1 Pita 4 - Paipera Tapu 2012

Ngā Oranga kua Whakahoungia

¹ Nā, kua mamae nei o te Karaiti kikokiko mō tātou, e mau koutou ki ngā mea whawhai, arā ki taua whakaaro pū rā anō; ko te tangata hoki, kua mamae te kikokiko kua mutu te hara;

² mō te wā e toe nei o te noho ki te kikokiko kia kaua i runga i ngā hiahia o te tangata, engari i tā te Atua i pai ai.

³ Kāti hoki mā tātou ko te wāhi o tō tātou ora kua pahemo nei, hei mahinga mā tātou i tā ngā tauiwi i pai ai, i a tātou i haere i runga i te hiahia taikaha, i ngā minamina, i te haurangi wāina, i te kakai, i te inu, i te karakia whakarihariha ki ngā whakapakoko.

⁴ He mea hou tēnei ki a rātou, arā tō koutou kāhore e rere tahi, e tōrere ki taua kino; ā, kōrero kino iho mō koutou.

⁵ Me kōrero anō rātou i ā rātou mahi ki a ia, e noho rite nei ki te whakawā i te hunga ora, i te hunga mate.

⁶ Mō konei rā i kauwhautia ai anō te rongopai ki te hunga kua mate, kia whakahēngia rātou, arā te kikokiko i runga i tā te tāngata, kia ora ia rātou, arā te wairua i runga i tā te Atua.

He Tuari Pai o ngā Pūmanawa i hōmai a te Atua

⁷ Kua tata ia te whakamutunga o ngā mea katoa; nā, kia whai whakaaro koutou, kia mataara, kia īnoi.

⁸ I te tuatahi o ngā mea katoa arohaina pūtia koutou e koutou anō; he tini hoki ngā hara ka hīpokina e te aroha.

⁹ Whakamanuhiritia tētahi e tētahi; kaua e amuamu.

¹⁰ Ko te mea kua riro noa i tētahi, i tētahi, meatia atu anō e koutou mā tētahi, mā tētahi, kia rite ki tā ngā tuari pai o ngā hōmaitanga maha a te Atua.

¹¹ Ki te kōrero tētahi, kia rite tāna ki tā ngā kupu a te Atua. Ki te minita tētahi, kia rite tāna ki tō te kaha e hōmai ana e te Atua; kia whai korōria ai te Atua i ngā mea katoa i roto i a Īhu Karaiti; kei a ia te korōria me te mana ake ake. Āmine.

Ngā Mamae, nō te mea he Karaitiana ia

¹² E ōku hoa aroha, kaua e kīia he hanga hou te tahunga i roto i a koutou hei whakamātautau i a koutou; ānō he mea hou tēnei kua pā ki a koutou.

¹³ Engari, ka uru nei koutou ki ngā mamae o te Karaiti, kia hari koutou; he mea hoki e hari ai koutou, whakamanamana rawa, ā te whakakitenga mai o tōna korōria.

¹⁴ Ki te tāwaia koutou mō te ingoa o te Karaiti, ka hari koutou; nō te mea e tau ana te Wairua o te korōria, me te Wairua o te Atua ki runga ki a koutou.

¹⁵ Kaua ia tētahi o koutou e whakamamaetia mō te mahi patu tangata, mō te tāhae, mō te mahi i te kino, mō te pokanoa ki a ērā meatanga.

¹⁶ Ki te whakamamaetia ia tētahi mō te kī he Karaitiana ia, kaua ia e whakamā; engari he mea tēnei e whakakorōria ai ia i te Atua.

¹⁷ Ko te wā hoki tēnei e tīmata ai te whakawā ki te whare o te Atua; ki te mea hoki kei a tātou te tuatahi, he pēhea rā te whakamutunga ki te hunga e kore e tahuri ki te rongopai o te Atua?

¹⁸ Ā, “Ki te mea ka ora noa te tangata tika, kei hea he putanga mō te tangata karakiakore, mō te tangata hara?”

¹⁹ Nā, ko te hunga anō kua pai nei te Atua kia whakamamaetia rātou, me tuku e rātou ō rātou wairua ki a ia, arā ki te Kaihanga pono, me te mahi anō ia i te pai.