1 KORINITI 12

Kotahi te Tinana, he Tini ōna Wāhi

12 Pērā hoki i te tinana e kotahi ana, he tini anō ōna wāhi, ā, ko ngā wāhi katoa o taua tinana kotahi, ahakoa tini, kotahi anō tinana; he pērā hoki a te Karaiti. 13 Kotahi nei hoki te Wairua i iri­iria ai tātou katoa ki roto ki te tinana kotahi, ahakoa ngā Hūrai, ahakoa ngā Kariki, ahakoa here­here, ahakoa ranga­tira; kotahi tonu te Wairua i whaka­inu­mia mai ai tātou katoa.

14 Ehara hoki te tinana i te wāhi kotahi, engari he tini. 15 Ki te mea te wae­wae, "He teka nō te tinana ahau, ehara hoki ahau i te ringa," ehara mā tēnā e kāhore ai ia hei wāhi mō te tinana? 16 Ki te mea te tari­nga, "He teka nō te tinana ahau, ehara hoki ahau i te kanohi," ehara mā tēnā e kāhore ai ia hei wāhi mō te tinana? 17 Me­he­mea hoki he kanohi te tinana katoa, kei hea te wāhi hei whaka­rongo? Me­he­mea he whaka­rongo tā te katoa, kei hea te wāhi hei hongi? 18 Ko tēnei, kua oti i te Atua te whaka­noho tēnei wāhi, tēnei wāhi, ki roto ki te tinana, āna hoki i pai ai. 19 Me­he­mea hoki kotahi anō wāhi rātou katoa, kei hea te tinana? 20 Ko tēnei, he tini ngā wāhi, kotahi anō te tinana.

21 E kore hoki te kanohi e āhei te mea ki te ringa, "Kāhore āku mahi māu"; te māhu­nga rānei ki ngā wae­wae, "Kāhore āku mahi mā kōrua." 22 Engari, ko ngā wāhi o te tinana e kīa ana he ngoi­kore, nui rawa te mahi, mā ērā; 23 ko ngā wāhi hoki o te tinana e kīa ana e tātou he iti te hōnore, nui atu te hōnore e whaka­taua iho ana e tātou ki ērā; nui atu hoki te āta­ahua ki ō tātou wāhi maru­tuna; 24 ko ō tātou wāhi āta­ahua ia kāhore he aha e meatia ai; heoi he mea hui­hui mārire nā te Atua ngā wāhi o te tinana, he mea whaka­rite mārie, nui atu hoki te hōnore i hoatu e ia ki te wāhi i hapa; 25 kia kore ai he wehe­wehe­nga o te tinana; engari kia kotahi tonu te whaka­aro o ngā wāhi mō tētahi, mō tētahi. 26 Ā, ki te mamae tētahi wāhi, mamae tahi ana ngā wāhi katoa; ki te whaka­hōnore­tia tētahi wāhi, hari tahi ana ngā wāhi katoa.

27 Nā, ko koutou te tinana o te Karaiti, he wāhi anō nōna tēnei, tēnei.