1 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei: kua peia oti e te Atua tāna iwi? Kāhore rāpea! Nō Īharaira anō hoki ahau, nō te uri o Āperahama, nō tō Pineamine iwi. 2 Kāhore hoki te Atua i pei i tāna iwi i mōhio ai i mua. Kāhore oti koutou i mātau ki te kōrero a te karaipi­ture i tā Irāia? I īnoi rā hoki ia ki te Atua, i whaka­hē i a Īharaira, i mea, 3 "E te Ariki, kua patua e rātou āu poro­piti, kua whaka­horoa āu āta; ko ahau anake hoki, kua mahue nei, ā, e whai ana rātou kia patua ahau." 4 Heoi, e pēhea ana te whaka­hoki a te Atua ki a ia? "E whitu mano tāngata kua waiho e ahau māku, kāhore nei i piko te turi ki a Paara." 5 Wai­hoki i te wā nei anō, tērā anō he toenga, he whiri­whiringa nā te aroha noa. 6 Ki te mea ia nā te aroha noa, ehara i te mea nā ngā mahi; pēnei ehara te aroha noa i te aroha noa.

7 Ha, he pēhea rā? Ko tā Īharaira e rapu nei, kīhai tēnei i taea e ia; otirā kua taea e te hunga whiri­whiri, ko ērā atu ia i whaka­pakeke­tia; 8 ko te mea hoki ia i tuhi­tuhia, "Kua hoatu ki a rātou e te Atua he wairua hia­moe, he kanohi e kore ai rātou e kite, he tari­nga e kore ai e rongo; ā taea noatia tēnei rā." 9 E mea ana hoki a Rāwiri,

"Kia whaka­tupu mā­hanga tō rātou tēpu,

hei rore hoki, hei tūtuki­tanga wae­wae, hei utu anō ki a rātou;

10 kia whaka­pōuri­tia ō rātou kanohi, kia kaua rātou e kite,

ā, kia whaka­pikoa tonu­tia iho e koe tō rātou tuarā."

11 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei, he tūtuki rānei tō rātou e hinga rawa ai? Kāhore rāpea! Engari, nā tō rātou hinga i puta ai te ora ki ngā tauiwi, he mea kia hae ai rātou. 12 Nā, ki te mea hei taonga mō te ao tō rātou hinga­nga, hei taonga anō mō ngā tauiwi tō rātou whaka­iti­nga; tērā noa ake i tō rātou whaka­nui­nga?

13 Ki a koutou, ki ngā tauiwi tēnei kupu āku, i te mea he āpō­toro ahau ki ngā tauiwi, e whaka­nui ana ahau i tāku mahi minita, 14 me kore e hae ngā tāngata o tōku kiko­kiko, kia ora ai ētahi o rātou i ahau. 15 Me­he­mea hoki ko tō rātou maka­nga atu hei hou­hanga rongo mō te ao, ka aha tō rātou tango­hanga mai? He teka ianei he oranga ake i roto i te hunga mate?

16 Ki te mea hoki he tapu te mea mātā­mua, ka pērā anō te pū­ranga; ki te tapu hoki te paki­aka, e pērā anō ngā manga. 17 Engari, ki te mea kua whatia atu ētahi o ngā manga, ā, ka honoa mai koe, te ōriwa nga­here, ki roto i ngā manga, ka whi­whi ngā­tahi ki te paki­aka o te mōmona­tanga o te ōriwa; 18 aua e whaka­peha­peha ki ngā manga. Ki te whaka­peha­peha ia koe, ehara i te mea nāu i mau ake ai te paki­aka, engari, nā te paki­aka koe.

19 Nā, tērā koe e mea, "I whatia atu ngā manga, kia honoa iho ai ahau." 20 Āe rā; nā te whaka­pono kore rātou i whatia atu ai, nā tōu whaka­pono koe i tū ai. Aua e whaka­kake, engari kia wehi. 21 Nā, ki te mea kīhai i tohu­ngia ngā manga tupu e te Atua, e kore anō ia e tohu i a koe. 22 Nā, tiro­hia iho te ngā­wari me te pakeke o te Atua: pakeke ki te hunga i hinga; ngā­wari ki a koe, ki te ū koe ki tāna tikanga ngā­wari; ki te kāhore, ka tapa­hia hoki koe. 23 Me rātou anō, ki te kore e ū ki tō rātou whaka­pono kore, ka honoa anō; e taea hoki rātou e te Atua te hono mai anō. 24 Me­he­mea hoki ka tapa­hia mai koe i te ōriwa nga­here, ā, ka honoa mai ki te ōriwa pai, he mea rere kē i te tikanga; tērā noa ake te honoa o ēnei, o ngā manga tupu, ki tō rātou ōriwa anō.

25 E kore hoki ahau e pai, e ōku tēina, kia kūware koutou ki tēnei mea ngaro, kei mea noa koutou he mātau koutou, kua tau tētahi wāhi o te whaka­pakeke­tanga ki a Īharaira, kia riro mai rā anō te toko­maha­tanga o ngā tauiwi. 26 Ko reira a Īharaira katoa ora ai; ko te mea hoki ia i tuhi­tuhia:

"Tērā e puta mai te Kai­whaka­ora i Hiona,

māna e kaupare te karakia­kore i a Hākopa.

27 Ko tāku kawe­nata hoki tēnei ki a rātou,

ina tango­hia atu e ahau ō rātou hara."

28 Nā, i runga i te rongo­pai he hoa­riri rātou, he whaka­aro ki a koutou; i runga ia i te whiri­whiringa, e aroha­ina ana rātou, he whaka­aro ki ngā mātua. 29 I ā te Atua hōmai­tanga hoki, i tāna karanga­tanga, kāhore e puta kē te whaka­aro. 30 Ka rite hoki ki a koutou kīhai i whaka­pono i mua ki te Atua, ināia­nei ia kua tohu­ngia, he mea nā tō rātou whaka­pono kore; 31 wai­hoki kua kāhore ēnei i whaka­pono ināia­nei, kia tohu­ngia ai anō rātou i runga i te mahi tohu i whi­whi nei koutou. 32 Kua oti hoki te katoa te kōpani e te Atua ki roto ki te whaka­teka, he mea kia tohu­ngia ai e ia te katoa.

33 Anō te hōhonu, te hua ngā­tahi hoki o te whaka­aro o te Atua me tōna mōhio! E kore āna tikanga e taea te rapu, ōna hua­rahi te whaka­taki!

34 "Ko wai hoki te mōhio ana ki te hine­ngaro o te Ariki?

Ko wai hoki tōna hoa whaka­takoto whaka­aro?

35 Ko tā wai hoki kua mātua hoatu ki a ia,

ā, ka whaka­hokia mai he utu ki a ia?"

36 Ko ngā mea katoa nei hoki, nāna, ā kei runga anō i a ia, ā, e ahu ana hoki ki a ia. Mōna te korōria ake tonu atu! Āmine.