1 Nā, kāhore he kupu whakahoki māu, e koe, e te tangata e whakahē ana; i a koe hoki e whakahē nā i tērā, e whakatau ana koe i te hē ki a koe anō; kei te mahi hoki koe, te kaiwhakahē, i aua mea nā anō. 2 Nā, e mātau ana tātou kei runga i te pono te whakahēnga a te Atua mō ngā kaimahi i aua mea. 3 Ko tōu whakaaro rānei tēnei, e te tangata e whakahē ana ki ngā kaimahi i aua mea, e mahi nā anō koe i aua mea, ko koe e ora i tā te Atua whakahē? 4 E whakahāwea ana rānei koe ki ngā rawa o tōna ngāwari, o tāna tikanga māhaki, o tōna manawanui, e ranea tonu nei; tē mahara ko te ngāwari o te Atua hei ārahi i a koe ki te rīpenetā?

5 Heoi, pakeke tonu koe, kāhore e rīpenetā tōu ngākau, e pūranga ana koe i te riri mōu, mō te rā o te riri, o te whakakitenga mai anō i tā te Atua whakawākanga tika; 6 “Māna e hōmai ki tētahi, ki tētahi, kia rite ki ā rātou mahi.” 7 Ki te hunga e whai ana ki te korōria, ki te hōnore, ki te piraukore, me te mau anō ki te mahi pai, he ora tonu. 8 Ki te hunga ia e totohe ana, e turi ana ki te pono, e whakarongo ana hoki ki te hē, he riri, he āritarita. 9 He pāwera, he raru, mō ngā wairua tangata katoa e mahi ana i te kino, mō te Hūrai ki mua, mō te Kariki anō hoki, 10 he korōria ia, he hōnore, he rangimārie, mō ngā tāngata katoa e mahi ana i te pai, mō te Hūrai ki mua, mō te Kariki anō hoki. 11 Kāhore hoki a te Atua whakapai kanohi.

12 Ko te hunga hoki i hara turekore, ka ngaro turekore anō hoki; me te hunga i hara i runga i te ture, kei te ture anō he whakahē mō rātou. 13 He teka hoki ko ngā kaiwhakarongo o te ture e tika ki tā te Atua; engari, ko ngā kaimahi o te ture e whakatikaia. 14 I te mea hoki e mahia māoritia ana ngā mea o te ture e ngā tauiwi, kāhore nei ō rātou ture, ko ēnei, kāhore nei ō rātou ture, hei ture ki a rātou anō. 15 I te mea ka whakakite rātou i te mahi a te ture, he mea tuhituhi ki ō rātou ngākau, me te whakaae tahi anō ō rātou hinengaro, ko ō rātou whakaaro kei te whakahēhē, kei te whakatikatika rānei i a rātou; 16 i te rā e whakawā ai te Atua i ngā mea ngaro a ngā tāngata, he mea whakarite tonu ki tāku rongopai, he meatanga nā Īhu Karaiti.

17 Otirā, mehemea e tapaina ana koe he Hūrai, ā, e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki te ture, e whakamanamana ana ki te Atua, 18 ā, e mōhio ana ki tāna e pai ai, ā, e kitea ana e koe ngā mea e tino pai ana, he mea whakaako hoki koe nā te ture, 19 ā, e ū ana tōu whakaaro, ko koe hei kaiārahi mō ngā matapō, hei mārama mō te hunga i roto i te pōuri, 20 hei kaiwhakatikatika mō ngā kūware, hei kaiwhakaako mō ngā kōhungahunga; kei a koe hoki te āhua o te mātauranga, o te pono i runga i te ture. 21 He kaiwhakaako koe i tērā atu, e kore ianei koe e whakaako i a koe anō? E kauwhau nā koe kia kaua e tāhae, e tāhae ana rānei koe? 22 Ā, koe e mea nā, Kaua e pūremu, e pūremu ana rānei koe? Ā, koe e whakarihariha nā ki ngā whakapakoko, e tāhae ana rānei koe i ngā mea o ngā temepara? 23 Ā, koe e whakamanamana nā ki te ture, kei te whakaiti rānei koe i te Atua i te mea ka takahi koe i te ture? 24 “Nā koutou hoki i kohukohua ai te ingoa o te Atua i roto i ngā tauiwi, i pērātia ai me te mea kua oti te tuhituhi.”

25 E whai tikanga ana hoki te kotinga, ki te mahia e koe te ture; tēnā ki te takahi koe i te ture, ka riro tōu kotinga hei kotingakore. 26 Nā, ki te mau i te kotingakore ngā tikanga o te ture, e kore ianei tōna kotingakore e kīia hei kotinga? 27 Ā, ki te rite te ture i te mea kīhai kotia māoritia, e kore ianei ia e whakahē i a koe, e whiwhi nā ki te kupu tuhituhi me te kotinga, i a koe e takahi nā i te ture? 28 Ehara hoki i te Hūrai te mea ko waho noa iho tōna āhua Hūrai; ehara anō i te kotinga te mea nō waho, nō te kikokiko. 29 Engari, he Hūrai ia, nō roto tōna āhua Hūrai; ā, ko te kotinga, nō te ngākau, he mea wairua, he teka nā te kupu tuhituhi; ehara hoki i te mea e whakamoemititia ana e te tangata, engari e te Atua.

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