2 Manako mai ki a mātou; kāhore ā mātou whakahaere hē ki tētahi, kāhore mātou i kukume i tētahi ki te kino, kāhore ā mātou whakapati i ngā taonga a tētahi. 3 Ehara tāku kupu nei i te mea hei whakatau hē ki a koutou. Kua mea atu nā hoki ahau, kei ō mātou ngākau koutou mō te mate tahi, mō te ora tahi. 4 Nui atu tōku māia ki te kōrero ki a koutou, nui atu tōku whakamanamana mō koutou; kī tonu ahau i te whakamārie, hira ake tōku koa i ō mātou matenga katoa.

5 I tō mātou taenga mai hoki ki Makeronia, kīhai i whai okiokinga tō mātou kikokiko, heoi, mate ana mātou i ngā taha katoa; i waho ko ngā whawhai, i roto ko ngā mataku. 6 Otirā, nā te kaiwhakamārie o te hunga e whakaititia ana, arā nā te Atua, nāna mātou i whakamārie, i a Taituha ka tae mai nei; 7 ehara i te mea nā tōna taenga mai anake, engari, nā te whakamārietanga anō hoki i whakamārietia ai ia e koutou, i tāna kōrerotanga mai ki a mātou i tō koutou hiahia nui, i tō koutou tangi, i tō koutou ngākau nui ki ahau; ā, ka koa rawa ahau.

8 Ahakoa hoki i whakapōuritia koutou e ahau ki tāku pukapuka, kāhore ahau i te mea e hē ana ahau, ahakoa i mahara pērā i mua rā. Kua kite nei hoki ahau nā taua pukapuka koutou i mea kia pōuri, arā, pōuri potopoto nei. 9 E hari ana tēnei ahau, ehara i te mea mō te whakapōuritanga i a koutou, engari, nō te mea i whakapōuritia koutou ā rīpenetā iho. Ko tō koutou pōuri hoki nō tā te Atua, e kore noa iho ai koutou e whai hē i a mātou. 10 E meinga ana hoki e tā te Atua pōuri he rīpenetā e ora ai, he rīpenetā kāhore ōna haku; ko tā te pōuri ia o te ao e mahi ai he mate. 11 Titiro hoki, ko taua mea nei anō, ko tā te Atua whakapōuritanga i a koutou, nā, tāna mahinga nui i roto i a koutou, āe rā, ngā kupu whakatikatika i a koutou, te riri, te wehi, te hiahia, te ngākau nui, te whakapā riri! I ngā mea katoa kua whakakite nui koutou, kāhore ō koutou hara i tēnei mea.

12 Nō reira, ahakoa i tuhituhi ahau ki a koutou, kāhore ahau i tuhituhi atu mō te tangata nāna te hē, mō te tangata rānei ki a ia nei te hē, engari, kia whakakitea ai ki a koutou i te aroaro o te Atua te nui o tō koutou matapopore ki a mātou. 13 Koia mātou i whai mārietanga ai.

Ā, i tō mātou whakamārietanga hira noa ake tō mātou koa i te koa hoki o Taituha, nō te mea kua whakahauoratia tōna wairua e koutou katoa. 14 Mehemea hoki ahau i whakamanamana ki a ia ki tētahi mea a koutou, kāhore ahau i meinga kia whakamā; nō te mea i kōrerotia e mātou ngā mea katoa ki a koutou i runga i te pono, waihoki ko tō mātou whakamanamana, i meinga nei e ahau i te aroaro o Taituha, kua kitea he pono. 15 Ā, hira ake anō hoki tōna ngākau aroha ki a koutou, i a ia e mahara ana ki te ngohengohe o koutou katoa, ki te wehi me te wiri i manako ai koutou ki a ia. 16 E hari ana ahau, nō te mea ka mārama tōku whakaaro ki a koutou ngā mea katoa.

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