Priljubljene svetopisemske vrstice iz Kenehi 15

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I whakapono hoki ia ki a Ihowā, ā, ka whakairia ki a ia hei tika.

Muri iho i ēnei mea ka puta moemoeā mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Āperama, ka mea: “Kaua e wehi, e Āperama. Ko ahau tōu whakangungu rākau, tōu utu nui whakaharahara.”

Nā, ka kawea ia e ia ki waho, ā, ka mea mai, “Tēnā tirohia atu te rangi, taua hoki ngā whetū, ki te taea ēnā e koe te tatau.” Ā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “Ka pērā tōu uri.”

Nā, kua puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a ia, i mea ia, “E kore e mahue iho ōu taonga mō tēnā; engari, ka mahue iho mō tētahi e puta mai i roto i ōu whēkau.”

Ā, ka mea ia ki a Āperama, “Kia tino mōhio koe, ka noho manene tōu uri ki tētahi whenua ehara nei i a rātou, ā, ka mahi ki a rātou; ā, e whā rau ngā tau e whakatupuria kinotia ai rātou.

Nā, ka mea a Āperama, “E te Ariki, e Ihowā, ko te aha e hōmai e koe ki ahau, e haere urikore nei ahau, ā, ko te taunga o tōku whare hei tēnei Eriētera o Ramahiku?”

I taua rangi anō ka whakaritea e Ihowā he kawenata ki a Āperama, ka mea ia, “Ka hoatu e ahau tēnei whenua ki tōu uri, mai rā anō o te awa o Īhipa, ā tae noa ki te awa nui, ki te awa, ki Uparati

Kei te whā ia o ngā whakatupuranga ka hoki mai rātou ki konei nō te mea kāhore anō kia tutuki noa te hara o ngā Amori.”