1 E ngā Karatia whakaarokore, nā wai koutou i whaiwhaiā, i whakakitea nuitia nā a Īhu Karaiti ki ō koutou kanohi, he mea rīpeka? 2 Heoi, tāku e mea ana kia whakaakona mai e koutou: Nō ngā mahi rānei o te ture i riro mai ai te Wairua i a koutou, nā te mea rānei ka rongo ki te whakapono? 3 Ha, kia pēnā koutou te whakaarokore? I runga i te Wairua tā koutou tīmatanga, ā, me whakaoti rānei e koutou i runga i te kikokiko? 4 He huakore noa iho rānei ō koutou matenga maha? Ki te mea rā he mea huakore. 5 Nā, ko te kaiwhakawhiwhi i a koutou ki te Wairua, e mahi nei hoki i ngā merekara i roto i a koutou, nō ngā mahi rānei o te ture tāna, nō te rongo rānei ki te whakapono?

6 Ka rite hoki ki a Āperahama “I whakapono ki te Atua, ā, whakairia ana ki a ia hei tika.” 7 Nā, kia mātau koutou, ko te hunga o te whakapono, he tamariki ēnei nā Āperahama. 8 Ā, i te kitenga o te karaipiture i mua, he whakapono tā te Atua hei whakatika mō ngā tauiwi, ka kauwhautia wawetia te rongopai ki a Āperahama, “Māu ka manaakitia ai ngā iwi katoa.” 9 Inā, ko te hunga o te whakapono, e manaakitia ngātahitia ana me Āperahama i whakapono rā.

10 Ko te hunga katoa hoki o ngā mahi o te ture, kei raro rātou i te kanga: kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, “Ka kangā ngā tāngata katoa kāhore e mau ki ngā mea katoa kua oti te tuhituhi ki te Pukapuka o te Ture, hei mahi mā rātou.” 11 He hanga mārama anō tēnei, e kore e tika i te ture tētahi tangata ki te aroaro o te Atua: “Mā te whakapono hoki e ora ai te tangata tika.” 12 He teka hoki nō te whakapono te ture; engari, “Ki te mahia aua mea e te tangata, mā aua mea ia e ora ai.”

13 Kua hokona tātou e te Karaiti i roto i te kanga a te ture, i a ia nei i meinga hei kanga mō tātou – kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, “He mea kanga ngā tāngata katoa e whakairia ki runga ki te rākau.” 14 Kia tae ai ki ngā tauiwi te manaaki o Āperahama i roto i a Karaiti Īhu; kia riro mai ai i a tātou te kupu hōmai o te Wairua, he mea mā roto i te whakapono.

15 E ōku tēina, he kupu tangata tāku nei. Ahakoa he kawenata nā te tangata, ki te mea ka oti te whakaū, kāhore he tangata hei turaki, hei tāpiri rānei. 16 Nā, i kōrerotia ngā kupu whakaari ki a Āperahama, ki tana whānau anō hoki. Kīhai ia i mea, “Ki ngā whānau,” me te mea he tokomaha; engari me te mea he kotahi, “Ki tāu whānau,” ko te Karaiti hoki ia. 17 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei; ko te kawenata i whakaūkia e te Atua i mua rā, e kore e āhei te ture, nō muri iho nei o ngā tau e whā rau e toru tekau i tae mai ai, ki te turaki, hei whakakāhore i te kupu whakaari. 18 Mehemea hoki nā te ture i riro mai ai te kāinga, heoi, ehara i te mea nā te kupu whakaari; otirā i nā runga mai i te kupu whakaari tā te Atua hōmaitanga ki a Āperahama.

19 Hei aha rā te ture? I tāpiritia mai mō ngā pokanga kētanga, kia tae mai rā anō te whānau mōna nei te kupu whakaari; he mahinga nā ngā anahera, i roto i te ringa o te takawaenga. 20 Nā, he teka mō te kotahi te takawaenga; kotahi ia te Atua.

21 He turaki rānei tā te ture i ā te Atua kupu whakaari? Kāhore rāpea! Me i hōmai hoki he ture, he mea kaha ki te whakaora, inā, kua puta ake te tika i te ture. 22 Heoi, kua kōpania ngā mea katoa e te karaipiture ki raro o te hara, kia hōmai ai ki te hunga e whakapono ana te mea i whakaaria mai i runga i te whakapono ki a Īhu Karaiti.

23 I mua ia o te taenga mai o te whakapono, e puritia ana tātou i raro i te ture, he mea kōpani, kia taea rā anō te whakapono e whakapuakina nei i muri. 24 Heoi, kua meinga nei te ture hei kaiwhakaako mō tātou, hei ārahi ki a te Karaiti, kia tika ai tātou i te whakapono. 25 Otirā, ka tae mai nei te whakapono, mutu ake tō tātou meatanga mai e te kaiwhakaako.

26 He tamariki katoa hoki koutou nā te Atua, he mea nā te whakapono ki a Karaiti Īhu. 27 Ko te hunga katoa hoki o koutou kua iriiria ki roto ki a te Karaiti, kua kākahuria e koutou a te Karaiti. 28 Kāhore he Hūrai, kāhore he Kariki, kāhore he pononga, kāhore he rangatira, kāhore he tāne, wahine rānei; he tangata kotahi tonu hoki koutou katoa i roto i a Karaiti Īhu. 29 Ā, ki te mea nā te Karaiti koutou, he whānau nā Āperahama, mō koutou hoki te kāinga i runga i te kupu whakaari.

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