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Me Mau ki tōu Rangatiratanga
1 Nā te Karaiti i wewete te here i a tātou. Nā reira, kia ū te tū, kei mau hoki ki roto ki te ioka pononga.
2 Nana, tēnei ahau, a Paora te mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kotia koutou, e kore koutou e whai pai i a te Karaiti. 3 He whakaatu tuarua tēnei nāku ki ngā tāngata katoa e kotia ana, kua mau rātou i te ture kia mahia katoatia. 4 Kua wehea atu koutou i a te Karaiti, e te hunga e whakatikaia ana e te ture, kua taka iho koutou i runga i te aroha noa. 5 Ko tātou hoki, nā te Wairua tā tātou tatari ki te tika e tūmanakohia atu nei, e ahu mai nei i te whakapono. 6 I roto hoki i a Karaiti Īhu kāhore o te kotinga wāhi, kāhore o te kotingakore; engari, ko te whakapono e mahi ana i runga i te aroha.
7 I pai tā koutou oma; nā wai koutou i whakaware, i kore ai koutou e rongo ki te pono? 8 Ehara tēnei whakaaro i te mea nā te kaikaranga i a koutou. 9 He iti te rēwena, rēwenatia ake te pūranga katoa. 10 E whakapono ana ahau ki a koutou i roto i te Ariki, e kore e rere kē ō koutou whakaaro. Ko te kaiwhakararu ia i a koutou, ahakoa ko wai, māna anō tōna whakawākanga e pīkau.
11 Me ahau anō, e ōku tēina, ki te mea he kauwhau tonu nei tāku i te kotinga, he aha ahau ka whakatoia tonutia ai? Pēnei kua kore tō te rīpeka tūtukitanga waewae. 12 Pai kau ki ahau me i motuhia atu te hunga e whakararu nā i a koutou.
13 Kua karangatia nei hoki koutou, e ōku tēina, ki te tikanga herekore; kaua ia tā koutou tikanga herekore e waiho hei whakaoho i te kikokiko, engari me mahi koutou tētahi ki tētahi i runga i te aroha. 14 E takoto tōpū ana hoki te ture katoa i roto i te kupu kotahi, arā, “Kia aroha koe ki tōu hoa tata, ānō ko koe.” 15 Ki te ngau ia koutou, ki te kai tētahi i tētahi, kia tūpato kei pareho tētahi i tētahi.
Te Hiahia o te Kikokiko o te Wairua rānei
16 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei, haere i roto i te Wairua, ā, e kore e whakaritea e koutou te hiahia o te kikokiko. 17 E hiahia ana hoki te kikokiko tika kē i te Wairua, me te Wairua tika kē i te kikokiko; e whawhai ana hoki ēnei tētahi ki tētahi; tē taea ngā mea i hiahia ai koutou. 18 Ki te ārahina ia koutou e te Wairua, kāhore koutou i raro i te ture.
19 Nā, e kitea ana ngā mahi a te kikokiko, arā, he moe tāhae, he poke, he hiahia taikaha, 20 he karakia whakapakoko, he mākutu, he pakanga, he totohe, he hae, he riri, he wāwāhi, he wehewehe, he tītore, 21 he hao, he haurangi, he kakai, me ngā mea e rite ana ki ēnei. Me kōrero wawe e ahau ēnei mea ki a koutou, me pērā me tāku i kōrero ai i mua, ko te hunga e mahi ana i ngā mea pēnei, e kore e whiwhi ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua.
22 Ko te hua ia o te Wairua, he aroha, he hari, he rangimārie, he manawanui, he ngāwari, he ngākau pai, he whakapono, 23 he ngākau māhaki, he ngākau kua taea te pēhi. Kāhore he ture e rīria ai ēnei mea. 24 Ko te hunga ia o te Karaiti, kua rīpekatia e rātou te kikokiko, me ōna hihiritanga, me ōna hiahia. 25 Ki te mea e ora ana tātou i roto i te Wairua, kia haere anō tātou i roto i te Wairua. 26 Kei whāia e tātou te korōria huakore, te whakapātaritari tētahi ki tētahi, te hae tētahi ki tētahi.