HIPERU 6

1 Nā, kāti tātou te kōrero i ngā tīma­tanga o tā te Karaiti ako, hoake tātou ki te tino tikanga; kaua e tua­rua­tia te whaka­takoto i te tū­ranga, arā i te rīpe­netā ki ngā mahi mate, i te whaka­pono hoki ki te Atua, 2 i te whaka­ako ki ngā iri­iri, ki te whaka­pā­nga o ngā ringa­ringa, ki te aranga o ngā tāngata mate, ki te whaka­wā­kanga mutunga­kore. 3 Ā, ka meatia anō tēnei e tātou ki te tukua e te Atua.

4 Ko te hunga hoki kua oti te whaka­mārama, kua pā ki te mea i hōmai i runga i te rangi, kua whi­whi ki te Wairua Tapu, 5 kua kitea anō te pai o tā te Atua kupu, me ngā mea kaha o te ao meāke nei puta; 6 ki te taka atu rātou, e kore rātou e taea te whaka­hou ake ki te rīpe­netā; ka rīpeka­tia houtia hoki te Tama a te Atua e rātou nei anō, ka meinga hoki kia tāwaia nuitia.

7 Ko te whenua hoki e inu nei i te ua hono­hono te heke ki runga ki a ia, ā, e mea ana i te ota­ota pai kia tupu ake mā te hunga i mahia ai, ka whi­whi ki tā te Atua manaaki. 8 Ki te tupu­ria ia e te tā­tarā­moa, e te tū­mata­kuru, ka whaka­kinoa, ka tata ki te kanga; ko tōna whaka­mutu­nga ka tahuna.

9 Otiia, ahakoa pēnei noa tā mātou kōrero, e ū ana anō tō mātou whaka­aro, e ōku hoa aroha, ki ngā mea pai kē atu kei a koutou, he mea hoki mō te whaka­ora­nga. 10 E kore hoki te Atua e hē, e ware­ware ki tā koutou mahi, ki te uaua o tō koutou aroha, i whaka­kitea mai e koutou ki tōna ingoa, i a koutou i ata­whai i te hunga tapu, ā, ka ata­whai nei anō. 11 Otiia, e hia­hia ana mātou kia whaka­kitea taua uaua nā anō e tēnei, e tēnei o koutou, kia taea rawa­tia te pūmau­tanga o te whaka­aro i tū­mana­ko ai koutou ā te mutu­nga rā anō. 12 Kia kaua e pūhoi, engari kia rite ki tā te hunga i whaka­pono, i whaka­manawa­nui, ā, riro mai ana i a rātou ngā mea i whaka­aria mai.

Te Kupu Whakaari Tūturu o te Atua

13 I tā te Atua whaka­ari­nga mea ki a Āperahama, i te mea kāhore tētahi i nui ake hei oati­tanga, ka oati­tia e ia a ia ake anō, 14 ka mea, "Inā, ka manaaki­tia rawa­tia koe e ahau, ka whaka­nuia rawa­tia anō hoki koe." 15 Heoi, whaka­manawa­nui ana ia, ā, riro ana i a ia te kupu whaka­ari. 16 Ko te mea nui ake hoki tā ngā tāngata e waiho ai hei oati; ā, ki a rātou hei mutu­nga mō ngā whaka­hoki­hoki kupu katoa te oati whakaū. 17 Nō reira, i te mahara o te Atua kia tino whaka­kitea ki te hunga mō rātou nei te kupu whaka­ari te pūmau o tōna whaka­aro, ka whaka­urua mai e ia he oati, 18 kia rua ai ngā mea pūmau, he mea e kore ai e āhei kia teka te Atua. Mā reira ka kaha ai he whaka­mārie mō tātou, mō te hunga kua rere ki te pupuri i te mea e takoto mai nei i te aro­aro, e tūmanako­hia atu nei. 19 Hei punga anō tēnei mā tātou mō te wairua, he tū­mana­ko mau tonu, ū tonu, tae tonu atu anō hoki ki te mea i roto i te ārai; 20 ki te wāhi kua tapoko atu nei a Īhu ki reira, hei mātā­mua mō tātou, i a ia i meinga hei tohu­nga nui mō ā mua tonu atu, i runga i te rite­nga o Merekihereke.