Ngā Mahi a Paora rāua ko Tekara Upoko 1 1 I te haerenga o Paora ki Ikoniuma, i muri i tana rerenga atu i Anatioka, ka noho ko Rimaha rāua ko Heremokene hei hoa mōna, ā, i kī tonu rāua i te tinihanga i taua wā. 2 Ko Paora ia i titiro noa ki te atawhai o te Atua, kāore i kino ki a rātou, engari i aroha nui ki a rātou. 3 Nō reira, i whakapau kaha ia kia whakaaetia e rātou ngā kōrero me ngā whakaakoranga katoa a te Karaiti, me te whakatakotoranga o te Rongopai a te Tama aroha a te Atua, me te whakaako i a rātou ki te mātauranga o te Karaiti, i whakakitea mai ki a ia. 4 Ā, i te rongonga o tētahi tangata, ko Onehipora te ingoa, kua tae mai a Paora ki Ikoniuma, ka hohoro ia te haere ki te whakatau i a ia, me tana wahine, me Rekitara, me āna tama, a Himia rāua ko Zeno, ki te karanga i a ia ki tō rāua whare. 5 Nā Taituha hoki i whakamārama te āhua o Paora ki a rātou, kāore anō rātou i mōhio ki a ia i te aroaro o te tangata, engari ko tōna āhua anake i mōhiotia e rātou. 6 I haere rātou i te ara o te kingi ki Raihitara, ā, tū ana i reira e tatari ana ki a ia, e whakarite ana i te hunga katoa e haere ana i reira, ki te whakaahuatanga i hoatu e Taituha ki a rātou. 7 Ā, i te mutunga ka kite rātou i tētahi tangata e haere mai ana (arā, ko Paora), he tangata iti te tū, he pakira (he heu rānei) te matenga, he huha piko, he waewae ātaahua, he kanohi kōhao; he ihu piko; ki tonu i te ataahua; i ētahi wā ka puta ia hei tangata, i ētahi wā he kanohi anahera. Ā, ka kite a Paora i a Onehipora, ā, ka koa ia. 8 Nā, ka mea atu a Onehipora: “Tēnā koe, e te pononga a te Atua whakapaingia.” Ka whakahoki a Paora, “Kia tau te aroha noa o te Atua ki a koe me tō whānau.” 9 Nā, ka hae a Demos rāua ko Heremogene, ā, i runga i te whakaaturanga o te karakia nui, ka mea a Demas, Ehara ianei mātou i te pononga a te Atua whakapaingia? He aha koe te mihi mai ai ki a mātou? 10 Ka whakahoki a Onehipora, Nā te mea kāore au i kite i ngā hua o te tika i roto i a koutou; heoi, ki te mea nō taua momo koutou, ka manakohia hoki koutou ki tōku whare. 11 Kātahi ka tomo a Paora ki te whare o Onehipora, ā, nui atu te hari i roto i te whānau mō taua mea: ā, ka whakapau kaha rātou ki te inoi, ki te whawhati taro, me te whakarongo ki a Paora e kauwhau ana i te kupu a te Atua mō te manawanui me te aranga mai, arā: 12 Ka hari te hunga ngākau mā; e kite hoki rātou i te Atua. 13 Ka hari te hunga e pupuri ana i ō rātou kikokiko kia ma; ko te temepara hoki rātou o te Atua. 14 Ka hari te hunga e ngākau māhaki ana; e whakakitea hoki ia e te Atua ki a rātou. 15 Ka hari te hunga e whakarērea ana e rātou ā rātou mahi whakangahau o te ao; ka manakohia hoki rātou e te Atua.
16 Ka hari te hunga whai wahine, me te mea kāore ā rātou wāhine; ka meinga hoki rātou hei anahera mā te Atua. 17 Ka hari te hunga e wiri ana ki te kupu a te Atua: ka whakamarietia hoki rātou. 18 Ka hari te hunga e pupuri ana i tō rātou iriiringa kia ma; ka kitea hoki e rātou te rangimārie me te Matua, te Tama, me te Wairua Tapu. 19 Ka hari te hunga e whai ana i te whakaaro nui (te whakaakoranga rānei) o Ihu Karaiti; ka kiia hoki rātou he tama nā te Runga Rawa. 20 Ka hari te hunga e pupuri ana i ngā ture a Ihu Karaiti; ka noho hoki rātou i roto i te māramatanga mutunga kore. 21 Ka hari te hunga e whakarērea ana ngā korōria o te ao, nā te aroha ki a te Karaiti; ka whakawa hoki rātou i ngā anahera, ka whakanohoia ki te ringa matau o te Karaiti, ā, e kore e mamae i te kawa o te whakawa whakamutunga. 22 Ka hari ngā tinana me ngā wairua o ngā wāhine; e manakohia ana hoki rātou e te Atua, ā, e kore e ngaro te utu o tō rātou wāhinetanga; ka whai mana hoki te kupu a tō rātou Matua (i te rangi) hei whakaora i a rātou i te rā o tana Tama, ā, ka whiwhi rātou ki te okiokinga ake ake. Upoko 2 1 I a Paora e kauwhau ana i tēnei kauwhau i roto i te hāhi i te whare o Onehipora, ka noho tetahi wahine, ko Tikera te ingoa, ko Teokiria te ingoa o tōna whaea, he wahine i taumautia ki tētahi tangata, ko Tamiri te ingoa, i te matapihi o tōna whare. 2 Mai i reira, i te matapihi o te whare i noho ai a Paora, ka rongo ia i te pō, i te ao, i ngā kauwhau a Paora mō te Atua, mō te aroha, mō te whakapono ki a te Karaiti, me te inoi; 3 Kāore ia i pai ki te whakarere i te matapihi, ā, i te nui rawa o tōna hari, ka ngohengohe ia ki ngā whakaakoranga o te whakapono. 4 Nō te kitenga o ia i te tini o ngā wāhine me ngā wāhine e haere ana ki a Paora, ka hiahia nui ia kia whakaarohia ia he tika kia puta ki tōna aroaro, kia whakarongo hoki ki te kupu a te Karaiti; kāore hoki ia i kite i te tinana o Paora, engari ko āna kauwhau anake i rongo ai ia. 5 Nā te korenga o tana hiahia kia haere atu i te matapihi, ka tono tangata tōna whaea ki a Tāmiri, ā, ka haere mai ia me te harikoa nui, me te mea kei te tumanako ia ki te marena i a ia. Nā reira ka mea ia ki a Tēkiria, Kei hea taku Tēkiria? 6 Ka whakahoki a Theoclia, E Thamyris, he mea tino rerekē tāku hei kōrero atu ki a koe; nā te mea, mō ngā rā e toru, e kore a Thecla e neke atu i te matapihi, e kore hoki e kai, e inu rānei, engari e tino hiahia ana ia ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero tinihanga me ngā kōrero tinihanga a tētahi manene, ā, e tino mihi ana ahau ki a Thamyris, mō te wahine taitamariki e mōhiotia ana tōna ngākau mahaki, e whakaae ana kia riro i a ia tēnei momo whakaaro. 7 Nā taua tangata hoki i whakararuraru te pa katoa o Ikoniuma, tae atu ki tō koutou Tekara, me ētahi atu, Ka rere mai ngā wāhine me ngā tāne taitamariki katoa ki a ia ki te whiwhi i tana whakaakoranga; ko ia nei, haunga ngā mea katoa, e kī ana ki a rātou kotahi anake te Atua, ko ia anake hei karakia, ā, me noho tātou i roto i te ngākau mā. 8 Ahakoa rā, ko taku tamāhine, ko Tekara, he rite ki te kupenga pungawerewere e herea ana ki te matapihi, e mau ana i ngā kōrero a Paora, ā, e whakarongo ana ki aua kōrero me te hihiri nui, me te harikoa nui; ā, nā reira, i te