1 Nā, ko koe, e tāku tamaiti, kia kaha i runga i te aroha noa i roto i a Īhu. 2 Ko ngā mea hoki i rongo rā koe ki ahau i ngā kaiwhakaatu tokomaha, tukua ēnā ki ētahi tāngata pono, e pai ana hei whakaako ki ērā atu hoki.

3 Tukua atu ngā mamae ki a koe, kia rite ki te hōia pai a Īhu Karaiti. 4 Ki te whakahōia tētahi tangata, e kore ia e whakararurarutia e ngā mea o te ao; kia āhuareka ai ki a ia te kaiwhakatū i a ia hei hōia. 5 Ki te whakataetae anō tētahi e kore ia e karaunatia, ki te kore e rite ki te tikanga tāna whakataetae. 6 Ko te tikanga tēnei, ko te kaingaki e mahi ana kia kai wawe i ngā hua. 7 Whakaaroa āku e kōrero nei; ā, mā te Ariki e hōmai ki a koe he ngākau mahara i ngā mea katoa.

8 Kia mahara ki a Īhu Karaiti, i whakaarahia nei i te hunga mate, he uri nō Rāwiri, e ai ki tāku rongopai; 9 ko te mea anō ia i pāngia ai ahau e ngā mamae, ā hereherea noatia iho, ānō he tangata mahi kino; otirā, e kore tā te Atua kupu e herea. 10 Koia hoki ahau i whakaririka kau ai ki ngā mea katoa he mea mō te hunga whiriwhiri; kia whiwhi ai rātou ki te ora i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, ki te korōria mutungakore anō hoki.

11 E pono ana hoki te kōrero:

14 Whakamaharatia rātou ki ēnei mea, me kauwhau i te aroaro o te Ariki, kia kaua e tautohetohe ki ngā kupu huakore, ki ngā mea whakaputa kē i ngā kaiwhakarongo. 15 Kia puta tāu tohe mōu kia tū ki te aroaro o te Atua, he mea e manakohia ana, he kaimahi e kore e whakamā, e whāwhā tika ana i te kupu o te pono. 16 Mawehe kē i ngā kōrero whakarihariha, teka noa; ka neke ake hoki te karakiakore o ērā; 17 ā, ka kaikai tā rātou kupu, ānō he mea kua kikohungatia. Nō rātou a Himeniu rāua ko Piritu; 18 kua hē nei ki te pono, e mea ana, kua pahemo kē te aranga mai; ā, whakaputaia kētia ake e rātou te whakapono o ētahi. 19 E ū ana ia te mau o tā te Atua tūranga, ko tōna hīri hoki tēnei, “E mātau ana te Ariki ki āna ake,” me tēnei hoki, “Kia mawehe kē i te hē ngā tāngata katoa e whakahua ana i te ingoa o te Karaiti.”

20 Otiia, i te whare nui ehara i te mea he kōura kau, he hiriwa kau rānei ngā oko, tērā anō ētahi he mea rākau, he mea oneone; ētahi hei mea hōnore, ētahi hei mea hōnorekore. 21 Nā, ki te mea te tangata i a ia kia mā i ēnā mea, hei oko ia mō te hōnore, kua oti te whakatapu, te whakapai mō a te rangatira tikanga, rite rawa mō ngā mahi pai katoa.

22 Oma atu i ngā hiahia taitamariki; whāia te tika, te whakapono, te aroha, te rangimārie, e koutou tahi ko te hunga e karanga ana ki te Ariki i roto i te ngākau mā. 23 Āraia atu anō ngā uiuinga wairangi, kūware, kia mahara hoki ko aua mea hei whakatupu whawhai. 24 Nā, e kore e pai kia ririhau te pononga a te Ariki; engari kia ngāwari ki ngā tāngata katoa, kia whai ngākau ki te whakaako, kia manawanui. 25 Kia whakaako mārie i te hunga e totohe ana; me kore e hoatu e te Atua ki a rātou he rīpenetā e whakaae ai ki te pono; 26 kia ara ake ai hoki i roto i te māhanga a te rēwera te hunga i hopukia oratia e te pononga a te Ariki hei mahi i tā te Atua i pai ai.

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