1 He pono tāku kōrero i roto i a te Karaiti, kāhore āku teka, ā, e whaka­ae ana tōku hine­ngaro ki ahau i roto i te Wairua Tapu, 2 he nui atu tōku pōuri, mau tonu te mamae o tōku ngākau. 3 He pai hoki ki ahau me i kangā ahau, me i motu­hia i a te Karaiti, he whaka­aro ki ōku tēina, arā, ki ōku whanau­nga o te wāhi ki te kiko­kiko. 4 Nō Īharaira nei rātou; nō rātou nei te whaka­tamariki­tanga, te korōria, ngā kawe­nata, te hōmai­tanga o te ture, te kara­kia ki te Atua, me ngā kupu whaka­ari; 5 nō rātou nei ngā mātua, nō rātou anō a te Karaiti i te wāhi ki te kiko­kiko, ko ia nei kei runga ake i ngā mea katoa, ko te Atua e whaka­pai­ngia ana ake ake. Āmine.

6 Ehara ia i te mea kua taka te kupu a te Atua. Ko te hunga hoki o Īharaira, ehara i te mea nō Īharaira katoa; 7 ahakoa he uri nō Āperahama, ehara rātou katoa i te tama­riki; engari, "Kei a Īhaka te whaka­ingoa­tanga mō ōu uri." 8 Arā, ehara i te mea ko ngā tama­riki a te kiko­kiko ngā tama­riki a te Atua, engari, ko ngā tama­riki a te kupu whaka­ari, ko rātou ka kīa he uri. 9 He kupu whaka­ari hoki tēnei, "Kia taka tēnei wā ka haere mai ahau, ā, ka whānau he tama mā Hera."

10 Nā, ehara i te mea ko tēnei anake; i a Ripeka anō ia kua hapū i tētahi, arā i a Īhaka, i tō mātou matua. 11 I ngā tama hoki kāhore anō i whānau noa, kāhore anō hoki i mahi te pai, i te kino rānei, he mea kia ū ai tā te Atua i whaka­takoto ai mō te whiri­whiringa, ehara i ngā mahi, engari, nā te kai­karanga; 12 ka kōrero­tia ki a ia, "Ko te tua­kana hei pono­nga mā te teina." 13 Ko te mea ia i tuhi­tuhia, "Kua aroha ahau ki a Hākopa, kua kino ki a Ēhau."

14 Ka pēhea ai i konā tā tātou kōrero? He tikanga hē koia kei te Atua? Kāhore rāpea! 15 I mea hoki ia ki a Mohi, "E tohu ahau i tāku e tohu ai, e ata­whai ahau ki tāku e ata­whai ai." 16 Nō reira, ehara i te mea nā te hia­hia o te tangata, nā te oma rānei o te tangata, engari, nā te Atua, ko ia e tohu nei. 17 E mea nei hoki te karaipi­ture ki a Parao, Mō konei pū anō koe i whaka­ara­hia ai e ahau, kia ai koe hei whaka­kite i tōku kaha, kia kōrero­tia hoki tōku ingoa ki te whenua katoa. 18 Nā konā, e tohu­ngia ana e ia, ko tāna e pai ai, ko tāna hoki e pai ai e whaka­pakeke­tia ana e ia.

19 Nā, tērā koe e mea mai ki ahau, "He aha ia i riri tonu ai? Ko wai hoki e whaka­keke ana ki tāna i pai ai?" 20 Ha, e te tangata nei, ko wai koe hei whaka­hoki kupu ki te Atua? Mā te mea hanga koia e mea ki tōna kai­hanga, "He aha ahau i hangā ai e koe kia pēnei?" 21 He teka ianei kei te kai­hanga rīhi te tikanga mō te paru, kia hangā tētahi wāhi o taua mea kotahi i poke­pokea hei oko ranga­tira, tētahi wāhi hei mea ware?

22 He aha hoki, me­he­mea, i tōna whaka­aro kia whaka­kitea tōna riri, ā, kia whaka­puta­ina tōna kaha, ka whaka­ririka te Atua i runga i te manawa­nui ki ngā oko o te riri, e rite rawa nei mō te whaka­ngaro? 23 Kia whaka­kitea anō hoki e ia ngā rawa o tōna korōria ki ngā oko o te mahi tohu, kua rite noa ake nei i a ia mō te korōria, 24 arā ki a tātou, i karanga­tia e ia, ehara i te mea nō ngā Hūrai anake, engari, nō ngā tauiwi anō hoki? 25 Ko tāna kupu anō tēnā i tā Hohea,

"Ka kīa e ahau tērā ko tōku iwi,

ehara nei i te iwi nōku;

ā, he wahine e aroha­ina ana

te wahine kīhai i aroha­ina.

26 Ā, tēnei ake, i te wāhi i kōrero­tia ai ki a rātou,

‘Ehara koutou i te iwi nōku’;

ko reira rātou kīa ai he tama nā te Atua ora."

27 Ko tā Ihāia karanga hoki mō Īharaira, "Ahakoa i rite te toko­maha o ngā tama a Īharaira ki te onepū o te moana, ko te toenga kau e ora. 28 Mā te Ariki hoki e whaka­tutuki tāna kupu ki runga i te whenua, māna e whaka­oti, māna e poro tata." 29 Ā, e kī rā a Ihāia i mua rā, "Me kāhore te toe i te Atua o ngā mano he whānau mō tātou, kua pērā tātou me Horoma, kua rite anō hoki ki Komora."

30 Nā, kia pēhea tā tātou kōrero? Ko ngā tauiwi, kīhai nei i whai i te tika, kua tae rātou ki te tika, arā, ki te tika, nā te whaka­pono. 31 Ko Īharaira ia, whai ana i tētahi ture o te tika, kīhai rātou i tae ki taua ture. 32 Nā te aha? Nā te mea kīhai rātou i whai i runga i te whaka­pono, engari, ānō nā runga i ngā mahi. I tūtuki hoki ō rātou wae­wae ki te kāmaka tūtuki­tanga; 33 ko te mea hoki ia i tuhi­tuhia,

"Nana, ka whaka­takoto­ria e ahau ki Hiona

he kāmaka tūtuki­tanga, he kōhatu whaka­hi­nga.

Nā, ko te tangata e whaka­pono ana ki a ia,

e kore e meinga kia whaka­mā."