1 Ā, i tōna haere­nga ki te whare o tētahi o ngā ranga­tira, he Parihi, ki te kai taro i te hāpati, nā ti­tiro pū mai ana rātou ki a ia. 2 Nā, ko tētahi tangata i tōna aro­aro, he kōpū tetere tōna mate. 3 Nā, ka oho a Īhu, ka kōrero ki ngā kai­whaka­ako o te ture, ki ngā Parihi, ka mea, "He mea tika rānei te whaka­ora i te hāpati?"

4 Ā, kīhai rātou i kīkī. Nā, ka mau ia ki a ia, ā, whaka­ora­ngia ana, tukua ana kia haere. 5 Nā, ka whaka­hoki ia ki a rātou, ka mea, "Ki te taka te kāihe, te kau rānei, a tētahi o koutou ki te poka, e kore ianei e hūtia ake e ia i reira pū anō i te rā hāpati?"

6 Ā, kīhai i taea e rātou te utu ēnei kupu āna.

7 Nā, ka kōrero­tia e ia tētahi kupu whaka­rite ki te hunga i karanga­tia, i tōna kite­nga i a rātou e whiri­whiri ana i ngā nohoa­nga ranga­tira; i mea ia ki a rātou, 8 "Ki te karanga­tia koe e tētahi ki te mārena, kaua e noho ki te noho­anga ranga­tira, kei karanga­tia hoki e ia tētahi he nui atu i a koe, 9 ā, ka haere mai te tangata i karanga­tia ai kōrua, ka mea ki a koe, ‘Tukua he nohoa­nga mō tēnei,’ ā, ka whaka­mā koe, ka haere ki tō muri rawa nohoa­nga noho ai. 10 Engari, ka karanga­tia koe, haere, e noho ki tō muri rawa nohoa­nga. Mō te tae rawa mai o te tangata nāna koe i karanga, nā, ka mea ia ki a koe, ‘E hoa, neke ake.’ Ko reira hoki koe whai korōria ai i te aro­aro o ngā tāngata e noho tahi ana koutou. 11 Ki te whaka­nui hoki tētahi i a ia, ka whaka­iti­tia; ki te whaka­iti tētahi i a ia, ka whaka­nuia."

12 Nā, ka mea ia ki te tangata nāna nei ia i karanga, "E taka koe i te tina, i te hapa rānei, kaua e karanga­tia ōu hoa, kaua hoki ōu tēina, kaua hoki ōu whanau­nga, kaua anō ngā tāngata taonga e noho tata ana; kei karanga­tia anō koe, ā, ka whai utu koe. 13 Engari, ka taka hākari koe, karanga­tia ngā rawa­kore, ngā hauā, ngā kopa, ngā matapō. 14 Ā, ka koa koe; kāhore hoki ā rātou utu ki a koe; engari, ka utua koe ā te aranga o te hunga tika."

15 Ā, nō ka rongo tētahi o te hunga e noho tahi ana ki te kai ki ēnei mea, ka mea ki a ia, "Ka koa te tangata kai taro i te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua."

16 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "I takā he hapa nui e tētahi tangata, ā, he toko­maha i karanga­tia. 17 Ā, ka tonoa tāna pono­nga i te hāora o te hapa, hei mea ki te hunga i karanga­tia, ‘Haere mai; kua rite hoki ngā mea katoa.’ 18 Nā, ka anga rātou katoa ka whaka­kāhore ngā­tahi. Ka mea tō mua ki a ia, ‘Kua hokona e ahau he māra, me haere ahau kia kite. E mea ana ahau ki a koe, kia tukua ahau kia whaka­kāhore.’ 19 Nā, ko te mea­tanga a tētahi, ‘E rima taki­rua ngā ōkiha kua hokona e ahau, ka haere ahau ki te whaka­mātau. E mea ana ahau ki a koe, kia tukua ahau kia whaka­kāhore.’ 20 I mea anō tētahi, ‘Kua mārena­tia ahau ki te wahine. He mea tēnei e kore ai ahau e āhei te haere atu.’

21 "Ā, ko te haere­nga mai o taua pono­nga, ka kōrero­tia ēnei mea ki tōna ranga­tira, nā, ka riri te tangata i te whare, ka mea ki tāna pono­nga, ‘Hohoro te haere ki ngā ara, ki ngā hua­rahi o te pā, āra­hina mai ki konei ngā rawa­kore, ngā ngonge­ngonge, ngā matapō, me ngā kopa.’ 22 Nā, ka mea te pono­nga, ‘E kara, kua rite tāu i mea ai, ā, tēnei anō he wāhi takoto noa.’ 23 Ā, ka mea te ranga­tira ki te pono­nga, ‘Haere ki ngā hua­rahi, ki ngā taiepa, tōia mai ki roto nei, kia kī ai tōku whare. 24 Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, e kore tētahi o aua tāngata i karanga­tia rā e kai i tāku hapa.’ "

25 Nā, he tini te tangata i haere tahi me ia, ā, ka tahuri ia, ka mea ki a rātou, 26 "Ki te haere mai tētahi ki ahau, ā, ka kore e whaka­kino ki tōna pāpā, whaea, wahine, tama­riki, tēina, tuā­hine, āe rā ki te ora anō mōna ake, e kore ia e āhei hei ākonga māku. 27 Ki te kore tētahi e mau ki tōna rīpeka, e haere mai i muri i ahau, e kore ia e āhei hei ākonga māku.

28 "Ko wai hoki o koutou, ki te mea ia ki te hanga tau­maihi, e kore e mātua noho ki te tatau i ngā utu, me­he­mea e ranea ana āna mea hei whaka­oti? 29 Kei whaka­takoto ia i te tū­ranga, ka kore e taea te whaka­oti, ā, ka tāwai mai ki a ia te hunga katoa e mā­taki­taki ana, 30 ka mea, ‘I tīmata te tangata nei te hanga whare, ā, kīhai i taea te i whaka­oti.’

31 "Ko tēhea kīngi rānei e haere ana ki te whawhai ki tētahi atu kīngi, e kore e mātua noho, e whaka­aro, e taea rānei e ia me ngā mano kotahi tekau te tū ki te riri ki tērā e haere mai rā ki a ia me ngā mano e rua tekau? 32 Ā, ki te kāhore, i te mea i tawhiti anō tērā, ka tukua atu e ia he karere, ka mea ki ngā kaupapa e houhia ai te rongo. 33 Wai­hoki, ko te tangata o koutou e kore e whaka­rere i āna mea katoa, e kore e āhei hei ākonga māku.

34 "Nō reira, he pai te tote; otirā ki te hemo te hā o te tote, mā te aha ka whai hā ai? 35 E kore e pai mō te whenua, e kore anō hei whaka­wairākau; ā, ka ākiri­tia ai e te tangata ki waho. Ko ia he tari­nga ōna hei whaka­rongo, kia rongo ia."