Mateus 18

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Pononga Murukore

21 Kātahi, ka haere a Pita ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Ariki, kia hia ngā haranga o tōku teina ki ahau, me tāku whakarere noa iho i tōna hara? Kia whitu?"

22 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "E kore ahau e mea ki a koe, Kia whitu, engari, kia whitu tekau whitu."

23 "Koia, ka rite ai te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi kīngi, i mea kia kōrerotia ki a ia āna moni e āna pononga. 24 Ā, ka tīmata ia te ui, ka kawea ki a ia he tangata, tekau mano ngā taranata i a ia. 25 Ā, tē whai rawa ia hei utu, ka mea tōna ariki kia hokona ia, tāna wahine me āna tamariki, me āna taonga katoa, hei whakautu.

26 "Nā, ka tāpapa iho taua pononga, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, ‘E te Ariki, kia āta hanga ki ahau, ā, ka utua katoatia e ahau ki a koe.’ 27 Nā, ka oho i te aroha te ariki o taua pononga, tuku ana i a ia, ā, whakarērea noatia iho e ia āna moni tārewa.

28 "Heoi, te putanga o taua pononga ki waho, ka kite i tētahi o ōna hoa pononga, kotahi rau āna pene i a ia; nā, hopukia ana e ia, nōtia iho te kakī, me te kī anō, ‘Utua tāku nama.’

29 "Heoi, tāpapa ana tōna hoa pononga ki ōna waewae, ka īnoi ki a ia, ka mea, ‘Kia āta hanga ki ahau, ā, ka utua katoatia e ahau ki a koe.’ 30 Ā, kīhai ia i pai; heoi haere ana, maka ana i a ia ki te whare herehere, kia utua katoatia rā anō te nama.

31 "Heoi, nō te kitenga o ōna hoa pononga i taua meatanga, nui atu tō rātou pōuri, ā, haere ana, whakaaturia ana ki tō rātou ariki ngā mea katoa i meatia. 32 Kātahi, ka karanga tōna ariki i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Pononga kino, i whakarērea noatia e ahau taua moni tārewa katoa i a koe, nāu hoki i īnoi ki ahau. 33 Ehara oti i te tika kia tohungia e koe tōu hoa pononga, me ahau hoki i tohu i a koe?’ 34 Nā, ka riri tōna ariki, ā, tukua ana ia ki ngā kaiwhakamamae, kia utua katoatia rā anō tāna nama. 35 Tērā anō, e pērā tōku Matua i te rangi ki a koutou, ki te kore e whakarērea noatia i roto i ō koutou ngākau ngā hē o te teina o tēnei, o tēnei, o koutou."