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He Taonga Wairua kei roto i ngā Oko Oneone
1 Nā konei, i te mea kei a mātou tēnei mahi minita, i te mea ka tohungia nei mātou, kāhore mātou e ngākaukore. 2 Engari kua whakarērea e mātou ngā mea huna o te whakamā, kore ake mātou e haere i runga i te tinihanga, kāhore hoki e māminga ki te kupu a te Atua; ka waiho ia ko te whakapuakanga o te pono hei whakaatu i tō mātou pai ki te hinengaro tangata i te aroaro o te Atua. 3 Nā, ki te mea he mea hīpoki tā mātou rongopai, he mea hīpoki ki te hunga e whakangaromia ana. 4 I roto nei i a rātou te atua o tēnei ao, e whakamatapō ana i ngā whakaaro o te hunga kore whakapono, kei whitingia rātou e te mārama o te rongopai o te korōria o te Karaiti, ko ia nei te āhua o te Atua. 5 He teka hoki ko mātou te kauwhautia nei e mātou, engari, ko Karaiti Īhu hei Ariki, ā, ko mātou nei hei pononga mā koutou, he whakaaro ki a Īhu. 6 Ko te Atua hoki nāna nei i kī, “Te mārama kia whiti i roto i te pōuri,” kua whiti ki roto ki ō mātou ngākau, hei hōmai i te mārama o te mātauranga o te korōria o te Atua i te mata o Īhu Karaiti.
7 Ko tēnei taonga ia o mātou kei roto i te oko oneone, kia kīa ai te kaha nui whakaharahara nō te Atua, ehara hoki i a mātou. 8 E ākina ana mātou i ngā taha katoa, heoi kāhore e pau te whakaaro; e raruraru ana, heoi kāhore e ngākaukore; 9 e whakatoia ana, heoi kāhore i whakarērea; e tāia ana ki raro, heoi kāhore i whakangaromia; 10 e mau tonu ana hoki te matenga o Īhu ki ō mātou tinana, i a mātou e hāereere nei; kia mārama ai tō Īhu ora i roto i ō mātou tinana. 11 Ko mātou hoki e ora nei, e tukua tonutia ana ki te mate mō te whakaaro ki a Īhu, kia mārama ai hoki tō Īhu ora i roto i ō mātou kikokiko matemate. 12 Nā, ko te mate te mahi ana i roto i a mātou, ko te ora ia i roto i a koutou.
13 Otirā, i te mea kei a mātou taua wairua rā anō o te whakapono, te mea i tuhituhia rā, “I whakapono ahau, koia ahau i kōrero ai,” whakapono ana anō mātou, koia hoki mātou ka kōrero nei; 14 e mātau ana hoki mātou, tērā te kaiwhakaara o te Ariki, o Īhu, e whakaara anō hoki i a mātou me Īhu, e whakatū ngātahi anō i a mātou me koutou. 15 Hei painga hoki ki a koutou ngā mea katoa, kia waiho ai mā te aroha noa, e whakanuia nei e te tokomaha, e whakawhetai, kia hira rawa ai te korōria o te Atua.
E Ora ana i te Whakapono
16 Koia hoki tātou tē ngākaukore ai; heoi, ahakoa haere iho tātou ki te pirau, arā tō waho tangata, e whakahoutia ana anō tō roto i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā. 17 Ko tō tātou mamae māmā nei hoki, rangitahi kau nei, hei whakawhiwhi i a tātou kia tino nui haere rawa atu te taimaha o te korōria, he mea mau tonu. 18 I a tātou kāhore nei e titiro ki ngā mea e kitea ana, engari ki ngā mea kāhore e kitea. He mea nō nāianei noa hoki ngā mea e kitea ana; he mea mau tonu ia ngā mea kāhore e kitea.