1 E ōku tēina, kaua e waiho i runga i te whaka­pai kanohi te whaka­pono ki tō tātou Ariki korōria, ki a Īhu Karaiti. 2 Ki te tomo mai hoki tētahi tangata ki tō koutou whare kara­kia he mō­whiti kōura nei tōna, he kākahu pai; ā, ka tomo mai anō he rawa­kore, he kākahu paru nei tōna; 3 ā, ka ti­tiro atu koutou ki te tangata i te kākahu pai, ka mea ki a ia, "E noho koe ki konei, ki te wāhi pai," ā, ka mea ki te rawa­kore, "E tū koe ki konā, e noho rānei ki konei, ki raro i tōku tū­ranga wae­wae." 4 He teka ianei he tikanga taha­tahi tā koutou, kua hē hoki ngā whaka­aro o koutou, o ngā kai­whaka­wā?

5 Whaka­rongo, e ōku tēina aroha. Kāhore anō koia te Atua i whiri­whiri i ngā rawa­kore o tēnei ao, kia whi­whi ki te taonga, arā ki te whaka­pono, kia riro hoki i a rātou te ranga­tira­tanga kua whaka­aria mai e ia mō te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia? 6 Heoi, ka whaka­kino nā koutou ki te rawa­kore. He teka ianei ko ngā tāngata taonga hei whaka­tupu ranga­tira ki a koutou, hei tōtō i a koutou ki ngā whaka­wā­kanga? 7 He teka ianei he hunga kohu­kohu rātou i te ingoa pai kua whaka­hua­tia nā ki a koutou?

8 Engari, ki te rite i a koutou te ture kīngi, tō te karaipi­ture, "Me aroha e koe tōu hoa, ānō ko koe," ka pai tā koutou hanga. 9 Tēnā ki te whaka­pai kanohi koutou, e mahi ana koutou i te hara, ka mau hoki i te ture he hunga hē. 10 Ki te mau hoki te ture katoa i tētahi tangata, ā, ka kotahi anō te mea e tapepa ai ia, kua hē ia ki te katoa. 11 I tāna kīanga mai hoki, "Kaua e pūremu," i kī mai anō ia, "Kaua e patu tangata." Nā, ahakoa kāhore koe e pūremu, ki te patu tangata koe, kua taka­hia e koe te ture. 12 Kia rite tā koutou kōrero, tā koutou mahi, ki tā te hunga e whaka­wā­kia ā mua i runga i ngā tikanga o te ture here­kore. 13 Ko te tangata hoki kāhore ōna ngākau tohu, e kore e tohu­ngia ina whaka­wā­kia; ka whaka­peha­peha ia te ngākau tohu ki te whaka­wā.

14 He aha te pai, e ōku tēina, ki te mea tētahi he whaka­pono tōna, ā, kāhore āna mahi? E taea rānei ia te whaka­ora e taua whaka­pono? 15 Ki te mea e noho ta­ha­nga ana tētahi teina, tua­hine rānei, ki te mea rānei kua kore he kai māna mō tēnei rā, mō tēnei rā, 16 ā, ka mea atu tētahi o koutou ki a rātou, "Haere mārie, kia mahana, kia mākona," ā, kāhore e hoatu e koutou ki a rātou ngā mea e matea ana e te tinana; he aha te pai? 17 Wai­hoki ko te whaka­pono, ki te kāhore āna mahi, he mea mate i roto anō i a ia.

18 Nā, he kī tēnei mā tētahi, "He whaka­pono tōu, he mahi āku." Whaka­kitea mai ki ahau tōu whaka­pono motu kē i āu mahi, ā, māku, arā mā āku mahi, e whaka­kite atu tōku whaka­pono ki a koe. 19 E whaka­pono ana koe kotahi tonu te Atua; he pai tāu mea­tanga. E whaka­pono ana hoki ngā rēwera, me te wiri anō. 20 Heoi, e pai ana rānei koe kia mātau, e te kūware, he mea hua­kore te whaka­pono ki te kāhore he mahi? 21 Kīhai ianei a Āperahama, tō tātou matua, i tika i ngā mahi, i a ia i whaka­eke atu ai i tāna tama, i a Īhaka, ki runga ki te āta? 22 Ka kite rānei koe i mahi tahi te whaka­pono me āna mahi, nā ngā mahi hoki i tino rite ai te whaka­pono? 23 Ā, i rite anō tā te karaipi­ture e mea nei, "I whaka­pono a Āperahama ki te Atua, ā, ka whaka­iria ki a ia hei tika," ka huaina anō hoki ia "Ko te hoa o te Atua." 24 Heoi, ka kite koutou kei ngā mahi he tika mō te tangata, ehara i te mea kei te whaka­pono anake.

25 Wai­hoki ko Rahapa, te wahine kairau, kīhai ianei ia i whaka­tikaia e ngā mahi, i a ia i whaka­manu­hiri ai i ngā karere, ā, tukua atu ana rāua e ia rā tētahi ara kē?

26 Ka rite hoki ki te tinana ka mate nei ki te kāhore te manawa ora, wai­hoki ko te whaka­pono, ki te kāhore he mahi, he mea mate.