Hiperu 12 - Te Kawenata Hou

Ko te Atua, tō Tātou Matua

¹ Nā, i tēnei kapua nui o ngā kai­whaka­atu e kara­poti nei i a tātou, whaka­rērea e tātou ngā whaka­tai­maha katoa, me te hara whaka­eke tata, kia manawa­nui hoki tātou ki te oma i te omanga e takoto nei i tō tātou aro­aro.

² Me te ti­tiro pū anō ki a Īhu, ki te kai­tīmata, ki te kai­whaka­oti i te whaka­pono; i whaka­aro hoki ia ki te hari i tōna aro­aro, ā, whaka­manawa­nui ana ki te rīpeka, whaka­hāwea ana ki te whaka­mā, nā, kua noho ki matau o te torōna o te Atua.

³ Whaka­aroa hoki ia i whaka­manawa­nui nei ki taua totohe nui a te hunga hara ki a ia, kei hōhā ō koutou ngākau, kei ngākau­kore koutou.

⁴ Ko tā koutou pakanga, kāhore anō kia tae noa ki te toto i a koutou e whawhai nā ki te hara.

⁵ Ā, kua ware­ware koutou ki te kupu whaka­hau e kōrero nei ki a koutou, me te mea he tama koutou, “E tāku tama, kaua e whaka­hāwea ki tā te Ariki papaki; kei ngākau­kore hoki ina rīria e ia.

⁶ E papaki ana hoki te Ariki ki tāna e aroha ai, e whiua ana hoki e ia ngā tama katoa e whaka­tamariki­tia ana ki a ia.”

⁷ Hei paki­nga tā koutou e manawa­nui ai; e rite ana tā te Atua mea­tanga ki a koutou ki tāna ki ngā tama tupu. Ko wai hoki te tama e kore e pākia e tōna pāpā?

⁸ Ki te kāhore ia ō koutou paki­nga, te mea e whaka­whiw­hia ana ki te katoa, he pōriro koutou, ehara i te tama.

⁹ Tētahi, he mātua anō ō tātou nō te wāhi ki te kiko­kiko, he mea papaki tātou nā rātou; i hopo­hopo anō tātou ki a rātou. Kaua ianei e nui noa atu tō tātou ngohe­ngohe ki te Matua o ngā wairua, kia ora ai?

¹⁰ Ko tā rātou papaki hoki he toru­toru nei ngā rā, he mea anō nā tā rātou ake i whaka­aro ai; ko tā tēnei ia hei pai mō tātou, kia whi­whi ai tātou ki tōna tapu.

¹¹ Ko ngā paki­nga katoa, e kore e kīa ināia­nei hei whaka­hari, engari hei whaka­pōuri; muri iho ia ka puta mai te hua rangi­mārie o te tika, ki te hunga e whaka­mahia ana ki taua mea.

He Tohutohu Whakatūpato Hoki

¹² Heoi, kia ara ngā ringa­ringa kua tukua iho, me ngā turi ngoi­kore,

¹³ hangā hoki ētahi hua­rahi tika mō ō koutou wae­wae, kei whaka­peaua kētia atu te kopa; engari kia ora ake i te mate.

¹⁴ Whāia te rongo kia mau ki te katoa, me te tapu hoki, ki te kāhore hoki tēnei e kore tētahi tangata e kite i te Ariki.

¹⁵ Me te ti­tiro mārie kei hapa tētahi i tō te Atua aroha noa; kei pihi ake tētahi paki­aka o te kawa hei whaka­raru­raru, e poke ai te toko­maha.

¹⁶ Kei moe­puku tētahi, kei whaka­riha­riha rānei, kei pērā me Ēhau; i hokona rā e ia tōna mātā­mua­tanga ki te kainga kotahi.

¹⁷ E mātau ana hoki koutou ki tōna hia­hia i muri kia riro i a ia te manaaki, ā, kapea ana ia. Kīhai hoki i kitea he wāhi mō te rīpe­netā; i rapua mārie­tia anō e ia me te heke anō o ngā roi­mata.

¹⁸ Ehara hoki i te mea kua tae koutou ki te maunga e taea te whaka­pā atu, ki te ahi e kā ana, ki te pango kere­kere, ki te pōuri, ki te tūpuhi,

¹⁹ ki te tangi o te tētere, ki te reo e kōrero ana; i īnoi rā te hunga i rangona ai kia kaua he kupu ki a rātou i muri iho.

²⁰ Kīhai hoki rātou i kaha ake ki te mea i whaka­ritea mai, “Nā, ahakoa he kararehe e pā atu ki te maunga, me āki ki te kōhatu.”

²¹ Koia anō te mataku o te mea i puta mai rā, i mea ai a Mohi, “Mataku rawa ahau, wiri rawa.”

²² Engari kua tae nei koutou ki Maunga Hiona, ki te pā o te Atua ora, ki Hiruhārama i te rangi, ki ngā mano tini o ngā ana­hera,

²³ ki te hui­hui nui, ki te hāhi o ngā mātā­mua, kua oti te tuhi­tuhi ki te rangi, ki te Atua hoki, ki te kai­whaka­wā o ngā tāngata katoa, ki ngā wairua anō o te hunga tika kua oti te mea kia tino tika,

²⁴ ki a Īhu anō hoki, ki te taka­wae­nga o te kawe­nata hou, ki ngā toto o te tā­uhi­uhi­nga, he pai ake nei ngā kōrero i tō Āpera.

²⁵ Kia mahara kei whaka­rere koutou i tēnei e kōrero mai nei. Ki te mea hoki kīhai i mawhiti te hunga i pao­pao ki tērā i kōrero rā i runga i te whenua, inā e kore rawa anō tātou, ki te tahuri kē atu i tēnei kua kōrero mai nei i te rangi.

²⁶ Ngā­ueue ana te whenua i tōna reo i reira; ināia­nei ia kua puaki tāna kupu whaka­ari, kua mea ia, “Kia kotahi anō mea­tanga, ā, ehara i te mea ko te whenua anake, ko te rangi anō hoki tāku e whaka­ngāueue ai.”

²⁷ Ko taua kupu nei hoki, “Kia kotahi mea­tanga,” hei whaka­kite i te pu­tanga kētanga o ngā mea ka whaka­ngāue­ue­tia rā, he mea hanga hoki, mau tonu iho ai ngā mea e kore nei e whaka­ngāue­ue­tia.

²⁸ Nā, ka riro nei i a tātou he kīngi­tanga e kore e taea te whaka­ngāueue, kia whi­whi tātou ki te aroha noa e manako­hia mai ai tā tātou e mahi nei ki te Atua i runga i te hopo­hopo, i te wehi;

²⁹ he ahi hoki e kai ana tō tātou Atua.