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Ngā Putanga me ngā Whakakitenga a te Ariki ki a Pāora

¹Ehara hoki i te pai kia whakamanamana ahau; heoi, me neke atu ahau ki ngā putanga, ki ngā whakakitenga mai a te Ariki.²E mātau ana ahau ki tētahi tangata i roto i a te Karaiti, ka tekau mā whā ēnei tau, i roto rānei i te tinana, kāhore ahau e mātau; i waho rānei o te tinana, kāhore ahau e mātau; ko te Atua te mātau ana; kāhakina atu ana taua tangata ki te tuatoru rā anō o ngā rangi.³Heoi, mātau tonu ahau ki taua tangata, i roto rānei i te tinana, i waho rānei o te tinana, kāhore ahau e mātau; ko te Atua te mātau ana;⁴kāhakina atu ana ia ki Pararaiha, ā, rongo ana i ngā mea e kore e taea te kōrero, e kore anō e tika kia kōrerotia e te tangata.⁵Ka whakamanamana ahau ki taua tangata; otiia, e kore ahau e whakamanamana ki ahau ake, engari ki ōku ngoikoretanga.⁶Ki te hiahia hoki ahau kia whakamanamana, e kore ahau e wairangi; ka kōrero tonu ahau i te mea pono. Heoi, ka waiho e ahau, kei nui atu tā tētahi e whakaaro ai ki ahau i tāna e kite nei i ahau, i tāna rānei e rongo ai ki ahau.

⁷Nā, i te tino nui rawa o ngā whakakitenga mai, he mea kei kake rawa ake ahau, kua hōmai ki ahau he koikoi i te kikokiko, he anahera nā Hātana hei kuru i ahau, kia kaua ai ahau e kake rawa.⁸E toru āku īnoinga ki te Atua mō tēnei mea kia neke atu i ahau.⁹Ā, kua mea mai ia ki ahau, “E ranea ana tōku atawhai hei mea mōu; mana tonu hoki tōku kaha i runga i te ngoikore.” Nā, pai rawa atu ki ahau te whakamanamana ki ōku ngoikore, kia ai ai te kaha o te Karaiti hei taupoki mōku.¹⁰Mō reira āhuareka tonu ahau ki ngā ngoikoretanga, ki ngā tūkinotanga, ki ngā aituā, ki ngā whakatoinga, ki ngā rarunga, mō te Karaiti; i ahau hoki e ngoikore ana ko reira ahau kaha ai.

Te Māharahara o Pāora ki te Hunga Koriniti

¹¹Nā, kua wairangi ahau! He kaha nō tā koutou ki ahau. I tika kē hoki mā koutou ahau e whakapai; kāhore hoki ahau i hoki iho i ngā tino āpōtoro i te aha, i te aha, ahakoa rā he kāhore noa iho ahau nei.¹²He pono i mahia i roto i a koutou ngā tohu o te āpōtoro, pau rawa anō hoki te manawanui, i runga i ngā tohu, i ngā mea whakamīharo, i ngā merekara.¹³He aha koia te mea i iti iho ai koutou i ērā atu hāhi, ko tēnei anake pea, ko tōku korenga e taimaha ki a koutou? Whakarērea noatia iho tēnei hē ōku.

¹⁴Nā, ko te tuatoru tēnei o ngā wā ka takatū nei ahau ki te haere atu ki a koutou. E kore anō koutou e pēhia e ahau ki tētahi mea māku; ehara hoki i te mea ko tā koutou tāku e rapu nei, engari ko koutou. Nā, ehara mā ngā tamariki te whakapūranga taonga mā ngā mātua, engari mā ngā mātua mā ngā tamariki.¹⁵Nā, ka tino pai ahau ki te whakapau i āku, kia whakapaua hoki ahau i te meatanga mō ō koutou wairua. Mehemea i hira ake tōku, aroha ki a koutou, e hoki iho rānei te aroha mōku?

¹⁶Heoi rā, kīhai ahau i whakataimaha i a koutou; engari i tōku korokē, hopukina ana koutou e ahau ki te tinihanga.¹⁷I meinga rānei e ahau tētahi o te hunga i tonoa atu e ahau ki a koutou hei whakapati i ā koutou taonga mōku?¹⁸I whakahaua atu e ahau a Taituha, i tonoa atu hoki tētahi teina hei hoa mōna. I whakapati rānei a Taituha i ā koutou taonga mōna? He teka ianei i runga i te wairua kotahi tā māua haere? He teka rānei i haere tahi māua ko aua tapuwae rā anō?

¹⁹Tēnei koutou te mahara nei i ēnei wā katoa he whakatikatika mō mātou tā mātou ki a koutou. I te aroaro o te Atua e kōrero ana mātou i roto i a te Karaiti. Otiia, ko ēnei mea katoa, e ōku hoa aroha, hei pai mō koutou, hei hanga mō te whare.²⁰E wehi ana hoki ahau, kei rokohanga atu koutou e ahau, ina tae atu, kāhore e rite ki tāku e pai nei, kei kitea hoki ahau e koutou, kāhore e rite ki tā koutou e pai ai. Kei rokohanga atu he whawhai, he hae, he riri, he totohe, he ngautuarā, he kōmuhumuhu, he whakaputa, he tutū;²¹kei whakaititia ahau e tōku Atua i ō koutou aroaro, ina tae atu anō ahau, ā, kei tokomaha hoki e tangihia e ahau o te hunga i hara i mua, ā, kāhore anō i rīpenetā mō te poke, mō te moepuku, mō te hiahia taikaha, i mahia nei e rātou.