Pirimona

1 Nā Pāora, nā te herehere a Karaiti Īhu, nā tō tāua teina hoki, nā Tīmoti,

Ki tā māua e aroha nei ki tō māua hoa mahi, ki a Pirimona, 2 ki a Apia hoki, ki tō māua tuahine, ki tō māua hoa hōia, ki a Arakipu, ki te hāhi hoki i tōu whare:

3 Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou, me te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti.

4 Tēnei ahau te whakawhetai atu nei ki tōku Atua, mau tonu tōku mahara ki a koe i āku karakiatanga. 5 He rongo nōku ki tōu aroha, ki tōu whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu, ā, ki te hunga tapu katoa. 6 Mō te whakahoatanga mai o tōu whakapono kia whai mana, i runga i te mātauranga ki ngā pai katoa i roto i a koutou, he mea ki a Karaiti Īhu. 7 He nui hoki tō mātou koa, mārie ana hoki te ngākau i tōu aroha, nō te mea e ora ana ngā ngākau o te hunga tapu i a koe, e tōku teina.

8 Heoi, ahakoa he nui tōku māia i roto i a te Karaiti ki te whakatakoto atu i te mea tika ki a koe. 9 Nā te aroha kē tāku ka īnoi atu nei, arā tāku, tā te koroheke, tā Pāora, he herehere nei ināianei nā Īhu Karaiti. 10 He kupu tēnei nāku ki a koe mō tāku tamaiti, mō Onehimu, he mea whānau nāku i ahau nei i te herehere. 11 I mua, kāhore tētahi mea pai ana ki a koe; ināianei ia, kua whai pai koe i a ia, ahau anō hoki.

12 Kua whakahokia atu nei ia e ahau, tōna tinana tonu, ko tōku manawa ake ia. 13 I mea anō ahau kia puritia ia ki ahau, hei whakakapi mōu ki te mahi ki ahau i roto i ngā mekameka o te rongopai. 14 Otirā, kāhore nei tāu kupu, kīhai ahau i pai kia meatia tētahi mea; kei riro whakauaua mai tōu pai; engari i roto anō i te ngākau.

15 Ko te mea anō pea tēnei i motuhia mai ai ia i a koe mō tētahi wā, kia mau pū ai ia i a koe ake ake. 16 Ehara i te mea hei pono­nga ia i ēnei wā, engari tērā atu i te pono­nga, he teina i nui rawa ai tōku aroha, tērā ia e nui rawa atu tōu, i te kiko­kiko, i te Ariki anō hoki.

17 Nā, ki te mea kua waiho ahau hei hoa mōu, manako mai ki a ia me te mea ko ahau. 18 Ki te mea ia kua hē ia ki tētahi mea āu, kei a ia rānei tētahi mea āu, waiho mai māku tēnā e whaka­aro. 19 He tuhi­tuhi tēnei nāku, nā Pāora, nā tōku ringa­ringa ake; māku e whaka­utu. Nā, kāhore āku mea­tanga atu ki a koe, tērā anō tāku taonga kei a koe, ko koe anō. 20 Āe rā, e tōku teina, kia whai pai ahau i a koe i roto i te Ariki; kia ora tōku ngākau i roto i te Ariki.

21 He ū nō tōku whaka­aro ki a koe ka ngohe­ngohe, i tuhi­tuhi atu ai ahau ki a koe, e mōhio ana hoki, tērā e nui atu tāu e mea ai i tāku e kōrero atu nei. 22 Tēnei anō hoki, kia rite mai i a koe tētahi whare mōku; e mea ana hoki ahau tērā e mana ā koutou īnoi, ā, ka tukua atu ahau ki a koutou.

23 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koe a Epapara, tōku hoa herehere i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, 24 rātou tahi ko Māka, ko Aritaku, ko Rīmaha, ko Ruka, ōku hoa mahi.

25 Kia tau te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti ki ō koutou wairua. Āmine.