1 Pita 3 - Te Kawenata Hou

Ngā Wāhine me ngā Tāne

¹ Wai­hoki e ngā wāhine, kia ngohe­ngohe ki ā koutou tāne ake; ā, ki te turi ētahi ki te kupu, nā, i kore i te kupu, ko te whaka­haere a ngā wāhine hei mea e riro mai ai rātou;

² i a rātou e ti­tiro ana ki te hēkore o tā koutou whaka­haere me te hopo­hopo.

³ Ko te whaka­pai­pai mō koutou, kauaka hei tō waho, kauaka hei te makawe i whiria, kauaka hei te whaka­piri­nga o ngā mea kōura, kauaka hei te whaka­kākahu­ranga o ngā kākahu;

⁴ engari, hei te tangata ngaro o te ngākau, hei te kākahu e kore e pirau, arā te wairua māhaki, te wairua rangi­mārie, he mea utu nui hoki tēnei i te aro­aro o te Atua.

⁵ He pēnei hoki i mua tā ngā wāhine tapu whaka­pai­pai mō rātou, tā te hunga i whaka­aro ki te Atua, ngohe­ngohe tonu rātou ki ā rātou tāne ake.

⁶ Me Hera hoki i ngohe­ngohe ki a Āperahama, ko te ariki hoki tāna ingoa mōna. Nāna hoki koutou tama­riki, i a koutou e mahi pai ana, kāhore hoki e mataku i tētahi whaka­pāwera.

⁷ E ngā tāne hoki, kia rite ki tō te mātau­ranga tō koutou noho ki a rātou, whaka­whiw­hia te wahine ki te hōnore, ko te mea kaha­kore hoki ia, ka uru tahi nei anō hoki kōrua ki te oranga ka hōmai noa nei; he mea kei āraia ā kōrua īnoi.

He Mamaetanga mō te Mahi Tika

⁸ Nā, ko te whaka­mutu­nga nei o tāku, kia kotahi te whaka­aro o te katoa, kia kotahi te ngākau, kia rite te aroha ki tō te tua­kana, ki tō te teina, kia pai te ngākau, kia ngā­wari.

⁹ Kaua e utua he kino ki te kino, he taunu ki te taunu; engari me manaaki; me te mahara anō kua karanga­tia koutou ki tēnei, arā, kia whi­whi koutou ki te manaaki.

¹⁰ Ki te mea hoki: “Tētahi kia aroha ki te ora, kia kite i ngā rā pai, me pēhi e ia tōna arero kei kino, ōna ngutu hoki kei kōrero tini­hanga.

¹¹ Me peka kē i te kino, me mahi i te pai; ko te rangi­mārie hei rapu­nga māna, hei whāi­nga atu māna.

¹² Nō te mea hoki kei runga i te hunga tika ngā kanohi o te Ariki, me ōna tari­nga kei te tu­whera ki ā rātou īnoi. E hē mai ana ia te mata o te Ariki ki te hunga e mahi ana i te kino.”

¹³ Ko wai hoki hei hōmai i te hē ki a koutou, ki te aru koutou i te pai?

¹⁴ Otiia, ki te mea nā te whaka­aro ki te tika i whaka­mamae­tia ai koutou, ka hari koutou. Aua rā e mataku i tā rātou whaka­mataku, kaua e pāwera;

¹⁵ engari, whaka­tapua a te Karaiti hei Ariki i roto i ō koutou ngākau. Kia rite tonu hoki te kupu i a koutou i ngā wā katoa, hei whaka­hoki­nga atu mā koutou ki ngā tāngata katoa, e ui ana ki a koutou ki te mea e tūmanako­hia atu nei e koutou; kia māhaki anō ia te ngākau, kia wehi.

¹⁶ Kia pai ō koutou hine­ngaro; mō tā rātou ngau­tuarā ki a koutou, e kī nei he kai­mahi koutou i te kino, kia whaka­mā taua hunga e whaka­pae teka nā ki tā koutou whaka­haere pai i roto i a te Karaiti.

¹⁷ Ki te mea hoki i a tātou e mahi ana i te pai ka takoto i te Atua he mamae mō tātou, erangi tērā i te mamae i a tātou e mahi ana i te kino.

¹⁸ Kotahi hoki whaka­mamae­tanga o te Karaiti mō ngā hara, te tika mō te hunga hē, kia āra­hina ai tātou e ia ki te Atua, i whaka­matea ko te kiko­kiko, i whaka­ora­ngia ia ko te wairua.

¹⁹ Ko tōna anō tēnā i tōna haere­nga ki te kauwhau ki ngā wairua i te whare here­here;

²⁰ i turi nei i mua, i te mea e tatari ana te manawa­nui o te Atua i ngā rā i a Noa, i te mea e hangā ana te āka, ko te mea i ora ai ētahi wairua toru­toru nei, arā toko­waru, i roto i te wai.

²¹ He mea whaka­rite ki tēnei te mea e whaka­ora nei i a koutou ināia­nei, arā te iri­iri, ehara i te whaka­wātea­tanga atu i te poke o te kiko­kiko, engari he whaka­ae­tanga ake nā te hine­ngaro pai ki te Atua, he mea­tanga nā te aranga mai o Īhu Karaiti;

²² kua riro nei ki te rangi, kei te ringa matau anō ia o te Atua; kei raro hoki i a ia ngā ana­hera, ngā ranga­tira­tanga, ngā kaha.