Priljubljene svetopisemske vrstice iz Ruka 17

Deli

Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “Whakatika, haere; nā tōu whakapono koe i ora ai.”

Ā, ki te whitu ngā haranga ki a koe i te rā kotahi, ā, ka whitu ōna hokinga mai ki a koe, ā, ka mea, ‘E rīpenetā ana ahau,’ murua tōna.”

Ā, nō te kitenga o tētahi o rātou kua ora ia, ka hoki, ā, he rahi tōna reo ki te whakakorōria i te Atua. Ā, takoto tāpapa ana ia ki ōna waewae, ka whakawhetai ki a ia. Ā, nō Hamaria ia.

Kia tūpato ki a koutou! “Ki te hara tōu teina ki a koe, rīria; ā, ki te rīpenetā, murua tōna.

Ā, ka oho atu a Īhu, ka mea, “Kīhai rānei te tekau i whakaorangia? Ā, kei hea ngā tokoiwa?

Nā, ka mea te Ariki, “Ki te mea he whakapono tō koutou, me te pua nanī te rahi, ka mea koutou ki tēnei hikamaina, ‘Kia rangā atu koe, kia whakatōkia ki te moana,’ nā, ka rongo ki a koutou.”

Ki te whai tētahi kia ora ia, ka mate anō ia; ki te mate tētahi, ka ora anō ia.

Nā, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, “E kore e taea te whakakāhore te putanga o ngā take hē; otiia, auē te mate mō te tangata e puta ai! He nui te pai ki a ia ki te whakatārewatia ki tōna kakī te kōhatu mira kāihe, kia makā hoki ia ki te moana, ā, kia kaua e taka i a ia ki te hē tētahi ēnei mea nonohi.

“Ka rite hoki ki ngā rā i a Noa ngā rā o te Tama a te tangata. E kai ana rātou, e inu ana, e mārena ana, e tukua ana ki te mārena, taea noatia te rā i tomo ai a Noa ki te āka, ā, ko te putanga mai o te waipuke, nā, whakangaromia katoatia rātou.