1 I te mea ko tō te ture he ātā­rangi nō ngā mea pai e puta ana mai i muri, ehara i te āhua pū o aua mea, e kore e whai mana i aua patu­nga tapu e whaka­eke­tia tonu­tia ana e rātou i tēnei tau, i tēnei tau, e tino tika ai te hunga e whaka­tata ana. 2 Pēnei e kore rānei e mutu te whaka­eke? Me i oti hoki te hunga nāna taua kara­kia te mea kia mā, kua kore ō rātou mahara ki ngā hara? 3 I aua patu­nga tapu ia e hoki­hoki ana te mahara ki ngā hara i ia tau, i ia tau. 4 E kore hoki e tau mā ngā toto o ngā pūru, o ngā koati e whaka­kāhore ngā hara.

5 Nā reira i a ia e haere mai ana ki te ao, ka mea ia:

"Kīhai i mate­nui­tia e koe te patu­nga tapu me te whaka­here,

kua rite mai i a koe he tinana mōku.

6 Kīhai koe i āhua­reka ki ngā tahu­nga tinana,

ki ngā whaka­here hara.

7 Kātahi ahau ka mea atu, ‘Tēnei ahau te haere atu nei,

kei roto i te ūpoko o te puka­puka te tuhi­tuhi­nga mōku,

ki te mea i tāu i pai ai, e te Atua.’ "

8 I tāna mea­tanga i mua ake, "Kīhai koe i mate­nui ki te patu­nga tapu, ki te whaka­here, ki ngā tahu­nga tinana, ki ngā whaka­here hara, kāhore anō hoki ōu āhua­reka mai," he mea nei e tāpaea ana i runga i te ture. 9 Kātahi ia ka mea, "Tēnei ahau te haere atu nei ki te mea i tāu i pai ai, e te Atua." E tango­hia ana e ia te tua­tahi, kia whaka­tū­ria ai e ia te tuarua. 10 Nā taua pai nei i oti ai tātou te whaka­tapu, he mea­tanga nā te tāpae­nga atu kotahi o te tinana o Īhu Karaiti.

11 Nā, ko ngā tohu­nga katoa, e tū ana rātou, e minita ana i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, he maha anō hoki ā rātou whaka­eke­nga atu i aua patu­nga tapu rā anō, e kore rawa nei e tau hei tango i ngā hara. 12 Ko tēnei ia, kotahi nei tāna patu­nga tapu i whaka­eke atu ai mō ngā hara, noho tonu atu i te ringa matau o te Atua 13 i muri nei he tatari tāna kia waiho rā anō ōna hoa­riri hei taka­hanga mō ōna wae­wae. 14 Kotahi nei hoki tāna whaka­here, ā, tika tonu i a ia ake ake te hunga ka oti te whaka­tapu.

15 Hei kai­whaka­atu anō te Wairua Tapu mō tēnei ki a tātou; i muri mai i tāna kīanga mai,

16 "Ko te kawe­nata tēnei e whaka­ritea e ahau

ki a rātou i muri i aua rā, e kī ana te Ariki:

Ka hoatu e ahau āku ture ki ō rātou ngākau,

ka tuhi­tuhia hoki e ahau ki ō rātou hine­ngaro."

Ā, ka mea anō ia, 17 "E kore hoki e mahara­tia e ahau ō rātou hara, ō rātou kino ā mua ake." 18 Nā, ki te murua ēnei, kāhore he whaka­here mō ngā hara i muri iho.

19 Nā, e ōku tēina, ka ai nei ngā toto o Īhu hei take e māia ai tātou te tomo ki te Tino Wāhi Tapu, 20 hei ara hou mō tātou, arā hei ara ora, he mea whaka­tapu nāna, e tika atu ana nā te ārai, arā nā tōna kiko­kiko. 21 Ā, i te mea he nui tō tātou tohu­nga mō te whare o te Atua, 22 kia whaka­tata atu tātou, i runga i te ngākau pono, i te whaka­pono e tino ū ana, he mea tā­uhi­uhi te ngākau, kia kore ai te hine­ngaro kino, he mea horoi anō hoki te tinana ki te wai mārama. 23 Kia mau tā tātou whaka­ae ki te mea e tūmanako­hia atu nei, kei ngā­ueue; he pono hoki tā te kai­whaka­ari mai. 24 Kia whai whaka­aro anō tātou tētahi ki tētahi, kia whaka­oho­kia te aroha me ngā mahi pai, 25 kei mahue te hui­hui i a tātou anō, kei pērā me te hanga a ētahi. Engari me whaka­hau­hau tētahi i tētahi, kia nui rawa anō hoki i te mea ka kite koutou ka tata te rā.

26 Ki te hara hoki tātou i muri iho i tō tātou whi­whi­nga ki te mātau­ranga ki te pono, kāhore atu hoki he patu­nga tapu i mahue mō ngā hara; 27 engari, ka tatari āhua mataku ki te whaka­wā, ki te riri kino anō nā te ahi, e whaka­ngaro­mia ai ngā hoa­riri. 28 Ko te tangata i takahi i te ture a Mohi kīhai i tohu­ngia, ka mate i runga i te kupu a ngā kai­whaka­atu toko­rua, toko­toru rānei. 29 Ki tō koutou whaka­aro, e kore rānei e tika kia rahi ake te whiu mō te tangata i taka­hia ai te Tama a te Atua, i meinga ai hei mea noa ngā toto o te kawe­nata i whaka­tapua ai ia, ā, whaka­iti ana i te Wairua o te aroha noa? 30 E mātau ana hoki tātou nā wai tēnei kupu, "Māku te rapu utu; māku te hoatu utu, e ai tā te Ariki," me tēnei anō, "E whaka­wā te Ariki mō tāna iwi." 31 He mea mataku te taka ki roto ki ngā ringa­ringa o te Atua ora.

32 Engari, kia mahara ki ngā rā ō mua, i a koutou i whaka­mārama­tia rā, he nui noa atu ngā rau­hanga a te mate, i whaka­ririka kau nā koutou. 33 Ko tētahi wāhi, i a koutou i meinga e ngā tāwai­nga, e ngā tūkino­tanga hei mea mā­taki­taki; ko tētahi wāhi, i a koutou i meinga hei hoa mō te hunga i pērā­tia. 34 I mamae tahi hoki koutou me te hunga i te here­here, i hari hoki ki te pāhua­tanga o ō koutou taonga, i mahara hoki tērā atu he taonga mō koutou, he mea pai ake, he mea pūmau tonu. 35 Nā, kaua e whaka­rērea tō koutou māia, he rahi hoki tōna utu. 36 Ko te mea hoki hei mate­nui­tanga mā koutou he manawa­nui; kia oti ai i a koutou te mahi tā te Atua i pai ai, e riro tonu ai i a koutou ngā mea i whaka­aria mai rā.

37 "Potopoto kau ake hoki,

ā, ka tae mai tēnei e haere mai nei,

e kore anō e whaka­roa.

38 Mā te whaka­pono ia e ora ai te tangata tika;

ā, ki te hoki tētahi ki muri,

e kore tōku wairua e āhua­reka ki a ia."

39 Otiia, ehara tātou i te hunga e hoki ana ki muri, ki te whaka­ngaro­manga, engari nō te hunga e whaka­pono ana, ā, ora ana te wairua.