1 Koriniti 12

Kotahi te Tinana, he Tini ōna Wāhi

12 Pērā hoki i te tinana e kotahi ana, he tini anō ōna wāhi, ā, ko ngā wāhi katoa o taua tinana kotahi, ahakoa tini, kotahi anō tinana; he pērā hoki a te Karaiti. 13 Kotahi nei hoki te Wairua i iriiria ai tātou katoa ki roto ki te tinana kotahi, ahakoa ngā Hūrai, ahakoa ngā Kariki, ahakoa herehere, ahakoa rangatira; kotahi tonu te Wairua i whakainumia mai ai tātou katoa.

14 Ehara hoki te tinana i te wāhi kotahi, engari he tini. 15 Ki te mea te waewae, "He teka nō te tinana ahau, ehara hoki ahau i te ringa"; ehara mā tēnā e kāhore ai ia hei wāhi mō te tinana? 16 Ki te mea te taringa, "He teka nō te tinana ahau, ehara hoki ahau i te kanohi"; ehara mā tēnā e kāhore ai ia hei wāhi mō te tinana? 17 Mehemea hoki he kanohi te tinana katoa, kei hea te wāhi hei whakarongo? Mehemea he whakarongo tā te katoa, kei hea te wāhi hei hongi? 18 Ko tēnei, kua oti i te Atua te whakanoho tēnei wāhi, tēnei wāhi, ki roto ki te tinana, āna hoki i pai ai. 19 Mehemea hoki kotahi anō wāhi rātou katoa, kei hea te tinana? 20 Ko tēnei, he tini ngā wāhi, kotahi anō te tinana.

21 E kore hoki te kanohi e āhei te mea ki te ringa, "Kāhore āku mahi māu"; te māhunga rānei ki ngā waewae, "Kāhore āku mahi mā kōrua." 22 Engari, ko ngā wāhi o te tinana e kīia ana he ngoikore, nui rawa te mahi, mā ērā; 23 ko ngā wāhi hoki o te tinana e kīia ana e tātou he iti te hōnore, nui atu te hōnore e whakataua iho ana e tātou ki ērā; nui atu hoki te ātaahua ki ō tātou wāhi marutuna; 24 ko ō tātou wāhi ātaahua ia kāhore he aha e meatia ai; heoi he mea huihui mārire nā te Atua ngā wāhi o te tinana, he mea whakarite mārie, nui atu hoki te hōnore i hoatu e ia ki te wāhi i hapa; 25 kia kore ai he wehewehenga o te tinana; engari kia kotahi tonu te whakaaro o ngā wāhi mō tētahi, mō tētahi. 26 Ā, ki te mamae tētahi wāhi, mamae tahi ana ngā wāhi katoa; ki te whakahōnoretia tētahi wāhi, hari tahi ana ngā wāhi katoa.

27 Nā, ko koutou te tinana o te Karaiti, he wāhi anō nōna tēnei, tēnei.