Ko te Tuhituhi a Pāora Āpōtoro ki te Hunga o  Rōma.
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Nā Pāora, nā te pononga a Īhu Karaiti, i karangatia hei āpōtoro, i motuhia ki te rongopai a te Atua, 
i kōrerotia rā e ia i mua, arā e āna poropiti i roto i ngā karaipiture tapu, 
mō tāna Tama, i whānau nei he uri nō Rāwiri, nō te wāhi ki te kikokiko; 
i whakapuakina mai nei ko te Tama a te Atua i runga i te kaha, i runga i tā te Wairua o te tapu, i te mea ka whakaarahia i te hunga mate; arā a Īhu Karaiti, tō tātou Ariki. 
Nāna nei mātou i whiwhi ai ki te aroha noa, ki te mahi āpōtoro, kia ngohengohe ai, kia whakapono ai ngā iwi katoa, hei mea mō tōna ingoa. 
Nō rātou nei hoki koutou, he mea karanga hei hunga mō Īhu Karaiti. 
Ki te hunga katoa i Rōma, e arohaina nei e te Atua, ka oti nei te karanga hei hunga tapu. Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa me te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti. 
Ko tāku mea tuatahi, he whakawhetai ki tōku Atua i roto i a Īhu Karaiti mō koutou katoa, nō te mea e kōrerotia ana tō koutou whakapono i te ao katoa. 
Ko te Atua, e mahi nei tōku wairua ki a ia i roto i te rongopai o tāna Tama, hei kaiwhakaatu mōku, mō te mau tonu o tāku whakahuahua i a koutou, ā, i āku karakiatanga i ngā wā katoa, 
e īnoi ana me kore e pai te Atua kia whakatikaia tāku haere atu ki a koutou. 
Nui atu hoki tōku hiahia kia kite i a koutou, kia whakawhiwhi ai ahau i a koutou ki tētahi mea hōmai, he mea wairua, kia whakaūngia ai koutou; 
arā, kia ora ngātahi ō tātou ngākau, tōku i tō koutou whakapono, ō koutou i tōku. 
Nā, e kore ahau e pai, e ōku tēina kia ngaro i a koutou te maha o āku meatanga kia haere atu ki a koutou, heoi, āraia mai ana ahau, ā, mohoa noa nei, kia whiwhi ai ahau ki tētahi hua i roto i a koutou hoki, kia pērā me te mea i ērā atu tauiwi. 
He nama kei runga i ahau nā ngā Kariki, ā, nā ngā tautangata, nā te hunga mōhio, ā, nā te hunga whakaarokore. 
Nā reira, e ngākau nui ana ahau kia whakapaua tāku ki te kauwhau hoki i te rongopai ki a koutou i Rōma. 
Kāhore hoki ōku whakamā ki te rongopai; ko te kaha hoki ia o te Atua hei whakaora mō ngā tāngata katoa e whakapono ana; mō te Hūrai ki mua, mō te Kariki anō hoki. 
Ā, kei reira e whakakitea ana tā te Atua tika, he mea nō te whakapono ki te whakapono; kua oti nei hoki te tuhituhi, “Mā te whakapono e ora ai te tangata tika.” 
E whakakitea iho ana hoki i te rangi tō te Atua riri ki ngā karakiakoretanga katoa, ki ngā hē o ngā tāngata e pēhi ana i te pono i runga i te hē. 
Kei roto nei i a rātou e mārama ana ngā mea o te Atua e taea te mōhio; kua whakamāramatia hoki e te Atua ki a rātou. 
E kitea nuitia ana hoki ngā mea ōna, kāhore nei i kitea, nō te hanganga iho rā o te ao, e mōhiotia ana ki ngā mea i hangā, arā tōna kaha mau tonu, me tōna atuatanga; kia kore ai he kupu whakahoki mā rātou; 
i a rātou hoki e mātau ana ki te Atua, kīhai rātou i whakakorōria i a ia hei Atua, kīhai hoki i whakawhetai; heoi, kua kūware ō rātou whakaaro, ā, whakapōuritia ana tō rātou ngākau pōhēhē. 
I a rātou e mea ana he mōhio rātou, nā, ka wairangi, 
ā, whakaputaia kētia ake te korōria o te Atua e kore nei e pirau, kia rite ki te āhua o te tangata pirau noa, o ngā manu hoki, o ngā kararehe waewae whā, o ngā mea ngōkingōki. 
Koia rātou i tukua ai e te Atua ki te mahi poke, i runga i ngā hiahia o ō rātou ngākau, kia whakatūtūātia iho ai ō rātou tinana e rātou anō, tō tētahi e tētahi; 
i te mea kua whakawhiti rātou i tō te Atua pono mō te teka, ā, karakia ana, mahi ana ki te mea hanga, kapea ake te Kaihanga, ko ia nei te whakapaingia ake ake. Āmine. 
Koia rātou i tukua ai e te Atua ki ngā hiahia tūtūā. Ko ā rātou wāhine hoki, mahue ake i a rātou te tikanga māori, kei te ngau kē noa atu; 
me ngā tāne anō, whakarērea ake e rātou te tikanga māori ki te wahine, ānō he ahi te kānga o tō rātou hiahia ki a rātou anō; ngā tāne ki ngā tāne, mahi ai i te mea whakamā, me te whiwhi anō ki te utu e rite ana mō tō rātou ngaunga kētanga. 
Ā, i a rātou kīhai nei i pai kia mau tonu te Atua ki ō rātou mahara, tukua ana rātou e te Atua ki te hinengaro hē kia mahia ngā mea kāhore e tau kia mahia. 
Kī tonu rātou i ngā mahi hē katoa, i te kino, i te apo, i te mauāhara; whawhao rawa i te hae, i te kōhuru, i te totohe, i te hīanga, i te whanokē; he hunga kōhumuhumu, 
he hunga ngautuarā, kino ki te Atua, he hunga whakahīhī, whakakake, whakapehapeha, he kaitito i ngā mea kino. E turi ana ki ngā mātua, 
kāhore ō rātou mātauranga, he hunga kupu taka, kāhore nei he aroha, kāhore e tohu tangata. 
Ahakoa e mātau ana anō rātou ki tā te Atua tikanga, he tika te mate mō ngā kaimahi i ēnei mea, heoi, ka mahi tonu rātou i aua mea me te whakaae hoki ki te hunga e pērā ana te mahi. 
