1Kātahi a Eripāta Temani ka oho, ka mea:2“Ki te anga mātou ki te kōrero ki a koe, e pōuri rānei koe?Otirā, e taea e wai te pēhi te kupu?3Nanā, he tokomaha i whakaakona e koe;nāu hoki i whakakaha ngā ringa kahakore.4Ara ana i āu kupu te tangata e hinga ana;nāu hoki i kaha ai ngā turi kua piko.5Ināianei kua tae mai ki a koe, ā, e hemo ana koe;e pā ana ki a koe, ohorere ana koe.6He teka ianei kei tōu wehi ki te Atua he okiokinga whakaaro mōu?Kei te tapatahi o ōu huarahi he tūmanakohanga, mōu?7“Maharatia rā, ko wai o ngā tāngata harakore i huna?I ngaro rānei ki hea te hunga tika?8Ko tāku hoki tēnei i kite ai, ko te hunga e parau ana i te hē,e rui ana i te raruraru, ko ia rā anō tā rātou e kokoti ai.9Hunā ana rātou e te hā o te Atua,mōtī iho rātou i te hau o tōna riri.10Ko te hāmama o te raiona, ko te reo o te raiona tutū,ko ngā niho o ngā kūao raiona, whati ana.11Ngaro ana te raiona kātua i te kore kai,ā, marara noa atu ngā kūao a te raiona.12“Nā, i kawea pukutia mai he kōrero ki ahau,ā, kapohia ana e tōku taringa he kōmuhumuhu.13I ngā whakaaroaronga, nō ngā kite o te pō,i te mea ka au iho te moe a te tangata,14ka pā te wehi ki ahau, me te ihiihi,ā, wiri ana ōku wheua katoa.15Nā, ka tika atu he wairua i tōku aroaro,tutū ana ngā huruhuru o tōku kikokiko.16Tū ana ia,otiia kīhai ahau i mōhio ki tōna mata.He āhua te mea i tōku aroaro;tū puku ana; nā, ka rongo ahau i te reo e kī ana:17‘He nui atu rānei te tika o te tangata i tō te Atua?He nui atu rānei i tō tōna Kaihanga te mā o te tangata?18Nanā, kāhore rawa ia e whakawhirinaki ki āna pononga;ā, ki tāna, he hē kei āna anahera.19Tērā atu tō te hunga e noho ana i roto i ngā whare uku,he puehu tō rātou tūranga;mongamonga kau rātou i te aroaro o te pūrehurehu.20I waenganui o te ata, o te ahiahi, ka whakangaromia rātou;hunā ana rātou ake tonu atu, tē ai tētahi hei whakaaro atu.21Kāhore rānei tō rātou taura here tēneti i motuhia i roto i a rātou?Mate ana rātou, kāhore hoki he mātauranga.’ ”
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