Hunga o Rōma.
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Ha, he aha rā te painga i hua ki te Hūrai? He aha te rawa o te kotinga? 
He nui rā i ngā mea katoa. Ko te tuatahi, kua ākona rātou ki ngā kupu a te Atua. 
Ka pēhea, mehemea kāhore he whakapono o ētahi? E taka rānei tō te Atua pono i tō rātou whakapono kore? 
Kāhore rāpea! Engari ko te Atua kia kitea he pono, ko ngā tāngata katoa he teka kau; ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, “Kia tika ai tāu i tāu kōrerotanga, kia puta ai tāu ina whakawākia koe.” 
Ha, ki te mea nā tō tātou hē i kitea nuitia ai tō te Atua tika, me pēhea he kupu mā tātou? E hē ana rānei te Atua i a ia e whakapā ana i te riri? (He kupu tangata tēnei nāku.) 
Kāhore rāpea! Pēnei me pēhea te Atua e whakawā ai i te ao? 
Nā, ki te mea nā tōku teka i hira rawa ai tō te Atua pono hei korōria mōna; he aha ahau i whakahēngia tonutia ai ānō hei tangata hara? 
He aha hoki tē pēnei ai, ā, ko te kupu whakapae teka tēnei mō mātou, ā, ki tā ētahi ko tā mātou kupu tēnei, “Tātou ka mahi i te kino, kia puta ai he pai”? Tika tonu te tau o te hē ki a rātou. 
He aha koia? He pai ake rānei tō mātou wāhi i tō rātou? Kāhore rā hoki; kua oti hoki te whakapā e mātou i mua he hē ki ngā Hūrai, ki ngā Kariki, kei raro katoa rātou i te hara; 
ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia: “Kāhore he tangata tika, kāhore kia kotahi; 
kāhore he tangata e mātau ana, kāhore he tangata e rapu ana i te Atua. 
Kua peka kē rātou katoa, kua kino ngātahi; kāhore he tangata e mahi ana i te pai, kāhore rawa kia kotahi. 
He urupā puare noa tō rātou korokoro; e patipati ana ō rātou arero; kei roto i ō rātou ngutu te wai whakamate o ngā nākahi; 
kī tonu ō rātou māngai i te kanga, i te nanakia. 
Ko ō rātou waewae, hohoro tonu ki te whakaheke toto; 
he whakangaro, he ngākau pōuri, kei ō rātou ara; 
kāhore hoki rātou i mōhio ki te ara o te rangimārie. 
Kāhore he wehi o te Atua i mua i ō rātou kanohi.” 
Nā, e mātau ana tātou ki ngā kupu o te ture, e kōrero ana ki te hunga i te ture, kia kopia ai ngā māngai katoa, kia whakawākia ai te ao katoa e te Atua. 
Nō te mea kāhore he mahi o te ture e tika ai tētahi kikokiko i tōna aroaro; mā roto mai i te ture te mātauranga ki te hara. 
Otiia, kua whakakitea ināianei he tika a te Atua, motu kē i te ture, he mea whakaatu nā te ture, nā ngā poropiti; 
arā, ko te tika a te Atua e nā runga mai ana i te whakapono ki a Īhu Karaiti ki te hunga katoa e whakapono ana. Kāhore hoki he pokanga kētanga; 
kua hara katoa hoki, ā, kāhore e taea e rātou te korōria o te Atua; 
he mea whakatika utukore nā tōna aroha noa, i runga i tā Karaiti Īhu hokonga; 
ko ia hoki tā te Atua i whakaari ai hei whakamārie, i runga i te whakapono, he mea nā ōna toto. Kia whakakitea ai tōna tika, i te mea ka whakapahemotia atu ngā hara ō mua, he mea hoki nā te manawanui o te Atua; 
hei whakakite i tōna tika i tēnei wā nei anō; he mea kia tika ai ia anō, me te kaiwhakatika i te tangata e whakapono ana ki a Īhu. 
Nā, kei hea te whakamanamana? Kua āraia atu. E tēhea ritenga ture? E tō ngā mahi? Kāhore, engari, e te ture o te whakapono. 
Koia mātou ka mea ai, kei te whakapono he tika mō te tangata, motu kē i ngā mahi o te ture. 
Ko te Atua oti te Atua o ngā Hūrai anake? Ehara rānei ia i te Atua o ngā tauiwi hoki? Āe rā, o ngā tauiwi anō hoki; 
ki te mea ia he kotahi te Atua, ā, māna e whakatika te kotinga i runga i te whakapono, me te kotingakore ina whakapono. 
E taka rānei te ture i tā mātou, arā i te whakapono? Kāhore rāpea! Engari, nā tā mātou i ū ai te ture. 
