Hiperu 12

5 Ā, kua wareware koutou ki te kupu whakahau e kōrero nei ki a koutou, me te mea he tama koutou,

"E tāku tama, kaua e whakahāwea ki tā te Ariki papaki;

kei ngākaukore hoki ina rīria e ia.

6 E papaki ana hoki te Ariki ki tāna e aroha ai,

e whiua ana hoki e ia ngā tama katoa

e whakatamarikitia ana ki a ia."

7 Hei pakinga tā koutou e manawanui ai; e rite ana tā te Atua meatanga ki a koutou ki tāna ki ngā tama tupu. Ko wai hoki te tama e kore e pākia e tōna pāpā? 8 Ki te kāhore ia ō koutou pakinga, te mea e whakawhiwhia ana ki te katoa, he pōriro koutou, ehara i te tama. 9 Tētahi, he mātua anō ō tātou nō te wāhi ki te kikokiko, he mea papaki tātou nā rātou; i hopohopo anō tātou ki a rātou. Kaua ianei e nui noa atu tō tātou ngohengohe ki te Matua o ngā wairua, kia ora ai? 10 Ko tā rātou papaki hoki he torutoru nei ngā rā, he mea anō nā tā rātou ake i whakaaro ai; ko tā tēnei ia hei pai mō tātou, kia whiwhi ai tātou ki tōna tapu. 11 Ko ngā pakinga katoa, e kore e kīia ināianei hei whakahari, engari hei whakapōuri; muri iho ia ka puta mai te hua rangimārie o te tika, ki te hunga e whakamahia ana ki taua mea.