Epeha 4:1-12

Kotahitanga o te Tinana

1 Koia ahau, tā te Ariki here­here, ka whaka­hau nei i a koutou kia rite tā koutou haere ki te karanga­tanga i karanga­tia ai koutou, 2 kia pāpaku rawa te ngākau, kia māhaki, kia manawa­nui, kia āta hanga tētahi ki tētahi, i runga i te aroha; 3 me whai kia mau te kotahi­tanga o te Wairua, he mea pai­here nā te rangi­mārie. 4 Kotahi tonu te tinana, kotahi te Wairua, pērā hoki me tō koutou karanga­tanga, kotahi tonu te mea o tō koutou karanga­tanga hei tūmanako­tanga atu; 5 kotahi Ariki, kotahi whaka­pono, kotahi iri­iri, 6 kotahi Atua, ko te Matua o ngā mea katoa, kei runga nei ia i ngā mea katoa, puta noa ia i ngā mea katoa, kei roto hoki i te katoa.

7 Kua oti ia te aroha noa te hōmai ki tēnei, ki tēnei, o tātou, i runga i te mēhua o tā te Karaiti hōmai­tanga. 8 Nā reira hoki ia i mea ai:

"I tōna kake­nga ki runga,

whaka­raua ana e ia ngā whaka­rau,

ā, hoatu mea ana ia mā ngā tāngata."

9 Nā, ko tēnei, "I kake ia ki runga," he aha, me­he­mea kāhore ia i mātua heke ki ngā wāhi o raro rawa o te whenua? 10 Tērā i heke rā, ko ia anō i kake atu nei ki runga ake i ngā rangi katoa, kia kī ai ngā mea katoa i a ia. 11 Ā, hōmai ana e ia ko ētahi hei āpō­toro; ko ētahi hei poro­piti; ko ētahi hei kai­kauwhau i te rongo­pai; ko ētahi hei hēpara, hei kai­whaka­ako; 12 kia tino rite ai te hunga tapu mō te mahi minita, mō te hanga i te whare, arā i te tinana o te Karaiti;