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Ngā Ture he aha, he aha

¹“Kei puaki i a koe te kōrero tito noa. Kei totoro tahi tōu ringa me te tangata kino, kei meinga hei kaiwhakaatu teka.

²“Kei whai tahi me te tokomaha ki te kino. Kaua anō hoki e hamumu i te totohenga, hei mea kia riro ai i tā te tokomaha, hei whakapeau kē i te tika;³kaua anō e whakanuia te rawakore, ina tohe ia.

⁴“Ki te tūtaki koe ki te kau a tōu hoariri, ki tana kāihe rānei, e atiti noa ana, me āta whakahoki e koe ki a ia.⁵Ki te kite koe i te kāihe a tōu hoariri e takoto ana i raro i tāna pīkaunga, ā, ka ngākaukore koe ki te whakaara, me āta whakaara tahi e kōrua.

⁶“Kei whakapeaua kētia e koe te whakawā mō tōu tangata rawakore, ina tohe ia.⁷Kia matara koe i te teka; kaua anō e whakamatea te tangata harakore rāua ko te tangata tika; e kore hoki ahau e whakatika i tā te tangata hara.

⁸“Kaua anō e tango i te utu whakapati; he mea whakamatapō hoki te utu whakapati i te kānohi kite, he mea whakaparori kē hoki i ngā kupu a te hunga tika.

⁹“Kaua anō e tūkinotia te manene; e mōhio ana hoki koutou ki te ngākau o te manene; he manene hoki koutou i mua, i te whenua o Īhipa.”

Te Tau Tuawhitu me te Rā Tuawhitu

¹⁰“Kia ono hoki ngā tau e rui ai koe i tōu oneone, e kohikohi ai hoki i ōna hua;¹¹i te whitu ia me waiho kia takoto kau ana, kia pariri, ā, ka kai ngā tāngata rawakore o tōu iwi; ā, mā ngā kīrehe o te pārae ā rātou toenga e kai. Kia pēnā anō koe ki tāu māra wāina, ki tāu māra ōriwa.

¹²“E ono ngā rā e mahi ai koe i āu mahi, ā, i te whitu ka okioki; kia okioki ai tāu kau, me tāu kāihe, kia whai tānga manawa ai hoki te tama a tāu pononga wahine me te manene.

¹³“Kia tūpato anō ki ngā mea katoa kua kōrerotia nei e ahau ki a koutou. Kaua hoki e whakahuatia te ingoa o ngā atua kē, kei rangona hoki ki tōu māngai.”

Ngā Hākari Nui e Toru

¹⁴“E toru ngā wā o te tau e tuku hākari ai koe ki ahau.

¹⁵“Kia mau ki te Hākari o te Taro Rēwenakore; e whitu ngā rā e kai ai koe i te taro rēwenakore, e pērā ai me tāku i whakahau ai ki a koe, i te wā anō i whakaritea o te marama, o Apipi; nō reira hoki koe i haere mai ai i Īhipa.
“Kaua anō hoki tētahi e puta kau mai ki tōku aroaro.

¹⁶“Ki te Hākari o te Kotinga, o te mātāmua o āu mahi, i ruia e koe ki te māra.
“Ki te Hākari o te Kohikohinga i te mutunga o te tau, ina oti te kohikohi mai e koe āu mahi i te māra.

¹⁷“E toru ngā wā o te tau e kitea ai ōu tāne katoa ki te aroaro o te Ariki, o Ihowā.

¹⁸“Kaua e whakaherea tahitia me te taro rēwena te toto o tāku patunga tapu; kei toe anō hoki ki te ata te ngako o tāku hākari.

¹⁹“Me kawe e koe ki te whare o Ihowā, o tōu Atua ngā mea mataati o ngā mātāmua o tōu oneone.
“Kaua e kōhuatia te kūao koati ki te waiū o tōna whaea.”

Te Anahera a Ihowā hei Tiaki i te Ara

²⁰“Nanā, ka tonoa nei e ahau he anahera ki mua i a koe, hei tiaki i a koe i te ara, hei kawe hoki i a koe ki te wāhi i whakaritea e ahau.²¹Kia tūpato ki a ia, whakarongo hoki ki tōna reo, kaua e whakapātaritari ki a ia; nō te mea e kore ia e whakarere noa iho i tō koutou hara; kei a ia nei hoki tōku ingoa.²²Ki te āta whakarongo i a koe ki tōna reo, ki te mea hoki i ngā mea katoa e kōrero ai ahau; nā, ko ahau hei hoariri mō ōu hoariri, hei hoa whawhai hoki ki ōu hoa whawhai.²³Ka haere hoki tāku anahera ki mua i a koe, hei kawe i a koe ki ngā Amori, ki ngā Hiti, ki ngā Perihi, ki ngā Kanaani, ki ngā Hiwi, ki ngā Iepuhi; ka hunā rātou e ahau.²⁴Kei koropiko koe ki ō rātou atua, kei mahi hoki ki a rātou, kei rite hoki āu mahi ki ā rātou mahi. Engari, me turaki rawa e koe, me wāwāhi rawa anō hoki ā rātou whakapakoko.²⁵Ā, me mahi koutou ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua, ā, ka manaakitia e ia tāu taro, me tōu wai; ka whakakorea atu anō hoki e ahau te mate i roto i a koe.²⁶E kore tētahi mea e whānau whakatahe, e pākoko rānei, i tōu whenua; ka āta tutuki anō i ahau te maha o ōu rā.

²⁷“Ka tukua atu e ahau tāku wehi ki mua i a koe, ā, ka whakamatea ngā iwi katoa e haere atu nei koe ki a rātou, ka meinga anō hoki e ahau kia tahuri ngā tuarā o ōu hoariri katoa ki a koe.²⁸Ka ungā anō e ahau te horonete ki mua i a koe, māna e pei ngā Hiwi, ngā Kanaani, me ngā Hiti i tōu aroaro.²⁹E kore rātou e peia e ahau i tōu aroaro i te tau kotahi; kei ururuatia te whenua, ā, ka nui rawa i a koe te kīrehe o te pārae.³⁰Ka peia rikirikitia atu rātou e ahau i tōu aroaro, kia hua rā anō koe, kia riro rā anō hoki te whenua i a koe.

³¹“Ā, ka whakatakotoria e ahau tōu rohe ki te Moana Whero ā tae noa ki te Moana o ngā Pirihitini, ki te koraha hoki ā tae noa ki te awa. Ka tukua atu nei hoki e ahau ki ō koutou ringa ngā tāngata o te whenua, ā, ka peia rātou e koe i tōu aroaro.³²Kaua e whakarite kawenata ki a rātou, ki ō rātou atua rānei.³³Kaua rātou e noho ki tōu whenua, kei mea rātou i a koe kia hara ki ahau; tā te mea, ki te mahi koe ki ō rātou atua, ka ai tēnā hei rore mōu.”