1 Pita 5 - Te Kawenata Hou

Te Kāhui a te Atua

¹ He whaka­hau tēnei nāku ki ngā kaumātua i roto i a koutou, he hoa kaumātua hoki ahau, he kai­whaka­atu mō ngā mamae o te Karaiti, kua whi­whi tahi nei hoki ki te korōria e whaka­kitea mai i muri.

² Whāngai­nga te kāhui a te Atua i roto i a koutou; kaua e ngākau­kore ina tiro­tiro, engari kia hihiko; kaua, mō te taonga hē, engari i runga i te ngākau nui.

³ Kaua anō hoki e whaka­tupu ranga­tira ki tā te Atua wāhi, engari hei tauira koutou ki te kāhui.

⁴ Ā, kia puta mai te Tino Hēpara, ka whi­whi koutou ki te karauna korōria e kore e pirau.

⁵ Me koutou anō hoki, e ngā tai­tama­riki, kia ngohe­ngohe ki ngā kaumātua. Kia ngohe­ngohe anō hoki, koutou katoa, tētahi ki tētahi, ko te ngākau pāpaku anō hei whī­tiki mō koutou; nō te mea hoki “E pakeke ana te Atua ki te hunga whaka­peha­peha, ka hoatu ia e ia he aroha noa ki te hunga pāpaku.”

⁶ Nā, whaka­pāpaku iho koutou i raro i te ringa­ringa kaha o te Atua, kia whaka­tei­tei­tia ake ai koutou e ia i te, wā e pai ai.

⁷ Makā atu ō koutou mā­nuka­nuka katoa ki runga ki a ia; e whaka­aro ana hoki ia ki a koutou.

⁸ Kia mata­ara, kia mata­po­pore; kei te hāere­ere hoki tō koutou hoa whawhai, te rēwera, ānō he raiona e nge­ngere ana, e rapu ana i te tangata hei horo­manga māna.

⁹ Kia ū ki te whaka­pono, ka tū atu ai ki a ia; me te mahara anō ka rite aua mamae nei anō i ō koutou tēina i te ao.

¹⁰ Nā, mā te Atua o ngā mahi aroha noa katoa, i karanga­tia ai koutou ki tōna korōria mutunga­kore i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, ka oti koutou te whaka­mamae i tēnei wā iti nei, māna koutou e mea kia tino rite, māna e whakaū, māna e whaka­kaha, māna e whaka­pūmau.

¹¹ Waiho atu i a ia te korōria me te kaha ake ake. Āmine.

Poroporoaki

¹² Kua tuhi­tuhia atu nei e ahau ētahi kupu toru­toru, hei maunga atu mā Hirawanu; he teina pono ia nō koutou ki tōku whaka­aro. He whaka­hau atu tēnei, he whaka­atu nāku, ko te tino aroha noa tēnei o te Atua e tū nei koutou.

¹³ Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koutou te hāhi i Papurōna, i whiri­whiria ngā­tahi­tia nei koutou; me tāku tama­iti anō hoki me Māka.

¹⁴ Oha atu tētahi ki tētahi, hei te kihi aroha anō. Kia tau te rangi­mārie ki a koutou katoa i roto i a Karaiti Īhu.