1 Kia mau tonu te aroha ki ngā tēina. 2 Kei ware­ware ki te ata­whai manu­hiri; nā tēnei hoki i whaka­manu­hiri ana­hera ai ētahi, kīhai anō i mātau atu. 3 Mahara­tia ngā here­here, me te mea nō koutou tahi te here­here­nga; me te hunga hoki e whaka­tupu­ria kino­tia ana, kei te tinana nā hoki koutou.

4 Meinga te mārena hei mea hōnore mā te katoa, ā, kaua te moenga e tukua kia poke. Ko te hunga moe­puku ia, me te hunga pūremu, e whaka­taua e te Atua te hē ki a rātou.

5 Whaka­kāhore­tia atu te mahi apo taonga; kāti anō ngā mea mā koutou ko ngā mea i a koutou nā. Kua mea mai hoki ia, "E kore ahau e whaka­rere i a koe, e kore anō hoki e mawehe i a koe." 6 Heoi, ka māia tātou ki te kī ake:

"Kei tōku taha te Ariki,

e kore ahau e mataku

ki tā te tangata e mea ai ki ahau."

7 Kia mahara ki te hunga e tohu­tohu ana i a koutou, kua kōrero nei i te kupu a te Atua ki a koutou. Tiro­hia te tuku­nga iho o tā rātou whaka­haere, kia rite tō koutou ki tō rātou whaka­pono. 8 Tūturu tonu a Īhu Karaiti ina­nahi, ināia­nei, ā ake ake. 9 Kei kāhaki­hakina koutou e ngā whaka­ako­ranga maha, e ngā mea poka hou ake. He mea pai hoki kia whaka­ū­kia te ngākau ki runga i te aroha noa; ehara i te mea ki ngā kai, kāhore hoki he pai o ēnā mea mō te hunga nā rātou nei tērā mahi.

10 He āta anō tā tātou, e kore nei e tika kia kainga tōna e te hunga e mahi ana i tā te ta­pe­nā­kara. 11 Nā, ko ngā kararehe nō rātou nei ngā toto e mauria ana e te tohu­nga nei mō te hara ki roto ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu, e tahuna ana ngā tinana o ērā ki waho o te puni. 12 Nā reira hoki a Īhu, i tāna whaka­tapu­nga i te iwi ki ōna toto ake anō, i mamae ai ki waho o te kūwaha. 13 Nā, kia haere atu tātou ki a ia ki waho o te puni, me te mau anō tātou i tōna tāwai­nga. 14 Kāhore hoki he pā tūmau mō tātou i konei, engari e rapu ana tātou i tētahi i roto i ngā wā ā muri nei. 15 Nā, kia tāpaea atu e tātou ki runga ki a ia i ngā wā katoa te whaka­moe­miti ki te Atua hei whaka­here, arā te hua o ngā ngutu e whaka­whetai ana ki tōna ingoa. 16 Kei ware­ware hoki ki te mahi pai, ki te ata­whai. E manako­hia ana hoki e te Atua ngā patu­nga tapu pērā.

17 Kia ngohe­ngohe ki ō koutou kai­tohu­tohu, kia ngā­wari ki tā rātou kupu; e mata­ara ana hoki rātou ki ō koutou wairua, ā, me kōrero anō e rātou ā mua te tikanga o ā rātou mahi. Kia hari ai rātou ina mea i tēnei, kia kaua hoki e pōuri; kāhore hoki he pai o tēnei mō koutou.

18 Īnoi mō mātou; ū tonu hoki tō mātou whaka­aro ki tō mātou hine­ngaro he pai, e hia­hia ana hoki mātou kia tika tā mātou whaka­haere i ngā mea katoa. 19 I kaha rawa ai tāku whaka­hau ki a koutou kia meatia tēnei, he mea kia wawe ai ahau te whaka­hokia atu ki a koutou.

20 Nā, mā te Atua o te rangi­mārie, nāna nei i whaka­hoki mai i roto i te hunga mate tō tātou Ariki, a Īhu, taua Hēpara nui o ngā hipi, he mea­tanga nā ngā toto o te kawe­nata mutunga­kore, 21 māna koutou e mea kia tino tika i runga i ngā mahi pai katoa, kia mahia anō e koutou tāna i pai ai. Māna e mahi i roto i a koutou te mea e āhua­reka ana ki tāna ti­tiro, i roto anō i a Īhu Karaiti; waiho atu i a ia te korōria ake ake. Āmine.

22 He kupu anō tēnei nāku ki a koutou, e ōku tēina, āta whaka­rangona mai te kupu whaka­hau; he toru­toru nei hoki ngā kupu kua tuhi­tuhia atu nei e ahau ki a koutou. 23 Kia mātau koutou kua tukua ki waho tō tātou teina, a Tīmoti. Ki te haere wawe mai ia, ko māua tahi e kite i a koutou.

24 Oha atu ki te hunga katoa e tohu­tohu ana i a koutou, ki te hunga tapu katoa anō hoki. Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koutou te hunga o Itari.

25 Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou katoa. Āmine.