Hēmi 3 - Te Kawenata Hou

Te Arero

¹ Kei toko­maha koutou ki te whaka­ako, e ōku tēina, e mātau ana hoki koutou rahi ake te hē e tau ki a tātou.

² He maha hoki ngā mea e tapepa ai tātou katoa. Ki te kore tētahi e tapepa i te kupu, he tino tika tēnā tangata, e taea anō e ia te pa­rai­re te tinana katoa.

³ Nā, ka pangā nei e tātou ngā pa­rai­re ki ngā māngai o ngā hōiho, kia rongo ai rātou ki a tātou; ā, pare­parea ana e tātou tō rātou tinana katoa.

⁴ Whaka­aroa ngā kai­puke, ngā mea nunui rawa nei, he mea āki nei e ngā hau kaha, heoi, e pare­parea ana e te urungi nohi­nohi rawa ki te wāhi e hia­hia ai te hine­ngaro o te kai­urungi.

⁵ Wai­hoki ko te arero he wāhi nohi­nohi ia, nui atu hoki tōna whaka­peha­peha. Nana, te nui o te wahie e whaka­ūngia ana e te ahi nohi­nohi!

⁶ He kāpura anō hoki te arero, ko te ao māori o te kino; pērā tonu te arero i roto i ō tātou wāhi, poke iho i a ia te tinana katoa, ngiha ana i a ia huri noa ngā mea katoa o te tangata, he mea whakaū anō ia nā te rēinga.

⁷ Ko ngā momo kararehe katoa hoki, ko ngā manu, ko ngā mea ngōki­ngōki, ko ngā mea i te moana, e whaka­rarata­tia ana, kua whaka­rarata­tia anō hoki i mua e te tangata.

⁸ Ko te arero ia e kore tēnā e taea e tētahi tangata te whaka­rata; he kino ia e kore e taea te pēhi, kī tonu i te wai whaka­mate.

⁹ Ko tā tātou mea ia hei whaka­pai i te Atua, i te Matua; ko tā tātou mea anō ia hei kanga i ngā tāngata, i hangā kia rite ki te Atua.

¹⁰ Kotahi tonu te māngai puta ake ana i roto ko te manaaki, ko te kanga. Ehara i te pai, e ōku tēina, kia pēnei ēnei mea.

¹¹ E pupū ake ana rānei i te puna ko te reka, ko te kawa, i roto i te poka kotahi?

¹² E hua rānei he ōriwa mā te piki, e ōku tēina, he piki rānei mā te wāina? E kore anō hoki e pupū ake i te wai tai he wai reka.

Te Mātauranga e heke iho ana i Runga

¹³ Ko wai te tangata whaka­aro nui, te tangata mātau i roto i a koutou? Mā tōna whaka­haere pai e whaka­atu āna mahi, kei runga i te māhaki o te whaka­aro nui.

¹⁴ Tēnā, ko tēnei he hae nana­kia tō koutou, he totohe i roto i ō koutou ngākau, kaua e whaka­mana­mana, kaua hoki e teka ki te pono.

¹⁵ Ehara tēnei mātau­ranga i te mea e heke iho ana i runga; nō te whenua ia, nō te ngākau māori, nō te rēwera.

¹⁶ I te wāhi hoki e noho ai te hae me te totohe, ko reira anō te noho kino me ngā mahi hē katoa.

¹⁷ Ko te mātau­ranga ia o runga, he mea kino­kore i te tua­tahi, muri iho he rangi­mārie, he ngā­wari, he hohoro ki te whaka­rongo, kī tonu i te mahi tohu, i ngā hua pai, kāhore āna whiri­whiringa i te tangata, kāhore ōna tini­hanga.

¹⁸ Ā, e ruia ana ngā hua o te tika i roto i te rangi­mārie mā te hunga hohou rongo.