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12 Kāhore hoki he rerekētanga o te Hūrai, o te Kariki; ā, ko taua Ariki anō te Ariki o te katoa, ā, e hua ana āna taonga ki te hunga katoa e karanga ana ki a ia. 13 "E ora hoki ngā tāngata katoa e karanga ana ki te ingoa o te Ariki."

14 Nā, me pēhea tā rātou karanga ki a ia, ki te kāhore i whakapono ki a ia? Me pēhea hoki tā rātou whakapono ki a ia, ki te kāhore i rongo ki a ia? Me pēhea hoki e rongo ai, ki te kāhore he kaikauwhau? 15 Ā, me pēhea e kauwhau ai, ki te kāhore e tonoa? Ko te mea ia i tuhituhia, "Anō te ātaahua o ngā waewae o te hunga kawe mai i te rongo whakahari o ngā mea papai!"

16 Otirā, kāhore rātou katoa i ngohengohe ki ngā rongo whakahari. E mea ana hoki a Ihāia, "E te Ariki, ko wai i whakapono ki tā mātou whakaatu?" 17 Inā, nā te rongo te whakapono, ā, ko te rongo nā te kupu a te Karaiti.

2 Heoi, tāku e mea ana kia whakaakona mai e koutou: Nō ngā mahi rānei o te ture i riro mai ai te Wairua i a koutou, nā te mea rānei ka rongo ki te whakapono?

13 Me koutou hoki tūmanako ana anō koutou ki a ia, i tō koutou rongonga ki te kupu o te pono, ki te rongopai o tō koutou ora; ā, i tō koutou whakaponotanga ki a ia, nā, hīritia ana koutou e te Wairua Tapu i kōrerotia mai i mua; 14 hei taumau i ngā taonga mō tātou, kia whakaorangia rā anō tā te Atua mea i hokona, hei whakamoemiti mō tōna korōria!

24 "He pono, he pono tāku e mea atu nei ki a koutou, ko te tangata e rongo ana ki tāku kōrero, e whakapono ana hoki ki tōku kaitono mai, he ora tonu tōna; e kore anō ia e riro ki te whakawā, engari, kua whiti i te mate ki te ora.

25 He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, meāke puta te wā, ā, tēnei anō ināianei, e rongo ai ngā tūpāpaku i te reo o tā te Atua Tama; ā, ko te hunga e rongo ana ka ora.

44 Kāhore he tangata e āhei te haere mai ki ahau, ki te kāhore ia e kūmea mai e te Matua, nāna nei ahau i tono mai. Ā, māku anō ia e whakaara ake ā te rā whakamutunga. 45 Kua oti te tuhituhi i roto i ngā poropiti, ‘Ā, ka whakaakona rātou katoa e te Atua.’ Nā, ko te tangata kua rongo ki te Matua, kua ākona hoki, ka haere mai ki ahau. 46 Ehara i te mea kua kite tētahi i te Matua; ko ia anake i puta mai i te Atua, ko ia kua kite i te Matua. 47 He pono, he pono tāku, e mea nei ki a koutou, Ki te whakapono tētahi, he ora tonu tōna.

28 Anō rā hoki ko ia, "Engari rā, tino koa te hunga e whakarongo ana ki te kupu a te Atua, ā, e mahi ana."

23 Ki te mea he taringa o tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia."

15 Ka mea ki a rātou, "Haere koutou ki te ao katoa, kauwhautia te rongopai ki ngā tāngata katoa.

14 Ā, ka rite i a rātou te poropititanga a Ihāia, e mea nei:

‘Rongo noa koutou,

kāhore e mātau;

titiro noa koutou,

kāhore e kite.

15 Kua mātotoru hoki te ngākau o tēnei iwi,

kua pūhoi ngā taringa ki te whakarongo,

ko ngā kanohi kua oti te whakamoe e rātou;

kei kite ō rātou kanohi,

kei rongo ngā taringa,

ā, ka mātau te ngākau, nā, ka tahuri rātou,

ā, ka whakaorangia e ahau.’

16 Ka koa ia ō koutou kanohi, nō te mea ka kite; ō koutou taringa hoki, nō te mea ka rongo.

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10 Ā, karangatia ana e ia te mano ki a ia, ka mea ki a rātou, "Kia rongo, kia mātau:

3 Tahuri mai ō koutou taringa, haere mai ki ahau;

whakarongo mai, ā, ka ora ō koutou wairua.

Ā, māku e whakarite ki a koutou he kawenata mau tonu,

arā ngā atawhainga pono i a Rāwiri.

9 Anō rā ko ia, "Haere, mea atu ki tēnei iwi:

‘Rongo noa koutou, e kore e mātau;

titiro noa koutou, e kore e kite.’

10 Meinga te ngākau o tēnei iwi kia ngako,

ō rātou taringa kia taimaha,

whakamoea ō rātou kanohi;

kei kite ō rātou kanohi,

kei rongo ō rātou taringa,

kei mātau ō rātou ngākau,

ā, ka tahuri, ka whakaorangia."

3 me te īnoi anō mō mātou, kia whakapuaretia e te Atua he kūwaha kōrero ki a mātou, hei kōrerotanga i te mea ngaro a te Karaiti i hereherea ai ahau.