1 Whakamaharatia rātou kia ngohengohe ki ngā rangatiratanga, ki ngā mana, kia rongo ki ngā rangatira, kia takatū ki ngā mahi pai katoa; 2 kia kaua e kōrero kino ki tētahi tangata, kia kaua e whawhai, kia ngākau ngāwari, kia nui te māhaki o te ngākau e whakaputaina ki ngā tāngata katoa.

3 He whakaarokore hoki tātou i mua, he tutū, e tinihangatia ana, he pononga nā ngā hiahia, nā ngā whakaahuareka maha, e noho ana i runga i te nanakia, i te hae, he hunga whakarihariha, e mauāhara ana tētahi ki tētahi. 4 Otirā, i te mea ka puta mai nei te tikanga ngāwari me te aroha o te Atua, o tō tātou Kaiwhakaora ki ngā tāngata. 5 Ehara i te mea, nā ngā mahi tika i mahia e tātou, engari, nā tāna mahi tohu i whakaorangia ai tātou e ia, he meatanga nā te horoinga o te whānautanga houtanga, nā te whakahoutanga a te Wairua Tapu, 6 i ringihia nuitia mai nei e ia ki runga ki a tātou, he mea nā Īhu Karaiti, nā tō tātou Kaiwhakaora. 7 Kia whakatikaia ai tātou e tōna aroha noa, kia whiwhi ai ki te taonga, arā ki te ora tonu e tūmanakohia atu nei. 8 He kōrero pono tēnei. E mea ana hoki ahau kia kaha tāu kauwhau i ēnei mea, kia mahara ai te hunga kua whakapono ki te Atua ki te mahi i ngā mahi pai. Ko ngā mea ēnei e ātaahua ana, e whai pai ana mō ngā tāngata.

9 Ko ngā uiuinga kūware ia, me ngā whakapapa tūpuna, whakarērea atu, me ngā totohe, me ngā whawhai ki ngā mea o te ture, kāhore hoki he pai o aua mea, he mea hanga noa. 10 Ko te tangata whakapono hē, ka kotahi, ka rua ngā whakatūpatotanga, whakarērea atu. 11 E mātau ana hoki koe kua whakaputaia kētia taua tangata pērā, kei te hara anō hoki, kua mau tōna hē i a ia anō.

12 Ka tonoa atu e ahau ki a koe a Aretema, a Tikiku rānei, kia puta tōu uaua ki te haere mai ki ahau ki Nikopori; kua takoto hoki tāku tikanga kia noho ki reira i te hōtoke. 13 Kia puta tōu whakaaro kia kawea mai a Hina kaiako ture, rāua ko Aporo; kei hapa tētahi mea mō rāua. 14 Me ako hoki ō tātou ki te mahi i ngā mahi pai mō ngā wā o te rawakore kei huakore rātou.

15 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koe ōku hoa katoa. Oha atu ki te hunga e aroha ana ki a mātou i runga i te whakapono.

Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou katoa.

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