Legalidades

Me Whakarongo ki ngā Mana

1 Kia ngohe­ngohe ngā wairua katoa ki ngā mana nunui. Kāhore hoki he mana, nō te Atua anake; ko ngā mana o tēnei wā he mea whaka­rite nā te Atua. 2 Nā, ki te whaka­keke tētahi ki te mana, e whaka­keke ana ia ki tā te Atua i whaka­rite ai; ā, ko te mea hoki mō te hunga e whaka­keke ana, he whaka­tau hē. 3 Ehara hoki ngā ranga­tira i te whaka­wehi mō ngā mahi pai, engari mō ngā mahi kino. E mea ana koe kia kaua e wehi i te mana? Meatia te pai, ā, he whaka­moe­miti tāna e hōmai ai ki a koe; 4 he minita hoki ia nā te Atua ki a koe mō te pai. Tēnā, ki te mahi koe i te kino, e wehi rā; ehara hoki tāna i te mau noa i te hoari. He minita hoki ia nā te Atua, he kai­rapu utu mō te riri ki te kai­mahi i te kino. 5 Koia i takoto ai te tikanga kia ngohe­ngohe koutou, ehara i te mea he whaka­aro kau ki te riri, engari, ki tā te hine­ngaro anō hoki.

6 Nā konei hoki koutou i hoatu ai i te takoha. He minita hoki rātou nā te Atua, he hunga hoki e mau tonu ana ki tēnei mea pū anō. 7 Hoatu ngā mea i tika ki te katoa: he takoha tangata ki te tangata i tika ai te takoha tangata; he takoha taonga ki te tangata i tika ai te takoha taonga; he wehi ki te tangata i tika ai te wehi; he hōnore ki te tangata i tika ai te hōnore.

Mahi-ā-Ngākau ki tētahi ki tētahi

8 Kaua e nama ki tētahi, ko te aroha anake o tētahi ki tētahi; ko te tangata hoki e aroha ana ki tōna hoa tata, kua whaka­ritea e ia te ture.

12 Kia pai tā koutou whaka­haere i roto i ngā tauiwi, mō tā rātou whaka­pae ki a koutou, he kai­mahi koutou i te kino, nā, kia whaka­korōria rātou i te Atua ā te rā o te tiro­hanga mai, ina kite i ā koutou mahi pai.

13 Kia ngohe­ngohe koutou ki ngā tikanga katoa a te tangata, he whaka­aro ki te Ariki; ahakoa ki te kīngi, ki te mea nui rawa; 14 ki ngā kāwana rānei, ki te hunga i tonoa mai e ia hei whiu i ngā kai­mahi i te kino, hei whaka­moe­miti ia mō te hunga e mahi ana i te pai.

17 Tēnā, kōrerotia ki a mātou, e pēhea ana tōu whakaaro? He mea tika rānei te hoatu takoha ki a Hīhā, kāhore rānei?"

18 Otiia, i mōhio a Īhu ki tō rātou whakaaro kino, ā, ka mea, "He aha tā koutou e whakamātautau nā i ahau, e te hunga tinihanga? 19 Tēnā koa, kia kite ahau i te moni i takoha."

Ā, mauria mai ana e rātou ki a ia he pene. 20 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Nō wai tēnei āhua me te tuhituhinga?"

21 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Nō Hīhā."

Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, "Hoatu ki a Hīhā, ngā mea a Hīhā, ki te Atua anō ngā mea a te Atua."

Me Hoatu te Takoha Temepara

24 Ā, nō tō rātou taenga ki Kapere­nauma, ka haere mai ki a Pita ngā kaikohikohi i te hāwhe hekere, ka mea, "E kore ianei tōu Kaiwhakaako e hōmai i te hāwhe hekere?"

25 Ka mea ia, "E hoatu anō."

Ā, nō ka tapoko ia ki te whare, ko Īhu kua kōrero ki a ia, kua mea, "E pēhea ana tōu whakaaro, e Haimona? E tangohia ana e ngā kīngi o te ao ngā takoha taonga me te takoha tangata i a wai? I ā rātou ake tama, i a ngā tāngata kē rānei?"

26 Ka mea a Pita ki a ia, "I a ngā tāngata kē."

Nā, ko te kīanga a Īhu ki a ia, "Ha, pēnā ka haere noa ngā tamariki. 27 Ahakoa rā, kei whai take hē mai rātou ki a tātou, haere ki te moana, piua tētahi matau, ā, ka eke te ika mātāmua, tangohia; nā, ka whakatuwhera i tōna māngai, ka kite ai koe i tētahi moni, tangohia tēnā, ka hoatu ki a rātou, hei mea mōku, mōu."

25 "Kia hohoro te whakarite i tā kōrua kōrero ko tōu hoa tauwhāinga, i a kōrua anō i te ara, kei tukua koe e te hoa tauwhāinga ki te kaiwhakawā, ā, ka tukua e te kaiwhakawā ki te kātipa, ā, ka makā koe ki te whare herehere. 26 He pono tāku e mea atu nei ki a koe, E kore rawa koe e puta i reira, kia utua rā anō te pātene whakamutunga."

18 Ā, ka kawea koutou ki ngā kāwana, ki ngā kīngi, mō te whakaaro ki ahau, hei mea whakaatu ki a rātou, ki ngā tauiwi hoki. 19 Ā, nō ka tukua koutou e rātou, kaua e mānukanuka ki te pēhea, ki te aha, e kōrero ai koutou; ka hoatu ki a koutou i taua wā tā koutou e kōrero ai.

Te Whānautanga o Īhu

1 I aua rā ka whaka­takoto­ria he tikanga e Hīhā Ākuhata kia tuhi­tuhia te ao katoa. 2 Ko te tuhi­tuhi­nga tua­tahi tēnei i meatia i te wā ko Kuirinia te kāwana o Hīria. 3 Ā, ka haere ngā tāngata katoa kia tuhi­tuhia, ia tangata, ia tangata, ki tōna ake pā.

4 I haere atu anō a Hōhepa i Kariri, i te pā, i Nahareta, ki Hūria, ki te pā o Rāwiri, ko Pēterehema te ingoa; nō te mea nō te whare ia, nō te kāwei o Rāwiri. 5 Kia tuhi­tuhia ai rāua ko tāna wahine taumau, ko Meri, e hapū ana ia.

9 Kua tu­whera mai nei he kūwaha rahi ki ahau, he mahi nui, ā, tērā anō te toko­maha o te hunga tau­tohe.

10 Nā, ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, "E kore koe e kōrero ki ahau? Kāhore koe e mōhio kei ahau te tikanga mō te rīpeka i a koe, kei ahau anō te tikanga mō te tuku i a koe kia haere?"

11 Ka whaka­hokia e Īhu, "Kāhore āu tikanga ki ahau, me kāhore i hōmai ki a koe i runga. Koia i nui rawa ai te hara o te kai­tuku i ahau ki a koe."