10 versículos para fortalecer os laços familiares

6 Whakatupuria ake te tamaiti i te ara e haere ai ia,

ā, ka kaumātua, e kore e mahue i a ia.

3 Nā, he taonga pūmau nā Ihowā ngā tamariki,

ko ngā hua anō o te kōpū tāna utu.

20 E ngā tamariki, whakarongo ki ō koutou mātua i ngā mea katoa: he mea pai hoki tēnei ki te Ariki.

12 "Whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea; kia roa ai ōu rā ki te whenua e hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe.

He Tohutohu ki ngā Taiohi

8 Whakarongo, e tāku tama, ki te ako a tōu pāpā,

kaua hoki e whakarērea te ture a tōu whaea;

15 Ā, ki te mea he kino ki tō koutou whakaaro te mahi ki a Ihowā, mā koutou e whiriwhiri i tēnei rā ko wai tā koutou e mahi ai; ki ngā atua rānei i mahi rā ō koutou mātua ki a rātou i tāwāhi o te awa, ki ngā atua rānei o ngā Amori, e noho nei koutou ki tō rātou oneone. Ko ahau ia me tōku whare, ka mahi mātou ki a Ihowā."

6 Hei roto anō i tōu ngākau ēnei kupu e whakahau atu nei ahau ki a koe i tēnei rā. 7 Whakaakona mārietia atu hoki ki āu tamariki, kōrerotia i a koe e noho ana i tōu whare, i a koe e haere ana i te huarahi, i a koe e takoto ana, i tōu aranga ake hoki.

3 E rite tāu wahine ki te wāina hua

i roto rawa i tōu whare;

āu tamariki ki ngā māhuri ōriwa,

i ngā taha o tāu tēpu.

20 He tama whakaaro nui, ka koa te pāpā;

tēnā ko te tama kūware, he whakahāwea ki tōna whaea.

25 E ngā tāne, arohaina ā koutou wāhine, kia pērā hoki me te Karaiti i aroha nei ki te hāhi, i hoatu hoki i a ia anō mō taua hāhi;