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Āwhinatia te Hunga Rawakore
1 Nā, mō te minitatanga ki te hunga tapu, kāhore noa he tikanga i tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koutou. 2 E mōhio ana hoki ahau ki tō koutou ngākau hihiko, i whakamanamanatia ai koutou e ahau ki ngā tāngata o Makeronia, arā, ko tā Akāia kua rite noa ake i tērā tau rā anō; ā, he tokomaha o rātou i oho i tō koutou ngākau hihiri. 3 Heoi, kua tonoa atu nei e ahau ngā tēina, kei whakakāhoretia tēnei wāhi o tāku whakamanamana ki tā koutou mahi; kia rite ai tā koutou, kia pērā ai me tāku i mea ai. 4 Kei tūpono, ka haere atu i ahau ētahi o Makeronia, ā, ka rokohanga atu kāhore anō kia rite noa tā koutou, nā, ko te whakamā mō mātou, e kore mātou e kī mō koutou, i tēnei whakamanamana e kaha nei. 5 Koia ahau i whakaaro ai he tika kia whakahaua ngā tēina, kia haere atu rātou i mua ki a koutou, kia wawe te rite i a rātou tēnei manaaki a koutou kua kōrerotia rā, kia noho rite, kia tū-ā-manaaki ai, kei rite ki te mea e manawapātia ana.
6 Ko tāku ia tēnei, he torutoru a tētahi i rui ai, he torutoru anō āna e kokoti ai; ā, ko te mea he maha āna i rui ai, he maha anō āna e kokoti ai. 7 Kia rite te mahi a ia tangata ki tāna i whakaaro ai i roto i tōna ngākau; kaua e tū-ā-pōuri, kaua e whakauaua. Ko tā te Atua hoki e aroha ai, ko te tangata ringa māhorahora. 8 E taea anō hoki e te Atua te mea kia hira ngā aroha noa katoa ki a koutou; nā, i te mea ka ranea nā ō koutou taonga i ngā mea katoa i ngā wā katoa, kia hira anō ā koutou mahi pai katoa. 9 Kia rite ai ki te mea i tuhituhia:
“Kua tītaritaria e ia, kua hoatu e ia ki te hunga rawakore;
he pūmau tonu tōna tika ake ake.”
10 Nā, mā te kaihōmai i te purapura ki te kaiwhakatō, i te taro hoki hei kai, e hōmai, e mea kia maha tā koutou e whakatō ai, e whakanui hoki ngā hua o tō koutou tika; 11 me te hua anō ō koutou taonga i ngā mea katoa hei ohaoha, e puta ai i a mātou ngā whakawhetai ki te Atua. 12 Nā tēnei mahi hoki e minitatia nei i whiwhi ai te hunga tapu ki ngā mea i kore i a rātou, ā, nā reira anō i hua noa atu ai ngā whakawhetai ki te Atua. 13 Nā te mea hoki ka kitea koutou i tēnei mahi minita, ka whakakorōria rātou i te Atua mō koutou kua whakaae nei, kua ngohengohe nei ki te rongopai o te Karaiti, ā, mō tō koutou pono ki ā koutou ohaoha ki a rātou me te katoa. 14 I a rātou anō e īnoi ana mō koutou, me te kōingo anō rātou ki a koutou, he whakaaro hoki ki te aroha noa o te Atua ka nui rawa nei ki a koutou. 15 Me whakawhetai ki te Atua mō tāna mea hōmai noa, e kore nei e taea te kōrero!