Gewilde Bybelverse vanaf Ekoruhe 15

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I mea hoki ia, “Ki te rongo mārie koe ki te reo o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, ā, ka mahi i te mea tika ki tāna titiro, ā, ka whai taringa ki āna whakahau, ka pupuri hoki i āna tikanga katoa, e kore rawa tētahi o aua mate i whakapāngia ki ngā Īhipiana e ahau, e whakapāngia atu e ahau ki a koe. Ko Ihowā hoki ahau e whakaora nei i a koe.”

Ko Ihowā tōku kaha, tāku waiata, ko ia anō hoki hei whakaora mōku; ko tōku Atua tēnei, ā, māku ia e whakakorōria; ko te Atua o tōku pāpā, ā, māku ia e whakanui.

“Ko wai o ngā atua hei rite mōu, e Ihowā? Ko wai hei rite mōu, e whakamoemititia nei mō te tapu, e wehingia nei, e whakapaingia nei, e mahi nei i ngā mea whakamīharo?

“Nā tōu atawhai i ārahina mai ai e koe te iwi kua hokona nei e koe; nā tōu kaha i aratakina ai rātou e koe ki tōu nohoanga tapu.

Nā, ka tae rātou ki Mara, kīhai hoki i āhei te inu i ngā wai o Mara; he kawa hoki. Nā reira i huaina ai tōna ingoa ko Mara. Nā, ka amuamu te iwi ki a Mohi, ka mea, “Ko te aha hei inu mā mātou?” Nā, ka karanga ia ki a Ihowā; ā, ka whakakitea mai he rākau e Ihowā ki a ia, ā, pangā ana e ia ki ngā wai, nā, ka reka ngā wai. I hōmai e ia he ture ki a rātou i reira, me tētahi ritenga; i whakamātauria rātou e ia ki reira.