Epeha 1

Te Īnoi a Pāora

15 Nā konei ahau, i tōku rongonga ki tō koutou whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu, ki te aroha anō hoki ki te hunga tapu katoa, 16 kāhore e mutu tāku whakawhetai mō koutou, me te whakahua anō i a koutou i āku īnoinga; 17 kia hōmai ki a koutou e te Atua o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, e te Matua o te korōria, te wairua o te whakaaro nui, o te whakakitenga i runga i te mōhio ki a ia. 18 Kia whakamāramatia ngā kanohi o tō koutou hinengaro; kia mātau ai koutou ki te mea o tāna karanga e tūmanakohia atu nei, ki te korōria nui hoki o tōna taonga i roto i te hunga tapu, 19 ki te nui whakaharahara hoki o tōna kaha ki a tātou ki te hunga e whakapono nei, i runga i te mahinga a te mana o tōna kaha, 20 i mahi ai ia i roto i a te Karaiti i tāna whakaarahanga i a ia i te hunga mate, ā, whakanohoia ana ia ki tōna matau, ki ngā wāhi i te rangi, 21 ki runga ake i ngā kāwanatanga katoa, i te mana, i te kaha, i te rangatiratanga, i ngā ingoa katoa hoki e whakahuatia ana, ehara i te mea ko o tēnei ao anake, ko o tērā ao anō hoki. 22 Ā, tukua ana e ia ngā mea katoa ki raro i ōna waewae, meinga ana hoki ia hei upoko i runga i ngā mea katoa mō te hāhi, 23 arā, mō tōna tinana, e kī tonu nei i a ia, i te kaiwhakakī o ngā mea katoa i roto i te katoa.