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He Kōhatu Ora, he Iwi Tapu

1 Nā, whakarērea atu ngā mauāhara katoa, ngā hīanga katoa, ngā tinihanga, ngā hae, me ngā kupu ngautuarā katoa. 2 Kia rite ki ngā tamariki whānau hou, hiahiatia atu te waiū kore tinihanga o te kupu, ko te mea hoki ia e tupu ai koutou ki te ora tonu; 3 ki te mea kua whakamātautau koutou he tikanga ngāwari tā te Ariki.

4 Ko tō koutou haerenga mai ki a ia ki te kōhatu ora, i whakakāhoretia nei e ngā tāngata, he mea whiriwhiri ia nā te Atua, he mea utu nui; 5 ka hangā hoki koutou, ānō he kōhatu ora hei whare, arā hei mea wairua, hei tohungatanga tapu, hei tāpae atu i ngā patunga tapu, arā i ngā mea wairua, he mea e manakohia ana e te Atua i runga i a Īhu Karaiti. 6 Mō reira, tērā wāhi o te karaipiture:

"Nā, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki Hiona

te tino kāmaka o te kokonga,

he mea whiriwhiri, he mea utu nui,

ā, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia

e kore e tukua kia whakamā."

7 Ki a koutou e whakapono nā he mea utu nui ia; ki te hunga whakapono kore ia,

"Ko te kāmaka i kapea e ngā kaihanga,

kua meinga tēnei hei upoko mō te kokonga.

8 Hei kāmaka tūtukitanga waewae ia,

hei toka whakahinga."

Ki te hunga e tūtuki ana ki te kupu, ki te hunga whakapono kore; i whakaritea mai hoki rātou hei pēnei.

9 Ko koutou ia he iwi whiriwhiri, he tohungatanga kīngi, he iwi tapu, he iwi kua riro pū mai mā te Atua; hei whakapuaki i ngā pai o te kaikaranga i a koutou i roto i te pōuri ki tōna mārama whakamīharo. 10 I mua ehara i te iwi, ināianei ia he iwi nā te Atua: kīhai nei i tohungia i mua, ināianei ia ka tohungia.

He Pononga nā te Atua

11 E ōku hoa aroha, ko tāku whakahau atu tēnei, he hunga noho noa, he manene hoki koutou, kia mawehe i ngā hiahia kikokiko e whawhai nei ki te wairua. 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. 15 Ko tā te Atua hoki tēnei i pai ai, kia ai ā koutou mahi pai hei puru mō ngā māngai kūware o ngā tāngata whakaarokore. 16 He hunga ehara nei i te herehere, otiia e kore e waiho tō koutou herekoretanga hei hīpoki mō te mauāhara, engari kia rite ki ngā pononga a te Atua. 17 Whakahōnoretia ngā tāngata katoa. Arohaina ngā tēina, ngā tuākana. E wehi ki te Atua. Whakahōnoretia te kīngi.

Te Tauira o te Mamaetanga o Īhu Karaiti

18 E ngā pononga, kia ngohengohe ki ō koutou rangatira, kia nui te wehi; he teka ki te hunga pai, ki te hunga ngāwari anake, ki te hunga whanokē anō hoki. 19 He mea whai whakapainga hoki tēnei, ki te mea nā te mahara ki te Atua ka whakamanawanui ai tētahi ki ngā mea whakapōuri, i a ia e whakamamaetia hētia ana. 20 He aha hoki te korōria, ki te mea ka whakamanawanui, i te mea kua hara koutou, ā, ka motokia? Tēnā ka whakamanawanui, i te mea ka mahi pai, ā, ka whakamamaetia, he mea whai whakapainga tēnei ki te Atua. 21 Nō te mea i karangatia koutou ki tēnei, i whakamamaetia hoki a te Karaiti mō koutou, waiho iho ana e ia he tauira mō koutou, kia aru ai koutou i ōna tapuwae.

22 "Kīhai nei ia i mea i te hara,

kāhore anō hoki i kitea te tinihanga i tōna māngai."

23 Ka taunutia, kīhai ia i taunu atu; ka whakamamaetia, kīhai ia i whakatuma; engari, i tuku i a ia ki te kaiwhakawā tika. 24 Nāna ake i waha ō tātou hara, nā tōna tinana ake, i runga i te rākau, kia whakatūpāpaku ai tātou ki te hara, kia ora ai ki te tika. Nā ōna kārawarawa, i ora ai ō koutou mate. 25 I rite hoki koutou ki te hipi kua kotiti kē; heoi, kua hoki tēnei koutou ki te Hēpara, ki te Pīhopa, o ō koutou wairua.

1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation; 3 if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious: 4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, 5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Because it is contained in scripture,

Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:

And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve,

The stone which the builders rejected,

The same was made the head of the corner;

8 and,

A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence;

for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; 14 or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.