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Maori - The Accountability of the Watchman

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Te Kaitiaki Ehekiera 3:17-21 17 E te tama a te tangata, kua oti koe te mea e ahau hei kaitutei ma te whare o Iharaira; no reira whakarongo mai ki te kupu a toku mangai, a me whakatūpato koe i a ratou. 18 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata kino, Ko te mate kau mou; a ka kore koe e whakatūpato i a ia, ka kore hoki e kōrero hei whakatūpato i te tangata kino ki tana ara kino, hei whakaora i a ia; ka mate taua tangata kino i runga i tona he; engari ka rapua e ahau ona toto i tou ringa. 19 Engari ki te whakatūpato koe i te tangata kino, a ka kore ia e tahuri mai i tana kino, i tana ara kino, ka mate ia i runga i tona he; engari kua ora i a koe tou wairua. 20 A, ki te tahuri ke te tangata tika i tana tika, a ka mahi i te kino, a ka whakatakotoria e ahau he tutukitanga waewae ki tona aroaro, ka mate ia: na te mea kihai koe i whakatupato i a ia, ka mate ia i runga i tana hara, e kore ano ana mahi tika i mahia e ia e maharatia; engari ka rapua e ahau he utu mo ona toto i tou ringa. 21 Na, ki te whakatūpato koe i te tangata tika kia kaua te tangata tika e hara, a kia kaua ia e hara, he pono ka ora ia, nona hoki i whakatūpato, a kua ora tou wairua i a koe.

Ehekiera 33:1-33 1 I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea, 2 E te tama a te tangata, korero ki nga tamariki a tou iwi, mea atu ki a ratou, Ki te kawea e ahau te hoari ki tetahi whenua, a ka mau te iwi o te whenua i tetahi tangata o to ratou rohe, ka whakaritea e ratou hei tutei ma ratou; 3 Mehemea ka kite ia i te hoari e haere mai ana ki te whenua, ka whakatangihia e ia te tetere, hei whakatūpato i te iwi; 4 Nā, ko te tangata e rongo ana i te tangi o te tetere, a kahore ia e tupato, ki te tae mai te hoari, a ka riro ia, hei runga i tona mahunga ona toto. 5 I rongo ia i te tangi o te tetere, a kihai i tupato; ka tau ki runga i a ia ona toto. Ko te tangata ia i tupato, ka mawhiti i a ia tona wairua. 1


6Engari ki te kite te kaitiaki i te hoari e haere mai ana, a kihai i whakatangi i te tetere, a kihai i whakatupato i te iwi; ki te tae mai te hoari, ka riro tetahi o ratou, ka riro ia i runga i tona kino; otiia ka rapua e ahau ona toto i te ringa o te kaitiaki. 7 E te tama a te tangata, kua waiho koe e ahau hei kaitutei mo te whare o Iharaira; mo reira whakarongo mai ki te kupu a toku mangai, ko koe hei whakatupato i a ratou i ahau. 8 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata kino, E te tangata kino, ka mate koe; ki te kore koe e korero hei whakatupato i te tangata kino ki tana ara, ka mate taua tangata kino i runga i tona he; engari ka rapua e ahau ona toto i tou ringa. 9Engari ki te whakatūpato koe i te tangata kino ki tōna ara, kia tahuri mai ia i reira; ki te kore ia e tahuri mai i tōna ara, ka mate ia i runga i tōna kino; engari kua ora i a koe tōu wairua. 10 N a reira, e te tama a te tangata, korero ki te whare o Iharaira; Ko ta koutou kupu tenei, e mea nei, Kei runga i a matou o matou he, o matou hara, a ka memeha matou i aua he; me pehea ra matou ka ora ai? 11 Mea atu ki a rātou, E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, kāhore oku ahuareka ki te matenga o te tangata kino; engari kia tahuri te tangata kino i tōna ara, kia ora: tahuri mai koutou, tahuri mai i ā koutou ara kino; he aha hoki koutou ka mate ai, e te whare o Iharaira? 12 Nā, e te tama a te tangata, me kī atu ki ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, E kore te tika o te tangata tika e whakaora i a ia i te rā e hara ai ia: me te kino hoki o te tangata kino e kore ia e hinga i taua kino i te rā e tahuri mai ai ia i tana kino; e kore ano te tangata tika e ora i tona tika i te rā e hara ai ia. 13 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata tika, ka ora ia; a ka whakawhirinaki ia ki tona tika, ka mahi hoki i te he, e kore ana tika katoa e maharatia; engari ka mate ia i runga i tona he i mahia e ia. 14 A, ki te mea atu ahau ki te tangata kino, Ko te mate kau mou; a ka tahuri ia i tana hara, ka mahi i te mea e tika ana, e rite ana; 15Ki te whakahokia e te tangata kino te taunaha, ki te utua te mea i pahuatia e ia, ki te haere i runga i nga tikanga o te ora, a ka kore e mahi i te he, he pono ka ora ia, e kore ia e mate. 16 E kore tetahi o ana hara i mahia e ia e maharatia ki a ia: kua mahia e ia te mea e tika ana, e rite ana; he pono ka ora ia. 17 Heoi kei te mea ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, Kāore e rite te ara o te Ariki: ko rātou ia, kāore tō rātou ara e rite. 18 Ki te tahuri ke te tangata tika i tana tika, a ka mahi i te kino, ka mate ia i aua mea. 19 Ki te tahuri mai ia te tangata kino i tana kino, a ka mahi i te mea e tika ana, e rite ana, ka ora ia i aua mea. 20 Heoi kei te mea koutou, Kahore e rite te ara o Ihowa. E te whare o Iharaira, ka rite ki tona ara, ki tona ara, taku whakawa mo koutou. 21 Na, i te tekau ma rua o nga tau o to matou whakaraunga, i te tekau o nga marama, i te rima o nga ra o te marama, ka haere mai ki ahau tetahi i mawhiti mai i Hiruharama, ka mea, Kua patua te pa. 22 Nā, i runga i ahau te ringa o Ihowā i te ahiahi, i mua i te taenga mai o taua mawhiti; i whakatuwheratia e ia tōku mangai, ā tae noa mai ia ki ahau i te ata; ā, kua whakatuwheratia tōku mangai, kore ake tōku wahangu. 23 Na ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, ka mea, 24 E te tama a te tangata, ko te hunga e noho ana i aua ururua o te whenua o Iharaira, e mea ana, Kotahi a Aperahāma, a riro ana i a ia te whenua; ko tātou ia he tokomaha; kua homai te whenua ki a tātou hei taonga tupu. 25 Mō reira me kī atu ki a rātou, Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā; Ko tā koutou kai me te toto, e anga ana hoki ō koutou kanohi ki ā koutou whakapakoko, e whakaheke toto ana hoki: ā, e riro rānei i a koutou te whenua? 26 Ko tō koutou turanga kei runga i ā koutou hoari, e mahi ana koutou i te mea whakarihariha, e whakapoke ana koutou i te wahine a tona hoa, a tona hoa: a e riro ranei i a koutou te whenua?

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27 Kia penei tau ki atu ki a ratou, Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa; E ora ana ahau, ina, ka hinga te hunga i nga ururua i te hoari, ko te hunga i te mata o te parae ka hoatu e ahau ki nga kararehe hei kai; a ko te hunga i roto i nga taumaihi, i roto i nga ana, ka mate ratou i te mate uruta. 28 Ka meinga hoki e ahau te whenua kia ururua rawa, kia waiho hei ururua, a ka mutu te whakapehapeha o tona kaha; ka ururuatia ano nga maunga o Iharaira, e kore e tika na reira. 29 Kātahi rātou ka mōhio ko ahau a Ihowā, ina meinga e ahau te whenua kia ururua rawa, hei ururua, mō ā rātou mea whakarihariha katoa i mahia e rātou. 30 Na, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, kei te kōrero kino nga tama a tou iwi ki a koe i te taha o nga pakitara, i nga tatau o nga whare, e korerorero ana tetahi ki tetahi, tetahi ki tona teina, e mea ana, Tena koa, haere mai, whakarongo ki te kupu e puta mai ana i a Ihowa. 31 Ā, ka haere mai rātou ki a koe, pērā tonu me te iwi e haere mai ana, ka noho i mua i a koe, pērā tonu me tōku iwi, ka rongo hoki rātou ki āu kupu, heoi e kore rātou e mahi: he nui hoki te aroha e whakakitea ana e ō rātou mangai, ko ō rātou ngākau ia e whai ana i tā rātou apo taonga. 32 Nā, ki a rātou, e rite ana koe ki te waiata reka a te tangata he reo pai tōna, he tangata e pai ana ki te whakatangi i te mea whakatangi: e rongo ana hoki rātou i āu kupu, heoi kāore e mahi. 33 Ā, ina puta tēnei, (nā, ka puta mai,) ko reira rātou ka mōhio ai he poropiti kei roto i a rātou.

Te Tūranga o te Kaitiaki I tū ki runga i te taiepa: Pērā i te kaitiaki tawhito i runga i te pourewa tirotiro e kite ana i te hoariri, ā, ka whakatangi i te pū, i karangatia a Ezekiel kia kite i te tūponotanga wairua me te whakatangi i te whakaoho. Te Whakatūpato: Me kī atu ia ki te hunga kino kia tahuri ke i ō rātou ara hara.

Te Mātāpono o te Haepapa Ki te whakatūpato te kaitiaki: Ki te hoatu e Ehekiera te whakatūpato, ā, i whakakahore te iwi ki te whakarongo, ko te iwi te kawenga mō tō rātou whakangaromanga. Ki te kore te kaitiaki e whakatangi: Ki te kore a Ezekiel i whakatangi i te pū whakaoho, ka whakapae te Atua i a Ezekiel mō ngā oranga i ngaro.

Te Wehenga o ngā Irava-i-te-Irava o Ehekiera 33 Wāhanga 1: Te Mahi a te Kaitiaki (Ngā Irava 1–9) E whakamahia ana e tēnei wāhanga ngā whakaahua oraora o tētahi kaitiaki hōia hei whakamārama i ngā kawenga wairua o Ezekiel. Ngā whiti 1–3: Te Horopaki. E whakaahua ana te Atua i tētahi tikanga tawhito: ina tata te whakaekenga o tētahi tāone, ka whiriwhiria e ngā tāngata whenua tētahi tangata hei tū ki runga i te taiepa. Ko tāna mahi anake he titiro ki te hoari (te hoariri) me te whakatangi i te tetere hei whakatūpato i te iwi. Ngā whiti 4–5: Te Kawenga a te Iwi. Ki te tangi te tetere, ā, ka kore tetahi e aro ki taua mea, ko tōna he anō tōna matenga. I rongo rātou i te whakatūpato, ā, i whiriwhiri kia kaua e mahi. I tetahi atu taha, ko te hunga e whakarongo ana ki te whakatūpato ka ora rātou.

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Wāhanga 6: Te Rahunga o te Kaitiaki. Ki te kite te kaitiaki i te hoariri e haere mai ana engari kāore e whakatangi i te tetere , ka tangohia tonutia ngā tāngata whenua nā ō rātou hara, engari ka whai kawenga te Atua i te kaitiaki mō ō rātou toto. Ngā whiti 7–9: Te Whakamahinga Wairua. I whakaingoatia māramatia e te Atua a Ezekiel hei kaitiaki mō te whare o Iharaira . Me whakarongo a Ezekiel ki te kupu mai i te mangai o te Atua, me whakatūpato i te iwi. Ki te whakapuakina e te Atua te whakawakanga ki te hunga kino, ā, ka noho puku a Ezekiel, ka mate te tangata kino, engari ka kiia a Ezekiel he hara. Ki te whakatūpato a Ezekiel i a rātou, ā, ka kore rātou e whakarongo, ka kore a Ezekiel e whai hara. Wāhanga 2: Te Kawenga Takitahi me te Aroha noa (Ngā Irava 10–20) E kōrero ana tēnei wāhanga mō te pouri o ngā Iharaira i peia atu, me te whakaatu hoki i te hiahia pono o te Atua mō te tangata. Wāhanga 10: Te Ngakau Pōuri o te Iwi. E taimaha ana ngā hara o te hunga i whakaraua, e pātai ana, "me pēhea rā tātou e ora ai?" E whakapono ana rātou kua oti kē te whakatau mō rātou, ā, kāore he huarahi hei mawhiti. Wāhanga 11: Te Ngākau o te Atua. Ko tētahi tēnei o ngā whiti rongonui o roto i a Ehekiera. E kī ana te Atua, "Kāore he ahuareka ki ahau ki te matenga o te tangata kino; engari kia tahuri te tangata kino i tōna ara, kia ora : " Ka puta tana inoi nui: "Tahuri mai, tahuri mai i ā koutou ara kino; he aha hoki koutou ka mate ai, e te whare o Iharaira?" Ngā whiti 12–16: Te Hihiri o te Tika. E whakamārama ana te Atua kāore ngā mahi o mua e whakamana i te tūnga o te heke mai. Ki te whakawhirinaki te tangata tika o mua ki āna mahi pai o mua, ā, ka tahuri ki te hara, e kore tōna tika o mua e whakaora i a ia. Ki te ripeneta te tangata kino o mua, ka whakahokia ngā taonga i tahaetia, ka haere i runga i ngā ture a te Atua, ka warewaretia āna hara o mua. He pono ka ora ia. Ngā whiti 17–20: Te Tika o te Atua. E amuamu ana ngā Iharaira "Kāore te ara o te Ariki e rite: " Ka whakahoki te Atua ko ā rātou ara te mea kāore i te tika. E kī ana anō ia ka whakawakia ia tangata e ia tangata e ai ki ā rātou ake whanonga, me te whakanui i te kawenga whaiaro kaua ki te hara ā-rōpū. Wāhanga 3: Te Hinganga o Hiruharama Kua Whakaūtia (Ngā Irava 21–22) E tohu ana tēnei wāhanga kōrero poto i tētahi huringa nui i roto i te mahi minita a Ehekiera. Wāhanga 21: Te Taenga Mai o ngā Pūrongo. I te tau 12 o te whakaraunga, ka tae mai tētahi morehu mai i Hiruharama, ka kawe mai i te pūrongo pouri: " Kua patua te pā . " Ka tutuki i tēnei ngā mea katoa i poropititia e Ezekiel mō ngā tau maha. Wāhanga 22: I puare te waha o Ehekiera. I te ahiahi i mua i te taenga mai o te morehu, i runga te ringa o te Atua i a Ehekiera, ā, i puare tōna waha. Tae noa ki tēnei wā, kua " wāhangu " a Ehekiera, ā, ka taea e ia te kōrero i te wā i hoatu ai e te Atua he poropititanga tika ki a ia (Ehekiera 3:26-27). Mai i tēnei wā tonu, kua tino ora tōna reo. Wāhanga 4: Te Whakawakanga mō te Hunga i Toe i te Whenua (Ngā Irava 23–29) E whakatika ana te Atua i ngā whakaaro pohehe o ngā Hūrai i noho tonu ki te whenua ururua o Iharaira.

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Ngā whiti 24–26: Te Whakahīhī o te Toenga. Ko te iwi i mahue i roto i ngā ururua kei te kī ko rātou te mana o te whenua. E kī ana rātou mēnā ko Āperahāma anake te tangata i riro i a ia te whenua, he nui ake te tika o rātou ki reira—he tokomaha hoki ngā tāngata. Ka whakahē te Atua mā te tohu i ā rātou hara tonu: te kai kikokiko me te toto, te karakia whakapakoko, me te whakaheke toto. Ka pātai ia, "ka riro i a koutou te whenua?" Ngā Irava 27–29: Te Whakangaromanga Katoa. E oati ana te Atua ko te hunga e piri ana i roto i ngā ururua, i ngā ana, me ngā parae tuwhera ka mate i te hoari, i ngā kararehe mohoao, i ngā mate urutā. Ka ururuatia rawatia te whenua hei wawahi i tō rātou whakapehapeha. Wāhanga 5: Te Tūponotanga o te Whakarongo Papaku (Ngā Irava 30–33) Ka mutu te upoko me te whakatūpato ki a Ehekiera mō tōna ingoa rongonui i roto i ngā whakarau. Ngā whiti 30–32: Whakangahau vs. Te Whakarongo. I whakatūpato te Atua i a Ezekiel kei te kōrero te iwi mōna i muri i a ia, ā, kei te karanga tetahi ki tetahi kia "Haere mai, whakarongo ki te kupu e puta mai ana i a Ihowā." Heoi, e rite ana tā rātou mahi ki a Ezekiel ki te kaiwaiata waiata aroha me te reo ataahua . E pai ana rātou ki te whakarongo ki ana kupu hei whakangahau, engari kāore rawa he whakaaro ki te whakamahi i aua kupu nā te mea he apo ō rātou ngākau. Wāhanga 33: Te Taunakitanga Tino Pai. Ko te whakatau a te Atua, ina tutuki katoa ngā mea i poropititia e Ezekiel, ka mōhio ēnei kaiwhakarongo papaku i muri rawa "kua tae mai tētahi poropiti i roto i a rātou."

Te Whakamahinga o te Ariā Kaitiaki i te Kawenata Hou E whakawhitihia ana e te Kawenata Hou te tūranga o te kaitiaki mai i te poropiti kotahi o te Kawenata Tawhito ki ngā minita Karaitiana, ki ngā kaiārahi hāhi, me ngā tāngata whakapono e whakapuaki ana i te Rongopai. 1. Te Kawenga Minita (Ngā Minita me ngā Kaiārahi) I roto i te Kawenata Hou, e whakaahuatia ana ngā kaiārahi o te hāhi hei kaitiaki wairua, me tuku kōrero ki te Atua mō ngā wairua kei raro i tā rātou tiaki. Hiperu 13:17: "Kia ngohengohe ki te hunga e ārahi ana i a koutou, kia ngohengohe hoki ki a koutou: e mataara ana hoki ratou ki o koutou wairua , me te mea nei me tuku e ratou he korero mo o koutou hara..." Te Whakamahinga: He kawenga nui tā ngā minita ki te kauwhau i te pono katoa—tae atu ki ngā whakatūpato mō te hara me te whakawa—kaua ko ngā karere ahuareka anake, e whakaata ana i te kawenga a Ehekiera. 2. Te Parenga "Ringa Ma" a Paora I whakamahia e te Apotoro, e Paora, te reo o Ehekiera hei whakaahua i tana mahi mihinare. I tana wehenga atu i ngā kaumatua o Ēpeha, i mea ia: Ngā Mahi 20:26–27: "Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou i tenei ra, kahore oku hara i te toto o tetahi tangata . Kihai hoki ahau i manawapa ki te kauwhau i te whakaaro katoa o te Atua ki a koutou." Te Whakamahinga: I mōhio a Paora nā te mea i pono tana kauwhau i te Rongopai, ā, i whakatūpato hoki i te hunga katoa i tūtaki ai ia, i "whakaorangia e ia tōna wairua" i runga i te momo tuhituhi a Ehekiera 33:9. 5


3. Te Karanga ki te Mataara Wairua (Ngā Kaiwhakapono Katoa) Ko te kupu Kariki e whakamaoritia ana ko "kia mataara" "kia mataara" rānei ( gregoreo ) e whakamahia pinepinetia ana e Ihu me ngā Apotoro, hei whakawhānui i te hinengaro kaitiaki ki ngā Karaitiana katoa. Mareko 13:37 (Te whakahau a Ihu): " A, ko taku e mea atu nei ki a koutou, ko taku tena e mea atu nei ki te katoa, Kia mataara . " 1 Pita 5:8: "Kia mataara, kia mataara ; kei te haereere hoki tō koutou hoa whawhai, te rewera, ano he raiona e ngengere ana, e rapu ana i te tangata hei horomanga māna." Taupānga: E karangatia ana ngā whakapono o te Kawenata Hou hei kaitiaki mō ō rātou ake oranga, mō ō rātou whānau, me ō rātou hapori—kia mataara tonu ki te tinihanga wairua me te haerenga tuarua mai o te Karaiti.

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