1 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei: I te mea he tamariki tonu te tangata mōna te kāinga, kāhore ia e rerekē i te pononga, ahakoa ko te rangatira ia o ngā mea katoa; 2 engari, e meatia ana e ngā kaitohutohu, e ngā kaititiro, kia taea rā anō te wā i whakaritea e te pāpā. 3 Waihoki ko tātou, i te mea e tamariki ana, he pononga tātou nā ngā mea tīmatanga o te ao. 4 Ā, nō ka tutuki te tāima, ka tonoa mai e te Atua tāna Tama, i whānau i te wahine, i whānau i raro i te ture, 5 hei hoko i te hunga i raro i te ture, kia whiwhi ai tātou ki te whakatamarikitanga.

6 Nā, i te mea he tamariki koutou, kua tonoa mai e te Atua te Wairua o tāna Tama ki roto ki ō koutou ngākau, e karanga ana, "E Apa, e Pā!" 7 Heoi, kua mutu tōu ponongatanga, engari kua tama koe; ā, ki te mea he tama, nā mōu ngā mea i roto i te Atua.

8 Heoi i reira, i te mea kīhai koutou i mātau ki te Atua, he pononga koutou nā ngā mea ehara nei i te atua tupu. 9 Ināianei ia, i te mea ka mātau nei koutou ki te Atua, arā, ka mātauria nei koutou e te Atua, he aha koutou ka tahuri ai anō ki aua mea ngoikore, rawakore, ki ngā mea tīmatanga, e hokia nā e tō koutou hiahia, kia waiho koutou hei pononga mā aua mea? 10 E mau ana koutou ki ngā rā, ki ngā marama, ki ngā wā, ki ngā tau. 11 E manawapā ana ahau ki a koutou, kei kore he hua mō tāku i mahi ai i roto i a koutou.

12 E ōku tēina, ko tāku tohe tēnei ki a koutou, kia rite ki ahau; e rite ana hoki ahau ki a koutou. Kāhore ā koutou mahi hē ki ahau. 13 E mātau ana koutou he mea nā te ngoikore e tōku kikokiko tāku kauwhau i te rongopai ki a koutou i te tuatahi. 14 Heoi, kīhai koutou i whakahāwea, i whakakino ki tōku whakamātautauranga i tōku kikokiko; nā, tahuri mai ana koutou ki ahau, ānō he anahera ahau nā te Atua, me te mea ānō ko Īhu Karaiti. 15 Kei hea rā tērā hari o koutou? He kaiwhakaatu hoki ahau mō tā koutou, me i taea kua tīkarohia e koutou ō koutou kanohi, ā, kua hōmai ki ahau. 16 Koia, kua hoariritia rānei ahau ki a koutou, mōku i kōrero i te pono ki a koutou?

17 Ko tā rātou whaiwhai i a koutou ehara i te pai; engari, e mea ana rātou kia tūtakina mai koutou, kia whai ai ko koutou ki a rātou. 18 He mea pai ia kia matenuitia i runga i te pai i ngā wā katoa, kauaka hoki i tōku nohoanga anake ki a koutou. 19 E āku tamariki, ka mamae nei anō ahau mō koutou, kia whai āhua rā anō a te Karaiti i roto i a koutou, 20 ko tāku hiahia me i konā ahau i a koutou nā āianei, kia puta kē anō tōku reo; nō te mea e ruarua ana ahau ki a koutou.

21 Kī mai ki ahau, e te hunga e hiahia ana kia noho i raro i te ture, kāhore ianei koutou e rongo ki tā te ture? 22 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, tokorua ngā tama a Āperahama, kotahi nā te wahine pononga, kotahi nā te wahine rangatira. 23 Ko tā te pononga nō te kikokiko tōna whānautanga. Ko tā te wahine rangatira ia he mea kōrero mai i mua.

24 He mea whakarite aua mea: ko ngā wāhine nei ngā kawenata e rua; kotahi nō Maunga Hinai, whānau ake ana hei taurekareka, ko Hakara tēnei. 25 Nā, ko tēnei Hakara ko Maunga Hinai i Arāpia, e rite ana hoki ki Hiruhārama onāianei, he pononga nei hoki ia, rātou ko āna tamariki. 26 Tēnā, ko te Hiruhārama i runga he mea herekore, ko ia tō tātou whaea. 27 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi:

"Kia hari, e te pākoko

kāhore nei e whānau!

Hāmama, karanga,

e te mea kāhore nei kia whakamamae;

he tini kē hoki ngā tamariki

a te mea mahue i ā te mea whai tāne."

28 Nā, ko tātou nei, e ōku tēina, e rite ana ki a Īhaka, he tamariki nā te kupu whakaari. 29 Engari e rite ana anō ki tō mua, ko te mea nō te kikokiko nei tōna whānautanga, whakatoia ana e ia te tama nō te Wairua nei tōna; e pērā ana anō ināianei. 30 Heoi, e pēhea ana tā te karaipiture? "Peia atu te wahine pononga rāua ko tāna tama; e kore hoki te tama a te wahine pononga e whiwhi tahi me te tama a te wahine rangatira ki te taonga." 31 Nā, ehara tātou, e ōku tēina, i te tamariki nā te wahine pononga, engari nā te wahine rangatira.