1 E ōku tēina, ahakoa rā i rokohanga te tangata e tētahi hē, mā koutou, mā te hunga i te Wairua, e whakaara ake ia i runga i te wairua māhaki; me te titiro iho anō ki a koe, kei whakamātautauria hoki ko koe. 2 Pīkaua e tētahi ngā whakataimaha o tētahi, hei whakarite i tā te Karaiti ture.

3 Ki te mahara hoki tētahi tangata ki a ia anō he mea nui ia, i te mea he kore noa iho ia, e nuka ana ia ki a ia anō. 4 Engari mā ia tangata e whakamātau tāna ake mahi, ka ai ai he mea hei whakamanamanatanga mōna ki tāna anake, kāhore ki tā tētahi atu. 5 Ka riro hoki mā ia tangata e pīkau tāna kawenga.

6 Ko te tangata e whakaakona ana ki te kupu, me whakawhiwhi e ia tōna kaiwhakaako ki ngā mea pai katoa.

7 Kei whakapōhēhētia koutou; kāhore te Atua e tinihangatia; ko tā te tangata hoki e rui ai, ko tēnā tāna e kokoti ai. 8 Ko te tangata hoki e rui ana, he whakaaro ki tōna kikokiko, he pirau tāna e kokoti ai o te kikokiko; ko te tangata ia e rui ana, he whakaaro ki te Wairua, ko te ora tonu tāna e kokoti ai o te Wairua, 9 ā, kaua tātou e ngākaukore ki te mahi i te pai. Tēnā tōna wā e rite ai ka kokoti tātou ki te kāhore tātou e ngoikore. 10 Nā reira, i te mea e whai takiwā ana tātou, kia mahi tātou i te pai ki ngā tāngata katoa, ā tērā noa ake ki te hunga o te whare o te whakapono.

11 Titiro ki te nui o ngā reta e tuhituhi nei tōku ringa ake ki a koutou. 12 Ko te hunga e hiahia ana ko te āhua o te kikokiko kia pai, ko rātou hei mea i a koutou kia kotia; he mea kau kei whakatoia rātou mō te rīpeka o te Karaiti. 13 Kāhore hoki taua hunga i kotia nā e mau ki te ture; engari e hiahia ana kia kotia koutou, kia whakamanamana ai rātou ki tō koutou kikokiko. 14 Ki ahau ia kaua rawa he whakamanamana, ko te rīpeka anake o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, i rīpekatia ai te ao ki ahau, me ahau hoki ki te ao. 15 Kāhore he aha o te kotinga, kāhore o te kotingakore, engari ko te mea hanga hou. 16 Nā, ko te hunga e haere ana i runga i tēnei tikanga, kia tau te rangimārie me te mahi tohu ki a rātou, ki te Īharaira hoki a te Atua.

17 Ā muri ake nei, kaua tētahi e whakararuraru i ahau; e mau ana hoki ki tōku tinana ngā tohu a Īhu.

18 E ōku tēina, kia tau te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, ki ō koutou wairua. Āmine.

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