1 Nā Paora, nā rātou ko Hirawanu, ko Tīmoti –

Ki te hāhi o te hunga o Teharonika i roto i te Atua, i tō tātou Matua, i te Ariki hoki, i a Īhu Karaiti:

2 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa me te rangi­mārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti.

3 He tika rawa kia whaka­whetai mātou ki te Atua i ngā wā katoa mō koutou, e ōku tēina, he mea pai rā hoki ia, nō te mea e neke ake ana tō koutou whaka­pono, he nui rawa hoki te aroha o koutou katoa, o tētahi ki tētahi. 4 I whaka­mana­mana ai mātou ki a koutou i roto i ngā hāhi a te Atua, ki tō koutou ū, ki tō koutou whaka­pono i ngā whaka­toi­nga katoa i a koutou, i ngā tūkino­tanga hoki e whaka­ririka kau nā koutou.

5 He tohu tēnei mō te tika o tā te Atua whaka­wā, kia kīa ai koutou he tau mō te kīngi­tanga o te Atua, e mate nei koutou he whaka­aro ki tērā. 6 Me­he­mea ia he tika ki te Atua kia utua ki te kino te hunga e tūkino ana i a koutou; 7 ā, ki a koutou hoki e tūkino­tia nā, kia oki­oki tahi me mātou, i te whaka­kite­nga mai o te Ariki, o Īhu, i runga i te rangi me ngā ana­hera o tōna kaha, 8 i roto i te mura ahi e rapu utu ana i te hunga kāhore e mātau ki te Atua, kāhore nei hoki e ngohe­ngohe ki te rongo­pai o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti. 9 Ko te utu hoki e whaka­pā­ngia ki a rātou he whaka­ngaro­manga, he mea mutunga­kore i te aro­aro anō o te Ariki, i te korōria anō hoki o tōna kaha. 10 Ina haere mai ia kia whaka­korōria­tia i roto i tāna hunga tapu, kia whaka­moe­miti­tia i roto i te hunga whaka­pono katoa i taua rā; i whaka­pono nā hoki koutou ki tā mātou whaka­atu i roto i a koutou.

11 Koia nei mātou ka īnoi tonu nei mō koutou, kia meinga koutou e tō tātou Atua he tau mō tēnei karanga­tanga, kia whaka­otia anō hoki e ia i runga i te kaha ngā mea katoa i āhua­reka ai tōna pai, me te mahi anō hoki o te whaka­pono, 12 kia whaka­korōria­tia ai te ingoa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, i roto i a koutou, me koutou hoki i roto i a ia, kia rite ai ki tā te aroha noa o tō tātou Atua, o te Ariki hoki, o Īhu Karaiti.