1 He pono tāku kōrero i roto i a te Karaiti, kāhore āku teka, ā, e whakaae ana tōku hinengaro ki ahau i roto i te Wairua Tapu, 2 he nui atu tōku pōuri, mau tonu te mamae o tōku ngākau. 3 He pai hoki ki ahau me i kangā ahau, me i motuhia i a te Karaiti, he whakaaro ki ōku tēina, arā, ki ōku whanaunga o te wāhi ki te kikokiko. 4 Nō Īharaira nei rātou; nō rātou nei te whakatamarikitanga, te korōria, ngā kawenata, te hōmaitanga o te ture, te karakia ki te Atua, me ngā kupu whakaari; 5 nō rātou nei ngā mātua, nō rātou anō a te Karaiti i te wāhi ki te kikokiko, ko ia nei kei runga ake i ngā mea katoa, ko te Atua e whakapaingia ana ake ake. Āmine.

6 Ehara ia i te mea kua taka te kupu a te Atua. Ko te hunga hoki o Īharaira, ehara i te mea nō Īharaira katoa; 7 ahakoa he uri nō Āperahama, ehara rātou katoa i te tamariki; engari, "Kei a Īhaka te whakaingoatanga mō ōu uri." 8 Arā, ehara i te mea ko ngā tamariki a te kikokiko ngā tamariki a te Atua, engari, ko ngā tamariki a te kupu whakaari, ko rātou ka kīia he uri. 9 He kupu whakaari hoki tēnei, "Kia taka tēnei wā ka haere mai ahau, ā, ka whānau he tama mā Hera."

10 Nā, ehara i te mea ko tēnei anake; i a Ripeka anō ia kua hapū i tētahi, arā i a Īhaka, i tō mātou matua. 11 I ngā tama hoki kāhore anō i whānau noa, kāhore anō hoki i mahi te pai, i te kino rānei, he mea kia ū ai tā te Atua i whakatakoto ai mō te whiriwhiringa, ehara i ngā mahi, engari, nā te kaikaranga; 12 ka kōrerotia ki a ia, "Ko te tuakana hei pononga mā te teina." 13 Ko te mea ia i tuhituhia, "Kua aroha ahau ki a Hākopa, kua kino ki a Ēhau."

14 Ka pēhea ai i konā tā tātou kōrero? He tikanga hē koia kei te Atua? Kāhore rāpea! 15 I mea hoki ia ki a Mohi,

"E tohu ahau i tāku e tohu ai,

e atawhai ahau ki tāku e atawhai ai."

16 Nō reira, ehara i te mea nā te hiahia o te tangata, nā te oma rānei o te tangata, engari, nā te Atua, ko ia e tohu nei. 17 E mea nei hoki te karaipiture ki a Parao, Mō konei pū anō koe i whakaarahia ai e ahau, kia ai koe hei whakakite i tōku kaha, kia kōrerotia hoki tōku ingoa ki te whenua katoa. 18 Nā konā, e tohungia ana e ia, ko tāna e pai ai, ko tāna hoki e pai ai e whakapakeketia ana e ia.

19 Nā, tērā koe e mea mai ki ahau, "He aha ia i riri tonu ai? Ko wai hoki e whakakeke ana ki tāna i pai ai?" 20 Ha, e te tangata nei, ko wai koe hei whakahoki kupu ki te Atua? Mā te mea hanga koia e mea ki tōna kaihanga, "He aha ahau i hangā ai e koe kia pēnei?" 21 He teka ianei kei te kaihanga rīhi te tikanga mō te paru, kia hangā tētahi wāhi o taua mea kotahi i pokepokea hei oko rangatira, tētahi wāhi hei mea ware?

22 He aha hoki, mehemea, i tōna whakaaro kia whakakitea tōna riri, ā, kia whakaputaina tōna kaha, ka whakaririka te Atua i runga i te manawanui ki ngā oko o te riri, e rite rawa nei mō te whakangaro? 23 Kia whakakitea anō hoki e ia ngā rawa o tōna korōria ki ngā oko o te mahi tohu, kua rite noa ake nei i a ia mō te korōria, 24 arā ki a tātou, i karangatia e ia, ehara i te mea nō ngā Hūrai anake, engari, nō ngā tauiwi anō hoki? 25 Ko tāna kupu anō tēnā i tā Hohea,

"Ka kīia e ahau tērā ko tōku iwi,

ehara nei i te iwi nōku;

ā, he wahine e arohaina ana

te wahine kīhai i arohaina.

26 Ā tēnei ake, i te wāhi i kōrerotia ai ki a rātou,

‘Ehara koutou i te iwi nōku’;

ko reira rātou kīia ai ‘he tama nā te Atua ora.’ "

27 Ko tā Ihāia karanga hoki mō Īharaira,

"Ahakoa i rite te tokomaha o ngā tama a Īharaira ki te onepū o te moana,

ko te toenga kau e ora.

28 Mā te Ariki hoki e whakatutuki tāna kupu

ki runga i te whenua, māna e whakaoti,

māna e poro tata."

29 Ā, e kī rā a Ihāia i mua rā,

"Me kāhore te toe i te Atua o ngā mano

he whānau mō tātou,

kua pērā tātou me Horoma,

kua rite anō hoki ki Komora."

30 Nā, kia pēhea tā tātou kōrero? Ko ngā tauiwi, kīhai nei i whai i te tika, kua tae rātou ki te tika, arā, ki te tika, nā te whakapono. 31 Ko Īharaira ia, whai ana i tētahi ture o te tika, kīhai rātou i tae ki taua ture. 32 Nā te aha? Nā te mea kīhai rātou i whai i runga i te whakapono, engari, ānō nā runga i ngā mahi. I tūtuki hoki ō rātou waewae ki te kāmaka tūtukitanga; 33 ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia:

"Nanā, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki Hiona

he kāmaka tūtukitanga,

he kōhatu whakahinga.

Nā, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia,

e kore e meinga kia whakamā."