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He Mihi

¹Ko te whakakitenga a Īhu Karaiti, i hōmai nei e te Atua ki a ia, kia whakapuakina ki āna pononga ngā mea meāke nei rite; nā whakaaturia mai ana e ia, arā e tāna anahera i tonoa mai e ia, ki tāna pononga, ki a Hoani.²Ko ia nei te pono o te kupu a te Atua, o te whakaaturanga hoki a Īhu Karaiti, arā o ngā mea katoa i kite ai ia.

³Ka hari te tangata e titiro ana i te pukapuka, me te hunga anō hoki e whakarongo ana ki ngā kupu o te poropititanga, e pupuri ana hoki i ngā mea kua oti te tuhituhi ki reira; kua tata hoki te tāima.

He Mihi ki ngā Hāhi e Whitu

⁴Nā Hoani ki ngā hāhi e whitu i Āhia:
Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa me te rangimārie, he mea nāna e ora nei ia, i mua anō ia, ā, kei te haere mai anō; he mea hoki nā ngā wairua e whitu i mua i tōna torōna.⁵He mea anō nā Īhu Karaiti, nā te kaiwhakaatu pono, ko ia nei te putanga mātāmua o te hunga mate, te rangatira o ngā kīngi o te whenua.
Ki a ia, i arohaina nei tātou e ia, i horoia anō hoki ō tātou hara ki ōna toto,⁶ā, meinga ana tātou e ia hei kīngi, hei tohunga ki te Atua, arā ki tōna Matua; waiho atu ki a ia te korōria me te kaha ake tonu atu. Āmine.⁷Tēnei ia te haere mai nei me ngā kapua,e kite hoki i a ia ngā kanohi katoa,me te hunga hoki i wero i a ia.Ka auē anō hoki ngā hapū katoa o te whenua ki a ia.Āe, āmine.

⁸“Ko ahau te Ārepa, te Ōmeka, te tīmatanga, te whakamutunga,” e ai tā te Ariki, “e ora nei, i mua anō ia, ā, kei te haere mai anō, ko te Kaha Rawa nei ia.”

He Kitenga i a Īhu Karaiti

⁹Ko ahau tēnei, ko Hoani, ko tō koutou tuakana, kua uru tahi nei ki te tūkinotanga, ki te rangatiratanga anō hoki, ki te manawanui kei roto i a Īhu, i te motu ahau e huaina nei ko Pātamo, he mea hoki mō te kupu a te Atua, mō te whakaatu hoki i a Īhu.¹⁰I te Wairua ahau i te rā o te Ariki, ā, ka rongo ahau i te reo nui i muri i ahau, me te mea nō te tētere,¹¹e mea ana, “Tuhituhia ki te pukapuka tāu e kite nei, tukua atu hoki ki ngā hāhi e whitu i Āhia; ki Epeha, ki Hamurana, ki Perekamu, ki Taiataira, ki Harariha, ki Pirarerepia, ki Raorikia.”

¹²Nā, ka tahuri ake ahau kia kite i te reo i kōrero nei ki ahau. Ā, i tāku tahuritanga ake, ka kite ahau i ngā tūranga rama kōura e whitu;¹³ā, i waenganui o ngā tūranga rama ko tētahi e rite ana ki te Tama a te tangata, ko tōna kākahu tatū noa ki ngā waewae, he mea whītiki te uma ki te whītiki kōura.¹⁴Ā, ko tōna mātenga me ngā makawe mā tonu, ānō he wūru mā, he hukarere; ko ōna kanohi, ānō he mura ahi;¹⁵ā, ko ōna waewae rite tonu ki te parāhi pai, ānō e kā ana i roto i te oumu; ko tōna reo, ānō ko te tangi a ngā wai maha.¹⁶E whitu hoki ngā whetū i tōna ringa matau, ā, i puta mai i tōna māngai he hoari matarua, he mea koi. Ko tōna kanohi, ānō kei te rā ina kaha te whiti mai.

¹⁷Ā, nō tōku kitenga i a ia, hinga ana ahau ki ōna waewae, ānō he tangata kua mate. Nā, ka whakapāngia mai e ia tōna ringaringa matau ki ahau, ka mea ki ahau, “Kaua e mataku; ko ahau te tuatahi, te whakamutunga;¹⁸ko ahau te Mea Ora; i mate hoki ahau i mua, nā, e ora nei ā ake tonu atu, kei ahau anō ngā kī o te mate rāua ko te rēinga.

¹⁹“Nā reira tuhituhia ngā mea kua kite nei koe, ngā mea onāianei nei, me ngā mea e puta mai ā muri ake nei.²⁰Ko te mea ngaro, ko ngā whetū e whitu i kite nei koe i tōku matau, me ngā tūranga rama kōura e whitu. Ko ngā whetū e whitu, ko ngā anahera o ngā hāhi e whitu; ko ngā tūranga rama e whitu, ko ngā hāhi e whitu.”