1 Koriniti 4 - Te Kawenata Hou

He Āpōtoro a te Karaiti

¹ Me pēnei te whaka­aro o te tangata ki a mātou nā, he kai­mahi nā te Karaiti, he tuari hoki nō ngā mea ngaro a te Atua.

² Nā, hei konei ko te mea o te tuari e mate­nui­tia ana, kia kitea he tangata pono ia.

³ Ki ahau ia he mea nohi­nohi rawa kia whai kupu koutou mōku, te tangata rānei; kāhore nei hoki āku kupu mōku anō.

⁴ Kāhore hoki ahau i mātau ki tētahi aha ōku; heoi, e kore tēnā e ai hei whaka­tika mōku. Otirā, ko te Ariki hei whai kupu mōku.

⁵ Nā reira, kaua e whaka­wā­kia wawe­tia tētahi mea, kia tae mai rā anō te Ariki, māna e whaka­mārama ngā mea huna o te pōuri, e whaka­kite hoki ngā whaka­aro o ngā ngākau; hei reira ia tangata whaka­moe­miti­tia ai e te Atua.

⁶ Nā, ko ēnei mea, e ōku tēina, nāku i huri mai te āhua ki a māua ko Aporo, he whaka­aro ki a koutou, kia ai māua hei whaka­ako i a koutou, kia kaua te whaka­aro e hipa atu i te mea i tuhi­tuhia; kia kaua tētahi o koutou e whaka­peha­peha mō tētahi ki runga atu i tētahi.

⁷ Ko wai kei te mea kia rere kē koe? Ko tēhea mea hoki āu ehara i te mea hoatu ki a koe? Nā, he mea i hoatu ki a koe, he aha koe ka whaka­mana­mana ai, me te mea nei ehara i te mea hoatu?

⁸ Kua mākona kē nā hoki koutou! Kua hua kē ō koutou taonga! Kua kīngi koutou ahakoa motu mai mātou! Āe rā, e pai ana ki ahau kia kīngi tonu koutou, kia kīngi tahi ai tātou.

⁹ Ki tōku whaka­aro hoki kua waiho mātou, ngā āpō­toro, e te Atua mō muri rawa, ānō he hunga mō te mate; kua meinga hoki mātou hei mā­taki­taki­nga mā te ao, mā ngā ana­hera, ā, mā ngā tāngata.

¹⁰ Ko mātou he kūware mō tā te Karaiti, ko koutou ia he hunga whai whaka­aro i roto i a te Karaiti; ko mātou he ngoi­kore, ko koutou ia he hunga kaha; tō koutou he korōria, tō mātou ia he hōnore­kore.

¹¹ Tae tonu mai ki tēnei hāora nei e matekai ana mātou, e mate­wai ana, e haere ta­ha­nga ana, e kurua ana, kāhore hoki ō mātou kāinga tūmau.

¹² E māuiui ana mātou, ko ō mātou ringa ake hei mahi. E taunu­tia ana, manaaki tonu mātou; e whaka­toia ana, whaka­ririka kau mātou;

¹³ ka kōrero­tia kino­tia, ka whaka­ngā­wari atu mātou. Kua meinga mātou kia rite ki te paru ruke­nga o te ao, ki te para o ngā mea katoa, taea noatia tēnei rā.

¹⁴ Kāhore ahau i te tuhi­tuhi atu i ēnei mea kia whaka­mā ai koutou, engari, hei whaka­tūpato i a koutou, i āku tama­riki aroha.

¹⁵ Nō te mea ahakoa whi­whi koutou i ngā kai­whaka­ako tekau mano i roto i a te Karaiti, kāhore i toko­maha ō koutou mātua; he whānau hoki koutou nāku i roto i a Karaiti Īhu i runga i te rongo­pai.

¹⁶ Koia ahau ka tohe nei ki a koutou, kia rite tā koutou ki tāku.

¹⁷ Nā reira i tonoa atu ai e ahau ki a koutou a Tīmoti, tāku tama aroha, tama pono i roto i te Ariki, māna koutou e whaka­mahara ki ōku ara i roto i a te Karaiti, ki tāku e whaka­ako nei i ngā wāhi katoa i roto i ngā hāhi katoa.

¹⁸ Nā, ko ētahi e whaka­peha­peha ana, e mea ana e kore ahau e haere atu ki a koutou.

¹⁹ Otirā, e kore e roa ka haere atu ahau ki a koutou, ki te pai te Ariki; ā hei reira, ehara i te kupu, engari, ko te kaha o te hunga e whaka­peha­peha ana, tāku e ti­tiro ai.

²⁰ Nō te mea, ehara te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua i te kupu, engari he kaha.

²¹ Ko tēhea tā koutou e pai ai? Kia haere atu ahau ki a koutou me te whiu, i runga rānei i te aroha me te wairua māhaki?