Ekoruhe.
23.
“Kei puaki i a koe te kōrero tito noa. Kei totoro tahi tōu ringa me te tangata kino, kei meinga hei kaiwhakaatu teka. 
“Kei whai tahi me te tokomaha ki te kino. Kaua anō hoki e hamumu i te totohenga, hei mea kia riro ai i tā te tokomaha, hei whakapeau kē i te tika; 
kaua anō e whakanuia te rawakore, ina tohe ia. 
“Ki te tūtaki koe ki te kau a tōu hoariri, ki tana kāihe rānei, e atiti noa ana, me āta whakahoki e koe ki a ia. 
Ki te kite koe i te kāihe a tōu hoariri e takoto ana i raro i tāna pīkaunga, ā, ka ngākaukore koe ki te whakaara, me āta whakaara tahi e kōrua. 
“Kei whakapeaua kētia e koe te whakawā mō tōu tangata rawakore, ina tohe ia. 
Kia matara koe i te teka; kaua anō e whakamatea te tangata harakore rāua ko te tangata tika; e kore hoki ahau e whakatika i tā te tangata hara. 
“Kaua anō e tango i te utu whakapati; he mea whakamatapō hoki te utu whakapati i te kānohi kite, he mea whakaparori kē hoki i ngā kupu a te hunga tika. 
“Kaua anō e tūkinotia te manene; e mōhio ana hoki koutou ki te ngākau o te manene; he manene hoki koutou i mua, i te whenua o Īhipa.” 
“Kia ono hoki ngā tau e rui ai koe i tōu oneone, e kohikohi ai hoki i ōna hua; 
i te whitu ia me waiho kia takoto kau ana, kia pariri, ā, ka kai ngā tāngata rawakore o tōu iwi; ā, mā ngā kīrehe o te pārae ā rātou toenga e kai. Kia pēnā anō koe ki tāu māra wāina, ki tāu māra ōriwa. 
“E ono ngā rā e mahi ai koe i āu mahi, ā, i te whitu ka okioki; kia okioki ai tāu kau, me tāu kāihe, kia whai tānga manawa ai hoki te tama a tāu pononga wahine me te manene. 
“Kia tūpato anō ki ngā mea katoa kua kōrerotia nei e ahau ki a koutou. Kaua hoki e whakahuatia te ingoa o ngā atua kē, kei rangona hoki ki tōu māngai.” 
“E toru ngā wā o te tau e tuku hākari ai koe ki ahau. 
“Kia mau ki te Hākari o te Taro Rēwenakore; e whitu ngā rā e kai ai koe i te taro rēwenakore, e pērā ai me tāku i whakahau ai ki a koe, i te wā anō i whakaritea o te marama, o Apipi; nō reira hoki koe i haere mai ai i Īhipa. “Kaua anō hoki tētahi e puta kau mai ki tōku aroaro. 
“Ki te Hākari o te Kotinga, o te mātāmua o āu mahi, i ruia e koe ki te māra. “Ki te Hākari o te Kohikohinga i te mutunga o te tau, ina oti te kohikohi mai e koe āu mahi i te māra. 
“E toru ngā wā o te tau e kitea ai ōu tāne katoa ki te aroaro o te Ariki, o Ihowā. 
“Kaua e whakaherea tahitia me te taro rēwena te toto o tāku patunga tapu; kei toe anō hoki ki te ata te ngako o tāku hākari. 
“Me kawe e koe ki te whare o Ihowā, o tōu Atua ngā mea mataati o ngā mātāmua o tōu oneone. “Kaua e kōhuatia te kūao koati ki te waiū o tōna whaea.” 
“Nanā, ka tonoa nei e ahau he anahera ki mua i a koe, hei tiaki i a koe i te ara, hei kawe hoki i a koe ki te wāhi i whakaritea e ahau. 
Kia tūpato ki a ia, whakarongo hoki ki tōna reo, kaua e whakapātaritari ki a ia; nō te mea e kore ia e whakarere noa iho i tō koutou hara; kei a ia nei hoki tōku ingoa. 
Ki te āta whakarongo i a koe ki tōna reo, ki te mea hoki i ngā mea katoa e kōrero ai ahau; nā, ko ahau hei hoariri mō ōu hoariri, hei hoa whawhai hoki ki ōu hoa whawhai. 
Ka haere hoki tāku anahera ki mua i a koe, hei kawe i a koe ki ngā Amori, ki ngā Hiti, ki ngā Perihi, ki ngā Kanaani, ki ngā Hiwi, ki ngā Iepuhi; ka hunā rātou e ahau. 
Kei koropiko koe ki ō rātou atua, kei mahi hoki ki a rātou, kei rite hoki āu mahi ki ā rātou mahi. Engari, me turaki rawa e koe, me wāwāhi rawa anō hoki ā rātou whakapakoko. 
Ā, me mahi koutou ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua, ā, ka manaakitia e ia tāu taro, me tōu wai; ka whakakorea atu anō hoki e ahau te mate i roto i a koe. 
E kore tētahi mea e whānau whakatahe, e pākoko rānei, i tōu whenua; ka āta tutuki anō i ahau te maha o ōu rā. 
“Ka tukua atu e ahau tāku wehi ki mua i a koe, ā, ka whakamatea ngā iwi katoa e haere atu nei koe ki a rātou, ka meinga anō hoki e ahau kia tahuri ngā tuarā o ōu hoariri katoa ki a koe. 
Ka ungā anō e ahau te horonete ki mua i a koe, māna e pei ngā Hiwi, ngā Kanaani, me ngā Hiti i tōu aroaro. 
E kore rātou e peia e ahau i tōu aroaro i te tau kotahi; kei ururuatia te whenua, ā, ka nui rawa i a koe te kīrehe o te pārae. 
Ka peia rikirikitia atu rātou e ahau i tōu aroaro, kia hua rā anō koe, kia riro rā anō hoki te whenua i a koe. 
“Ā, ka whakatakotoria e ahau tōu rohe ki te Moana Whero ā tae noa ki te Moana o ngā Pirihitini, ki te koraha hoki ā tae noa ki te awa. Ka tukua atu nei hoki e ahau ki ō koutou ringa ngā tāngata o te whenua, ā, ka peia rātou e koe i tōu aroaro. 
Kaua e whakarite kawenata ki a rātou, ki ō rātou atua rānei. 
Kaua rātou e noho ki tōu whenua, kei mea rātou i a koe kia hara ki ahau; tā te mea, ki te mahi koe ki ō rātou atua, ka ai tēnā hei rore mōu.” 
