1 Muri iho, kia pahure ngā tau tekau mā whā, ka haere anō ahau ki Hiruhārama māua ko Pānapa, me te mau anō i a Taituha hei hoa mōku. 2 Nā te whaka­kite­nga mai hoki ahau i haere ai, ā, whaka­takoto­ria ana e ahau ki a rātou te rongo­pai e kauwhau­tia nei e ahau ki ngā tauiwi; otiia, i meatia puku­tia ki te hunga whai ingoa, kei mau­mau kau tāku oma onāia­nei, ō mua rā rānei. 3 Kīhai ia a Taituha tōku hoa, he Kariki nei ia, i meinga kia kotia. 4 Mō ngā tēina teka hoki i whaka­urua puku­tia mai, i haere puku mai nei ki te tiro­tiro i tō mātou āhua, he here­kore i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, kia whaka­tau­reka­reka ai rātou i a mātou. 5 Kīhai rawa mātou i whaka­ngā­wari iho, i rongo ki a rātou, ahakoa kotahi hāora; he mea kia mau ai te pono o te rongo­pai ki a koutou.

6 Otirā, ko te hunga whai ingoa – ahakoa he aha rātou, kāhore tahi he tikanga ki ahau; kāhore a te Atua whaka­pai ki te kanohi tangata – kīhai rātou, te hunga whai ingoa, i whaka­atu mea ki ahau. 7 Engari i tō rātou kite­nga kua tukua ki ahau te rongo­pai ki te kotinga­kore, pērā hoki me tērā ki te kotinga kua tukua rā ki a Pita; 8 ko te kai­mahi hoki i roto i a Pita hei āpō­toro ki te kotinga, mahi ana anō ia i roto i ahau ki ngā tauiwi. 9 Nā, nō rātou ka mātau ki te aroha noa kua hōmai ki ahau, ka hōmai e Hēmi, e Kipa, e Hoani, i meinga nei hei pou, ngā ringa matau hei whaka­hoa­tanga ki a māua ko Pānapa, mō māua kia haere ki ngā tauiwi, ko rātou ia ki te kotinga. 10 Otiia, me mahara māua ki te hunga rawa­kore; he mea anō hoki tēnā i hihiko ai ahau.

11 Nā, i te taenga mai o Kipa ki Anatioka, ka whaka­tika atu ahau ki a ia he kanohi, he kanohi, nō te mea kua tika kia whaka­hē­ngia ia. 12 I mua hoki o te taenga mai o ētahi i a Hēmi, e kai tahi ana ia me ngā tauiwi. Nō tō rātou taenga mai ia, neke atu ana ia, momotu kē ana i a ia; i mataku hoki ki te hunga o te kotinga. 13 I uru anō ērā atu Hūrai ki tōna tini­hanga; heoi, riro pū a Pānapa i tō rātou tini­hanga. 14 Otirā, i tōku kite­nga kīhai rātou i haere tika i runga i te pono o te rongo­pai, ka mea ahau ki a Kipa i te aro­aro o rātou katoa, ki te mea, "Ko koe, he Hūrai, ka whaka­tau­iwi i a koe, ā, kāhore e whaka­hūrai, me pēhea e taea ai e koe te mea ngā tauiwi kia Hūrai?"

15 "Ko tātou, ko ngā Hūrai tupu nei, ehara nei i te hunga hara nō ngā tauiwi, 16 kua mōhio nei ehara ngā mahi a te ture i te mea e tika ai te tangata, engari ko te whaka­pono ki a Īhu Karaiti; kua whaka­pono anō tātou ki a Īhu Karaiti, kia meinga ai te whaka­pono ki a te Karaiti hei tika mō tātou, kāhore ia ngā mahi a te ture; nō te mea kāhore rawa he kiko­kiko e tika i ngā mahi o te ture. 17 Nā, i a tātou e whai nei kia whaka­tikaia i roto i a te Karaiti, ki te kitea tātou nei he hunga hara, he minita rānei a te Karaiti ki te hara? Kāhore rāpea. 18 Ki te mea hoki ka hangā anō e ahau ngā mea i wāhia e ahau, e whaka­kite ana ahau i ahau anō, he tangata hara. 19 Nā te ture hoki ahau i tū­pā­paku ai ki te ture, kia ora ai ahau ki te Atua. 20 Kua rīpeka­tia tahi­tia ahau me te Karaiti; ā, e ora nei, ehara i te mea ko ahau, engari ko te Karaiti e ora ana i roto i ahau. E ora nei hoki ahau i roto i te kiko­kiko, he oranga nā te whaka­pono ki te Tama a te Atua, i aroha nei ki ahau, i tuku nei i a ia mōku. 21 Kāhore āku whaka­kāhore i te aroha noa o te Atua; me­he­mea hoki i nā runga mai te tika i te ture, mau­mau mate noa a te Karaiti."