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Te Take e Pā ana ki te Kai i Tāpaea ki ngā Whakapakoko
1 Nā, mō ngā mea e patua ana mā ngā whakapakoko.
E mōhio ana tātou kei a tātou katoa te mātauranga. Ko tā te mātauranga he whakapupuhi; ko tā te aroha ia he waihanga. 2 Ki te mea tētahi e mātau ana ia ki tētahi mea, kāhore tōna mātauranga kia rite noa ki tō te mātauranga tikanga; 3 ki te aroha ia tētahi ki te Atua, kua mātauria tēnei e ia.
4 Nā reira, mō te kai i ngā mea e patua ana mā ngā whakapakoko, e mōhio ana tātou he kore noa iho te whakapakoko i te ao, kāhore hoki he Atua kē, kotahi anake. 5 Ahakoa hoki tērā ngā mea e kīa nei he atua, i te rangi rānei, i te whenua rānei; he tini nei hoki ngā atua, he tini ngā ariki; 6 ki a tātou ia kotahi anō Atua, ko te Matua, i ahu mai i a ia ngā mea katoa, ko tātou ki a ia; kotahi hoki Ariki, ko Īhu Karaiti, nāna nei ngā mea katoa, nāna hoki tātou.
7 Otirā, kāhore tērā mātauranga i ngā tāngata katoa. Engari tērā anō ētahi, i te mea kua taunga ki te whakapakoko tae mai ki nāianei, e kai ana i te mea i patua mā te whakapakoko; ā, ka poke tō rātou hinengaro ngoikore. 8 Ehara rāia te kai i te mea e paingia ai tātou e te Atua. Nō te mea ahakoa kāhore tātou e kai, e kore e heke iho tō tātou pai; ā, ahakoa kai tātou, e kore e kake tō tātou pai.
9 Engari, kia tūpato ki tēnei wāhi i tukua nei ki a koutou, kei waiho hei whakahinga mō te hunga ngoikore. 10 Ki te mea hoki ka kite tētahi i a koe, i te mea mōhio, e noho ana ki te kai i roto i te temepara o te whakapakoko, e kore koia e kakama ake tōna hinengaro, mehemea ia he ngoikore, e kakama ake ki te kai i ngā mea e patua ana mā te whakapakoko? 11 Mā tōu mātauranga hoki ka ngaro ai te mea ngoikore, te teina he whakaaro nei ki a ia i mate ai a te Karaiti. 12 Nā, i a koutou ka hara nei ki ngā tēina, ka patu nei i tō rātou hinengaro ngoikore, e hara ana koutou ki a te Karaiti. 13 Mō konei, ki te hē tōku teina i te kai, e kore rawa ahau e kai kikokiko ake tonu atu, kei hē i ahau tōku teina.