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Ētahi atu Koha a te Wairua
1Whāia te aroha; kia matenui ki ngā mea wairua, ko te mea nui rawa ia kia poropiti koutou.2Ki te mea he reo kē te kōrero a tētahi, ehara tāna i te kōrero ki ngā tāngata, engari ki te Atua. E kore hoki te tangata e mātau; heoi e kōrero ana ia, arā te wairua, i ngā mea ngaro.3Ko te tangata ia e poropiti ana, e kōrero ana ia ki ngā tāngata hei hanga i te pai, hei whakahirihiri, hei whakamārie.4Ko te tangata e kōrero ana he reo kē, e hanga ana i te pai mōna ake; ko te tangata ia e poropiti ana e hanga ana i te hāhi.5He pai tonu ki ahau me i kōrero koutou i ngā reo kē, erangi ia kia poropiti koutou. Nui atu hoki te poropiti i te tangata kōrero i ngā reo, ki te kore ia e whakamāori, hei hanga mō te whare, arā mō te hāhi.6Nā, e ōku tēina, ki te haere atu ahau ki a koutou me te kōrero i ngā reo kē, mā te aha ka whiwhi ai koutou i te pai i ahau, ki te mea ehara tāku kōrero ki a koutou i te whakakite, i te mātauranga, i te mahi poropiti, i te whakaako rānei?7Nā, ahakoa ngā mea kāhore he ora, he reo tōna, he pūtōrino rānei, he hāpa rānei, ki te kore e puta kē te tangi, me pēhea e mōhiotia ai te rangi o te pūtōrino, o te hāpa rānei?8Ki te kāhore hoki e mārama te tangi o te tētere, ko wai e takatū ki te whawhai?9Waihoki ko koutou, ki te kāhore ō koutou arero e kōrero i te kupu mārama, me pēhea ka mōhiotia ai te mea i kōrerotia? E kōrero hoki koutou ki te hau.10Tēnā pea kei te ao aua reo maha, heoi kāhore he reo tikangakore.11Nā, ki te kore e kitea e ahau te tikanga o te reo, ka meinga ahau e te tangata e kōrero ana he tautangata; hei tautangata anō ki ahau taua tangata e kōrero ana.12Me koutou anō, ka matenui nā koutou ki ngā mea wairua, me whai kia hira tō koutou pai hei hanga i te whare, arā i te hāhi.13Nā, ko te tangata e kōrero ana i te reo kē, me īnoi kia taea e ia te whakamāori.14Ki te mea hoki he reo kē tōku ina īnoi, ko tōku wairua te īnoi ana; ko tōku mahara ia kāhore he hua.15Me pēhea rā? Ka īnoi ahau i runga i te wairua, ā, ka īnoi anō i runga i te mahara; ka waiata ahau i runga i te wairua, ka waiata anō i runga i te mahara.16Pēnei, mehemea ki te whakapai koe i runga i te wairua, me pēhea te tangata e noho ana i te wāhi o te kūware ka mea ai, “Āmine” ki tāu whakawhetai? E kore hoki ia e mōhio ki tāu e kōrero ai.17He pono ka pai tāu whakawhetai, otiia e kore e hangā te pai o tērā.18E whakawhetai ana ahau ki te Atua, mōku i kōrero i ngā reo maha atu i o koutou katoa;19otiia, i roto i te hāhi, pai kē atu ki ahau te kōrero i ngā kupu e rima i runga i te mahara, hei ako mō ērā atu, i te kōrero i ngā kupu tekau mano i te reo kē.20E ōku tēina, aua ō koutou mahara e whakatupu tamariki; ko te mauāhara ia, tēnā hei kōhungahunga koutou, engari ko ngā mahara kia kaumātua.21Ka oti te tuhituhi i roto i te ture:“He tangata reo kē, he ngutu kēhei kaikōrero māku ki tēnei iwi;heoi e kore tonu rātou e rongo ki ahau.”e ai tā te Ariki.22Nō reira, hei tohu ngā reo kē, ehara ki te hunga whakapono, engari ki te hunga kāhore e whakapono. Ko te mahi poropiti ia he tohu, ehara ki te hunga kāhore e whakapono, engari ki te hunga e whakapono ana.23Nā, ki te huihui te hāhi katoa ki te wāhi kotahi, ā, ka kōrero te katoa i ngā reo, ā, ka tomo mai te hunga kūware, te hunga whakapono kore, e kore rānei rātou e mea he pōrangi koutou?24Tēnā, ka poropiti katoa, ā, ka tapoko mai tētahi tangata whakapono kore, kūware rānei, ka mau tōna hē i te katoa, ka whakawākia e te katoa.25Ka whakakitea ngā mea ngaro o tōna ngākau; nā, ka takoto tāpapa ia, ka koropiko ki te Atua, me tāna kī ake anō, “He pono kei roto i a koutou te Atua!”Te Āhua Pai i roto i te Hāhi
26Nā, e pēhea ana tēnā, e ōku tēina? Ka huihui koutou, he waiata tā tētahi o koutou, he whakaako tā tētahi, he reo tā tētahi, he whakakitenga tā tētahi, he whakamāoritanga tā tētahi. Meinga ngā mea katoa hei hanga mō te whare.27Ki te kōrero tētahi i te reo kē, kia tokorua, kei neke ake i te tokotoru ki te kōrero, me takikotahi; kia kotahi hoki hei whakamāori.28Ki te kāhore ia he kaiwhakamāori, kaua ia e kōrero i roto i te hāhi; engari me kōrero ki a ia anō, ki te Atua hoki.29Kia tokorua, kia tokotoru ngā poropiti hei kōrero, mā ētahi e hurihuri atu.30Ki te whakakitea mai ia he mea ki tētahi e noho noa ana, me noho puku tō mua.31E āhei hoki koutou katoa te poropiti takitahi, kia ako ai te katoa, kia whakamārietia ai te katoa.32E ngohengohe ana hoki ki ngā poropiti ngā wairua o ngā poropiti.33Ehara hoki te Atua i te Atua o te whakararuraru, engari nō te rangimārie.E pērā ana hoki i roto i ngā hāhi katoa o te hunga tapu.34Kaua ngā wāhine e kōrero i roto i ngā hāhi. E kore hoki rātou e tukua kia kōrero; engari me whakarongo mārie, ko tā te ture hoki tēnā e mea nei.35Ki te hiahia hoki rātou ki te ako i tētahi mea, me ui ki ā rātou tahu i roto i te whare. He mea whakamā hoki kia kōrero te wāhine i roto i te hāhi.36He aha? I puta mai koia te kupu a te Atua i a koutou? I tae atu rānei ki a koutou anake?37Ki te mea tētahi he poropiti ia, he tangata rānei i te Wairua, māna e whakaae ki āku e tuhituhi atu nei ki a koutou, he ture ēnā nā te Ariki.38Otirā, ki te kūware tētahi, waiho atu kia kūware ana.39Nā, e ōku tēina, matenuitia te mahi poropiti, kaua hoki e rīria te kōrero i ngā reo kē.40Otirā, kia ātanga te mahi i ngā mea katoa, kia tōtika.