1 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei: I te mea he tama­riki tonu te tangata mōna te kāinga, kāhore ia e rerekē i te pono­nga, ahakoa ko te ranga­tira ia o ngā mea katoa; 2 engari, e meatia ana e ngā kai­tohu­tohu, e ngā kai­titiro, kia taea rā anō te wā i whaka­ritea e te pāpā. 3 Wai­hoki ko tātou, i te mea e tama­riki ana, he pono­nga tātou nā ngā mea tīma­tanga o te ao. 4 Ā, nō ka tutuki te tāima, ka tonoa mai e te Atua tāna Tama, i whānau i te wahine, i whānau i raro i te ture, 5 hei hoko i te hunga i raro i te ture, kia whi­whi ai tātou ki te whaka­tamariki­tanga.

6 Nā, i te mea he tama­riki koutou, kua tonoa mai e te Atua te Wairua o tāna Tama ki roto ki ō koutou ngākau, e karanga ana, "E Apa, e Pā!" 7 Heoi, kua mutu tōu pononga­tanga, engari kua tama koe; ā, ki te mea he tama, nā mōu ngā mea i roto i te Atua.

8 Heoi i reira, i te mea kīhai koutou i mātau ki te Atua, he pono­nga koutou nā ngā mea ehara nei i te atua tupu. 9 Ināia­nei ia, i te mea ka mātau nei koutou ki te Atua, arā, ka mātau­ria nei koutou e te Atua, he aha koutou ka tahuri ai anō ki aua mea ngoi­kore, rawa­kore, ki ngā mea tīma­tanga, e hokia nā e tō koutou hia­hia, kia waiho koutou hei pono­nga mā aua mea? 10 E mau ana koutou ki ngā rā, ki ngā marama, ki ngā wā, ki ngā tau. 11 E manawa­pā ana ahau ki a koutou, kei kore he hua mō tāku i mahi ai i roto i a koutou.

12 E ōku tēina, ko tāku tohe tēnei ki a koutou, kia rite ki ahau; e rite ana hoki ahau ki a koutou. Kāhore ā koutou mahi hē ki ahau. 13 E mātau ana koutou he mea nā te ngoi­kore e tōku kiko­kiko tāku kauwhau i te rongo­pai ki a koutou i te tua­tahi. 14 Heoi, kīhai koutou i whaka­hāwea, i whaka­kino ki tōku whaka­mā­tautau­ranga i tōku kiko­kiko; nā, tahuri mai ana koutou ki ahau, ānō he ana­hera ahau nā te Atua, me te mea ānō ko Īhu Karaiti. 15 Kei hea rā tērā hari o koutou? He kai­whaka­atu hoki ahau mō tā koutou, me i taea kua tīkaro­hia e koutou ō koutou kanohi, ā, kua hōmai ki ahau. 16 Koia, kua hoa­riri­tia rānei ahau ki a koutou, mōku i kōrero i te pono ki a koutou?

17 Ko tā rātou whai­whai i a koutou ehara i te pai; engari, e mea ana rātou kia tū­taki­na mai koutou, kia whai ai ko koutou ki a rātou. 18 He mea pai ia kia mate­nui­tia i runga i te pai i ngā wā katoa, kauaka hoki i tōku nohoa­nga anake ki a koutou. 19 E āku tama­riki, ka mamae nei anō ahau mō koutou, kia whai āhua rā anō a te Karaiti i roto i a koutou, 20 ko tāku hia­hia me i konā ahau i a koutou nā āia­nei, kia puta kē anō tōku reo; nō te mea e rua­rua ana ahau ki a koutou.

21 Kī mai ki ahau, e te hunga e hia­hia ana kia noho i raro i te ture, kāhore ianei koutou e rongo ki tā te ture? 22 Kua oti hoki te tuhi­tuhi, toko­rua ngā tama a Āperahama, kotahi nā te wahine pono­nga, kotahi nā te wahine ranga­tira. 23 Ko tā te pono­nga nō te kiko­kiko tōna whānau­tanga. Ko tā te wahine ranga­tira ia he mea kōrero mai i mua. 24 He mea whaka­rite aua mea: ko ngā wāhine nei ngā kawe­nata e rua; kotahi nō Maunga Hinai, whānau ake ana hei tau­reka­reka, ko Hakara tēnei. 25 Nā, ko tēnei Hakara ko Maunga Hinai i Arāpia, e rite ana hoki ki Hiruhārama onāia­nei, he pono­nga nei hoki ia, rātou ko āna tama­riki. 26 Tēnā, ko te Hiruhārama i runga he mea here­kore, ko ia tō tātou whaea. 27 Kua oti hoki te tuhi­tuhi:

"Kia hari, e te pākoko kāhore nei e whānau!

Hāmama, karanga, e te mea kāhore nei kia whaka­mamae;

he tini kē hoki ngā tama­riki

a te mea mahue i ā te mea whai tāne."

28 Nā, ko tātou nei, e ōku tēina, e rite ana ki a Īhaka, he tama­riki nā te kupu whaka­ari. 29 Engari e rite ana anō ki tō mua, ko te mea nō te kiko­kiko nei tōna whānau­tanga, whaka­toia ana e ia te tama nō te Wairua nei tōna; e pērā ana anō ināia­nei. 30 Heoi, e pēhea ana tā te karaipi­ture? "Peia atu te wahine pono­nga rāua ko tāna tama; e kore hoki te tama a te wahine pono­nga e whi­whi tahi me te tama a te wahine ranga­tira ki te taonga." 31 Nā, ehara tātou, e ōku tēina, i te tama­riki nā te wahine pono­nga, engari nā te wahine ranga­tira.