1 Nō hea ngā pakanga me ngā nga­ngare­tanga i roto i a koutou? He teka ianei nō tēnei, nō ō koutou hia­hia e whawhai ana i roto i ō koutou wāhi? 2 E hia­hia ana koutou, heoi, kāhore e whai rawa; e patu ana koutou. E mina­mina ana, ā, kāhore e whi­whi. E nga­ngare ana, e whawhai ana, heoi, kāhore e whai rawa, nō te mea kāhore koutou e īnoi. 3 E īnoi ana koutou, ā, kāhore e riro i a koutou, nō te mea e īnoi hē ana koutou, kia whaka­paua ai ki ō koutou hia­hia. 4 E ngā tāngata pūremu, e ngā wāhine pūremu, kāhore ianei koutou e mātau ko te aroha o te ao he hoa­riri­tanga ki te Atua? Nā, ko te tangata e hia­hia ana kia meinga hei hoa aroha mō te ao, e mea ana i a ia hei hoa­riri ki te Atua. 5 Ki tō koutou whaka­aro he kōrero noa rānei tā te karaipi­ture, "E hia­hia ana rānei te Wairua, i meinga nei e ia kia noho i roto i a tātou, kia tae rawa ki te hae"? 6 Nui atu ia tāna hōmai i te aroha noa. Koia tāna e mea nei, "Ka pakeke te Atua ki tā te hunga whaka­peha­peha, ka hōmai ia i te aroha noa ki te hunga ngākau pāpaku."

7 Nā, kia ngohe­ngohe koutou ki tā te Atua. Tūria atu te rēwera, ā, ka oma atu ia i a koutou. 8 Whaka­tata atu ki te Atua, ā, ka whaka­tata mai ia ki a koutou. Horoia ō koutou ringa­ringa, e te hunga hara. Meinga ō koutou ngākau kia hēkore, e te hunga ngākau rua. 9 Kia pōuri koutou, kia puta te auē, te tangi. Kia puta kē tō koutou kata hei auē, tō koutou hari hei āhua whaka­pou­ruru. 10 Whaka­pāpaku koutou ki te aro­aro o te Ariki, ā, māna koutou e whaka­tei­tei ake.

11 Kāti te ngau­tuarā tētahi ki tētahi, e ōku tēina. Ko te tangata e ngau­tuarā ana ki tōna teina, e whaka­hē ana hoki i tōna teina, e ngau­tuarā ana ia ki te ture, e whaka­hē ana i te ture; ki te whaka­hē ia koe i te ture, ehara koe i te kai­mahi i te ture, engari he kai­whaka­wā. 12 Kotahi tonu te kai­whaka­takoto ture, kei a ia te kaha hei whaka­ora, hei whaka­ngaro. Ko wai rā koe e whaka­hē nā i tērā atu?

13 Tēnā, e te hunga e mea nei, "Hei āia­nei, hei āpōpō, ka haere mātou ki te pā rā, ā, ka noho ki reira, kia kotahi tau, ka hoko­hoko, ka whi­whi ki te taonga!" 14 Kāhore nā hoki koutou e mātau ki ngā mea o āpōpō. He aha oti tō koutou ora? He kohu rā, he iti nei te wā e puta mai ai, ā, kua memeha atu. 15 Te mea rā koutou, "Ki te pai te Ariki, ā, ka ora mātou, ka mea i tēnei mea, i tērā mea rānei." 16 Tēnei ia koutou te whaka­mana­mana nei ki ā koutou kupu whaka­puta; he kino taua tū whaka­mana­mana katoa.

17 Nā, ko te tangata e mātau ana ki te mea i te pai, ā, kāhore e meatia e ia he hara tērā nōna.