina hoki mai i te kāinga hokohoko, ki te mea kāhore i horoi. He maha hoki ērā atu mea tuku iho kia puritia e rātou, ngā horoinga o ngā kapu, o ngā pāta, o ngā mea parāhi, o ngā nohoanga.
5 Kātahi, ka ui ngā Parihi me ngā karaipi ki a ia, “He aha āu ākonga tē haere ai i runga i te whakarerenga iho a ngā kaumātua, ā, kāhore e horoi i ngā ringa ina kai taro?”
6 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou: “Tika rawa tā Ihāia i poropiti ai mō koutou, mō te hunga tinihanga, te mea hoki i tuhituhia,
‘Ko te iwi nei, ko ō rātou ngutu hei whakahōnore i ahau,
ko ō rātou ngākau ia matara noa atu i ahau.
7 Otirā, maumau karakia noa rātou ki ahau,
ko tā rātou nei hoki e whakaako ai
ko ngā whakahau a te tāngata.’
8 “Kei te whakarere hoki koutou i tā te Atua kupu ako, ka mau ki te waihotanga iho a te tāngata.”
9 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Tēnā rā tā koutou hanga ki te whakakāhore i te whakahau a te Atua, kia mau ai koutou ki tā koutou whakarerenga iho. 10 I mea hoki a Mohi, ‘Whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea’; me tēnei, ‘Ki te kōrero kino tētahi mō tōna pāpā, mō tōna whaea rānei, kia mate ia, mate rawa.’ 11 Ko koutou ia hei mea, ‘Ki te mea tētahi ki tōna pāpā, ki tōna whaea rānei, ko tāku mea hei atawhainga mōu he Koropana’ (arā, He mea i hoatu ki te Atua), 12 kāhore koutou āianei i te tuku i a ia ki te mea i tētahi aha mā tōna pāpā, mā tōna whaea rānei; 13 ka waiho e koutou tā koutou whakarerenga iho, i whakarērea iho nei e koutou, hei whakakāhore mō tā te Atua kupu. He maha hoki ngā mea pēnā e meinga ana e koutou.”
Ngā Mea e Poke ana i te Tangata
(Matiu 15.10-20)
14 Nā, karangatia ana anō e ia te mano ki a ia, ā, mea ana ki a rātou, “Whakarongo mai koutou katoa, kia mātau hoki. 15 Kāhore he mea o waho o te tāngata ka tapoko nei ki roto ki a ia hei whakanoa i a ia; engari, ngā mea e puta ana mai i roto i a ia, mā ēnā e noa ai te tāngata.
16 “Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.”
17 Ā, nō ka mawehe kē ia i te mano ki te whare, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia ki te tikanga o tēnā kupu whakarite. 18 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Ha, he kūware anō koutou? Kāhore koutou i mātau, ko ngā mea katoa o waho e tapoko nei ki te tangata, e kore ia e noa i ērā; 19 Nō te mea e kore e tapoko ki tōna ngākau, engari, ki te kōpū a puta ana ki te poka?” He kōrero tēnei nāna kia kīa ai he mā ngā kai katoa.
20 I mea anō ia, “Ko te mea e puta ake ana i te tangata, mā tērā e noa ai te tangata. 21 Nō roto hoki, nō te ngākau o ngā tāngata te putanga o ngā whakaaro kino, o ngā moepuku, 22 o ngā tāhae, o ngā kōhuru, o ngā pūremu, o ngā hiahia apo, o ngā kino, o te tinihanga, o te hiahia taikaha, o te kanohi kino, o te kohukohu, o te whakapehapeha, o te wairangi. 23 Nō roto te putanga ake o ēnei kino katoa, ā, mā reira e noa ai te tangata.”
Te Whakapono o tētahi Wahine
(Matiu 15.21-28)
24 Nā, ka whakatika atu ia i reira, ka haere ki ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona; ā, tomo ana ki tētahi whare, kīhai hoki ia i pai kia rongo tētahi tangata. Otiia, kīhai ia i ngaro. 25 I reira hoki, ka rangona ia e tētahi wahine, he wairua poke tō tāna kōtiro, ā, haere ana mai, takoto ana ki ōna waewae. 26 He wahine Kariki hoki ia, ko Hairopinihia tōna iwi. Ka īnoi ki a ia kia peia e ia te rēwera i roto i tāna kōtiro. 27 Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Tukua kia mātua mākona ngā tamariki. E kore hoki e pai kia tangohia te taro a ngā tamariki, kia makā mā ngā kurī.”
28 Otirā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a ia, “Āe rā, e te Ariki, e kai ana anō ngā kurī i raro i te tēpu i ngā kongakonga a ngā tamariki.”
29 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “Koia kei tēnā kupu, haere; kua puta te rēwera i roto i tāu kōtiro.”
30 Ā, ka haere atu ia ki tōna whare, nā, rokohanga atu e takoto ana tāna kōtiro i runga i te moenga, kua puta te rēwera.
Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu tētahi Tangata, e Turi Whango ana
31 Ā, i hoki anō ia i ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona, haere ana ki te moana o Kariri, rā waenga o ngā wāhi o Rekaporihi. 32 Nā, ka mauria mai ki a ia he turi e whango ana; ka tohe ki a ia kia whakapākia iho tōna ringa ki a ia. 33 Nā, ka tangohia ia e ia i roto i te mano ki tahaki, ā, kuhua ana ōna maihao ki ōna taringa, nā, ka tuwha, ka whakapā ki tōna arero. 34 Ka titiro ki te rangi, ka whakapūmanawa, ka mea ki a ia, “Epata,” arā, “Kia puare.”
35 Nā, puare tonu iho ōna taringa, korokoro noa ana te here o tōna arero, nā, kua tika āna kōrero. 36 Kātahi ia ka whakatūpato i a rātou kia kaua e kōrerotia ki te tangata. Otirā, ahakoa te nui o tāna whakatūpato i a rātou, nui noa atu tā rātou kōrero haere. 37 Ā, tino mīharo rawa rātou, ka mea, “Pai tonu tāna meatanga i ngā mea katoa; e mea ana ia i ngā turi kia rongo, i ngā wahangū kia kōrero.”