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Ki te whakapono tētahi ki ahau, ka rite ki tā te karaipiture, ‘ka rere mai ngā wai ora i roto i tōna kōpū.’ ”

I te rā whakamutunga, i te rā nui o te hākari, ka tū a Īhu, ka karanga, ka mea, “Ki te matewai tētahi, haere mai ia ki ahau, kia inu.

I kōrerotia tēnei e ia mō te Wairua, meāke nei riro i te hunga e whakapono ana ki a ia; kāhore anō hoki te Wairua Tapu kia hōmai noa; nō te mea kīanō a Īhu i whakakorōriatia noatia.

Kaua e waiho te whakawā i runga i tā te kanohi, engari kia tika tā koutou whakawā.”

Ko te tangata nāna ake tāna kōrero, e whai ana ia i tōna ake korōria; tēnā ki te whai tētahi i te korōria o tōna kaitono, e pono ana ia, ā, kāhore ōna hē.

Ka whakahoki a Īhu ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ehara i te mea nāku ake tāku e whakaako nei, engari, nā tōku kaitono mai.

E kore e āhei kia kino te ao ki a koutou; engari ka kino ki ahau, nō te mea e whakaaturia ana e ahau te kino o āna mahi.