2 Koriniti 3 - Paipera Tapu 2012

He Pononga nō te Kawenata Hou

¹ E tīmata ana anō rānei mātou te whakapai ki a mātou anō? E pērā ana rānei me ētahi atu, e mea ana mātou ki ētahi pukapuka whakapai mā mātou ki a koutou, mā koutou rānei ki a mātou?

² Ko koutou tā mātou pukapuka, he mea tuhituhi ki ō mātou ngākau, e kitea ana, e kōrerotia ana e ngā tāngata katoa;

³ kua mārama nā hoki, ko koutou he pukapuka nā te Karaiti, he mea minita nā mātou, ehara i te mea tuhituhi ki te mangumangu, engari ki te Wairua o te Atua ora; he teka ki ngā papa kōhatu, engari ki runga ki ngā papa kikokiko o te ngākau.

⁴ Ko tēnei tū whakaaro ō mātou ū tonu ki tā te Atua, he mea nā te Karaiti.

⁵ He teka kei a mātou ake te tikanga mō te whakaaro ki tētahi aha, me te mea nā mātou ake anō; engari, nā te Atua mātou i whai tikanga ai;

⁶ nāna hoki mātou i tau ai hei minita mō te kawenata hou; he teka nō te reta, engari nō te Wairua; he whakamate hoki tā te reta, he whakaora ia tā te Wairua.

⁷ Nā, mehemea te minitatanga o te mate i tuhituhia nei, i whaoa nei ki ngā kōhatu, i puta korōria mai, i kore ai e taea e ngā tama a Īharaira te titiro matatau atu ki te mata o Mohi i te korōria o tōna mata; he korōria ia e memeha ana.

⁸ E kore ianei e nui noa atu te korōria o te minitatanga o te Wairua?

⁹ Nā, mehemea te minitatanga o te whakatau hē, he korōria, heoi hira rawa atu te korōria o te minitatanga o te tika.

¹⁰ He pono hoki, kāhore te mea i whakakorōriatia i whai korōria i tēnei wāhi, arā, nā te korōria e hira rawa nei.

¹¹ Mehemea hoki he korōria tō te mea e memeha ana, nui noa atu te korōria o te mea pūmau.

¹² Nā, i a mātou ka tūmanako nei ki tēnei, nui atu tō mātou māia ki te kōrero.

¹³ Kāhore anō e pērā me Mohi i maka nei i te hīpoki ki tōna mata, kei titiro matatau atu ngā tama a Īharaira ki te tukunga iho o te mea e memeha haere ana.

¹⁴ Otirā, i whakapakeketia ō rātou hinengaro. Nō te mea taea noatia mai tēnei rā i te kōrerotanga o te kawenata tawhito e mau tonu ana taua hīpoki rā anō, kāhore anō i hurahia; i roto ia i a te Karaiti ka whakakāhoretia.

¹⁵ Nā, tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, ki te kōrerotia a Mohi, e takoto ana he hīpoki ki runga i tō rātou ngākau.

¹⁶ Nā, kia huri ki te Ariki, ka tangohia te hīpoki.

¹⁷ Nā, ko te Ariki, ko te Wairua ia; ko te wāhi i noho ai te Wairua o te Ariki, kei reira te tikanga herekore.

¹⁸ Ko tātou katoa ia kāhore he hīpoki mō te mata, e whakaahua ana i te korōria o te Atua, ānō kei roto i te whakaata, ā, e whakaputaia kētia ana kia rite ki taua āhua anō, he korōria hono iho ki te korōria, i runga i tā te Wairua o te Ariki.