5 He pai tonu ki ahau me i kōrero koutou i ngā reo kē, erangi ia kia poropiti koutou. Nui atu hoki te poropiti i te tangata kōrero i ngā reo, ki te kore ia e whakamāori, hei hanga mō te whare, arā mō te hāhi. 6 Nā, e ōku tēina, ki te haere atu ahau ki a koutou me te kōrero i ngā reo kē, mā te aha ka whiwhi ai koutou i te pai i ahau, ki te mea ehara tāku kōrero ki a koutou i te whakakite, i te mātauranga, i te mahi poropiti, i te whakaako rānei?
7 Nā, ahakoa ngā mea kāhore he ora, he reo tōna, he pūtōrino rānei, he hāpa rānei, ki te kore e puta kē te tangi, me pēhea e mōhiotia ai te rangi o te pūtōrino, o te hāpa rānei? 8 Ki te kāhore hoki e mārama te tangi o te tētere, ko wai e takatū ki te whawhai? 9 Waihoki ko koutou, ki te kāhore ō koutou arero e kōrero i te kupu mārama, me pēhea ka mōhiotia ai te mea i kōrerotia? E kōrero hoki koutou ki te hau. 10 Tēnā pea kei te ao aua reo maha, heoi kāhore he reo tikangakore. 11 Nā, ki te kore e kitea e ahau te tikanga o te reo, ka meinga ahau e te tangata e kōrero ana he tautangata; hei tautangata anō ki ahau taua tangata e kōrero ana. 12 Me koutou anō, ka matenui nā koutou ki ngā mea wairua, me whai kia hira tō koutou pai hei hanga i te whare, arā i te hāhi.
13 Nā, ko te tangata e kōrero ana i te reo kē, me īnoi kia taea e ia te whakamāori. 14 Ki te mea hoki he reo kē tōku ina īnoi, ko tōku wairua te īnoi ana; ko tōku mahara ia kāhore he hua. 15 Me pēhea rā? Ka īnoi ahau i runga i te wairua, ā, ka īnoi anō i runga i te mahara; ka waiata ahau i runga i te wairua, ka waiata anō i runga i te mahara. 16 Pēnei, mehemea ki te whakapai koe i runga i te wairua, me pēhea te tangata e noho ana i te wāhi o te kūware ka mea ai, “Āmine” ki tāu whakawhetai? E kore hoki ia e mōhio ki tāu e kōrero ai. 17 He pono ka pai tāu whakawhetai, otiia e kore e hangā te pai o tērā.
18 E whakawhetai ana ahau ki te Atua, mōku i kōrero i ngā reo maha atu i o koutou katoa; 19 otiia, i roto i te hāhi, pai kē atu ki ahau te kōrero i ngā kupu e rima i runga i te mahara, hei ako mō ērā atu, i te kōrero i ngā kupu tekau mano i te reo kē.
20 E ōku tēina, aua ō koutou mahara e whakatupu tamariki; ko te mauāhara ia, tēnā hei kōhungahunga koutou, engari ko ngā mahara kia kaumātua. 21 Ka oti te tuhituhi i roto i te ture:
23 Nā, ki te huihui te hāhi katoa ki te wāhi kotahi, ā, ka kōrero te katoa i ngā reo, ā, ka tomo mai te hunga kūware, te hunga whakapono kore, e kore rānei rātou e mea he pōrangi koutou? 24 Tēnā, ka poropiti katoa, ā, ka tapoko mai tētahi tangata whakapono kore, kūware rānei, ka mau tōna hē i te katoa, ka whakawākia e te katoa. 25 Ka whakakitea ngā mea ngaro o tōna ngākau; nā, ka takoto tāpapa ia, ka koropiko ki te Atua, me tāna kī ake anō, “He pono kei roto i a koutou te Atua!”
36 He aha? I puta mai koia te kupu a te Atua i a koutou? I tae atu rānei ki a koutou anake? 37 Ki te mea tētahi he poropiti ia, he tangata rānei i te Wairua, māna e whakaae ki āku e tuhituhi atu nei ki a koutou, he ture ēnā nā te Ariki. 38 Otirā, ki te kūware tētahi, waiho atu kia kūware ana.
39 Nā, e ōku tēina, matenuitia te mahi poropiti, kaua hoki e rīria te kōrero i ngā reo kē. 40 Otirā, kia ātanga te mahi i ngā mea katoa, kia tōtika.
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