Gewilde Bybelverse vanaf Whakakitenga 3

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Nā, tēnei ahau te tū nei i te tatau, te pātukituki nei; ki te whakarongo tētahi ki tōku reo, ā, ka uaki i te tatau, ka tomo atu ahau ki a ia, hei hoa kai mōna, ko ia hoki hei hoa kai mōku.

E mātau ana ahau ki āu mahi, ehara koe i te mātao, ehara koe i te wera. Ka pai ahau me i mātao koe, me i wera rānei. Heoi, i te mea he mahanahana kau koe, ehara i te mātao, ehara i te wera, ka ruakina atu koe e ahau i roto i tōku māngai.

“Ko āku e aroha nei, ka rīria e ahau, ka whiua; nā, kia ngākau nui koe, rīpenetā hoki.

E mātau ana ahau ki āu mahi. Nā, kua hoatu e ahau ki tōu aroaro he tatau puare, e kore nei e taea te tūtaki e tētahi. He kaha hoki tōu, he mea iti nei, kua puritia anō e koe tāku kupu, kāhore anō hoki koe i whakakāhore ki tōku ingoa.

“Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ka hoatu e ahau ki a ia kia noho ki tōku taha ki runga ki tōku torōna, pēnei me ahau i ahau nei te wikitōria, kua noho ki te taha o tōku Matua i runga i tōna torōna.

Nō te mea e kī ana koe, ‘Kua whai taonga ahau, kua tini āku rawa, kāhore hoki tētahi mea e matea ana e ahau.’ Kāhore hoki e mātau he waikorohuhū noa iho koe, he hē noa iho, he rawakore, he matapō, he mea kākahukore.

Nō te mea kua puritia e koe te kupu o tāku manawanui, waihoki ka puritia koe e ahau i te hāora o te whakamātautauranga, i taua hāora meāke nei puta ki te ao katoa, hei whakamātautau i te hunga e noho ana i te whenua.

“Ka hohoro tāku haere atu; kia mau ki tāu, kei tangohia tōu karauna e tētahi.

Kia mataara, whakaūkia ngā mea e toe nei, ka tata nei te mate; kāhore hoki ahau i kite i āu mahi kia tino rite ki te aroaro o tōku Atua.