1 E mea ana hoki ahau kia mōhio koutou ki te nui o tōku uaua mō koutou, mō te hunga anō hoki o Raorikia, ā, mō te hunga katoa hoki kāhore nei i kite noa i tōku mata i te kikokiko. 2 Kia whakamārietia ō rātou ngākau, kia tūhonohonoa i runga i te aroha, kia taea ai ngā taonga katoa o te tino whakaūnga o te ngākau mahara, kia mātau ai rātou ki te mea ngaro a te Atua, arā ki a te Karaiti; 3 kei roto nei i a ia ngā taonga katoa o te mahara, o te mātauranga e huna ana. 4 Nā, i kōrero ai ahau i tēnei, kei kūmea kētia koutou e te kōrero reka a te tangata. 5 Nō te mea ahakoa kei tawhiti tōku kikokiko, kei a koutou nā tōku wairua, e hari ana, e titiro ana ki ā koutou ritenga tika, ki te ū anō hoki o tō koutou whakapono ki a te Karaiti.

6 Nā, kua riro nā te Ariki, a Karaiti Īhu i a koutou, kia pēnā anō tā koutou haere i roto i a ia; 7 kia whai pakiaka, ānō he whare i hangā ki runga ki a ia, whakapūmau rawa ki runga ki tō koutou whakapono, kia pērā me koutou i whakaakona rā, kia hira rawa ai te whakawhetai.

8 Kia tūpato kei riro pārau koutou i tō te tangata whakaaro mōhio, i te tinihanga huakore, e rite nei ki te whakarerenga iho a te tangata, ki ngā mea tīmatanga o te ao, ā, kāhore ki a te Karaiti.

9 Kei roto katoa hoki i a ia te tino o te Atua e noho-ā-tinana ana. 10 Ā, kua tino tangata anō koutou i roto i a ia, ko te upoko nei ia o ngā rangatiratanga, o ngā mana katoa. 11 He mea kokoti koutou i roto i a ia, he kotinga kīhai i meatia e te ringaringa, i te unuhanga atu i te tinana o ngā hara o te kikokiko, i tō te Karaiti kotinga; 12 he mea tanu tahi koutou me ia i te iriiringa, he mea whakaara ngātahi anō hoki me ia i reira, nō te mea ka whakapono nei ki te mahi a te Atua, nāna nei ia i whakaara ake i te hunga mate.

13 He tūpāpaku nā hoki koutou i ngā hē, i te kotingakore hoki o tō koutou kikokiko, nā, whakaorangia ngātahitia ana koutou me ia, he mea whakarere noa atu nāna ō koutou hē katoa. 14 Murua ake e ia ngā tikanga i tuhituhia e te ringaringa, ngā tikanga i hoariri ki a tātou, i tū kē mai i ā tātou; tangohia ake e ia ki rahaki, he mea titi nāna ki te rīpeka; 15 pāuhua ake e ia ki raro ngā rangatiratanga me ngā mana, whakakitea nuitia ana e ia, ā, waiho ana e ia taua rīpeka hei mea whakataka māna i a rātou.

16 Nā, kaua tētahi e whakawā i a koutou mō te kai, mō te inu, mō ngā meatanga ki te hākari, ki te kōwhititanga marama, ki ngā hāpati; 17 he ātārangi ēnei nō ngā mea i kīia e puta ana i muri; nō te Karaiti ia te tinana. 18 Kei riro tā koutou taonga i te māminga a te tangata e mea ana ki te whakaiti i a ia, ki te karakia ki ngā anahera, ka noho i roto i ngā mea e kitea ana e ia, ka whakapehapeha kau noa, he mea nā tōna ngākau kikokiko; 19 ā, kāhore e mau ki te Upoko, nō roto nei i a ia te tinana katoa, he mea atawhai, he mea tūhonohono e ngā hononga, e ngā here, ka tupu ai, he tupu nā te Atua.

20 Ki te mea kua tūpāpaku ngātahi koutou ko te Karaiti ki ngā mea tīmatanga o te ao, he aha koutou, ānō e ora ana ki te ao, ka pupuri tonu ai i ngā tikanga, 21 "Kei pā ringaringa, kei pā kai, kei rahurahu." 22 He mea pirau katoa nei aua mea i te meatanga iho anō, he whakahau, he ako nā te tangata? 23 Ko te āhua o aua mea i whakaritea ki tō te whakaaro nui, he karakia pokanoa, he whakaiti i a ia ake, he atawhaikore i te tinana; otirā kāhore he painga hei pēhi i te kikokiko e tōrere ana kia mākona ia.