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1 TĪMOTI1

He Mihi

¹Nā Paora, nā te āpōtoro a Īhu Karaiti, he mea whakarite e te Atua, e tō tātou Kaiwhakaora, e Īhu Karaiti hoki, ko ia tā tātou e tūmanako atu nei –

²Ki a Tīmoti, ki tāku tamaiti pono i roto i te whakapono:
Kia tau atu te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā Karaiti Īhu hoki, nā tō tātou Ariki.

He Whakatūpato ki te Whakaakoranga Teka

³I whakahau atu rā ahau ki a koe, i ahau e haere ana ki Makeronia, kia noho koe i Epeha, ako ai i ētahi kia kaua e rere kē te whakaako,⁴kia kaua e whakarongo ki ngā kōrero tito noa, ki ngā whakapapa tūpuna kāhore nei e whai mutunga; ko ngā putanga ake o ēnā, he tautohetohe, kāhore he whakatupu mō te tikanga a te Atua i runga i te whakapono; ka pērā anō ahau ināianei.⁵Ko te tukunga iho ia mō te ako, ko te aroha, nō roto i te ngākau mā, i te hinengaro pai, i te whakapono tinihangakore.⁶Kapea ake ēnei e ētahi, kotiti kē ana ki ngā kōrero teka noa;⁷ki tā rātou hei kaiwhakaako rātou i te ture, heoi, kāhore e mātau ki tā rātou e kōrero nei, ki ngā mea rānei e kauwhautia nei e rātou.

⁸Otirā, e mātau ana tātou he mea pai te ture, ki te rite te meatanga e te tangata ki tā te ture tikanga.⁹E mātau ana hoki ki tēnei, kīhai te ture i whakatakotoria mō te tangata tika, engari mō te hunga turekore, tutū, karakiakore, hara, tapukore, whakarihariha, mō ngā kaipatu i ngā pāpā, mō ngā kaipatu i ngā whaea, mō ngā kaikōhuru tangata,¹⁰mō te hunga moepuku, moe kino i te tāne, tāhae tangata, kōrero teka, oati teka, ā, ki te mea tērā atu tētahi mea kāhore nei e rite ki te whakaako tika;¹¹rite tonu tēnei ki te rongopai o te korōria o te Atua hari, ki te mea kua tukua mai nei ki ahau.

Te Whakawhetai mō te Mahi Tohu a te Atua

¹²E whakawhetai atu nei ahau ki a Karaiti Īhu, ki tō tātou Ariki, nāna nei ahau i whakakaha; i whakaaro hoki ia he tangata pono ahau, ā, meinga ana ahau hei minita.¹³Ahau nei, te tangata kohukohu i mua, te kaiwhakatoi, whakatupu kino. Heoi, i tohungia ahau, nō te me i meinga kūwaretia e ahau i runga i te whakapono kore;¹⁴tino nui rawa hoki te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, hui tahi ki te whakapono, ki te aroha i roto i a Karaiti Īhu.¹⁵He pono te kōrero, he pai hoki kia tangohia rawatia, i haere mai a Karaiti Īhu ki te ao ki te whakaora i te hunga hara; ko te tino tangata hara o rātou ko ahau.¹⁶Heoi, nā konei ahau i tohungia ai, kia ai ko ahau ki mua hei whakaaturanga mā Īhu Karaiti i ngā manawanui maha, hei tohu ki te hunga e whakapono ki a ia ā muri ake nei, kia ora tonu ai rātou.¹⁷Nā, ki te Kīngi ora tonu, e kore nei e pirau, e kore nei e kitea, ko ia nei anake te Atua mātau, waiho atu i a ia te hōnore me te korōria ake ake. Āmine.

¹⁸Ka tukua atu nei e ahau tēnei kupu ako ki a koe, e tāku tamaiti, e Tīmoti, ko te poropititanga anō tēnei i puta mai i mua mōu, hei mea i a koe kia whawhai i te whawhai pai;¹⁹kia mau ki te whakapono me te hinengaro pai; he mea nei ēnā kua ākiritia atu e ētahi, ka meinga tō rātou whakapono he kaipuke pakaru;²⁰nō rātou a Himeniu rāua ko Arēhanera, kua tukua nei e ahau ki a Hātana, kia whakaakona ai kia kaua e kohukohu.