Ko te Pukapuka Tuatahi a te Hepara o Hermas, e kiia nei ko Ana Matakitenga TE WHAKAMĀRAMA 1 1 Nā te tangata nāna ahau i whakatipu, i hoko tētahi kōtiro taitamariki ki Rōma; i taku kitenga i a ia i ngā tau maha i muri mai, ka mahara ahau ki a ia, ā, ka tīmata taku aroha ki a ia pērā i tētahi tuahine. I muri iho i tētahi wā, ka kite ahau i a ia e horoi ana i te awa o Taiperu; ā, ka totoro atu tōku ringa ki a ia, ka ārahi i a ia ki waho i te awa. 2 Ā, i tōku kitenga i a ia, ka whakaaro ahau i roto i ahau, ka mea, 'Aue te harikoa mēnā he wahine pēnei taku, mō tōna ataahua me ōna tikanga.' I whakaaro ahau ki tēnei; kāre anō hoki ahau i whakaaro i muri iho. Engari kāore i roa i muri mai, i ahau e hikoi ana, e whakaaroaro ana ki ēnei whakaaro, ka tīmata ahau ki te whakahonore i tēnei mea hanga a te Atua, me te whakaaro ki roto i ahau; he rangatira, he ataahua hoki ia. 3 Ā, i taku haerenga poto, ka moe ahau. Kātahi ka kahakina ahau e te wairua, ka haria e ia mā te taha matau, ki te taha matau, kāore e taea e te tangata te haere. He wāhi i waenganui i ngā toka, he pari rawa, kāore e taea te haere e te wai. 4 I taku haerenga atu i tēnei wāhi, ka tae ahau ki tētahi mania; ā, i taku tukunga i ōku turi ki raro, ka tīmata ahau ki te inoi ki te Ariki, me te whaki i aku hara. 5 Ā, i ahau e inoi ana, ka tuwhera te rangi, ā, ka kite ahau i te wahine i hiahia ahau, e mihi mai ana i te rangi, e mea ana, E Hermas, kia ora! ā, i ahau e titiro atu ana ki a ia, ka mea atu, E kui, he aha tāu mahi i konei? Ka whakahoki mai ia ki ahau, Kua haria ahau ki konei ki te whakapae i a koe mō te hara i te aroaro o te Ariki. 6 E kui, ka mea atu ahau, ka taea e koe te whakatenatena i ahau? Kāo, ka mea ia: engari whakarongo mai ki aku kupu ka kōrerotia nei e ahau ki a koe. Ko te Atua e noho ana i te rangi, nāna nei i hanga ngā mea katoa i te kore, ā, i
whakanuia e ia mō tana hāhi tapu, e riri ana ki a koe, nā te mea kua hara koe ki ahau. 7 Nā ka whakahoki ahau, ka mea ki a ia, E kui, ki te mea kua hara ahau ki a koe, korerotia mai ki ahau te wahi, te wāhi hea, te wā rānei i kōrero ai ahau i tētahi kupu whakarihariha, i tētahi kupu tinihanga rānei ki a koe? 8 Kāore ianei ahau i whakaaro ki a koe hei wahine rangatira i ngā wā katoa? Kāore ianei ahau i whakaute i a koe hei tuahine i ngā wā katoa? He aha rā koe i whakaaro ai i ēnei mea kino ki ahau? 9 Kātahi ia ka menemene mai ki ahau, ka mea mai, Kua ara ake te hiahia ki te kino i roto i tōu ngākau. Kāore ianei koe e whakaaro he mea kino kia ara ake te hiahia kino i roto i te ngākau o te tangata tika? 10 He hara nui rawa atu tēnei ki tētahi tangata pērā; e whakaaro ana hoki te tangata tika he tika tāna. Ā, i a ia e mahi ana i tēnā, e haere tika ana, ka manakohia ia e te Ariki i te rangi i ana mahi katoa. 11 Ko te hunga ia e whakaaro kino ana i roto i ō rātou ngākau, ka riro i a rātou te mate me te herehere; ā, ko te hunga e aroha ana ki tēnei ao, e whakamanamana ana ki ā rātou taonga, ā, e kore e whakaaro ki ngā mea pai e haere mai ana; ka kopikopiko noa iho ō rātou wairua, ā, kāore e mōhio ki hea e whakatika ai. 12 Nā, ko te āhua tēnei o te hunga ngākau rua, kāore nei e whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā, e whakahawea ana, e wareware ana ki tōna ake ora. 13 Engari inoi ki a Ihowa, a mana e whakaora ou hara, me nga hara o tou whare katoa, me ana tangata tapu katoa. 14 I te mutunga o tana kōrerotanga i ēnei kupu, ka kati ngā rangi, ā, i horomia rawatia ahau e te pouri me te wehi; ā, ka mea ahau i roto i ahau, Ki te whakapaea ahau mō tēnei hara, me pēhea rā ahau e ora ai? 15 Me pēhea rā hoki e taea ai e ahau te inoi ki a Ihowa mō aku hara maha, nunui hoki? He aha ngā kupu ka inoi ai ahau ki a ia kia atawhai mai ki ahau? 16 I ahau e whakaaroaro ana ki ēnei mea, e whakaaroaro ana i roto i ahau, nā, kua whakatakotoria mai tētahi tūru ki tōku aroaro, he mea hanga ki te huruhuru hipi mā, kanapa tonu me te hukarere. 17 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi kuia, he kākahu kanapa tōna, me te pukapuka i tōna ringa, ā, ka noho ko ia anake, ka mihi
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mai ki ahau, ka mea mai, E Hermas, kia ora koe! ā, i ahau e tangi ana, ka whakahoki atu, Kia ora, e Kuini! 18 Ā, ka mea mai ia ki ahau, He aha koe i pouri ai, e Hermas, e kore nei e manawanui, e ngākau mahaki, e harikoa tonu ana? Ka whakahoki atu ahau, ka mea atu ki a ia, E kui, kua whakapaea ahau e tetahi wahine pai, e kī mai ana kua hara ahau ki a ia. 19 Ka mea ia, Kaua rawa te pononga a te Atua e mea pēnā. Engari tera pea kua ara ake tōna hiahia i roto i tō ngākau. Nā te mea he pono, mā taua whakaaro pērā ka hara ai ngā pononga a te Atua. 20 Kaua rawa tēnei whakaaro whakarihariha e noho i roto i te pononga a te Atua: kaua hoki te tangata kua whakaaetia e te Wairua e hiahia ki te kino; engari ko Hermas, e pupuri ana i a ia anō i ngā hiahia kino katoa, e kī ana i te ngākau mahaki, i te harakore. 21 Ahakoa rā, ehara i te mea ko koe anake te take o te riri o Ihowa ki a koe, engari ko tou whare, i mahi kino nei ki a Ihowa, ki o ratou matua ano hoki. 22 Nā, i tō aroha ki āu tama, kāore koe i whakatūpato i tō whare, engari i tukua rātou kia noho kino; nā reira i riri ai a Ihowā ki a koe: engari ka rongoātia e ia ngā kino katoa e mahia ana i roto i tō whare. Nā ō rātou hara me ō rātou hē, kua pau katoa koe i ngā mahi o te ao. 23 Nā, kua arohaina koe e te aroha o te Atua, koutou ko tō whare, ā, kua whakamarietia koe e ia. Ko koe ia, kaua e kopikopiko, engari kia ata noho, kia whakamarietia hoki tō whare. 24 Ka rite ki te kaimahi e whakaputa ana i tana mahi, e tuku ana ki tana e pai ai; ka pera ano koe ma te whakaako i ia ra, i ia ra, i te mea e tika ana kia whakakorea te hara nui. No reira kaua e mutu te whakatupato i au tama, e mohio ana hoki a Ihowa ka ripeneta ratou me o ratou ngakau katoa, a ka tuhia hoki ratou ki te pukapuka o te ora. 25 Ā, i tana kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka tāpiri atu ia ki ahau; E pai ana koe ki te whakarongo mai ki taku pānui?—Ka whakahoki ahau ki a ia, E kui, ka pai ahau. 26 Whakarongo mai, e ai ki tāna; ā, i tana whakatuwheratanga i te pukapuka, ka pānui ia, me te kororia, me te nui, me te whakamiharo, i ngā mea kāore i taea e au te maumahara. He kupu whakamataku hoki, kāore e taea e te tangata te whakamanawanui. 27 Heoi i maumahara ahau ki āna kupu whakamutunga; he torutoru noa hoki, ā, he nui te whai hua ki a mātou. 28 Tirohia te Ariki kaha rawa, nāna nei i hanga te ao, nā tōna mana e kore e kitea, me tōna whakaaro nui whakaharahara, i whakapaipai i tana mea hanga, ā, nā tōna whakaaro nui i whakatū te rangi ki te kupu o tōna kaha, i whakatū hoki i te whenua ki runga i ngā wai; ā, nā tēnei mana kaha i whakatū ai i tana Hāhi Tapu, i manaakitia nei e ia. 29 Nana, ka tangohia e ia ngā rangi, me ngā maunga, ngā pukepuke, me ngā moana; ā, ka whakamāramatia ngā mea katoa mō tāna hunga whiriwhiri; kia taea ai e ia te hoatu ki a rātou te kupu whakaari i whakaaria e ia, me te nui o te honore me te hari; mehemea ka pupuri rātou i ngā ture a te Atua, kua riro nei i a rātou me te whakapono nui. 30 Ā, i te mutunga o tana pānui, ka whakatika ake ia i te tūru; nā, ka haere mai ētahi taitama tokowhā, ka amo i te tūru ki te rawhiti. 31 Nā ka karanga mai ia ki ahau, ka pā ki tōku uma, ka mea mai ki ahau, I pai koe ki taku pānui? Ka whakahoki
ahau, E kui, i pai ahau ki ēnei mea whakamutunga; engari he uaua, he uaua ngā mea i mua. 32 I mea mai ia ki ahau, Ko enei mea whakamutunga mā te hunga tika, ko nga mea i mua mā te hunga tutu me te hunga tauiwi. 33 Ā, i a ia e kōrero ana ki ahau, ka puta mai ngā tāngata tokorua, ka hiki i a ia ki runga i ō rāua pokohiwi, ka haere ki te rawhiti, ki te wāhi i noho ai te nohoanga. 34 Nā, haere hari ana ia; ā, i a ia e haere ana, ka mea mai ia ki ahau, E Hereme, kia maia. TE WHAKAMĀTAUTAU 2 1 I ahau e haere ana ki Cuma, i te wā tonu i haere ai ahau i te tau kua pahure ake nei, ka tīmata ahau te mahara ki te kitenga i kitea e ahau i mua. Ā, ka kahakina anō ahau e te wairua, ka kawea ki te wāhi i noho ai ahau i te tau kua pahure ake nei. 2 Ā, i tōku taenga atu ki te wāhi, ka tuturi ahau, ka tīmata te inoi ki te Ariki, me te whakakororia i tōna ingoa, mōna i whakaaro he tika ahau, ā, kua whakakitea mai e ia ki ahau aku hara o mua. 3 Ā, i taku aranga ake i te inoi, ka kite ahau i te kuia i tōku aroaro, i kite ahau i te tau kua hipa, e haereere ana, e pānui ana i roto i tētahi pukapuka. 4 Ā, ka mea mai ia ki ahau, E taea rānei e koe te kōrero i ēnei mea ki te hunga whiriwhiri a te Atua? Ka whakahoki ahau, ka mea atu ki a ia, E kui, kāore e taea e au te maumahara ki ēnei mea maha, engari homai te pukapuka ki ahau, ā, māku e tuhituhi. 5 Tangohia, e ai ki tāna, ā, kia tino whakahokia mai e koe ki ahau. 6 Nō te taenga mai o te pukapuka, ka peka atu ahau ki tētahi wāhi o te mara, ka tuhituhi i ngā reta katoa, kāore hoki i kitea he kupu. 7 Ā, nō te otinga o taku tuhituhi i roto i te pukapuka, ka tangohia whakareretia te pukapuka i roto i tōku ringa, engari kāore ahau i kite i a ia. 8 I muri i ngā rā tekau mā rima, i taku nohopuku, me taku inoi nui ki te Ariki, ka whakakitea mai ki ahau te mātauranga o te tuhituhi. Nā, ko te tuhituhi tēnei: 9 Kua hara ō uri, e Hermas! ki a Ihowa, kua tinihanga hoki i ō rātou mātua, nā te nui o tō rātou kino. Ā, kua karangatia rātou ko ngā kaituku i ō rātou mātua, ā, kua haere tonu i roto i tā rātou tinihanga. 10 Nā, kua tāpirihia atu e rātou te moepuku ki ō rātou hara kē, me ngā poke o ō rātou moepuku: nā reira kua whakakīia e rātou te mehua o ō rātou he. Engari riria āu tama ki ēnei kupu katoa; me tau wahine hoki, ko ia hei tuahine mōu; kia ako ia ki te pupuri i tōna arero, i a ia e kōrero kino ana. 11 Ā, ka rongo ia i ēnei mea, ka whakamanawanui ia, ā, ka tohungia ia. 12 Ā, ka akona hoki rātou, ina riria rātou e koe ki ēnei kupu kua whakahaua nei e te Ariki kia whakakitea ki a koe. 13 Ko reira ka murua ai ō rātou hara i mahia e rātou i mua, me ngā hara o te hunga tapu katoa i hara tae noa mai ki tēnei rā; ki te ripeneta rātou me ō rātou ngākau katoa, ka whakakorea hoki ngā feaa katoa i roto i ō rātou ngākau. 14 Kua oati hoki te Ariki ki tōna korōria mō āna i whiriwhiri ai, kua whakaritea e ia i tēnei wā tonu, 5 ki te hara tetahi, ahakoa ināianei, e kore ia e whakaorangia.
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15 Kua tae hoki te mutunga o te ripeneta o te hunga tika; kua tutuki ngā rā o te ripeneta ki te hunga tapu katoa; engari ki ngā tauiwi, kei reira te ripeneta tae noa ki te rā whakamutunga. 16 Nō reira, me kī atu koe ki te hunga e tiaki ana i te hāhi; kia whakarite rātou i ō rātou ara i runga i te tika, kia tino whiwhi ai rātou i te kupu whakaari me te kororia nui. 17 Nō reira, kia tū pakari koutou e te hunga e mahi ana i te tika, kia mau tonu hoki ki te mahi i taua mea, kia haere tahi ai koutou me ngā anahera tapu. 18 Ka hari koutou, te hunga e manawanui ana ki te whakamātautau nui e tata mai nei, me te hunga e kore e whakakahore i tōna ora. 19 Kua oati hoki a Ihowa ki tana Tama, ko te tangata e whakakahore ana ki tana Tama, me te wehi hoki ki tona ora, ka whakakahoretia ano ia e ia i te ao kei te haere mai. 20 Ko te hunga ia e kore e whakakahore ki a ia, ka atawhaitia rātou e ia, nā te nui rawa o tōna aroha noa. 21 Ko koe ia, e Herema, kaua e mahara ki ngā mahi kino a āu tama, kaua hoki e wareware ki tō tuahine, engari kia tupato kia whakatikaia e rātou ō rātou hara o mua. 22 Ka akona hoki rātou e tēnei whakaakoranga, ki te kore koe e mahara ki tā rātou mahi kino. 23 Ko te maharatanga ki ngā kino he mate; ko te warewaretanga ia ki aua mea he ora tonu. 24 Ko koe ia, e ngā Heremiti! he maha ngā raruraru o te ao kua pā ki a koe nā ngā hara o tō whare, nā te mea kua wareware koe ki aua mea, me te mea ehara i te mea nāu; ā, kua tino pukumahi koe ki tāu mahi nui. 25 Heoi, mō tēnei take ka ora ai koe, nā te mea kāore koe i whakarērea te Atua ora, ā, mā tō ngākau tapatahi me tō manawanui motuhake koe e tiaki, ki te u tonu koe ki roto i aua mea. 26 Ae, mā rātou e whakaora te hunga katoa e mahi ana i ēnei mea, e haere ana i runga i te harakore, i te ngākau tapatahi. 27 Ko te hunga o tēnei momo ka toa i ngā mahi kino katoa, ā, ka mau tonu rātou ki te ora tonu. 28 Ka hari te hunga katoa e mahi ana i te tika, e kore ratou e whakangaromia ake tonu atu. 29 Engari ka mea koe, Nana, he whakamātautau nui kei te haere mai. Ki te pai ki a koe, whakakahoretia ano ia. 30 E tata ana a Ihowa ki te hunga e tahuri ana ki a ia, e rite ana ki te mea i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka a Heldam raua ko Modal, i poropiti nei ki te iwi o Iharaira i te koraha. 31 Heoi anō, e ngā teina, i whakakitea mai ki ahau, i ahau e moe ana, e tētahi taitama tino ataahua, e mea ana ki ahau, He aha tō whakaaro mō taua kuia i homai nei te pukapuka ki a koe; ko wai ia? Ka whakahoki ahau, he Hipiri. 32 Kua hē koe, ka mea ia, ehara ia. Ka whakahoki ahau, Ko wai ia, e te rangatira? Ka whakahoki ia ki ahau, Ko te hahi a te Atua. 33 Ā, ka mea atu ahau ki a ia, He aha rā ia i āhua koroheke ai? Nō reira, e ai ki tāna, he kuia ia, nā te mea ko ia te tuatahi o ngā mea hanga katoa, ā, i hangaia te ao mōna. 34 I muri i tēnei ka kite ahau i tētahi whakakitenga i te kāinga i roto i tōku ake whare, ā, ka haere mai te kuia i kite ahau i mua, ka pātai mai, mehemea kua tukuna e ahau tana pukapuka ki ngā kaumātua o te hāhi? Ā, ka whakahoki ahau, kāore anō kia tukuna e ahau.
35 Ka mea ia, He pai rawa tāu mahi; he kupu anō hoki tāku hei kōrero atu ki a koe. Engari kia oti i ahau ngā kupu katoa, ka mārama te hunga whiriwhiri ki aua kupu. 36 Ā, me tuhituhi e koe ētahi pukapuka e rua, ka tukuna tētahi ki a Keremeneta, tētahi ki a Kerepete. Mā Keremeneta hoki e tuku ki ngā tāone ke, nā te mea kua whakaaetia kia pērā ia: engari mā Kerepete e whakatūpato ngā pouaru me ngā pani. 37 Engari me pānui koe i roto i tēnei pā me ngā kaumātua o te hāhi. TE WHAKAMĀTAUTAU 3 1 Ko te kitenga i kitea e au, e ngā teina, koia tēnei. 2 I a au e nohopuku ana, e inoi ana ki te Ariki, kia whakakitea mai e ia ki ahau te whakakitenga i whakaaria mai e ia e te kuia kia whakakitea mai ki ahau; i taua pō anō ka puta mai ia ki ahau, ka mea mai ki ahau: 3 Nā te mea kei te whakapouri koe i a koe anō, ā, e hiahia ana koe ki te mōhio ki ngā mea katoa, haere mai ki te mara, ki te wāhi e pai ai koe, ā, i te ono o ngā hāora, ka puta atu ahau ki a koe, ka whakaatu atu ki a koe i ngā mea me kite e koe. 4 Ka pātai atu ahau ki a ia, ka mea atu, E kui, ki tēhea wāhanga o te mara? Ka whakahoki ia, "Ki te wāhi e pai ai koe, whiriwhiria he wāhi pai, he wāhi tūmataiti." Ā, i mua i taku tīmatanga ki te kōrero ki a ia, ki te kōrero i te wāhi, ka mea mai ia ki ahau, "Ka haere ahau ki te wāhi e pai ai koe." 5 Nō reira, e ngā teina, i te mara ahau, ā, i titiro ahau ki ngā hāora, ā, ka tae atu ki te wāhi i whakaritea e ahau kia haere mai ia. 6 Ā, ka kite ahau i tētahi paepae e takoto ana; he urunga rinena, ā, i runga ake i taua paepae he hipoki rinena pai. 7 I taku kitenga i ēnei mea kua whakaritea pēnei, ā, kāhore he tangata i taua wāhi, ka tīmata ahau te miharo, ā, tū ana ōku makawe, ā, ka mau ahau i te mataku; ko ahau anake hoki. 8 Nō te hokinga ake o tōku māramatanga, ka mahara ahau ki te kororia o Kara, ā, ka maia ahau, ka tuturi ki raro, ka anga anō ki te whaki i aku hara, pērā i mua. 9 Ā, i ahau e mahi ana i tēnei, ka haere mai te kuia ki reira me ngā taitama tokoono i kite ahau i mua, ā, tū ana i muri i ahau i ahau e inoi ana, ka rongo ia i ahau e inoi ana, e whaki ana i aku hara ki te Ariki. 10 Ā, ka pā mai ia ki ahau, ka mea mai, Kati te inoi mō ō hara anake; inoi hoki mō te tika, kia whiwhi ai koe i tētahi wāhanga o ia i roto i tō whare. 11 Nā ka hiki ake ia i ahau i taua wāhi, ka mau ki tōku ringa, ka arahina ahau ki te nohoanga; ā ka mea ki ngā taitama; Haere, hanga. 12 I tō rātou wehenga atu, ā, ko māua anake, ka mea mai ia ki ahau: E noho ki konei. Ka whakahoki ahau ki a ia: E kui, me noho tuatahi ngā kaumātua. Ka whakahoki ia, E noho ki raro, pērā i taku i mea atu ai ki a koe. 13 Ā, i taku hiahia kia noho ki te taha matau, kāore ia i tuku i ahau, heoi ka tohu mai tōna ringa ki ahau kia noho ki te taha maui. 14 I ahau e whakaaroaro ana, e pouri ana hoki, mō tana korenga e tuku i ahau kia noho ki te taha matau, ka mea ia ki ahau, E Hermes, he aha koe i pouri ai? 15 Ko te wāhi kei te taha matau, ko rātou kua tae kē ki te Atua, kua mamae hoki mō tōna ingoa. Engari he nui tonu
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ngā mea e toe ana ki a koe, i mua i tō nohoanga tahi me rātou e Banat. 16 Engari kia mau tonu tōu ngākau pono, kia noho tahi hoki koe me rātou, pērā i te hunga katoa e mahi ana i ā rātou mahi, ā, ka pikaua e rātou te mea i pikaua e rātou. 17 Ka mea atu ahau ki a ia: E kui, e hiahia ana ahau kia mōhio ki ngā mamae kua pā ki a rātou? Whakarongo mai, e ai ki tāna: ngā kararehe mohoao, ngā whiunga, ngā hereherenga, me ngā ripeka mō tōna ingoa. 18 Nā reira, ko te ringa matau o te tapu hei mea mā rātou, me te ringa matau o te hunga katoa e mamae ana mō te ingoa o te Atua; ko te ringa maui ia hei mea mā ētahi atu. 19 Heoi, nō te hunga e rua ngā mea homai me ngā kupu whakaari, nō te hunga kei te ringa matau, nō te hunga kei te ringa maui; engari ko te mea kei te ringa matau rātou e whai kororia ana i runga ake i ētahi atu. 20 Engari e hiahia ana koe kia noho tahi me rātou ki te taha matau, heoi he maha ōu hapa. Engari ka horoia koe i ōu hapa, pērā i te hunga katoa e kore e ruarua, ka horoia i ngā hara katoa i mahia e rātou tae noa mai ki tēnei rā. 21 Ā, i tana kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka haere ia. 22 Nō reira, ka takoto ahau ki mua i ōna waewae, ka inoi ki a ia, mō te Ariki, kia whakakitea mai e ia ki ahau te kitenga i kōrerotia mai e ia. 23 Kātahi ka mau anō ia i tōku ringa, ka hiki ake i ahau, ka meinga ahau kia noho ki te nohoanga i te taha maui; ā, ka pupuri ake i tētahi tokotoko kanapa, ka mea mai ki ahau, E kite ana koe i taua mea nui? Ka whakahoki ahau, E kui, kāore au e kite i tetahi mea. 24. Na ka mea ia, E kite ana koe i tetahi pourewa nui i tou aroaro, he mea hanga ki ngā kōhatu tapawhā kanapa, he mea hanga ki te wai? 25 Nā ēnei taitama tokoono i haere tahi mai me ia te pourewa i hanga ki runga i tētahi tapawhā. 26 Engari he mano tini ngā tāngata i mau mai i ngā kōhatu; ko ētahi i hutia mai i te hohonu, ko ētahi i mau mai i te whenua, ā, i hoatu ki ngā taitama tokoono. Ā, ka tangohia e rātou, ka hanga. 27 Ko aua kōhatu i tangohia mai i te hohonu, i whakanohoia katoatia ki roto i te whare; i orohia hoki, ā, i honoa tika tonu ō rātou tapawhā tetahi ki tetahi, ā, i honoa rawatia tetahi ki tetahi, kāore he wāhi e kitea ai te wāhi i honoa ai, ā, te āhua nei ko te pourewa katoa i hangaia ki te kōhatu kotahi. 28 Ko ngā kōhatu kē atu ia i tangohia mai i te whenua, ko ētahi i whakakahoretia e rātou, ko ētahi i whakaurua ki roto i te whare. 29 Mō ngā mea i whakakahoretia, i tapahia ētahi, ka maka atu ki tawhiti atu i te pourewa; engari he tokomaha atu i takoto noa i te taha o te pourewa, kāore i whakamahia e rātou i roto i te whare. 30 He taratara ētahi o ēnei, he ngatata ētahi, he mā, he porotaka ētahi, kāore i tika mō te hanga o te pourewa. 31 I kite ahau i ngā kōhatu kē atu e maka ana i tawhiti atu i te pourewa, e hinga ana ki te huarahi nui, heoi kāore i haere tonu i te ara, engari kua hurihia atu i te ara ki te koraha. 32 I kite ahau i ētahi e taka ana ki roto i te ahi, e kā ana; ko ētahi i taka ki te taha o te wai, engari kāore i taea te takahuri ki roto, ahakoa i hiahia nui rātou ki te taka ki roto i te wai. 33 Ā, i tana whakakitenga mai i ēnei mea ki ahau, ka mea ia kia haere: engari ka mea atu ahau ki a ia, E kui, he aha te
pai o taku kitenga i ēnei mea, ā, kāore au e mārama ki tōna tikanga? 34 Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki ahau: He tino mātanga koe, e hiahia ana koe ki te mōhio ki ngā mea e pā ana ki te pourewa. Ae, ka mea ahau, e te Wahine, kia whakapuakina atu ai e ahau ki ngā teina, kia hari ai rātou, ā, kia whakakororiatia ai te Atua e te hunga e rongo ana i ēnei mea me te kororia nui. 35 Kātahi ia ka mea, He tokomaha e rongo, ā, ina rongo rātou, ka hari ētahi, ka tangi ētahi. Ahakoa rā, ki te ripeneta rātou, ka hari anō hoki ēnei. 36 Nā, whakarongo mai ki taku e kōrero ai mō te kupu whakarite o te pourewa, ā, muri iho i tēnei kati te pātai mai ki ahau mō te whakakitenga. 37 He mutunga hoki tō ēnei whakakitenga, kua tutuki hoki. Engari kaua e mutu te hiahia ki ngā whakakitenga, he nui rawa hoki tō hiahia ki te mahi. 38 Mō te pourewa e kite nei koe kua hangaia, ko au tonu, arā, ko te hāhi, kua puta ki a koe i nāianei, i mua hoki. Nō reira, pātai atu ki tāu e hiahia ana mō te pourewa, ā, māku e whakakite ki a koe, kia hari tahi ai koe me te hunga tapu. 39 Ka mea atu ahau ki a ia, E kui, nā te mea kua whakaaro koe he tika ahau kia whiwhi i a koe i te whakakitenga o ēnei mea katoa, korerotia mai ki ahau. 40 Ka whakahoki ia ki ahau, Ko ngā mea katoa e tika ana kia whakakitea ki a koe, ka whakakitea; engari me noho tōu ngākau ki te Ariki, kaua hoki e ruarua, ki ngā mea katoa e kite ai koe. 41 Ka pātai atu ahau ki a ia, E kui, he aha i hangaia ai te pourewa ki runga i te wai? Ka whakahoki ia, I kī atu ahau ki a koe i mua he tino whakaaro nui koe ki te uiui mārie mō te whare, nō reira ka kitea e koe te pono. 42 Whakarongo mai ki te take i hangaia ai te pourewa ki runga i te wai: nā te mea ko te wai tō oranga, ā, ka ora anō hoki. Nā te kupu hoki o te ingoa mana nui, honore hoki i whakatū ai, ā, e tautokona ana e te mana me te mana o te Atua e kore e kitea. 43 Ā, ka whakahoki atu ahau, ka mea atu ki a ia, He mea whakamiharo ēnei mea; engari, e kui, ko wai aua taitama tokoono e hanga ana? 44 Ko rātou, e ai ki tāna, ngā anahera a te Atua, i whakaritea tuatahitia, ā, kua tukua e te Ariki ki a rātou ana mea katoa, hei hanga, hei hanga, hei whakahaere hoki i a rātou. Nā ēnei hoki ka oti ai te hanga o te pourewa. 45 Ā, ko wai ērā atu e kawe mai ana i ngā kōhatu ki a rātou? 46 Ko rātou anō hoki ngā anahera tapu a te Ariki; engari he nui atu te pai o ētahi atu i ēnei. Nō reira, ina oti te hanganga katoa o te pourewa, ka hakari tahi rātou katoa i te taha o te pourewa, ā, ka whakakororia i te Atua, nā te mea kua oti te hanganga o te pourewa. 47 Ka pātai atu ahau ki a ia, me te kī atu, E hiahia ana ahau kia mōhio ki te āhua o ngā kōhatu, me te tikanga o aua kōhatu, he aha te āhua? 48. Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki ahau, He pai ake koe i te katoa kia whakakitea ai tenei ki a koe? Kei mua hoki i a koe etahi atu, he pai ake i a koe, e whakakitea ai enei kitenga ki a ratou. 49 Heoi, kia whakakororiatia ai te ingoa o te Atua, kua whakakitea mai ki a koe, ā, ka whakakitea mai anō, hei painga mō te hunga e ruarua ana, e whakaaro ana i roto i ō rātou ngākau mēnā he pono ēnei mea, kāore rānei.
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50 Mea atu ki a rātou he pono ēnei mea katoa, ā, kāore he mea o roto e hē ana; engari he pumau, he pono te whakau o ngā mea katoa. 51 Whakarongo mai rā ki ngā kōhatu o te whare. 52 Ko ngā kōhatu tapawhā me ngā kōhatu mā e tino ōrite ana ngā hononga, ko ngā apotoro, ko ngā pīhopa, ko ngā rata, ko ngā minita, nā te aroha noa o te Atua i haere mai ai, i whakahaere ai, i whakaako ai, i minita ai i runga i te tapu me te ngākau mahaki ki te hunga whiriwhiri a te Atua, arā, te hunga kua moe, me te hunga e toe tonu nei; ā, kua whakaae tonu ki a rātou, ā, kua mau te rangimārie i roto i a rātou anō, ā, kua whakarongo tetahi ki tetahi. 53 Nā reira i tino tūtaki ai ō rātou hononga ki te hanganga o te pourewa. 54 Ko te hunga kua toia mai i te hohonu, ā, kua whakanohoia ki roto i te whare, ā, e rite ana ō rātou hononga ki ngā kōhatu kē kua oti kē te hanga, ko rātou kua moe kē, ā, kua mamae mō te ingoa o te Ariki. 55 Ā, he aha ngā kōhatu kē atu, e kui, i tangohia mai i te whenua? E hiahia ana ahau kia mōhio he aha rātou. 56 Ka whakahoki ia, Ko te hunga e takoto ana i runga i te whenua, kāore anō kia whakakanapatia, ko rātou ngā mea kua manakohia e te Atua, nā te mea kua haere rātou i runga i te ture a Ihowā, ā, kua whakatikatika i ō rātou ara i runga i āna whakahau. 57 Ko te hunga i kawea mai, i whakanohoia ki te hanganga o te pourewa, ko te hunga taitamariki whakapono, ko te hunga pono. Ā, ka whakatūpatohia ēnei e ngā anahera kia mahi i te pai, nā te mea kāore he kino i roto i a rātou. 58 Ko wai rā te hunga i whakakahoretia e rātou, i whakatakotoria ki te taha o te pourewa? 59 Ko rātou te hunga kua hara, ā, e hiahia ana ki te ripeneta; nō reira, kāore rātou e maka atu i te pourewa, nā te mea ka whai hua rātou mō te hanganga, ki te ripeneta rātou. 60 Nō reira, ko te hunga kāore anō kia ripeneta, ki te ripeneta rātou, ka kaha te whakapono; arā, ki te ripeneta rātou ināianei, i te mea e hangaia ana te pourewa. Nā te mea ki te oti te hanga, kāore he wāhi hei whakanoho i a rātou ki roto, engari ka whakakahoretia rātou; ko ia anake hoki kei a ia tēnei mana e haere ana ki waho ki te pourewa. 61 Engari e hiahia ana koe kia mōhio ko wai rātou i tapahia atu, i maka atu i tawhiti i te pourewa? E kui, ka mea ahau, koia taku e hiahia nei. 62 Ko ngā tamariki rātou o te kino, i whakapono noa ki te tinihanga, engari kāore i whakarērea ō rātou ara kino; nā reira e kore ai rātou e ora, nā te mea kāore he painga mō rātou i roto i te hanganga nā ō rātou hara. 63 Nō reira, i tapahia atu ai rātou, i maka atu ai ki tawhiti, nā te riri o te Ariki, nā te mea hoki kua whakapataritari rātou i a ia kia riri ki a rātou. 64 Mō te tini o ngā kōhatu kē atu kua kitea e koe e whakatakotoria ana ki te pourewa, engari kāore i whakatakotoria ki roto i ngā whare; ko ērā kua pakari, ko te hunga kua mōhio ki te pono, engari kāore i mau tonu ki roto, kāore hoki i uru ki te hunga tapu, nō reira kāore he hua. 65 Ko te hunga he pakaru kei roto i a rātou, ko te hunga e pupuri ana i te ngangau i roto i ō rātou ngākau tetahi ki tetahi, ā, kāore e noho i runga i te rangimārie; he hunga e noho hoa ana ina noho tahi me ō rātou teina, engari ina wehe atu rātou tetahi i tetahi, ka mau tonu te kino i roto i ō
rātou ngākau: koia ēnei ngā pakaru e kitea ana i roto i aua kōhatu. 66 Ko te hunga poto, ko te hunga kua whakapono, engari kei te kī tonu i te kino: nā reira i pōrearea ai rātou, ā, kāore i ora. 67 Engari he aha ngā kōhatu ma, porowhita, e kui, ā, ko ēhea kāore e tika mō te hanganga o te pourewa? 68 Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki ahau, Kia pehea te roa o tou kuware, o tou kore matauranga, e ui ai koe i nga mea katoa, a kahore e kitea tetahi mea? 69 Ko rātou te hunga he whakapono pono, engari kei a rātou anō ngā taonga o tēnei ao. Nō reira, ina puta he raruraru, nā te mea he taonga, he hokohoko hoki ā rātou, ka whakakahoretia e rātou te Ariki. 70 Ka whakahoki ahau, ka mea ki a ia, Āhea rā ēnei mea ka whai hua ai ki te Ariki? Ina tapahia ā rātou taonga, e mea ana ia, e hiahia ana rātou ki reira, ko reira rātou ka whai hua ai ki te Ariki mō tāna hanganga. 71 E rite ana hoki ki te kōhatu porowhita, ki te kore e tapahia, e maka atu rānei, e kore e taea tōna rahi te hanga tapawhā, waihoki ko te hunga whai rawa o tēnei ao, ki te kore e tapahia ā rātou taonga, e kore e taea te whai hua ki te Ariki. 72 Akohia tēnei i roto i ōu ake wheako; i a koe e whai rawa ana, kāore koe i whai hua; engari ināianei kua whai hua koe, ā, kua rite mō te oranga i tīmatahia e koe; i mua hoki ko koe tētahi o aua kōhatu. 73 Ko ngā kōhatu i mahue iho i a koe i maka atu i tawhiti i te pourewa, i oma atu i te ara, i taka atu ki ngā wāhi koraha, ko rātou te hunga kua whakapono pono, engari nā te ruarua i whakarērea ai e rātou te ara pono, me te whakaaro ka kitea e rātou he ara pai ake. Heoi kei te kotiti ke rātou, kei te pouri, e haere ana ki ngā ara mokemoke. 74 Nā, ko aua kōhatu i taka ki te ahi, ā, i tahuna, ko rātou te hunga kua whakarērea te Atua ora ake tonu atu; kāore hoki e puta ake ki roto i ō rātou ngākau te ripeneta, nā te aroha e mau nei ki ō rātou hiahia me ngā kino e mahia ana e rātou. 75 Ā, ko ēhea atu i taka ki te taha o te wai, ā, kāore i taea te huri ki roto i te wai? 76 Ko rātou ēnei kua rongo i te kupu, ā, kua pai kia iriiria i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki; engari i te whakaaro ki te tapu nui e hiahiatia ana e te pono, kua wehe kē rātou i a rātou anō, ā, kua hoki anō ki muri i ō rātou hiahia kino. 77 Koia tana whakaotinga i te whakamārama mō te pourewa. 78 Otira i te mea kei te tohe tonu ahau, ka ui atu ahau ki a ia, E whakaaetia ana te ripeneta ki aua kohatu katoa kua maka atu penei, a kihai i pai mo te hanganga o te pourewa; a tera ranei e kitea he wahi mo ratou i roto i tenei pourewa? 79 E ripeneta ana rātou, e ai ki tāna, engari e kore e taea e rātou te tomo ki tēnei pourewa; engari ka whakanohoia rātou ki tētahi tūranga iti rawa, ā, i muri i tēnā ka whakamamaetia rātou, ka tutuki hoki ngā rā o ō rātou hara. 80 Nā konei rātou ka tangohia atu, nā te mea kua whiwhi rātou i te kupu o te tika: ā, ko reira rātou ka haria atu i ō rātou mamae, ki te mea ka whai māramatanga pono i roto i ō rātou ngākau mō tā rātou i mahi he ai. 81 Ki te kore ia tēnei whakaaro i roto i ō rātou ngākau, e kore rātou e ora nā te pakeke o ō rātou ngākau. 82 Nō te mutunga o taku pātai atu ki a ia mō ēnei mea katoa, ka mea mai ia ki ahau, Kei te hiahia koe ki te kite i
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tētahi atu mea? Ā, i taku hiahia kia kite, ka tino harikoa ahau. 83 Nā, ka titiro whakamuri mai ia ki ahau, ā, ka menemene iti, ka mea mai ki ahau, E kite ana koe i ngā wāhine tokowhitu i te taha o te pourewa? E kui, ka mea ahau, kei te kite ahau i a rātou. 84 Ko tēnei pourewa, ko tāna whakahoki, e tautokona ana e rātou, e ai ki te whakahau a te Ariki: nō reira whakarongo mai ki ngā pānga o aua mea. 85 Ko te tuatahi o rātou, e pupuri ana i tōna ringa, e kiia ana ko te Whakapono, māna ka ora ai te hunga whiriwhiri. Ko te tuarua, he mea whitiki, he āhua tāne, e kiia ana ko te Whakamutu: ko ia te tamāhine a te Whakapono. 86 Nō reira, ko te tangata e whai ana i a ia ka hari i tōna oranga katoa, nā te mea ka mawehe atu ia i ngā mahi kino katoa, me te whakapono ki te pupuri ia i a ia anō i ngā hiahia katoa, ka riro i a ia te oranga tonutanga. Ā, ko wai, e hine, ka mea atu ahau, ko ērā atu tokorima? 87 Ko tā rāua, ko tāna whakahoki, he tamāhine rāua nā tētahi ki tētahi. Ko te tuatahi ko te Ngāwari; ko te tuarua ko te Harakore; ko te tuatoru ko te Whakaiti; ko te Whakahau; ā, ko te whakamutunga ko te Aroha. Nō reira, ina oti i a koe ngā mahi a tō rātou whaea, ka taea e koe ngā mea katoa. 88 E kui, ka mea atu ahau, e hiahia ana ahau kia mōhio ki ngā āhuatanga motuhake o ia tangata, o ia tangata. 89 Whakarongo mai, ka whakahoki ia; he ōrite ō rāua tikanga pai, ā, kua honoa ngātahi ō rāua tikanga pai, ā, e whai ana tetahi i tetahi i tō rāua whānautanga mai. 90 Mai i te Whakapono ka puta te Whakakore; mai i te Whakakore, te Māmā; mai i te Māmā, te Harakore; mai i te Harakore, te Whakaiti; mai i te Whakaiti, te Whakahau me te Aroha. Nō reira, he tapu, he parakore, he tika ngā mahi a ēnei. 91 Nō reira, ko te tangata e mahi ana ki ēnei, e pupuri ana hoki i ā rātou mahi, ka noho ia ki te pourewa me te hunga tapu o te Atua. 92 Kātahi ahau ka pātai atu ki a ia mō ngā wā, mehemea kua tata te mutunga; 93 Nā, ka karanga ia me te reo nui, ka mea, E te tangata kuware! Kāore anō koe kia kite i te pourewa e hangaia ana? Nō reira, kia oti te pourewa, kia hangaia, ka mutu; ā, ka hohoro te oti. 94 Kaua e pātai mai anō ki ahau. Tērā pea ka ranea ngā mea kua kōrerotia hei whakahauora i ō koutou wairua, me te hunga tapu katoa. Kāore hoki ēnei mea i whakakitea ki a koe anake, engari kia whakakitea e koe ki te katoa. 95 Nō reira, e Hermes, i muri i ngā rā e toru me mārama koe ki ēnei kupu ka tīmata nei taku kōrero ki a koe, kia kōrerotia ai e koe ki ngā taringa o te hunga tapu; kia rongo ai rātou, kia mahi ai, kia horoia ai ō rātou kino, me koe tahi ko rātou. 96 Whakarongo mai ki ahau, e aku tama, kua whakatipuria koutou e ahau i roto i te tino ngawari, i te harakore, i te ngākau mahaki, nā te aroha o te Atua, kua tau iho ki runga ki a koutou i roto i te tika, kia whakatapua ai koutou, kia whakatikaia ai i ngā hara me ngā kino katoa; engari e kore koutou e mutu i ā koutou mahi kino. 97 Nō reira, whakarongo mai ki ahau, kia mau te rongo tetahi ki tetahi, kia toro atu tetahi ki tetahi, kia manaaki tetahi i tetahi, kaua hoki e pai ki ngā mea hanga a te Atua anake.
98 Hoatu noa ki te hunga e matea ana. Nā te nui rawa o te kai ka pāngia te kikokiko e te ngoikore, ka whara hoki ō rātou tinana; ko te kikokiko ia o ētahi kāore he kai, ka memeha haere, nā te mea e hiahia ana rātou ki te kai e tika ana, ā, ka pau ngā tinana. 99 Nō reira, he kino tēnei koretake ki a koutou, ki te hunga kua whiwhi, ā, kāore e kōrero ki te hunga e hiahia ana. Kia rite mō te whakawa e tata mai ana ki a koutou. 100 E te hunga rangatira, rapua te hunga e hiakai ana, i te mea kāore anō kia oti te pourewa. Ina oti te pourewa, ka hiahia koutou ki te mahi i te pai, ā, e kore e kitea he wāhi mō koutou i roto. 101 Nō reira, kia tūpato koutou, e te hunga e whakamanamana ana ki ā koutou taonga, kei aue rātou ko te hunga rawakore, ā, ka tae ake tā rātou aue ki te Atua, ā, ka katihia koutou me ā koutou taonga ki waho o te kūaha o te pourewa. 102 Nana, tenei taku kupu whakatūpato ki a koutou, e te hunga e whakatōngia ana ki runga i te hahi, e aroha ana ki nga nohoanga teitei, kaua koutou e rite ki te hunga e mahi ana i te kino. 103 Ā, e mauria ana e rātou ā rātou paitini i roto i ngā pouaka, engari kei roto i ō koutou ngākau tō koutou paitini me te mate, ā, e kore koutou e horoi i aua mea, e whakaranu i ō koutou whakaaro ki te ngākau parakore, kia kitea ai e koutou te aroha noa o te Kīngi Nui. 104 Kia tūpato, e aku tamariki, kei tangohia e ā koutou tautohetohe ō koutou oranga. Me pēhea e whakaako ai koutou i te hunga whiriwhiri a te Atua, i a koutou e hiahia ana ki te whakatikatika? Nō reira, me whakatūpato tetahi i tetahi, kia tau te rangimārie ki waenganui i a koutou, kia taea ai e au, e tū ana i mua i tō koutou matua, te tuku i tētahi kōrero mō koutou ki te Ariki. 105 Ā, i te mutunga o tana kōrero ki ahau, ka haere mai ngā taitama tokoono i hanga whare, ka amo i a ia ki te pourewa; ā, tokowhā atu i noho ki te nohoanga i noho ai ia, ā, ka hoki atu anō rātou ki te pourewa. Kāore au i kite i ō rātou kanohi, nā te mea i anga mai ō rātou tuara ki ahau. 106 I a ia e haere ana, ka tono atu ahau kia whakakitea mai e ia ki ahau te tikanga o ngā āhua e toru i puta mai ai ia ki ahau. 107 Nā, ka whakahoki mai ia, ka mea mai ki ahau, Me pātai atu koe ki ētahi atu mea, kia whakakitea ai ki a koe. 108 Nā, e ngā teina, i roto i te kitenga tuatahi o te tau kua hipa, i puta mai ia ki ahau kua tino koroheke rawa, e noho ana i runga i te tūru. 109 I tētahi atu kitenga, he kanohi taitamariki tōna, engari kua tawhito tōna kikokiko me ōna makawe; engari i kōrero mai ia ki ahau e tū ana, ā, nui atu tōna harikoa i tō te wā tuatahi. 110 I te kitenga tuatoru, he taitamariki rawa atu ia i ngā āhuatanga katoa, ā, he ātaahua ki te titiro atu; engari he makawe kaumātua tōna; heoi he ātaahua tōna āhua, ā, i noho ki runga i te nohoanga. 111 Nā reira i tino pouri ai ahau mō ēnei mea, ā, tae noa ki te wā i mārama ai ahau ki te kitenga. 112 Nā reira i kite ahau i taua kuia i roto i tētahi moemoeā o te pō e mea mai ana ki ahau, Me whakaiti te inoi katoa. Nō reira, nohopuku, ā, ka ako koe i te Ariki i tāu e tono ai. Nō reira i nohopuku ahau i tētahi rā. 113 I taua pō anō ka puta mai tētahi taitama ki ahau, ka mea mai, He aha koe i hiahia pinepine ai ki ngā
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Whakakitenga i roto i ō inoi? Kia tūpato kei whara te tinana i te maha o ngā mea e tonoa ana e koe. Kia ranea ēnei Whakakitenga māu. 114 E kite ana koe i ngā Whakakitenga nui atu i ērā kua riro i a koe? 115 Ka whakahoki ahau, ka mea atu ki a ia, E te Ariki, kotahi te mea e tonoa atu nei e au mō ngā āhua tokotoru o te kuia i puta mai ki ahau, kia oti ai te Whakakitenga. 116 Ka whakahoki ia ki ahau, Ehara i te mea kāore he māramatanga i a koe, engari nā ō ruarua koe i pērā ai; nā te mea kāore tō ngākau i te Ariki. 117 Ka whakahoki atu ahau, ka mea, Engari ka akohia e mātou ēnei mea i a koe. 118 Whakarongo mai rā, e ai ki tāna, mō ngā tatauranga e pātaihia ana e koutou. 119 Nā, i te kitenga tuatahi, i puta ia ki a koe i roto i te āhua o tētahi kuia e noho ana i runga i te tūru, nā te mea kua pirau tō wairua tawhito, ā, kāore he kaha, nā ō ngoikoretanga, me te ruarua o tō ngākau. 120 E rite ana ki te hunga kua koroheke, kāhore he tumanako ki te whakahou i a rātou anō, kāhore hoki he tumanako atu i tua atu i tō rātou wehenga atu; waihoki ko koe, i te ngoikore i ō mahi o te ao, i tuku i a koe ki te mangere, kaua hoki e whakarērea tō manukanuka ki te Ariki: ā, i pōhēhē tō hinengaro, ā, i koroheke koe i roto i tō pouri. 121 Engari, e te rangatira, e mōhio ana ahau he aha ia i noho ai ki runga i te tūru? 122 Ka whakahoki ia, nā te mea ko te tangata ngoikore katoa e noho ana i runga i te tūru nā tōna ngoikore, kia taea ai te tautoko i tōna ngoikore. Nā reira, tirohia te āhua o te kitenga tuatahi. 123 I te kitenga tuarua i kite koe i a ia e tū ana, he kanohi taitamariki, he nui atu tōna harikoa i tōna mua; engari he tawhito tōna kikokiko me tōna makawe. Whakarongo mai hoki, e ai ki tāna, ki tēnei kupu whakarite. 124 Ina koroheke te tangata, ka pouri ia mōna ake anō nā tōna ngoikore me tōna rawakore, ā, ko te rā whakamutunga anake tana e tumanako atu ai. 125 Engari i taua wā tonu ka mahue iho he taonga tuku iho māna, ā, ka rongo ia, ka whakatika; ā, ka harikoa ia, ka whai kaha hou. Ā, kāore ia e noho ana, engari e tū ana, ā, kua whakaorangia i tōna pouri o mua; ā, kāore ia e noho, engari e mahi toa ana. 126 Nō reira, i tō koutou rongonga i te Whakakitenga i whakakitea mai e te Atua ki a koutou, nā te mea i aroha te Atua ki a koutou, ā, i whakahoutia tō koutou wairua, ka whakarerea e koutou ō koutou ngoikore, ā, ka puta mai te kaha ki a koutou, ā, ka kaha haere koutou i roto i te whakapono; ā, i te kitenga o te Atua i tō koutou kaha, ka hari te Atua. 127 Nā konei i whakakitea ai e ia ki a koutou te hanganga o te pourewa, ā, ka whakakitea atu anō hoki e ia ētahi atu mea ki a koutou, ki te mea ka mau te rongo i waenganui i a koutou me te ngākau katoa. 128 Engari i te kitenga tuatoru i kite koe i a ia he taitamariki tonu, he ātaahua, he koa, ā, he mata marino. 129 Me te mea ka tae mai he rongo pai ki te tangata e pouri ana, ka wareware tonu ia ki tōna pouri, ā, kāore he mea kē atu e whakaarohia ana e ia engari ko te rongo pai kua rongohia e ia; ā, mō te toenga ka whakamarietia ia, ā, ka
whakahoutia tōna wairua e te hari kua riro i a ia: waihoki kua whakahauoratia tō wairua i te kitenga i ēnei mea pai. 130 Ā, ko te kitenga i a ia e noho ana i runga i te paepae, he tohu tēnei i te tūnga kaha; nā te mea e whā ngā waewae o te paepae, ā, e tū pakari ana. Ā, ko te ao tonu e tautokona ana e ngā huānga e whā. 131 Nō reira, ko te hunga e tino ripeneta ana, ka taitamariki tonu; ā, ko te hunga e tahuri ke ana i ā rātou hara me ō rātou ngākau katoa, ka whakaukia. 132 Nā, kua whiwhi koe i te Whakakitenga katoa, kaua e tono atu kia whakakitea mai tetahi mea ki a koe i muri mai. 133 Engari ki te mea ka whakakitea tetahi mea, ka whakakitea ki a koutou. TE WHAKAMĀTAUTAU 4 1 I kite ahau i tētahi kitenga, e ngā teina, e rua tekau ngā rā i muri i te kitenga tuatahi; he whakaaturanga mō te whakapawera e tata mai ana. I a au e haereere ana i te ara o te parae. 2 Nā, ko te tawhiti i te ara nui ki te wāhi i haere atu ai ahau, e tekau paronga pea te tawhiti; he ara tino torutoru tēnei e haerea ana e te hunga haere. 3 Ā, i ahau e haereere ana ko au anake, ka inoi ahau ki te Ariki kia whakaūtia e ia ngā whakakitenga i whakakitea mai e ia ki ahau i roto i tana Hāhi tapu: 4 Ā, ka tukua mai e ia te ripeneta ki āna pononga katoa i hara, kia whakakororiatia ai tōna ingoa nui, whakakororiatia hoki, nā te mea i whakaaro ia he tika ahau hei whakakitenga māna i āna merekara, kia whakakororia ai ahau i a ia, kia whakawhetai ai ki a ia. 5 Nā, i te mea he reo te whakahoki mai, Kaua e ruarua, e Hermas. Nō reira ka tīmata ahau te whakaaro, te kī i roto i ahau; he aha ahau ka ruarua ai, kua oti nei hoki ahau te whakaū e te Ariki, ā, kua kite ahau i ēnei mea kororia? 6 I haere atu ahau i tawhiti, e ngā teina, kātahi ahau ka kite i te puehu e piki ake ana ki te rangi. Ka tīmata ahau te kōrero i roto i ahau, he kahui kau kei te haere mai, e whakaara ake ana i te puehu pēnei? 7 E tata ana ki te paronga te tawhiti atu i ahau. Ā, ka kite ahau i te puehu e piki haere ana, ā, ka tīmata ahau te whakaaro he mea tino rerekē kei roto. 8 Ā, ka whiti te rā i tētahi wā poto: nā, ka kite ahau i tētahi kararehe nui, he rite ki te tohorā; me ngā mawhitiwhiti ahi e puta mai ana i roto i tōna mangai. Ko te teitei o te kararehe tata ki te rau putu, ā, ko tōna pane he rite ki tētahi oko oneone nui. 9 Ka tīmata ahau te tangi, ka inoi ki te Ariki kia whakaorangia ahau e ia i taua mea. Kātahi ahau ka mahara ki te kupu i rongo ai ahau; Kaua e ruarua, e Hermas. 10 Nō reira, e ngā teina, i te mea kua kakahuria e ahau te whakapono atua, me te mahara ki te tangata nāna ahau i ako i ngā mea nunui, i tukua e ahau ahau ki te kararehe. 11 Nā, ka haere mai te kararehe i roto i te āhua, me te mea kua taea e ia te horomi i tētahi pā i taua wā tonu. 12 I whakatata atu ahau ki a ia, ā, ka totoro te tinana katoa o te kararehe ki te whenua, ko tōna arero anake te mea i whakapuakina mai, kāore rawa i nekenekehia e ia, ā, i pahemo atu ahau i tōna taha. 13 E whā ngā tae o te māhunga o te kararehe; he mangu tuatahi, ā, he whero toto, ā, he koura, ā, he mā.
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14 I muri i taku haerenga atu i taua mea, ā, i taku haerenga whakamua, e toru tekau putu te roa, ka tūtaki mai ki ahau tētahi wahine, he ataahua te whakapaipai, me te mea nō te putanga mai i tōna rūma marena, he mā katoa ōna kākahu, he mā ōna hu, he arai kei tōna mata, he makawe kanapa. 15 Nā, i roto i aku kitenga o mua, i mōhio ahau ko te hāhi tēnei, ā, nō reira ka nui haere te harikoa. I mihi mai ia ki ahau, me te mea, "Kia ora, e te tangata!" I mihi atu ahau, me te mea, "E kui, kia ora!" 16 Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea mai ki ahau, Kāore he mea i tūtaki ki a koe, e tama? Ka whakahoki ahau, E kui, i tūtaki mai ki ahau tētahi kararehe pēnei, i te mea ka taea e ia te kai i tētahi iwi katoa; engari nā te mana o te Atua, nā tana aroha noa hoki, i mawhiti ai ahau. 17 I mawhiti pai koe i taua mea, e ai ki tāna, nā te mea i tukua e koe tō manukanuka katoa ki te Atua, i whakatuwhera hoki i tō ngākau ki a ia, me te whakapono kāore he mea kē atu e ora ai koe, engari ko tōna ingoa nui, honore. 18 Nā reira i tonoa mai ai e te Ariki tana anahera, te kaitiaki o te kararehe, ko Hekerini tōna ingoa, ā, i purua tōna waha, kei kainga koe e ia. Nā tō whakapono koe i mawhiti ai i te whakamātautau nui, nā te mea hoki kāore koe i ruarua mō tētahi kararehe whakamataku pērā. 19 Nā reira, haere, kōrerotia ki te hunga whiriwhiri a te Atua ngā mea nunui kua meatia e ia mōu. Me kī atu hoki ki a rātou, ko tēnei kararehe te tohu o te whakamātautau e tata ana te haere mai. 20 Nō reira, ki te mea kua rite koutou, ka mawhiti koutou i taua mea, ki te mea he parakore, he kore he ira o ō koutou ngākau; ā, ki te mea ka mahi koutou ki te Atua i ō koutou rā katoa me te kore amuamu. 21 Maka atu ō koutou manukanuka katoa ki runga ki te Ariki, ā, māna e ārahi. Whakapono ki te Atua, e te hunga ruarua, e taea hoki e ia ngā mea katoa; ka taea hoki e ia te tahuri atu i tōna riri i a koe, ā, ka tonoa mai he āwhina me te haumaru ki a koe. 22 Aue te mate mō te hunga ruarua, mō te hunga e whakarongo ana ki ēnei kupu, ā, e whakahawea ana ki a rātou! he pai ke mō rātou me i kore rātou e whānau mai. 23 Kātahi ahau ka pātai atu ki a ia mō ngā tae e whā o te kararehe i runga i tōna māhunga. Engari ka whakahoki mai ia; Kei te hiahia anō koe ki te mōhio kei te pātai koe mō ēnei mea. Engari ka mea atu ahau ki a ia, E kui, whakakitea mai ki ahau he aha ēnei mea. 24 Whakarongo mai, ka mea ia; Ko te mangu i kite koe, ko te ao e noho nei koe. Ko te tae mura me te toto, ko te tikanga me whakangaro tēnei ao e te ahi me te toto. 25 Ko te wāhanga koura ko koutou, kua mawhiti mai i roto i taua mea. E rite ana hoki ki te koura e whakamatautauria ana ki te ahi, a ka whai hua, waihoki ka whakamatautauria koutou e te hunga e noho ana i roto i te ao nei. 26 Nā, ko te hunga e u ana ki te mutunga, ā, e whakamatautauria ana e rātou, ka purea. Ā, ka rite ki te koura e horoia ana, e memeha ana tōna paru i tēnei whakamātautau, waihoki ka maka atu e koutou ngā mamae me ngā raruraru katoa, ā, ka purea hei hanga i te pourewa. 27 Engari ko te tae mā e tohu ana i te wā o te ao kei te haere mai, e noho ai te hunga whiriwhiri a te Atua: nā te mea ka ma, ka kore he koha o te hunga whiriwhiri a te Atua tae noa ki te ora tonu.
28 Nā reira, kaua e mutu te kōrero i ēnei mea ki ngā taringa o te hunga tapu. Anei te āhua o te whakapawera nui e tata mai nei; ki te pai koutou, e kore rawa e pā ki a koutou. Nō reira, kia mahara ki ngā mea kua kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou. 29 I te mutunga o tana kōrero, ka haere ia; engari kāore ahau i kite i tōna haerenga. Engari ka rongo ahau i tētahi haruru, ā, ka tahuri whakamuri ahau, i te wehi hoki, i mahara hoki ahau kei te haere mai te kararehe ki ahau.