Epeha 4

3 me whai kia mau te kotahitanga o te Wairua, he mea paihere nā te rangimārie. 4 Kotahi tonu te tinana, kotahi te Wairua, pērā hoki me tō koutou karangatanga, kotahi tonu te mea o tō koutou karangatanga hei tūmanakotanga atu; 5 kotahi Ariki, kotahi whakapono, kotahi iriiri, 6 kotahi Atua, ko te Matua o ngā mea katoa, kei runga nei ia i ngā mea katoa, puta noa ia i ngā mea katoa, kei roto hoki i te katoa.

7 Kua oti ia te aroha noa te hōmai ki tēnei, ki tēnei, o tātou, i runga i te mēhua o tā te Karaiti hōmaitanga. 8 Nā reira hoki ia i mea ai:

"I tōna kakenga ki runga,

whakaraua ana e ia ngā whakarau,

ā, hoatu mea ana ia mā ngā tāngata."

9 (Nā, ko tēnei, "I kake ia ki runga," he aha, mehemea kāhore ia i mātua heke ki ngā wāhi o raro rawa o te whenua? 10 Tērā i heke rā, ko ia anō i kake atu nei ki runga ake i ngā rangi katoa, kia kī ai ngā mea katoa i a ia.) 11 Ā, hōmai ana e ia ko ētahi hei āpōtoro; ko ētahi hei poropiti; ko ētahi hei kaikauwhau i te rongopai; ko ētahi hei hēpara, hei kaiwhakaako; 12 kia tino rite ai te hunga tapu mō te mahi minita, mō te hanga i te whare, arā i te tinana o te Karaiti; 13 kia tae katoa rā anō tātou ki te kotahitanga o te whakapono, o te mātauranga hoki ki te Tama a te Atua, kia tino tangata, kia eke ki te mēhua o te tino kaumātuatanga e tutuki ai ki tō te Karaiti.