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Te Īnoi a Paora

15 Nā konei ahau, i tōku rongo­nga ki tō koutou whaka­pono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu, ki te aroha anō hoki ki te hunga tapu katoa, 16 kāhore e mutu tāku whaka­whetai mō koutou, me te whaka­hua anō i a koutou i āku īnoi­nga; 17 kia hōmai ki a koutou e te Atua o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, e te Matua o te korōria, te wairua o te whaka­aro nui, o te whaka­kite­nga i runga i te mōhio ki a ia. 18 Kia whaka­mārama­tia ngā kanohi o tō koutou hine­ngaro; kia mātau ai koutou ki te mea o tāna karanga e tūmanako­hia atu nei, ki te korōria nui hoki o tōna taonga i roto i te hunga tapu, 19 ki te nui whaka­hara­hara hoki o tōna kaha ki a tātou ki te hunga e whaka­pono nei, i runga i te mahi­nga a te mana o tōna kaha, 20 i mahi ai ia i roto i a te Karaiti i tāna whaka­ara­hanga i a ia i te hunga mate, ā, whaka­noho­ia ana ia ki tōna matau, ki ngā wāhi i te rangi, 21 ki runga ake i ngā kāwana­tanga katoa, i te mana, i te kaha, i te ranga­tira­tanga, i ngā ingoa katoa hoki e whaka­hua­tia ana, ehara i te mea ko o tēnei ao anake, ko o tērā ao anō hoki. 22 Ā, tukua ana e ia ngā mea katoa ki raro i ōna wae­wae, meinga ana hoki ia hei ūpoko i runga i ngā mea katoa mō te hāhi, 23 arā, mō tōna tinana, e kī tonu nei i a ia, i te kai­whaka­kī o ngā mea katoa i roto i te katoa.