Rōma 1 - Paipera Tapu 2012

He Mihi

¹ Nā Pāora, nā te pononga a Īhu Karaiti, i karangatia hei āpōtoro, i motuhia ki te rongopai a te Atua,

² i kōrerotia rā e ia i mua, arā e āna poropiti i roto i ngā karaipiture tapu,

³ mō tāna Tama, i whānau nei he uri nō Rāwiri, nō te wāhi ki te kikokiko;

⁴ i whakapuakina mai nei ko te Tama a te Atua i runga i te kaha, i runga i tā te Wairua o te tapu, i te mea ka whakaarahia i te hunga mate; arā a Īhu Karaiti, tō tātou Ariki.

⁵ Nāna nei mātou i whiwhi ai ki te aroha noa, ki te mahi āpōtoro, kia ngohengohe ai, kia whakapono ai ngā iwi katoa, hei mea mō tōna ingoa.

⁶ Nō rātou nei hoki koutou, he mea karanga hei hunga mō Īhu Karaiti.

⁷ Ki te hunga katoa i Rōma, e arohaina nei e te Atua, ka oti nei te karanga hei hunga tapu. Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa me te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti.

He Karakia Whakawhetai

⁸ Ko tāku mea tuatahi, he whakawhetai ki tōku Atua i roto i a Īhu Karaiti mō koutou katoa, nō te mea e kōrerotia ana tō koutou whakapono i te ao katoa.

⁹ Ko te Atua, e mahi nei tōku wairua ki a ia i roto i te rongopai o tāna Tama, hei kaiwhakaatu mōku, mō te mau tonu o tāku whakahuahua i a koutou, ā, i āku karakiatanga i ngā wā katoa,

¹⁰ e īnoi ana me kore e pai te Atua kia whakatikaia tāku haere atu ki a koutou.

¹¹ Nui atu hoki tōku hiahia kia kite i a koutou, kia whakawhiwhi ai ahau i a koutou ki tētahi mea hōmai, he mea wairua, kia whakaūngia ai koutou;

¹² arā, kia ora ngātahi ō tātou ngākau, tōku i tō koutou whakapono, ō koutou i tōku.

¹³ Nā, e kore ahau e pai, e ōku tēina kia ngaro i a koutou te maha o āku meatanga kia haere atu ki a koutou, heoi, āraia mai ana ahau, ā, mohoa noa nei, kia whiwhi ai ahau ki tētahi hua i roto i a koutou hoki, kia pērā me te mea i ērā atu tauiwi.

¹⁴ He nama kei runga i ahau nā ngā Kariki, ā, nā ngā tautangata, nā te hunga mōhio, ā, nā te hunga whakaarokore.

¹⁵ Nā reira, e ngākau nui ana ahau kia whakapaua tāku ki te kauwhau hoki i te rongopai ki a koutou i Rōma.

Te Kaha o te Rongopai

¹⁶ Kāhore hoki ōku whakamā ki te rongopai; ko te kaha hoki ia o te Atua hei whakaora mō ngā tāngata katoa e whakapono ana; mō te Hūrai ki mua, mō te Kariki anō hoki.

¹⁷ Ā, kei reira e whakakitea ana tā te Atua tika, he mea nō te whakapono ki te whakapono; kua oti nei hoki te tuhituhi, “Mā te whakapono e ora ai te tangata tika.”

Te Hara Tangata

¹⁸ E whakakitea iho ana hoki i te rangi tō te Atua riri ki ngā karakiakoretanga katoa, ki ngā hē o ngā tāngata e pēhi ana i te pono i runga i te hē.

¹⁹ Kei roto nei i a rātou e mārama ana ngā mea o te Atua e taea te mōhio; kua whakamāramatia hoki e te Atua ki a rātou.

²⁰ E kitea nuitia ana hoki ngā mea ōna, kāhore nei i kitea, nō te hanganga iho rā o te ao, e mōhiotia ana ki ngā mea i hangā, arā tōna kaha mau tonu, me tōna atuatanga; kia kore ai he kupu whakahoki mā rātou;

²¹ i a rātou hoki e mātau ana ki te Atua, kīhai rātou i whakakorōria i a ia hei Atua, kīhai hoki i whakawhetai; heoi, kua kūware ō rātou whakaaro, ā, whakapōuritia ana tō rātou ngākau pōhēhē.

²² I a rātou e mea ana he mōhio rātou, nā, ka wairangi,

²³ ā, whakaputaia kētia ake te korōria o te Atua e kore nei e pirau, kia rite ki te āhua o te tangata pirau noa, o ngā manu hoki, o ngā kararehe waewae whā, o ngā mea ngōkingōki.

²⁴ Koia rātou i tukua ai e te Atua ki te mahi poke, i runga i ngā hiahia o ō rātou ngākau, kia whakatūtūātia iho ai ō rātou tinana e rātou anō, tō tētahi e tētahi;

²⁵ i te mea kua whakawhiti rātou i tō te Atua pono mō te teka, ā, karakia ana, mahi ana ki te mea hanga, kapea ake te Kaihanga, ko ia nei te whakapaingia ake ake. Āmine.

²⁶ Koia rātou i tukua ai e te Atua ki ngā hiahia tūtūā. Ko ā rātou wāhine hoki, mahue ake i a rātou te tikanga māori, kei te ngau kē noa atu;

²⁷ me ngā tāne anō, whakarērea ake e rātou te tikanga māori ki te wahine, ānō he ahi te kānga o tō rātou hiahia ki a rātou anō; ngā tāne ki ngā tāne, mahi ai i te mea whakamā, me te whiwhi anō ki te utu e rite ana mō tō rātou ngaunga kētanga.

²⁸ Ā, i a rātou kīhai nei i pai kia mau tonu te Atua ki ō rātou mahara, tukua ana rātou e te Atua ki te hinengaro hē kia mahia ngā mea kāhore e tau kia mahia.

²⁹ Kī tonu rātou i ngā mahi hē katoa, i te kino, i te apo, i te mauāhara; whawhao rawa i te hae, i te kōhuru, i te totohe, i te hīanga, i te whanokē; he hunga kōhumuhumu,

³⁰ he hunga ngautuarā, kino ki te Atua, he hunga whakahīhī, whakakake, whakapehapeha, he kaitito i ngā mea kino. E turi ana ki ngā mātua,

³¹ kāhore ō rātou mātauranga, he hunga kupu taka, kāhore nei he aroha, kāhore e tohu tangata.

³² Ahakoa e mātau ana anō rātou ki tā te Atua tikanga, he tika te mate mō ngā kaimahi i ēnei mea, heoi, ka mahi tonu rātou i aua mea me te whakaae hoki ki te hunga e pērā ana te mahi.