1 Ka kaha rānei tētahi o koutou, me­he­mea he tau­tohe tāna ki tōna hoa, ki te haere ki te whaka­wā i te aro­aro o te hunga hē, ā, kauaka ki te aro­aro o te hunga tapu? 2 Kāhore oti koutou i mātau mā te hunga tapu e whaka­wā te ao? Ki te riro mā koutou e whaka­wā te ao, e kore rānei koutou e tau hei whaka­rite i ngā mea iti rawa? 3 Kāhore koutou i mātau ko tātou hei whaka­wā mō ngā ana­hera? Kauaka oti ngā mea o tēnei ao? 4 Nā, ki te mea he whaka­wā a koutou ki ngā mea o tēnei ao, whaka­noho­ia ai rānei e koutou ko te hunga iti o te hāhi hei whaka­rite? 5 I kōrero atu ai ahau i tēnei kia whaka­mā ai koutou. Koia rānei, kāhore rawa e kitea kia kotahi he tangata whaka­aro i roto i a koutou, hei whaka­rite ina whaka­wā ōna tēina i a rāua. 6 Kei te whaka­wā ia te tua­kana i te teina, ā, i te aro­aro rawa o te hunga whaka­pono kore?

7 Ehara, kua waiho kē tēnā hei hē i roto i a koutou, tā koutou whaka­wā tētahi i tētahi. He aha tē whaka­ririka kau ai ina ahatia koutou? He aha tē tango­hia noatia atu ai ā koutou mea? 8 Ehara, ko koutou tonu kei te mahi i te hē, ā, kei te tango poka­noa, ko ō koutou tēina anō te mea­tanga. 9 Tēnā rānei kāhore koutou i te mātau, e kore te hunga whaka­haere hē e whi­whi ki te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua? Kei tini­hanga­tia koutou; e kore te hunga moe­puku, te hunga kara­kia whaka­pakoko rānei, te hunga pūremu, te hunga whaka­wahine, te hunga rānei e mea ana i te tāne hei wahine, 10 ngā tāngata tāhae, ngā tāngata apo, ngā hau­rangi, te hunga taunu, te hunga hao taonga rānei, e whi­whi ki te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua. 11 He pērā hoki ētahi o koutou i mua; otirā, kua horoia koutou, kua whaka­tapua, kua whaka­tikaia i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, he mea­tanga nā te Wairua o tō tātou Atua.

12 He tika ngā mea katoa māku, otirā, e kore e pai katoa. He tika ngā mea katoa māku, otirā, e kore ahau e pai ki tētahi mea hei ranga­tira mōku. 13 “Ko ngā kai mō te kōpū, ko te kōpū mō ngā kai,” heoi, ka ngaro tēnei i te Atua me ērā hoki. Ehara hoki te tinana i te mea mō te moe­puku, engari, mā te Ariki, ko te Ariki hoki hei Ariki mō te tinana. 14 Ā, nā te Atua i ara ai te Ariki wai­hoki māna tātou ka ara ai, mā tōna kaha.

15 Kāhore oti koutou i mātau, he wāhi ō koutou tinana nō te Karaiti? Me tango koia e ahau ngā wāhi o te Karaiti, ā, ka mea i a rātou hei wāhi mō te wahine kairau? Kāhore rāpea! 16 Ā, kāhore rānei koutou i mātau, ko te tangata e honoa ki te wahine kairau he tinana kotahi? E kī ana hoki ia, “Hei kiko­kiko kotahi rāua toko­rua.” 17 Otiia, ko te tangata e honoa ki te Ariki, kotahi tonu te wairua.

18 Rere atu rā i te moe­puku. Nō waho o te tinana ngā hara katoa e hara ai te tangata; ko te tangata ia e moe­puku ana, e hara ana ia ki tōna ake tinana. 19 Ā, kāhore rānei koutou i mātau, he whare tapu tō koutou tinana nō te Wairua Tapu i roto nā i a koutou, i hōmai nei e te Atua? Ā, ehara i te mea nō koutou ake koutou. 20 Kua oti hoki koutou te hoko ki te utu; whaka­korōria­tia te Atua ki ō koutou tinana.

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