1 Ko te tangata he ngoi­kore te whaka­pono, manako­hia, kauaka ia ki ngā tau­tohe whaka­aro. 2 Ko tētahi hoki e whaka­pono ana he pai ngā mea katoa hei kai māna. Ko te tangata ia he ngoi­kore tōna whaka­pono e kai ota­ota ana. 3 Kaua te tangata e kai ana e whaka­hāwea ki te tangata kāhore e kai, kaua hoki te tangata kāhore e kai e whaka­hē i te tangata e kai ana. Kua manako­hia hoki ia e te Atua. 4 Ko wai koe e whaka­hē nā i te pono­nga a tērā? Mā tōna ranga­tira ia e whaka­tū, e whaka­hi­nga rānei. Inā, ka whaka­tū­ria anō ia, e taea hoki ia e te Atua te whaka­tū.

5 Ki te whaka­aro o tētahi, nui atu tētahi rā i tētahi, ki tō tētahi whaka­aro ia he rite katoa ngā rā. Kia ū mārire ngā whaka­aro o tētahi, o tētahi. 6 Ko te tangata e whaka­aro ana ki te rā, he whaka­aro ki te Ariki tōna whaka­aro; ko te tangata e kai ana, he whaka­aro ki te Ariki tāna kai, e whaka­whetai atu ana hoki ia ki te Atua; ko te tangata kāhore e kai, he whaka­aro ki te Ariki tāna kore e kai, e whaka­whetai ana anō ia ki te Atua. 7 Ehara hoki i te mea ki a ia ake anō te ora o tētahi o tātou, ehara hoki i te mea ki a ia ake te mate o tētahi. 8 Tā te mea, ahakoa ora, e ora ana tātou ki te Ariki; ahakoa mate, e mate ana tātou ki te Ariki. Nā, ahakoa ora tātou, mate rānei, nā te Ariki tātou. 9 Ko te mea hoki tēnei i mate ai a te Karaiti, i ara ake ai anō, i ora ai anō, kia waiho ai ia hei Ariki ngā­tahi mō te hunga mate, mō te hunga ora. 10 Ko koe nā, he aha koe i whaka­hē ai i tōu teina? Me koe nā hoki, he aha koe i whaka­hāwea ai ki tōu teina? E tū katoa hoki tātou ki te nohoa­nga whaka­wā o te Atua. 11 Kua oti hoki te tuhi­tuhi:

" ‘E ora ana ahau,’ e ai tā te Ariki,

‘piko katoa ngā turi ki ahau;

e whaka­ae anō hoki ngā arero katoa ki te Atua.’ "

12 Āe rā, ka kōrero­tia e tēnei, e tēnei o tātou te tikanga o āna mahi ki te Atua.

13 Nā, kāti tā tātou whaka­hē tētahi i tētahi. Engari, ko tēnei kia rite i a koutou, kia kaua e whaka­takoto­ria he tūtuki­tanga wae­wae, he take whaka­hi­nga rānei mō tōna teina. 14 E mōhio ana ahau, ū tonu tōku whaka­aro i roto i te Ariki, i a Īhu, kāhore he mea nōna ake anō tōna noa. Hāunga ia ki te mea tētahi he noa tētahi mea, e noa anō ki a ia. 15 Ki te mea hoki nā te kai i pōuri ai tōu teina, kāhore e mau ana tāu haere i runga i te aroha. Kei mate i tāu kai te tangata i mate nei a te Karaiti mōna. 16 Nā, kei kōrero­tia kino­tia tō koutou pai. 17 Ehara hoki te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua i te kai, i te inu; engari he tika, he rangi­mārie, he hari i roto i te Wairua Tapu. 18 Ko te tangata hoki ko ēnei hei mahi­nga māna ki a te Karaiti, ka āhua­reka­tia ia e te Atua, ka pai­ngia hoki e ngā tāngata.

19 Nā, kia whai tātou i ngā mea e mau ai te rongo, i ngā mea anō hoki e hangā ai te pai o tētahi, o tētahi. 20 Kaua e waiho te kai hei whaka­horo mō tā te Atua mahi. He mā hoki ngā mea katoa; otiia, he kino ki te tangata e kai ana me te whaka­hē tōna ngākau. 21 He mea pai tonu kia kaua e kai kiko­kiko, kia kaua e inu wāina, aha rānei e tūtuki ai tōu teina. 22 Ko te whaka­pono i a koe nā, waiho i a koe anō i te aro­aro o te Atua. Ka hari te tangata kāhore e whaka­tau i te hē ki a ia anō mō te mea i whaka­paia e ia māna. 23 Ki te rua­rua ia tētahi, ka tau te hē ki a ia ki te kai ia; nō te mea ehara i te kai whaka­pono. He hara hoki ngā mea katoa kīhai nei i puta ake i te whaka­pono.