Taituha 3 - Te Kawenata Hou

Whanonga Karaitiana

¹ Whaka­mahara­tia rātou kia ngohe­ngohe ki ngā ranga­tira­tanga, ki ngā mana, kia rongo ki ngā ranga­tira, kia takatū ki ngā mahi pai katoa;

² kia kaua e kōrero kino ki tētahi tangata, kia kaua e whawhai, kia ngākau ngā­wari, kia nui te māhaki o te ngākau e whaka­puta­ina ki ngā tāngata katoa.

³ He whaka­aro­kore hoki tātou i mua, he tutū, e tini­hanga­tia ana, he pono­nga nā ngā hia­hia, nā ngā whaka­ahua­reka maha, e noho ana i runga i te nana­kia, i te hae, he hunga whaka­riha­riha, e mauā­hara ana tētahi ki tētahi.

⁴ Otirā, i te mea ka puta mai nei te tikanga ngā­wari me te aroha o te Atua, o tō tātou Kai­whaka­ora ki ngā tāngata.

⁵ Ehara i te mea, nā ngā mahi tika i mahia e tātou, engari, nā tāna mahi tohu i whaka­ora­ngia ai tātou e ia, he mea­tanga nā te horoi­nga o te whānau­tanga hou­tanga, nā te whaka­hou­tanga a te Wairua Tapu,

⁶ i ringi­hia nuitia mai nei e ia ki runga ki a tātou, he mea nā Īhu Karaiti, nā tō tātou Kai­whaka­ora.

⁷ Kia whaka­tikaia ai tātou e tōna aroha noa, kia whi­whi ai ki te taonga, arā ki te ora tonu e tūmanako­hia atu nei.

⁸ He kōrero pono tēnei. E mea ana hoki ahau kia kaha tāu kauwhau i ēnei mea, kia mahara ai te hunga kua whaka­pono ki te Atua ki te mahi i ngā mahi pai. Ko ngā mea ēnei e āta­ahua ana, e whai pai ana mō ngā tāngata.

⁹ Ko ngā uiui­nga kūware ia, me ngā whaka­papa tūpuna, whaka­rērea atu, me ngā totohe, me ngā whawhai ki ngā mea o te ture, kāhore hoki he pai o aua mea, he mea hanga noa.

¹⁰ Ko te tangata whaka­pono hē, ka kotahi, ka rua ngā whaka­tūpato­tanga, whaka­rērea atu.

¹¹ E mātau ana hoki koe kua whaka­putaia kētia taua tangata pērā, kei te hara anō hoki, kua mau tōna hē i a ia anō.

Poroporoaki

¹² Ka tonoa atu e ahau ki a koe a Aretema, a Tikiku rānei, kia puta tōu uaua ki te haere mai ki ahau ki Nikopori; kua takoto hoki tāku tikanga kia noho ki reira i te hōtoke.

¹³ Kia puta tōu whaka­aro kia kawea mai a Hina kaiako ture, rāua ko Aporo; kei hapa tētahi mea mō rāua.

¹⁴ Me ako hoki ō tātou ki te mahi i ngā mahi pai mō ngā wā o te rawa­kore kei hua­kore rātou.

¹⁵ Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koe ōku hoa katoa. Oha atu ki te hunga e aroha ana ki a mātou i runga i te whaka­pono. Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou katoa.