Piripai 2 - Te Kawenata Hou

Te Ngākau Māhaki me te Whakahirahiratanga o Īhu

¹ Nā, ki te mea he whaka­mārie kei roto i a te Karaiti, ki te mea he pēhi mamae tō te aroha, ki te mea he whi­whi­nga tahi­tanga ki te Wairua, ki te mea he ngākau aroha, he mahi tohu,

² kia rite tōku hari i a koutou, kia kotahi te whaka­aro, kia kotahi te aroha, hui­huia ngā ngākau i runga i te whaka­aro kotahi.

³ Kei meinga tētahi mea i runga i te wehe­wehe, i te whaka­peha­peha rānei, engari i runga i te ngākau pāpaku, me te whaka­nui a tētahi i tētahi ki runga ake i a ia.

⁴ Kaua tēnā o koutou nā, e ti­tiro ki ōna mea anake, engari me ti­tiro anō tēnā, tēnā o koutou ki ngā mea a ētahi atu.

⁵ Ko tēnei hei whaka­aro mō koutou, ko tērā i a Karaiti Īhu:

⁶ Ahakoa hoki i a ia te āhua o te Atua, kīhai i meinga e ia te rite ki te Atua hei taonga kapo mai.

⁷ Engari i mea i a ia anō kia pōaha, ka mau ki te āhua o te pono­nga, ka meinga kia rite ki te tangata;

⁸ ā, ka kitea nei tōna āhua e rite ana ki tō te tangata, ka whaka­pāpaku ia i a ia, ka meinga kia ngohe­ngohe, ahakoa ki te mate, āe rā, ki te mate o te rīpeka.

⁹ Nā konei whaka­tei­tei­tia ake ana ia e te Atua, ā, hoatu ana ki a ia te ingoa nui atu i ngā ingoa katoa;

¹⁰ kia tuku ai i runga i te ingoa o Īhu ngā turi katoa, o ngā mea i te rangi, o ngā mea i te whenua, o ngā mea i raro i te whenua;

¹¹ ā, kia whaka­ae ngā arero katoa ko Īhu Karaiti te Ariki, hei whaka­korōria i te Atua Matua.

E Tīaho ana he Māramatanga i roto i te Ao

¹² Heoi, e ōku tēina aroha, he mea tonu ia nā koutou te ngohe­ngohe ki ahau i ngā wā katoa, ehara i te mea i ōku wā anake i konā, engari rawa ia ināia­nei i ahau kāhore i konā, nā, whaka­otia tō koutou whaka­ora­nga i runga i te wehi, i te wiri;

¹³ ko te Atua hoki te kai­mahi i roto i a koutou o te hia­hia, o te mahi, hei mea i tāna i pai ai.

¹⁴ I ā koutou mahi katoa kaua te amu­amu, te tau­tohe­tohe;

¹⁵ kia kore ai koutou e whai­kupu­ria, kia tapa­tahi ai, he tama­riki koha­kore nā te Atua, i waenga­nui o te whaka­tupu­ranga tutū, parori kē, kei roto nei koutou i a rātou e tīaho ana hei rama i te ao;

¹⁶ kia mau pū ki te kupu o te ora; kia hari ai ahau ā te rā o te Karaiti, kīhai ahau i oma noa, kīhai i mahi noa.

¹⁷ Nā, ki te ringi­hia ahau ki runga ki te patu­nga tapu, ki ngā mahi a tō koutou whaka­pono, ka hari ahau, inā, ka hari tahi me koutou katoa.

¹⁸ Wai­hoki ko koutou, kia hari, hari tahi me ahau.

Ko Tīmoti rāua ko Epaporitu

¹⁹ Otiia, e mea ana ahau i roto i te Ariki, i a Īhu, ki te tono tata atu i a Tīmoti ki a koutou, kia ora ai hoki tōku ngākau, ina mōhio ahau ki tō koutou āhua.

²⁰ Kāhore hoki ōku tāngata rite te ngākau ki tōna, hei mahara pono ki ā koutou mea.

²¹ Ko tā te katoa hoki e rapu nei, ko tā rātou ake, kāhore ngā mea a Īhu Karaiti.

²² Ko koutou ia e mātau ana ki ōna tohu, he pērā tāna me tā te tama­iti ki te matua, ko tōku hoa ia ki te kawe haere i te rongo­pai.

²³ Ko ia tāku e mea nei kia tonoa wawe­tia atu, ina kite ahau i te tuku­nga iho ki ahau.

²⁴ Otiia, e ū ana tōku whaka­aro i roto te Ariki, ka hohoro tōku tae atu.

²⁵ I mea anō ia ahau me tono atu ki a koutou a Epaporitu, tōku teina, tōku hoa mahi, tōku hoa hōia, nā koutou ia karere, he kai­mahi anō hoki i ngā mea i matea e ahau.

²⁶ Kōingo tonu hoki ia ki a koutou katoa, kōnohi rawa, nō te mea i rongo koutou he tūroro ia.

²⁷ He tūroro rā hoki ia, tata pū ki te mate. Otirā, i tohu­ngia ia e te Atua; ehara anō i te mea ko ia anake, ko ahau anō hoki, kei tāpiri­tia he pōuri ki tōku pōuri.

²⁸ Koia i nui rawa ai tōku ngākau ki te tono atu i a ia, kia kite ai anō koutou i a ia, kia hari ai, kia tā­hara­hara iho ai hoki tōku pōuri.

²⁹ Kia nui te hari i runga i te Ariki, ina tae atu ia; whaka­hōnore­tia anō hoki ngā pērā;

³⁰ nō te mea nā te mahi ki a te Karaiti i tata ai ia ki te mate, te ihu­puku ki te ora, kia rite ai i a ia ngā mahi ki ahau, kīhai nei i rite i a koutou.