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Ngā Oranga kua Whakahoungia
1 Nā, kua mamae nei o te Karaiti kikokiko mō tātou, e mau koutou ki ngā mea whawhai, arā ki taua whakaaro pū rā anō; ko te tangata hoki, kua mamae te kikokiko kua mutu te hara; 2 mō te wā e toe nei o te noho ki te kikokiko kia kaua i runga i ngā hiahia o te tangata, engari i tā te Atua i pai ai. 3 Kāti hoki mā tātou ko te wāhi o tō tātou ora kua pahemo nei, hei mahinga mā tātou i tā ngā tauiwi i pai ai, i a tātou i haere i runga i te hiahia taikaha, i ngā minamina, i te haurangi wāina, i te kakai, i te inu, i te karakia whakarihariha ki ngā whakapakoko. 4 He mea hou tēnei ki a rātou, arā tō koutou kāhore e rere tahi, e tōrere ki taua kino; ā, kōrero kino iho mō koutou. 5 Me kōrero anō rātou i ā rātou mahi ki a ia, e noho rite nei ki te whakawā i te hunga ora, i te hunga mate. 6 Mō konei rā i kauwhautia ai anō te rongopai ki te hunga kua mate, kia whakahēngia rātou, arā te kikokiko i runga i tā te tāngata, kia ora ia rātou, arā te wairua i runga i tā te Atua.
He Tuari Pai o ngā Pūmanawa i hōmai a te Atua
7 Kua tata ia te whakamutunga o ngā mea katoa; nā, kia whai whakaaro koutou, kia mataara, kia īnoi. 8 I te tuatahi o ngā mea katoa arohaina pūtia koutou e koutou anō; he tini hoki ngā hara ka hīpokina e te aroha. 9 Whakamanuhiritia tētahi e tētahi; kaua e amuamu. 10 Ko te mea kua riro noa i tētahi, i tētahi, meatia atu anō e koutou mā tētahi, mā tētahi, kia rite ki tā ngā tuari pai o ngā hōmaitanga maha a te Atua. 11 Ki te kōrero tētahi, kia rite tāna ki tā ngā kupu a te Atua. Ki te minita tētahi, kia rite tāna ki tō te kaha e hōmai ana e te Atua; kia whai korōria ai te Atua i ngā mea katoa i roto i a Īhu Karaiti; kei a ia te korōria me te mana ake ake. Āmine.
Ngā Mamae, nō te mea he Karaitiana ia
12 E ōku hoa aroha, kaua e kīa he hanga hou te tahunga i roto i a koutou hei whakamātautau i a koutou; ānō he mea hou tēnei kua pā ki a koutou. 13 Engari, ka uru nei koutou ki ngā mamae o te Karaiti, kia hari koutou; he mea hoki e hari ai koutou, whakamanamana rawa, ā, te whakakitenga mai o tōna korōria. 14 Ki te tāwaia koutou mō te ingoa o te Karaiti, ka hari koutou; nō te mea e tau ana te Wairua o te korōria, me te Wairua o te Atua ki runga ki a koutou. 15 Kaua ia tētahi o koutou e whakamamaetia mō te mahi patu tangata, mō te tāhae, mō te mahi i te kino, mō te pokanoa ki a ērā meatanga. 16 Ki te whakamamaetia ia tētahi mō te kī he Karaitiana ia, kaua ia e whakamā; engari he mea tēnei e whakakorōria ai ia i te Atua.
17 Ko te wā hoki tēnei e tīmata ai te whakawā ki te whare o te Atua; ki te mea hoki kei a tātou te tuatahi, he pēhea rā te whakamutunga ki te hunga e kore e tahuri ki te rongopai o te Atua? 18 Ā,
“Ki te mea ka ora noa te tangata tika, kei hea he putanga
mō te tangata karakiakore, mō te tangata hara?”
19 Nā, ko te hunga anō kua pai nei te Atua kia whakamamaetia rātou, me tuku e rātou ō rātou wairua ki a ia, arā ki te Kaihanga pono, me te mahi anō ia i te pai.