O que é bom
O que é bom vem de Deus. A Bíblia celebra a bondade divina e nos convida a discernir, praticar e desfrutar tudo o que é bom — porque toda boa dádiva vem do Pai das luzes.
Ā, ka kite te Atua i ngā mea katoa kua hangā nei e ia, nā, pai whakaharahara. Ā, ko te ahiahi, ko te ata, ko te rā tuaono.
He pai, he tika a Ihowā,
ā, ka whakaakona e ia te hunga hara ki te huarahi.
Ko ahau ia, he pai ki ahau te whakatata ki te Atua;
kua waiho e ahau te Ariki, a Ihowā, hei whakawhirinakitanga mōku,
kia whakapuakina ai e ahau āu mahi katoa.
He mea pai te whakawhetai ki a Ihowā,
te hīmene atu ki tōu ingoa, e te Runga Rawa;
te whakakite i tōu atawhai i te ata,
i tōu pono i ngā pō katoa;
i runga i te aho tekau, i te hātere;
i te tangi huatau a te hāpa.
He pai hoki a Ihowā;
pūmau tonu tāna mahi tohu;
ā, kei tēnā whakatupuranga, kei tēnā whakatupuranga, tōna pono.
Nā, anō te pai, anō te āhuareka
o te nohoanga o ngā tēina, o ngā tuākana
i runga i te whakaaro kotahi!
He pai hoki te kupu mōhio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou,
kaua tāku ture e whakarērea.
Kei tā tōna māngai i whakahoki ai he koa mō te tangata;
ko te kupu i te wā i tika ai, ānō te pai!
Kainga, e tāku tama, te honi, he pai hoki;
me te honikoma, he mea reka hoki ki tōu māngai.
Ka mōhio ai koe ki te whakaaro nui, he mea ki tōu wairua;
ki te kitea e koe, he tukunga iho anō tōna, e kore hoki tāu i tūmanako ai e hātepea.
He pai tonu te whakaaro nui, ānō he taonga tuku iho;
āe rā, he pai rawa ake ki te hunga e kite ana i te rā.
He pai a Ihowā ki te hunga e tūmanako ana ki a ia,
ki te wairua e rapu ana i a ia.
He pai anō kia tūmanako te tangata,
kia tatari mārie hoki ki tā Ihowā whakaora.
Kua whakaaturia e ia ki a koe, e te tangata, te mea pai;
ā, he aha tā Ihowā e rapu nei ki a koe,
heoi anō ko te whakawā tika, ko te pai ki te tohu tangata,
ko te whakaiti me te haere tahi i tōu Atua?
Āe rā, he tapu te ture, me te kupu whakahau anō he tapu, he tika, he pai.
Kaua hoki tō koutou āhua e rite ki tō tēnei ao; engari, kia puta kē, arā kia whakahoutia ō koutou hinengaro, kia whakamātautauria ai e koutou tā te Atua e pai ai, te mea e pai ana, e manakohia ana, e tino rite ana.
Nā, kei kōrerotia kinotia tō koutou pai.
Nā, ko tāku whakahau tēnei i te tuatahi o ngā mea katoa, kia puta ngā īnoi, ngā karakia, ngā īnoi wawao, ngā whakawhetai, mō ngā tāngata katoa; mō ngā kīngi, mō te hunga whai mana katoa hoki; kia āta noho mārie ai tātou i runga i ngā whakaaro karakia, i ngā tikanga mahara katoa. He mea pai tēnei, he mea e manakohia ana i te aroaro o te Atua, o tō tātou Kaiwhakaora;
He pai hoki ngā mea katoa i hangā e te Atua, kāhore he mea hei rukenga, ina tangohia i runga i te whakawhetai; he mea hoki i whakatapua, nā te kupu a te Atua, nā te īnoi.
Nō runga ngā hōmaitanga papai katoa, ngā mea katoa e tino tika ana, he mea heke iho nō te Matua o ngā whakamārama, kāhore nei ōna putanga kētanga, kāhore hoki he ātārangi o te tahuri.
"He pai te tote; otirā, ki te pirau te tote, mā te aha e whai tikanga tote ai? Kia whai tote i roto i a koutou, kia mau hoki te rongo a tētahi ki tētahi."