Piripai 3 - Te Kawenata Hou

Te Tikanga Pono

¹ Heoi, e ōku tēina kia hari i roto i te Ariki. Ki ahau kāhore he hōhā o te tuhi­tuhi atu i aua mea nei anō ki a koutou; ki a koutou ia hei mea e ū ai.

² Kia tūpato ki ngā kurī, kia tūpato ki ngā kai­mahi i te kino, kia tūpato ki te tapa­hanga.

³ Ko tātou hoki te kotinga, e mahi nei ki te Atua i runga i te wairua, e whaka­mana­mana nei ki a Karaiti Īhu, kāhore nei e ū te whaka­aro ki te kiko­kiko.

⁴ Otirā, tērā anō ahau e ū te whaka­aro ki te kiko­kiko ki te whaka­aro tētahi atu tangata he mea tāna e ū ai tōna whaka­aro ki te kiko­kiko, tērā atu anō tāku.

⁵ Ko te kotinga i te rā tua­waru, nō te whānau a Īharaira, nō te hapū o Pineamine, he Hiperu nō ngā Hiperu; ki tō te ture he Parihi;

⁶ mō te ngākau nui ki te Atua, i whaka­toi ahau i te hāhi; mō te tika, arā mō tērā i te ture, kāhore he kupu mōku.

⁷ He ahakoa rā, ko ngā mea i waiho rā e ahau hei taonga ki ahau, kua kīa ake e ahau hei ruke­nga, i te mea ka whaka­aro nei ki a te Karaiti.

⁸ Āe rā, kīa iho e ahau ngā mea katoa hei ruke­nga, i te mea ka whaka­aro nei ki te pai whaka­hara­hara o te mātau­ranga ki a Karaiti Īhu, ki tōku Ariki. He whaka­aro nei ki a ia i riro ai ēnā mea katoa ōku ki te kore, āe rā, kīa iho e ahau hei paru, kia whi­whi ai ahau ki a te Karaiti;

⁹ kia kitea ai hoki kei roto ahau i a ia, kāhore he tika ōku ake, arā he tika i te ture, engari ko tērā e nā runga ana mai i te whaka­pono ki a te Karaiti, ko te tika a te Atua nā te whaka­pono.

¹⁰ Kia mātau ai ahau ki a ia, ki te kaha hoki o tōna aranga mai, ki te urunga tahi­tanga hoki ki ōna mamae, he mea whaka­ahua kia rite ki tōna mate­nga;

¹¹ me kore ahau e tutuki ki te aranga mai i roto i te hunga mate.

E Tāwhai ana ki te Tohu

¹² Ehara i te mea kua mau rawa ahau, kua tino rite rānei ahau; engari e whāia atu ana e ahau, me kore e mau i ahau te mea i mau ai ahau i a Karaiti Īhu.

¹³ E ōku tēina, kāhore āku kīanga ake kua mau i ahau, kotahi ia tāku: ware­ware ake i ahau ngā mea ō muri, whā­toro tonu atu ki ngā mea i mua,

¹⁴ ka tāwhai tonu ahau ki te tohu, ki te utu whaka­hōnore o tō runga karanga­tanga a te Atua, i roto i a Karaiti Īhu.

¹⁵ Nā reira, ko te hunga o tātou kua tino rite, kia pēnei ō tātou whaka­aro; ā, ki te rere kē ō koutou whaka­aro ki tētahi mea, mā te Atua anō tēnei e whaka­kite ki a koutou.

¹⁶ Engari, ko te wāhi kua taea atu e tātou ko tērā anō hei tikanga mō tā tātou haere.

¹⁷ Kia rite tō koutou ki tōku, e ōku tēina, tiro­hia hoki te hunga e rite ana te haere ki tā mātou kua waiho nei hei tauira mō koutou.

¹⁸ He toko­maha hoki kei te haere, ka maha nei ngā wā i kōrero­tia ai rātou e ahau ki a koutou, ā, ka kōrero­tia nei ināia­nei me te tangi anō ahau, he hoa whawhai rātou ki te rīpeka o te Karaiti.

¹⁹ Ko te tuku­nga iho ki a rātou he whaka­ngaro, tō rātou atua ko te kōpū, tō rātou korōria hoki kei runga i tō rātou whaka­mā, ko ngā mea o te whenua tā rātou e whaka­aro ai.

²⁰ Ko te rangi ia te wāhi i tangata whenua ai tātou; kei reira hoki te Kai­whaka­ora e tāria atu nei e tātou, te Ariki, a Īhu Karaiti.

²¹ Māna nei e whaka­ahua kē tō tātou tinana tūtūā nei, kia rite ki tōna tinana korōria, i runga i te mahi­nga a tōna kaha e taea ai e ia te pēhi ngā mea katoa ki raro i a ia.