Rōma 6 - Te Kawenata Hou

Whakatūpāpaku ki te Hara, engari e Ora ana i te Kotahitanga i a Īhu Karaiti

¹ Hā, kia pēhea he kōrero mā tātou? Kia mau tonu oti tātou ki te hara, kia hua ai te aroha noa?

² Kāhore rāpea. Ko tātou kua whaka­tūpā­paku­tia nei ki te hara, me pēhea tātou e noho tonu atu ai anō i roto i taua hara?

³ Kāhore ianei koutou i mōhio, ko tātou kua iri­iria nei ki roto ki a Karaiti Īhu, kua iri­iria ki roto ki tōna mate­nga?

⁴ Nā, kua tanu­mia ngā­tahi­tia tātou me ia ki roto ki te mate­nga, he mea nā te iri­iri; kia rite ai ki a te Karaiti i whaka­ara­hia ake nei i te hunga mate e te korōria o te Matua, wai­hoki ko tātou kia haere i roto i te hou­tanga o te ora.

⁵ Ki te mea hoki kua honoa tātou ki a ia i runga i te āhua o tōna mate­nga, ka honoa anō tātou ki a ia i runga i te āhua o tōna aranga.

⁶ E mōhio ana hoki ki tēnei, kua rīpeka­tia ngā­tahi­tia me ia tō tātou tangata tawhito, kia hemo ai te tinana o te hara, kia mutu ai tō tātou pononga­tanga ki te hara.

⁷ Ko te mea hoki kua mate, kua mawheto ia i te hara.

⁸ Ki te mea kua mate tahi tātou ko te Karaiti, e whaka­pono ana tātou e ora tahi anō tātou me ia.

⁹ E mātau ana hoki tātou, ka ara nei a te Karaiti i te hunga mate, heoi anō ōna mate­nga; kāhore he kīngi­tanga o te mate ki a ia ā mua tonu atu.

¹⁰ Ko tōna mate­nga hoki i mate ai ia, he mate kotahi ki te hara; ko tōna oranga ia, he ora ki te Atua.

¹¹ Wai­hoki mahara iho ki a koutou, kua whaka­tūpā­paku­tia koutou ki te hara, e ora ana ia ki te Atua, i roto i a Īhu Karaiti.

¹² Mō konei rā aua te hara e kīngi i roto i tō koutou tinana mate, e ngohe­ngohe ai koutou ki tā ngā hia­hia poke o taua tinana nei.

¹³ Kaua hoki e tukua ō koutou wāhi ki te hara hei kai­mahi i te hē; engari, tukua atu koutou ki te Atua, he hunga kua ora i roto i te hunga mate, me ō koutou wāhi hoki hei kai­mahi i te tika ki te Atua.

¹⁴ E kore hoki te hara e waiho hei ranga­tira mō koutou. Ehara i te mea kei raro koutou i te ture, engari, kei raro kē i te aroha noa.

Pononga a te Tika

¹⁵ He aha koia? Kia hara oti tātou, nō te mea ehara tātou i te ture, engari, nō te aroha noa? Kāhore rāpea!

¹⁶ Kāhore oti koutou i mātau, ki te tuku koutou i a koutou ki tētahi hei pono­nga, he pono­nga koutou nā tērā kua ngohe­ngohe nā koutou ki tāna; nā te hara rānei, ā, mate iho, nā te ngohe­ngohe rānei, ā, tika ake?

¹⁷ Ko tēnei me whaka­whetai ki te Atua, ahakoa he pono­nga koutou nā te hara i mua, kua meinga ō koutou ngākau kia ngohe­ngohe ki te ako i whaka­akona ai koutou.

¹⁸ Nā, ka ātea nei koutou i te hara, ka meinga koutou he pono­nga nā te tika.

¹⁹ He kupu tangata tēnei nāku, nā te ngoi­kore o tō koutou kiko­kiko. Nā, i tukua rā ō koutou wāhi hei pono­nga mā te poke, mā te tutū, ki te mahi tutū; wai­hoki me tuku ō koutou wāhi āia­nei hei pono­nga mā te tika, puta ake he tapu.

²⁰ I a koutou hoki e pono­nga ana ki te hara, e ātea ana koutou i te tika.

²¹ Nā, i taua wā, he aha ngā hua i a koutou o ngā mea e whaka­mā nā koutou ināia­nei? He mate hoki te mutu­nga o aua mea.

²² Tēnā, ko tēnei ka ātea nei koutou i te hara, ā, ka meinga hei pono­nga mā te Atua, ko ngā hua ki a koutou he tapu, ā, ko te tuku­nga iho he ora tonu.

²³ Ko ngā utu hoki o te hara he mate; ko tā te Atua ia i hōmai ai he ora tonu, i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, i tō tātou Ariki.