1 Pita 2 - Te Kawenata Hou

He Kōhatu Ora, he Iwi Tapu

¹ Nā, whaka­rērea atu ngā mauā­hara katoa, ngā hīanga katoa, ngā tini­hanga, ngā hae, me ngā kupu ngau­tuarā katoa.

² Kia rite ki ngā tama­riki whānau hou, hia­hia­tia atu te waiū kore tini­hanga o te kupu, ko te mea hoki ia e tupu ai koutou ki te ora tonu;

³ ki te mea kua whaka­mā­tau­tau koutou he tikanga ngā­wari tā te Ariki.

⁴ Ko tō koutou haere­nga mai ki a ia ki te kōhatu ora, i whaka­kāhore­tia nei e ngā tāngata, he mea whiri­whiri ia nā te Atua, he mea utu nui;

⁵ ka hangā hoki koutou, ānō he kōhatu ora hei whare, arā hei mea wairua, hei tohunga­tanga tapu, hei tāpae atu i ngā patu­nga tapu, arā i ngā mea wairua, he mea e manako­hia ana e te Atua i runga i a Īhu Karaiti.

⁶ Mō reira, tērā wāhi o te karaipi­ture: “Nā, ka whaka­takoto­ria e ahau ki Hiona te tino kāmaka o te koko­nga, he mea whiri­whiri, he mea utu nui, ā, ko te tangata e whaka­pono ana ki a ia e kore e tukua kia whaka­mā.”

⁷ Ki a koutou e whaka­pono nā he mea utu nui ia; ki te hunga whaka­pono kore ia, “Ko te kāmaka i kapea e ngā kai­hanga, kua meinga tēnei hei ūpoko mō te koko­nga.”

⁸ “Hei kāmaka tūtuki­tanga wae­wae ia, hei toka whaka­hi­nga.” Ki te hunga e tūtuki ana ki te kupu, ki te hunga whaka­pono kore; i whaka­ritea mai hoki rātou hei pēnei.

⁹ Ko koutou ia he iwi whiri­whiri, he tohunga­tanga kīngi, he iwi tapu, he iwi kua riro pū mai mā te Atua; hei whaka­puaki i ngā pai o te kai­karanga i a koutou i roto i te pōuri ki tōna mārama whaka­mīharo.

¹⁰ I mua ehara i te iwi, ināia­nei ia he iwi nā te Atua; kīhai nei i tohu­ngia i mua, ināia­nei ia ka tohu­ngia.

He Pononga nā te Atua

¹¹ E ōku hoa aroha, ko tāku whaka­hau atu tēnei, he hunga noho noa, he manene hoki koutou, kia mawehe i ngā hia­hia kiko­kiko e whawhai nei ki te wairua.

¹² Kia pai tā koutou whaka­haere i roto i ngā tauiwi, mō tā rātou whaka­pae ki a koutou, he kai­mahi koutou i te kino, nā, kia whaka­korōria rātou i te Atua ā te rā o te tiro­hanga mai, ina kite i ā koutou mahi pai.

¹³ Kia ngohe­ngohe koutou ki ngā tikanga katoa a te tangata, he whaka­aro ki te Ariki; ahakoa ki te kīngi, ki te mea nui rawa;

¹⁴ ki ngā kāwana rānei, ki te hunga i tonoa mai e ia hei whiu i ngā kai­mahi i te kino, hei whaka­moe­miti ia mō te hunga e mahi ana i te pai.

¹⁵ Ko tā te Atua hoki tēnei i pai ai, kia ai ā koutou mahi pai hei puru mō ngā māngai kūware o ngā tāngata whaka­aro­kore.

¹⁶ He hunga ehara nei i te here­here, otiia e kore e waiho tō koutou here­kore­tanga hei hīpoki mō te mauā­hara, engari kia rite ki ngā pono­nga a te Atua.

¹⁷ Whaka­hōnore­tia ngā tāngata katoa. Aroha­ina ngā tēina, ngā tuā­kana. E wehi ki te Atua. Whaka­hōnore­tia te kīngi.

Te Tauira o te Mamaetanga o Īhu Karaiti

¹⁸ E ngā pono­nga, kia ngohe­ngohe ki ō koutou ranga­tira, kia nui te wehi; he teka ki te hunga pai, ki te hunga ngā­wari anake, ki te hunga whanokē anō hoki.

¹⁹ He mea whai whaka­pai­nga hoki tēnei, ki te mea nā te mahara ki te Atua ka whaka­manawa­nui ai tētahi ki ngā mea whaka­pōuri, i a ia e whaka­mamae­tia hētia ana.

²⁰ He aha hoki te korōria, ki te mea ka whaka­manawa­nui, i te mea kua hara koutou, ā, ka moto­kia? Tēnā ka whaka­manawa­nui, i te mea ka mahi pai, ā, ka whaka­mamae­tia, he mea whai whaka­pai­nga tēnei ki te Atua.

²¹ Nō te mea i karanga­tia koutou ki tēnei, i whaka­mamae­tia hoki a te Karaiti mō koutou, waiho iho ana e ia he tauira mō koutou, kia aru ai koutou i ōna tapu­wae.

²² Kīhai nei ia i mea i te hara, kāhore anō hoki i kitea te tini­hanga i tōna māngai.

²³ Ka taunu­tia, kīhai ia i taunu atu; ka whaka­mamae­tia, kīhai ia i whaka­tuma; engari, i tuku i a ia ki te kai­whaka­wā tika.

²⁴ Nāna ake i waha ō tātou hara, nā tōna tinana ake, i runga i te rākau, kia whaka­tūpā­paku ai tātou ki te hara, kia ora ai ki te tika. Nā ōna kārawa­rawa, i ora ai ō koutou mate.

²⁵ I rite hoki koutou ki te hipi kua kotiti kē; heoi, kua hoki tēnei koutou ki te Hēpara, ki te Pīhopa, o ō koutou wairua.