1 Nā, ka kōrero ia i tētahi kupu whakarite ki a rātou mō tēnei, kia īnoi rātou i ngā wā katoa, kia kaua e ngoikore. 2 I mea ia, "I tētahi pā tērā tētahi kaiwhakawā, he tangata kīhai nei i wehi ki te Atua, kīhai anō i hopohopo ki te tangata. 3 I taua pā anō tētahi pouaru; ā, ka haere mai tērā ki a ia, ka mea, ‘Takitakina tōku mate i tōku hoa tauwhāinga.’

4 "Ā, he roa kīhai ia i pai, muri iho ka mea ia i roto i a ia, ‘Ahakoa kāhore ahau e wehi ki te Atua, e hopohopo ki te tangata, 5 heoi, ka pōrearea ahau i te pouaru nei, nā, ka takitakina e ahau tōna mate, kei haere tonu mai ka mate ahau i te hōhā.’ "

6 Ka mea te Ariki, "Whakarongo ki tā te kaiwhakawā kino i mea rā. 7 Ā, e kore rānei te Atua e ngaki i te mate o āna tāngata i whiriwhiri ai, e karanga nei ki a ia i te ao, i te pō, ahakoa whakaroa noa ia ki a rātou? 8 Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, ka hohoro ia te takitaki i tō rātou mate. Otirā, ka tae mai te Tama a te tangata, e rokohina mai rānei e ia he whakapono i runga i te whenua?"

9 Nā, ka kōrero anō ia i tēnei kupu whakarite ki ētahi, i whakamanawa nei ki a rātou anō he tika, i whakakorekore ki ērā atu katoa, 10 "Tokorua ngā tāngata i haere ki te temepara ki te īnoi; he Parihi tētahi, ko tētahi he pupirikana. 11 Tū ana te Parihi ko ia anake, ko tāna karakia tēnei, ‘E te Atua, ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe, nō te mea kāhore ahau e rite ki ērā atu tāngata, ki te hunga hao taonga, kino, pūremu, mōku hoki tē rite ki tēnei pupirikana. 12 Takirua āku nohoanga pukutanga i te wiki, e hoatu ana e ahau te wāhi whakatekau o āku mea katoa.’

13 "Ko te pupirikana ia i tū mai i tawhiti, kīhai i mea kia anga ake ōna kanohi ki te rangi, heoi, pātuki ana ki tōna uma, ka mea, ‘E te Atua, tohungia ahau, te tangata hara.’ 14 Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, nui atu te tika o tēnei i tō tērā i te hokinga ki tōna whare; ki te whakanui hoki tētahi i a ia, ka whakaititia; ki te whakaiti tētahi i a ia, ka whakanuia."

15 Nā, ka kawea mai e rātou ki a ia ā rātou tamariki nonohi, kia pā ai ia ki a rātou; otiia, nō te kitenga o āna ākonga, ka rīria atu rātou. 16 Otirā, ka karangatia atu rātou e Īhu ki a ia, ka mea ia, "Tukua ngā tamariki nonohi kia haere mai ki ahau, kaua hoki rātou e āraia atu; nō ngā pēnei hoki te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 17 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kāhore e rite te tango a tētahi i te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki tā te tamaiti nohinohi, e kore rawa ia e tomo ki roto."

18 Nā, ka ui tētahi rangatira ki a ia, ka mea, "E te kaiwhakaako pai, me aha ahau ka whiwhi ai ki te ora tonu?"

19 Nā, ko te meatanga a Īhu ki a ia, "He aha ahau i kīia ai e koe he pai? Kāhore tētahi i pai, kotahi anake, ko te Atua. 20 E mātau ana koe ki ngā ture, kaua e pūremu, kaua e patu tangata, kaua e tāhae, kaua e whakapae teka, whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea."

21 Nā, ka mea ia, "Kua rite i ahau ēnei katoa nō tōku tamarikitanga ake."

22 Ā, i te rongonga o Īhu ki tēnei, ka mea ki a ia, "Kotahi te mea kāhore anō i rite i a koe; hokona āu mea katoa, ka tuwha atu mā ngā mea rawakore, ā, e whai taonga koe ki te rangi, ā, haere mai i muri i ahau."

23 Nā, ka rongo ia ki ēnei mea, ka pōuri rawa; he nui hoki ōna taonga. 24 Ā, ka kite a Īhu i a ia, ka mea, "Anō te whakauaua o te tapoko o te hunga taonga ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua! 25 Erangi hoki te haere o te kāmera rā te kōwhao o te ngira e takoto noa ana, he whakauaua rawa ia te tomo o te tangata taonga ki roto ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua."

26 Nā, ka mea ngā kaiwhakarongo, "Ko wai rā e ora?"

27 Otirā, i mea ia, "Ko ngā mea e kore e taea e te tangata, ka taea e te Atua."

28 Ā, ka mea a Pita, "Nā, kua whakarērea nei e mātou ā mātou nei mea, ā, kua aru i a koe."

29 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, kāhore he tangata i whakarere, he whare, he wahine, he tuākana, he mātua, he tamariki, i te whakaaro ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua, 30 e kore e riro mai i a ia i tēnei wā ngā mea tini noa atu, ā, i te ao meāke puta ko te ora tonu."

31 Ā, ka mau ia ki te tekau mā rua, ka mea ki a rātou, "Nā, e haere ana tēnei tātou ki Hiruhārama, ā, ka rite katoa ngā mea i tuhituhia e ngā poropiti mō te Tama a te tangata. 32 Ka tukua hoki ia ki ngā tauiwi, ka tāwaia, ka whakatupuria kinotia, ka tuwhaina. 33 Ā, ka oti ia te whiu, ka whakamatea, ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka ara."

34 Ā, kīhai rātou i mātau ki tētahi o ēnei mea; he mea huna hoki i a rātou tēnei kupu, kīhai rātou i mōhio ki ngā mea i kōrerotia.

35 Ā, i a ia e whakatata ana ki Heriko, tērā tētahi matapō e noho ana i te taha o te huarahi e tono mea ana māna. 36 Ā, i tōna rongonga i te mano e haere ana, ka ui atu, "He aha tēnei?"

37 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Ko Īhu o Nahareta e haere ana."

38 Kātahi ia ka karanga, ka mea, "E Īhu, e te Tama a Rāwiri, kia aroha ki ahau."

39 Nā, ka rīria ia e te hunga i haere i mua kia noho puku; heoi rahi noa ake tāna karanga, "E te Tama a Rāwiri, kia aroha ki ahau."

40 Nā, ka tū a Īhu, ka mea kia ārahina mai ki a ia; ā, nō ka tata, ka ui ki a ia, 41 ka mea, "Kia ahatia koe e ahau?"

Ka mea ia, "E te Ariki, kia titiro ahau."

42 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Titiro; nā tōu whakapono koe i whakaora."

43 Ā, titiro tonu ake ia, ā, aru ana i a ia, me te whakakorōria i te Atua; ā, nō te kitenga o te iwi katoa, ka whakamoemiti ki te Atua.