2 Koriniti 6 - Paipera Tapu 2012

¹ Nā, tēnei mātou ōna hoa mahi te tohe atu nei i a koutou, kia kaua e kore hua te rironga mai o te aroha noa o te Atua i a koutou.

² E mea ana hoki ia, “Nō te wā manakohanga atu i whakarongo ai ahau ki a koe, āwhinatia ana hoki koe e ahau i te rā o te whakaoranga.” Nanā, tēnei te wā manakohanga mai; nanā, tēnei te rā o te whakaoranga!

³ E kore hoki e hoatu e mātou tētahi take e hē ai, ahakoa i te aha, kei whakahēngia tā mātou mahi minita;

⁴ engari, i ngā mea katoa e whakakite ana i a mātou, he minita nā te Atua, i runga i te hua o te manawanui, i ngā tūkinotanga, i ngā aituā, i ngā rarunga,

⁵ i ngā whiunga, i ngā hereheretanga, i ngā ngangaretanga, i ngā māuiuitanga, i ngā mataaratanga, i ngā nohoanga pukutanga;

⁶ i runga i te kinokore, i te mātauranga, i te manawanui, i te ngākau ngāwari, i te Wairua Tapu, i te aroha tinihangakore,

⁷ i runga i te kupu o te pono, i te kaha o te Atua, i ngā mea whawhai o te tika ki matau, ki mauī,

⁸ i runga i te korōria, i te hōnorekore, i te kupu kino, i te kupu pai; me te mea he hunga tinihanga, ā, he hunga pono anō.

⁹ Me te mea kāhore e mōhiotia, otiia e mōhiotia nuitia ana; me te mea ka mate, heoi, tēnei anō mātou te ora nei; me te mea e pākia ana, heoi kāhore e whakamatea;

¹⁰ me te mea e pōuri ana, heoi, e hari tonu ana; me te mea e rawakore ana, heoi, e mea ana i te tokomaha kia whai taonga; me te mea kāhore ā mātou aha, otiia, kei a mātou ngā mea katoa.

¹¹ Tuwhera tonu ō mātou māngai ki a koutou, e ngā Koriniti, kua nui tō mātou ngākau.

¹² Ehara i te mea nō mātou te kūiti i a koutou, engari, nō ō koutou ngākau te kūiti.

¹³ Nā, hei utu e rite ana, he kupu tēnei nāku ki āku tamariki, kia whakanuia anō hoki koutou.

He Whakatūpato ki ngā Awe o te Hunga Whakapono kore

¹⁴ Kei iokatia kētia koutou ki te hunga whakapono kore. Nō hea hoki te whakahoatanga o te tika rāua ko te tutū? Nō hea hoki te huihuinga tahitanga o te mārama ki te pōuri?

¹⁵ Ko ēhea mea a te Karaiti i huihuia ki a Periara? Nā tēhea wāhi rānei i huanga ai te tangata whakapono ki te tangata whakapono kore?

¹⁶ Ā, kei hea he tatanga mō te whare tapu o te Atua ki ngā whakapakoko? He whare tapu hoki koutou nō te Atua ora; ko tā te Atua hoki tēnā i mea ai: “Ka noho ahau i roto i a rātou, ka hāereere ahau i roto i a rātou; ā, ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou, ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku.”

¹⁷ Mō konei, “Puta mai i roto i a rātou, kia motu kē, e ai tā te Ariki. Kaua hoki e pā ki te mea poke; ā, ka riro mai koutou i ahau;

¹⁸ Ko ahau anō hoki hei Matua mō koutou, ko koutou hoki hei tama hei tamāhine ki ahau, e ai tā te Ariki Kaha Rawa.”