Te Kupu a Pita
14 Otirā, ka whakatika a Pita me te tekau mā tahi, ka hikitia tōna reo, ka whai kupu ki a rātou, "E ngā tāngata o Hūria, me koutou katoa e noho nei i Hiruhārama, kia mōhio koutou ki tēnei, kia whai taringa mai ki āku kupu. 15 Kāhore hoki o ēnei haurangi me tā koutou e whakaaro nei, ko te toru noa hoki tēnei o ngā hāora o te rā. 16 Engari, ko te mea tēnei i kōrerotia e Hoera poropiti:
17 ‘Ā tēnei ake kei ngā rā whakamutunga, e ai tā te Atua,
ka ringihia e ahau tōku Wairua ki ngā kikokiko katoa;
ka poropiti hoki ā koutou tama, ā koutou tamāhine,
ka moemoeā hoki ō koutou kaumātua.
18 Āe, ka ringihia anō e ahau tōku Wairua i aua rā,
ki āku pononga tāne, ki āku pononga wāhine;
ā, ka poropiti rātou.
19 Ka whakakitea anō e ahau ngā mea whakamīharo i te rangi i runga,
me ngā tohu ki te whenua i raro;
he toto, he kāpura, he paowa pongere.
20 Ko te rā ka huri hei pōuri,
ko te marama hoki hei toto,
i mua o te putanga mai o te rā o te Ariki,
taua rā nui whakaharahara, rongonui.
21 Nā, ko reira ora ai te hunga katoa
e karanga ana ki te ingoa o te Ariki.’
22 "E ngā tāngata o Īharaira, kia rongo koutou ki ēnei kupu; Ko Īhu o Nahareta, he tangata i tino whaitohungia e te Atua ki a koutou i runga i ngā merekara, i ngā mea whakamīharo, i ngā tohu i mea ai te Atua kia mahia e ia i waenganui o koutou, e mōhio ana anō rā koutou. 23 Ko tēnei tangata i tukua atu, he mea i āta whakaaroa, ā, i mōhiotia noatia ake e te Atua, tangohia ana e koutou, whakamatea iho, he mea rīpeka nā te ringa o ngā tāngata kino. 24 Nā te Atua ia i whakaara ake, nāna i wewete ngā mamae o te mate; nō te mea e kore ia e taea te pupuri e taua mate. 25 Ko tā Rāwiri kōrero hoki tēnei mōna:
‘I kite ahau i te Ariki i mua i tōku aroaro i ngā rā katoa;
kei tōku ringa matau nei ia,
e kore ai ahau e whakakorikoria.
26 Koia i koa ai tōku ngākau,
i whakamanamana ai tōku arero;
i takoto tūmanako ai anō ōku kikokiko.
27 Nō te mea e kore e waiho e koe tōku wairua i te rēinga,
e kore anō e tukua tāu Mea Tapu kia kite i te pirau.
28 Kua whakakitea e koe ki ahau ngā huarahi o te ora;
ka meinga e koe kia kī tonu tōku koa i tōu aroaro.’
29 "E ōku tēina, e tika ana kia aronui he kupu ki a koutou mō te tupuna nei mō Rāwiri, arā kua mate ia, kua tanumia, kei a tātou anō tōna urupā, ā, taea noatia tēnei rā. 30 I te mea he poropiti ia, ā, i mōhio kua oati te Atua i te oati ki a ia, ka whakaputaina ake tētahi, he hua nō tōna hope, hei noho ki runga ki tōna torōna. 31 Ā, i tāna kite wawe i tēnei, kōrerotia ana e ia te aranga o te Karaiti, arā:
‘Kīhai tōna wairua i waiho i te rēinga,
kīhai anō tōna kikokiko i kite i te pirau.’
32 "Kua whakaarahia ake tēnei Īhu e te Atua: ko mātou katoa ngā kaiwhakaatu. 33 Ā, ka oti nei ia te whakanui e te ringa matau o te Atua, ā, ka hōmai nei ki a ia e te Matua te Wairua Tapu i kōrerotia rā i mua, nā, kua ringihia mai e ia tēnei, e kite nei, e rongo nei koutou. 34 Kāhore hoki a Rāwiri i kake ki te rangi; heoi, e mea ana ia:
‘I mea te Ariki ki tōku Ariki,
"Hei tōku matau koe noho ai,
35 kia meinga rā anō e ahau ōu hoariri hei tūranga waewae mōu." ’
36 "Nō reira rā, kia mātau pū te whare katoa o Īharaira, kua meinga e te Atua hei Ariki, hei Karaiti, taua Īhu i rīpekatia nā e koutou."
37 Nō rātou ka rongo, ka werowero i roto i ō rātou ngākau, ka mea ki a Pita rātou ko ērā atu āpōtoro, "E ngā tuākana, me aha mātou?"
38 Nā, ko te meatanga a Pita ki a rātou, "Rīpenetā, kia iriiria, tēnā tangata, tēnā tangata o koutou i runga i te ingoa o Īhu Karaiti, hei murunga hara; ā, ka riro i a koutou te mea hōmai, arā te Wairua Tapu. 39 Ki a koutou hoki, ki ā koutou tamariki, te kupu hōmai, ki te hunga katoa anō o tawhiti, ki ngā mea e karangatia e te Ariki, e tō tātou Atua, ki a ia."
40 He maha atu anō ngā kupu i kōrero ai, i kauwhau ai ia, i mea ai, "Me whakaora koutou i a koutou i tēnei whakatupuranga parori kē." 41 Nā, ko ngā mea tonu i tango i tāna kupu i iriiria, me te mea e toru mano ngā wairua i honoa mai ki a rātou i taua rā.
