1 “Kua kōrerotia e ahau ēnei mea ki a koutou, kei hē koutou. 2 Ka peia atu koutou i roto i ngā whare karakia; ā, meāke puta te wā e mea ai te kaiwhakamate i a koutou, he mahi pai tāna ki te Atua. 3 Nā, e meatia ēnei mea, nō te mea kāhore rātou i mōhio ki te Matua, kāhore hoki ki ahau. 4 Otiia, kua kōrerotia ēnei mea e ahau ki a koutou, mō te puta rawa mai o taua wā, ka mahara koutou ki aua mea, he mea kōrero nāku ki a koutou.”
5 “Nā, e haere ana tēnei ahau ki tōku kaitono mai; ā, kāhore tētahi o koutou i ui mai ki ahau, ‘Ko hea koe?’ 6 Otirā, i tāku kōrerotanga i ēnei mea ki a koutou, ka kī ō koutou ngākau i te pōuri. 7 He pono ia tāku kōrero ki a koutou; nui atu te pai mō koutou ki te haere ahau; ki te kāhore hoki ahau e haere, e kore te Kaiwhakamārie e tae mai ki a koutou; ā, ki te haere ahau, māku ia e tono mai ki a koutou. 8 Nā, ka tae mai ia, māna e whakaatu ki te ao te hara, te tika, me te whakawā. 9 Te hara, mō rātou kāhore e whakapono ki ahau; 10 te tika, nō te mea e haere ana ahau ki tōku Matua, ā, heoi anō tō koutou kitenga i ahau; 11 te whakawā, nō te mea kua whakatikaia te whakawā mō te rangatira o tēnei ao.
12 “He maha atu anō ngā mea hei kōrero māku ki a koutou, otirā, e kore e taea e koutou te mau āianei. 13 Otirā, kia tae mai ia, te Wairua o te pono, māna koutou e ārahi ki te pono katoa; ehara hoki tāna i te kōrero nāna ake; engari, ka kōrerotia e ia ngā mea e rongo ai ia; māna hoki e whakakite ki a koutou ngā mea e puta mai ana. 14 Ka whakakorōriatia ahau e ia; ka tango hoki ia i āku mea, ā, ka whakaaturia ki a koutou. 15 Ko ngā mea katoa a te Matua, nāku. Koia ahau i mea ai, ka tangohia e ia āku mea, ā, ka whakaaturia ki a koutou.”
17 Nā, ka mea ētahi o āna ākonga tētahi ki tētahi, “He aha tēnei e mea nei ia ki a tātou, ‘Taro ake, ā, e kore koutou e kite i ahau; ā, taro ake anō, ka kite koutou i ahau’; me tēnei, ‘Nō te mea e haere ana ahau ki te Matua’?” 18 Nā, ka mea rātou, “He aha tēnei e mea nei ia, ‘Taro ake?’ E kore tātou e mātau ki tāna e mea nei.”
19 Ā, i mōhio a Īhu e hiahia ana rātou ki te ui ki a ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “E rapu ana koutou ki a koutou anō ki tāku i mea rā, ‘Taro ake, ā, e kore koutou e kite i ahau; ā, taro ake anō ka kite koutou i ahau’? 20 He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ka tangi koutou, ka auē, ko te ao ia ka hari; e pōuri anō koutou, otirā ka meinga tō koutou pōuri hei hari. 21 I te mea ka whakamamae te wahine, ka pōuri, nō te mea ka tae tōna wā. Ka whānau tāna tamaiti, heoi anō, mahara ki te mamae, i te hari hoki, nō te mea ka whānau he tangata ki te ao. 22 Nā tēnei koutou te pōuri nei; e kite anō ia ahau i a koutou, ā, ka hari ō koutou ngākau, e kore hoki e tangohia i a koutou tō koutou hari e tētahi.
23 “Nā, ā taua rā e kore koutou e ui ki tētahi mea i ahau. He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ko ā koutou e īnoi ai ki te Matua i runga i tōku ingoa, e hoatu e ia ki a koutou. 24 Kāhore anō i īnoia noatia e koutou tētahi mea i runga i tōku ingoa. Īnoia, ā, ka whiwhi koutou, kia tino nui ai tō koutou koa.”
29 Ka mea āna ākonga ki a ia, “Nā, kua mārama tāu kōrero, ehara tāu kōrero i te kupu whakarite. 30 Kātahi mātou ka mōhio, tēnei koe te mōhio nei ki ngā mea katoa, e kore anō e mea mā tētahi e ui ki a koe; nā konei mātou i whakapono ai i haere mai koe i te Atua.”
31 Ka whakahokia e Īhu ki a rātou, “Kātahi koutou ka whakapono?” 32 Nā, meāke puta te wā, ā, kua puta nei anō, e whakamararatia ai koutou ki tōna wāhi, ki tōna wāhi, ā, ka waiho ko ahau anake. Otiia, he teka ko ahau anake, nō te mea kei ahau nei te Matua.
33 “Kua kōrerotia e ahau ēnei mea ki a koutou, kia whai mārietanga ai koutou i roto i ahau. Ko tā koutou i te ao nei, he mamate. Otirā, kia māia; kua taea e ahau te ao!”
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