Hiperu 5 - Te Kawenata Hou

¹ Ko ia tohu­nga nui hoki e tango­hia nei i roto i ngā tāngata, he mea whaka­tū rātou mō ngā mea a ngā tāngata ki te Atua, hei tāpae i ngā whaka­here, i ngā patu­nga tapu mō ngā hara.

² E taea e ia te āta hanga ki te hunga e kūware ana, e kotiti kē ana; nō te mea e muia ana anō ia e te ngoi­kore;

³ nā konei i tika ai, kia rite ki tāna mō te iwi tāna e tāpae ai mōna ake, hei whaka­here mō ngā hara.

⁴ E kore anō hoki tētahi e tango i tēnei hōnore ki a ia anō, engari te tangata e karanga­tia ana e te Atua, e pērā­tia ana me Ārona.

⁵ Wai­hoki ko te Karaiti kāhore āna whaka­nui i a ia hei tohu­nga nui; nā tērā kē i kī rā ki a ia: “Ko koe tāku Tama, nō nāia­nei koe i whaka­tupu­ria ai e ahau.”

⁶ Pērā hoki me tāna i kī ai i tētahi atu wāhi, “Hei tohu­nga koe ake ake i runga i te rite­nga o Merekihereke.”

⁷ I ngā rā o tōna kiko­kiko, i tukua e ia he īnoi, he kara­kia, i runga i te kāranga­ranga kaha, i te roi­mata, ki te Mea kaha ki te whaka­ora i a ia i te mate, ā, whaka­rangona ana mōna i wehi ki te Atua;

⁸ ahakoa he Tama ia, i whaka­akona ia ki te ngohe­ngohe e ōna mamae.

⁹ Ā, ka meinga nei ia kia tino rite, ka waiho ia hei take mō te ora tonu ki te hunga katoa e ngohe­ngohe ana ki a ia;

¹⁰ he mea karanga nā te Atua hei tohu­nga nui i runga i te rite­nga o Merekihereke.

He Whakatūpato ki Whakarērea te Whakapono

¹¹ He maha nei ā mātou kōrero mō tēnei, he uaua ki te whaka­mārama, he pūhoi hoki nō koutou ki te whaka­rongo.

¹² I te mea hoki ka tika kia waiho koutou hei kai­whaka­ako nō te mea ka roa nei, nā, me tuarua te whaka­ako i a koutou ki ngā tīma­tanga rawa­tanga o ngā kupu a te Atua; me waiū hoki he kai mā koutou, kauaka te kai pakeke.

¹³ Ko ngā tāngata katoa hoki e kai ana i te waiū, he kūware rātou ki te kupu o te tika, he kō­hunga­hunga hoki.

¹⁴ Mā ngā pakeke e tika ai te kai mārō kua taunga­tia nei ō rātou hine­ngaro e ngā mea­tanga maha, e wehe ai i te pai, i te kino.