Gewilde Bybelverse vanaf Whakakitenga 2

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“Otirā, he mea anō tāku ki a koe, kua whakarērea e koe tōu aroha tuatahi.

Nā, kia mahara ki te wāhi i taka iho ai koe, rīpenetā, mahia hoki ngā mahi ō mua; ki te kāhore, ka hohoro tāku haere atu ki a koe, ka nekehia atu e ahau tōu tūranga rama i tōna wāhi ki te kore koe e rīpenetā.

Kaua e wehi ki ngā mamae meāke nei pā ki a koe. Nā, tērā e makā ētahi o koutou e te rēwera ki te whare herehere, kia whakamātautauria ai koutou; ā, ka whakamamaetia koutou kotahi tekau ngā rā. Kia pono koe ā mate noa, ā, māku e hoatu ki a koe te karauna o te ora.

“Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ka hoatu e ahau māna e kai tō te rākau o te ora, e tū ana i waenganui o te Pararaiha o te Atua.”

Ka mātau ahau ki āu mahi, ki tōu uaua, ki tōu manawanui, e kore hoki koe e āta hanga ki te hunga kino. Kua whakamātautauria hoki e koe te hunga e mea nei he āpōtoro rātou, ā, ehara, kua mau i a koe he hunga teka rātou.

I whakamanawanui koe, i mahi tonu, ahakoa pēhia, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa, kāhore hoki i hōhā.

“Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ka hoatu e ahau te mana huna, ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a ia he kōhatu mā, me te ingoa hou, he mea tuhituhi ki te kōhatu, e kore nei e mātauria e tētahi, ko te tangata anake e whiwhi ana.”