1He maha ngā wāhi, he maha ngā huarahi i kōrero ai te Atua i mua, arā ngā poropiti, ki ngā mātua,2i ēnei rā whakamutunga nā tāna Tama āna kōrero ki a tātou, ko tāna hoki tērā i mea ai māna ngā mea katoa, ko tāna kaihanga hoki tērā o ngā ao.3Ko ia te kānapatanga o tōna korōria, te tino āhua o tōna pūmautanga, e whakaū nei i ngā mea katoa ki te kupu o tōna kaha, ka oti i a ia ake anō te horoi ō tātou hara, nā noho ana ia i te ringa matau o te Nui i runga rawa.4Ā, meinga ana ia kia pai ake i ngā anahera, kia pērā me te ingoa i riro i a ia he nui atu i tō rātou.
Te Nui o te Tama a te Atua
5Ki a wai hoki o ngā anahera tāna meatanga i mua,“Ko koe tāku Tama,nō nāianei koe i whakatupuria ai e ahau”?Me tēnei anō,“Ko ahau hei Matua ki a ia,ko ia hei Tama ki ahau?”6I tāna kawenga mai anō hoki i te whānau mātāmua ki te ao, ka mea ia,“Kia koropiko ngā anahera katoa a te Atua ki a ia.”7Ko tāna kupu ia mō ngā anahera,“Meinga ana e ia āna anahera hei wairua,āna kaimahi hei mura ahi.”8Mō te Tama ia, i kī ia,“Pūmau tonu tōu torōna, e te Atua, ake, ake;ā, ko te hēpeta o te tika te hēpeta o tōu kīngitanga.9I arohaina e koe te tika, i kinongia e koe te hara;nō reira nui atu i tō ōu hoate whakawahinga a te Atua,a tōu Atua, i a koe ki te hinu o te hari.”10Me tēnei anō,“Nāu, e te Ariki, i te tīmatanga i whakatakoto te whenua;he mahi anō ngā rangi nā ōu ringa.11Ko ērā e hemo atu, ko koe ia e mau tonu:ka tawhitotia katoatia hoki ērā me he kākahu.12Ka pōkaitia e koe, ānō he koheka,ka whakaputaia kētia.Ko koe tonu anō ia koe,kāhore hoki he mutunga o ōu tau.”13Ki tēhea hoki o ngā anahera tāna meatanga i mua,“Hei tōku ringa matau koe noho ai,kia meinga rā anō e ahau ōu hoaririhei tūranga waewae mōu”?14He teka ianei he wairua kaimahi rātou katoa, he mea tonotono hei minita, he whakaaro ki te hunga mō rātou nei te ora?
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