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Ngā Koha a te Wairua Tapu
1 Nā, mō ngā mea wairua, e ōku tēina, kāhore ahau e pai kia kūware koutou.
2 E mātau ana koutou, i a koutou e tauiwi ana, he mea kāhaki koutou ki ngā whakapakoko reokore, me koutou i kāhakina rā. 3 Koia ahau ka whakakite nei ki a koutou, e kore tētahi tangata, nā te Wairua nei o te Atua āna kōrero, e kī, “He mea kanga a Īhu!” E kore anō e taea e tētahi te mea, “Ko Īhu te Ariki” ki te kāhore te Wairua Tapu.
4 Nā, he maha ngā wehewehenga o ngā mea e hōmai ana, kotahi anō ia Wairua, 5 ā, he maha ngā wehewehenga o ngā minitatanga, kotahi anō ia Ariki. 6 He maha anō hoki ngā tū āhua o ngā mahi; kotahi anō ia Atua hei mahi i ngā mea katoa i roto i te katoa. 7 Otirā, e hōmai ana ki tēnā, ki tēnā, te whakakitenga a te Wairua hei pai. 8 E hōmai ana hoki ki tētahi e te Wairua te kupu whakaaro; ki tētahi atu ko te kupu mātau, he mea nā taua Wairua anō; 9 ki tētahi atu ko te whakapono, nā taua Wairua rā anō; ki tētahi atu ko ngā mana whakaora, nā taua Wairua anō; 10 ki tētahi atu ko ngā mahi merekara; ki tētahi atu ko te mahi poropiti; ki tētahi atu ko te mātauranga ki ngā wairua; ki tētahi atu ko ngā reo huhua; ki tētahi atu ko te whakamāoritanga i ngā reo. 11 Nā, ko ēnei mea katoa, he mea mahi nā taua Wairua kotahi rā anō, ko ia hei tuwha i tāna e pai ai ki tētahi, ki tētahi.
Kotahi te Tinana, he Tini ōna Wāhi
12 Pērā hoki i te tinana e kotahi ana, he tini anō ōna wāhi, ā, ko ngā wāhi katoa o taua tinana kotahi, ahakoa tini, kotahi anō tinana; he pērā hoki a te Karaiti. 13 Kotahi nei hoki te Wairua i iriiria ai tātou katoa ki roto ki te tinana kotahi, ahakoa ngā Hūrai, ahakoa ngā Kariki, ahakoa herehere, ahakoa rangatira; kotahi tonu te Wairua i whakainumia mai ai tātou katoa.
14 Ehara hoki te tinana i te wāhi kotahi, engari he tini. 15 Ki te mea te waewae, “He teka nō te tinana ahau, ehara hoki ahau i te ringa,” ehara mā tēnā e kāhore ai ia hei wāhi mō te tinana? 16 Ki te mea te taringa, “He teka nō te tinana ahau, ehara hoki ahau i te kanohi,” ehara mā tēnā e kāhore ai ia hei wāhi mō te tinana? 17 Mehemea hoki he kanohi te tinana katoa, kei hea te wāhi hei whakarongo? Mehemea he whakarongo tā te katoa, kei hea te wāhi hei hongi? 18 Ko tēnei, kua oti i te Atua te whakanoho tēnei wāhi, tēnei wāhi, ki roto ki te tinana, āna hoki i pai ai. 19 Mehemea hoki kotahi anō wāhi rātou katoa, kei hea te tinana? 20 Ko tēnei, he tini ngā wāhi, kotahi anō te tinana.
21 E kore hoki te kanohi e āhei te mea ki te ringa, “Kāhore āku mahi māu”; te māhunga rānei ki ngā waewae, “Kāhore āku mahi mā kōrua.” 22 Engari, ko ngā wāhi o te tinana e kīa ana he ngoikore, nui rawa te mahi, mā ērā; 23 ko ngā wāhi hoki o te tinana e kīa ana e tātou he iti te hōnore, nui atu te hōnore e whakataua iho ana e tātou ki ērā; nui atu hoki te ātaahua ki ō tātou wāhi marutuna; 24 ko ō tātou wāhi ātaahua ia kāhore he aha e meatia ai; heoi he mea huihui mārire nā te Atua ngā wāhi o te tinana, he mea whakarite mārie, nui atu hoki te hōnore i hoatu e ia ki te wāhi i hapa; 25 kia kore ai he wehewehenga o te tinana; engari kia kotahi tonu te whakaaro o ngā wāhi mō tētahi, mō tētahi. 26 Ā, ki te mamae tētahi wāhi, mamae tahi ana ngā wāhi katoa; ki te whakahōnoretia tētahi wāhi, hari tahi ana ngā wāhi katoa.
27 Nā, ko koutou te tinana o te Karaiti, he wāhi anō nōna tēnei, tēnei. 28 Ā, kua whakanohoia e te Atua ētahi i roto i te hāhi, ko ngā āpōtoro ki mua, tuarua ko ngā poropiti, tuatoru ko ngā kaiwhakaako, muri iho ko ngā merekara, me i reira ko ngā mana whakaora, ko ngā hoa mahi, ko ngā kaiwhakahaere tikanga, ko ngā reo huhua. 29 He āpōtoro oti katoa? He poropiti oti katoa? He kaiwhakaako katoa? He kaimahi katoa i te merekara? 30 Kei te katoa oti ngā mana whakaora? E kōrero katoa ana oti i ngā reo? He kaiwhakamāori anake rānei? 31 Nā, whāia ngā mea hōmai papai rawa.
Tēnei ia te ara tino pai rawa, māku e whakaatu ki a koutou.