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Ngā Wāhine me ngā Tāne

1 Waihoki e ngā wāhine, kia ngohengohe ki ā koutou tāne ake; ā, ki te turi ētahi ki te kupu, nā, i kore i te kupu, ko te whakahaere a ngā wāhine hei mea e riro mai ai rātou; 2 i a rātou e titiro ana ki te hēkore o tā koutou whakahaere me te hopohopo. 3 Ko te whakapaipai mō koutou, kauaka hei tō waho, kauaka hei te makawe i whiria, kauaka hei te whakapiringa o ngā mea kōura, kauaka hei te whakakākahuranga o ngā kākahu; 4 engari, hei te tangata ngaro o te ngākau, hei te kākahu e kore e pirau, arā te wairua māhaki, te wairua rangimārie, he mea utu nui hoki tēnei i te aroaro o te Atua. 5 He pēnei hoki i mua tā ngā wāhine tapu whakapaipai mō rātou, tā te hunga i whakaaro ki te Atua, ngohengohe tonu rātou ki ā rātou tāne ake. 6 Me Hera hoki i ngohengohe ki a Āperahama, ko te ariki hoki tāna ingoa mōna. Nāna hoki koutou tamariki, i a koutou e mahi pai ana, kāhore hoki e mataku i tētahi whakapāwera.

7 E ngā tāne hoki, kia rite ki tō te mātauranga tō koutou noho ki a rātou, whakawhiwhia te wahine ki te hōnore, ko te mea kaha kore hoki ia, ka uru tahi nei anō hoki kōrua ki te oranga ka hōmai noa nei; he mea kei āraia ā kōrua īnoi.

He Mamaetanga mō te Mahi Tika

8 Nā, ko te whakamutunga nei o tāku, kia kotahi te whakaaro o te katoa, kia kotahi te ngākau, kia rite te aroha ki tō te tuakana, ki tō te teina, kia pai te ngākau, kia ngāwari. 9 Kaua e utua he kino ki te kino, he taunu ki te taunu; engari me manaaki; me te mahara anō kua karangatia koutou ki tēnei, arā, kia whiwhi koutou ki te manaaki. 10 Ki te mea hoki:

“Tētahi kia aroha ki te ora,

kia kite i ngā rā pai,

me pēhi e ia tōna arero kei kino,

ōna ngutu hoki kei kōrero tinihanga.

11 Me peka kē i te kino, me mahi i te pai;

ko te rangimārie hei rapunga māna,

hei whāinga atu māna.

12 Nō te mea hoki kei runga i te hunga tika ngā kanohi o te Ariki,

me ōna taringa kei te tuwhera ki ā rātou īnoi.

E hē mai ana ia te mata o te Ariki

ki te hunga e mahi ana i te kino.”

13 Ko wai hoki hei hōmai i te hē ki a koutou, ki te aru koutou i te pai? 14 Otiia, ki te mea nā te whakaaro ki te tika i whakamamaetia ai koutou, ka hari koutou. Aua rā e mataku i tā rātou whakamataku, kaua e pāwera; 15 engari, whakatapua a te Karaiti hei Ariki i roto i ō koutou ngākau. Kia rite tonu hoki te kupu i a koutou i ngā wā katoa, hei whakahokinga atu mā koutou ki ngā tāngata katoa, e ui ana ki a koutou ki te mea e tūmanakohia atu nei e koutou; kia māhaki anō ia te ngākau, kia wehi. 16 Kia pai ō koutou hinengaro; mō tā rātou ngautuarā ki a koutou, e kī nei he kaimahi koutou i te kino, kia whakamā taua hunga e whakapae teka nā ki tā koutou whakahaere pai i roto i a te Karaiti. 17 Ki te mea hoki i a tātou e mahi ana i te pai ka takoto i te Atua he mamae mō tātou, erangi tērā i te mamae i a tātou e mahi ana i te kino. 18 Kotahi hoki whakamamaetanga o te Karaiti mō ngā hara, te tika mō te hunga hē, kia ārahina ai tātou e ia ki te Atua, i whakamatea ko te kikokiko, i whakaorangia ia ko te wairua.

19 Ko tōna anō tēnā i tōna haerenga ki te kauwhau ki ngā wairua i te whare herehere; 20 i turi nei i mua, i te mea e tatari ana te manawanui o te Atua i ngā rā i a Noa, i te mea e hangā ana te āka, ko te mea i ora ai ētahi wairua torutoru nei, arā tokowaru, i roto i te wai. 21 He mea whakarite ki tēnei te mea e whakaora nei i a koutou ināianei, arā te iriiri, ehara i te whakawāteatanga atu i te poke o te kikokiko, engari he whakaaetanga ake nā te hinengaro pai ki te Atua, he meatanga nā te aranga mai o Īhu Karaiti; 22 kua riro nei ki te rangi, kei te ringa matau anō ia o te Atua; kei raro hoki i a ia ngā anahera, ngā rangatiratanga, ngā kaha.

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