1 E ngā rangatira, hoatu ki ngā pononga te mea e tika ana, te mea e rite ana; e mōhio ana hoki koutou he Rangatira tō koutou kei te rangi.

2 Kia ū ki te īnoi, kia mataara tonu ki taua mea i runga i te whakawhetai; 3 me te īnoi anō mō mātou, kia whakapuaretia e te Atua he kūwaha kōrero ki a mātou, hei kōrerotanga i te mea ngaro a te Karaiti i hereherea ai ahau. 4 Kia whakakitea atu ai e ahau, kia rite ai tāku kōrero ki te mea i tika.

5 Hei runga i te whakaaro mōhio tō koutou whakahaere ki te hunga o waho, hokona te tāima. 6 Hei runga i te aroha noa tā koutou kōrero i ngā wā katoa, he mea kīnaki ki te tote, kia mātau ai koutou ki te tikanga mō te whakahoki kupu atu ki tēnei tangata, ki tēnei tangata.

7 Mā Tikiku e whakaatu āku mea katoa ki a koutou; he teina aroha ia, he minita pono, he hoa pononga i roto i te Ariki. 8 Ko te tino pūtake tēnei i tonoa atu ai ia e ahau ki a koutou, kia mātau ai koutou ki tō mātou āhua, ā, kia whakamārietia ai ō koutou ngākau; 9 rāua ko Onehimu, he teina pono, e arohaina ana, ā, nō koutou hoki ia. Mā rāua e whakaatu ki a koutou ngā mahi katoa o konei.

10 He oha tēnei ki a koutou nā Aritaku, nā tōku hoa herehere, rāua ko Māka irāmutu o Pānapa; kua tae atu nā hoki ngā tikanga mōna ki a koutou; ki te tae atu ia ki a koutou, manaakitia; 11 me Īhu anō hoki, tētahi ingoa ōna ko Hutuha; nō te kotinga rātou. Ko ēnei anake ōku hoa mahi ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua, he oranga ngākau anō rātou ki ahau.

12 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koutou a Epapara; nō koutou ia, he pononga nā te Karaiti. He tohe tonu tāna ki te īnoi mō koutou, kia tū koutou, he hunga tino tika, pūmau tonu ki ngā mea katoa i pai ai te Atua. 13 Ko ahau hoki tōna pono mō tāna mahi nui mō koutou, mō te hunga hoki i Raorikia, ā, mō te hunga i Hierapori. 14 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koutou a Ruka, te rata aroha, rāua ko Rīmaha. 15 Oha atu ki ngā tēina i Raorikia, ki a Naimapa hoki, ki te hāhi anō hoki i tō rātou whare.

16 Ā, ka kōrerotia tēnei pukapuka ki a koutou, meinga kia kōrerotia anō hoki i roto i te hāhi o ngā Raorikia; kōrerotia anō hoki e koutou tērā i tuhia mai i Raorikia.

17 Mea atu hoki ki a Arakipu, "Kia mahara ki te mahi minita kua riro nā i a koe i roto i te Ariki, kia āta mahia mārietia."

18 Ko te oha āku, a Pāora, nā tōku ringaringa ake. Kia mahara ki ōku mekameka. Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou.