Baca Hopa 22

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Te Whakawhitinga Kōrero Tuatoru

¹Anō rā ko Eripāta Temani, i mea ia:²“E whai pai anō rānei te Atua i te tangata?He pono e whai pai te tangata i a ia anō ki te mea he ngākau mōhio tōna.³He oranga ngākau rānei ki te Kaha Rawa tōu tika?Hei taonga rānei ki a ia, ki te meinga e koe ōu ara kia tino tika?

⁴“He wehi rānei nōu i a ia i whakahē ai ia i a koe,i whakawā ai i a koe?⁵He teka ianei he nui tōu hē?Kāhore hoki he pito whakamutunga o ōu kino.⁶I tangohia noatia hoki e koe ngā mea a tōu teina hei taunaha,huia ana e koe ngā kākahu o te hunga e noho tahanga ana.⁷Kīhai i whakainumia e koe ki te wai te hunga ngenge;kaiponuhia ana e koe he taro ki te hunga e matekai ana.⁸Ko te tangata mārohirohi, i a ia te whenua;ko te tangata hōnore, noho ana ia i reira.⁹Ko ngā pouaru, ungā rawakoretia atu ana e koe,whatiwhatiia ana ngā ringa o ngā pani.¹⁰Nā reira, karapotia pūtia ana koe e ngā māhanga,raruraru ana koe i te wehi pā whakarere;¹¹i te pōuri rānei, e kore ai koe e kite;ā, nui atu te wai e taupoki nā i a koe.

¹²“He teka ianei kei te wāhi tiketike o te rangi te Atua?Tirohia atu anō hoki a runga o ngā whetū, tō rātou teitei!¹³Ā, e mea nā koe, ‘He aha tā te Atua e mōhio ai?’E puta mai rānei tāna whakawā i roto i te kapua pōuri?¹⁴Ko tōna wāhi ngaro ko ngā kapua mātotoru, tē kite ia;kei te taiāwhio anō ia i ngā rangi.¹⁵Ka mau tonu rānei koe ki te ara ō mua,i haerea rā e ngā tāngata kikino?¹⁶I kapohia atu nei i te mea kāhore anō i rite ō rātou rā;tāhoroa ana tō rātou tūranga anō he awa.¹⁷I mea nei ki te Atua, ‘Mawehe atu i a mātou’;ā, ‘He aha e taea e te Kaha Rawa mō mātou?’¹⁸Heoi, i whakakīia e ia ō rātou whare ki ngā mea papai,ko te whakaaro ia o te hunga kino e matara atu ana i ahau.

¹⁹“E kite ana te hunga tika, ā, koa ana;kataina iho rātou e te hunga harakore,²⁰me te kī, ‘He pono kua haukotia te hunga i tahuri mai ki a tātou,pau ake i te ahi te toenga o rātou.’

²¹“Waiho ia hei hoa mōu, kātahi koe ka āta noho;mā reira ka tae mai ai te pai ki a koe.²²Tahuri mai rā ki te ture a tōna māngai,rongoātia hoki āna kupu ki roto ki tōu ngākau.²³Ki te hoki koe ki te Kaha Rawa, tērā koe e hangā;ki te nekehia atu e koe te kino kia mamao i ōu tēneti.²⁴Ā, ka whakapūranga koe i tāu taonga ki te puehu,te kōura o Ōpira ki waenga i ngā kōhatu o ngā awa;²⁵ā, ko te Kaha Rawa hei taonga mōu,hei hiriwa utu nui ki a koe.²⁶Ko reira hoki koe āhuareka ai ki te Kaha Rawa,ā, ka ara ake tōu mata ki te Atua.²⁷Ka īnoi anō koe ki a ia, ā, ka whakarongo mai ia ki a koe;ka whakamanā anō e koe āu kupu taurangi.²⁸Ka whakatakotoria hoki e koe he tikanga,ā, ka whakapūmautia ki a koe;ka whiti anō te mārama ki runga ki ōu ara.²⁹Ki te makā koe e rātou ki raro, ka kī koe,‘Tēnei anō he whakaarahanga ake’;ka whakaorangia anō e ia te ngākau whakaiti.³⁰Ka whakaorangia e ia te tangata ahakoa ehara i te harakore;āe rā, ka whakaorangia ia e te mā o ōu ringa.”