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1 Ha, he aha rā te painga i hua ki te Hūrai? He aha te rawa o te kotinga? 2 He nui rā i ngā mea katoa. Ko te tuatahi, kua ākona rātou ki ngā kupu a te Atua.
3 Ka pēhea, mehemea kāhore he whakapono o ētahi? E taka rānei tō te Atua pono i tō rātou whakapono kore? 4 Kāhore rāpea! Engari ko te Atua kia kitea he pono, ko ngā tāngata katoa he teka kau; ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia,
“Kia tika ai tāu i tāu kōrerotanga,
kia puta ai tāu ina whakawākia koe.”
5 Ha, ki te mea nā tō tātou hē i kitea nuitia ai tō te Atua tika, me pēhea he kupu mā tātou? E hē ana rānei te Atua i a ia e whakapā ana i te riri? (He kupu tangata tēnei nāku.) 6 Kāhore rāpea! Pēnei me pēhea te Atua e whakawā ai i te ao?
7 Nā, ki te mea nā tōku teka i hira rawa ai tō te Atua pono hei korōria mōna; he aha ahau i whakahēngia tonutia ai ānō hei tangata hara? 8 He aha hoki tē pēnei ai, ā, ko te kupu whakapae teka tēnei mō mātou, ā, ki tā ētahi ko tā mātou kupu tēnei, “Tātou ka mahi i te kino, kia puta ai he pai”? Tika tonu te tau o te hē ki a rātou.
Kāhore he Tangata e Tika ana
9 He aha koia? He pai ake rānei tō mātou wāhi i tō rātou? Kāhore rā hoki; kua oti hoki te whakapā e mātou i mua he hē ki ngā Hūrai, ki ngā Kariki, kei raro katoa rātou i te hara; 10 ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia:
“Kāhore he tangata tika,
kāhore kia kotahi;
11 kāhore he tangata e mātau ana,
kāhore he tangata e rapu ana i te Atua.
12 Kua peka kē rātou katoa, kua kino ngātahi;
kāhore he tangata e mahi ana i te pai,
kāhore rawa kia kotahi.
13 He urupā puare noa tō rātou korokoro;
e patipati ana ō rātou arero;
kei roto i ō rātou ngutu te wai whakamate o ngā nākahi;
14 kī tonu ō rātou māngai i te kanga, i te nanakia.
15 Ko ō rātou waewae, hohoro tonu ki te whakaheke toto;
16 he whakangaro, he ngākau pōuri, kei ō rātou ara;
17 kāhore hoki rātou i mōhio ki te ara o te rangimārie.
18 Kāhore he wehi o te Atua i mua i ō rātou kanohi.”
19 Nā, e mātau ana tātou ki ngā kupu o te ture, e kōrero ana ki te hunga i te ture, kia kopia ai ngā māngai katoa, kia whakawākia ai te ao katoa e te Atua. 20 Nō te mea kāhore he mahi o te ture e tika ai tētahi kikokiko i tōna aroaro; mā roto mai i te ture te mātauranga ki te hara.
Te Tikanga a te Atua hei Whakatika i a Tātou
21 Otiia, kua whakakitea ināianei he tika a te Atua, motu kē i te ture, he mea whakaatu nā te ture, nā ngā poropiti; 22 arā, ko te tika a te Atua e nā runga mai ana i te whakapono ki a Īhu Karaiti ki te hunga katoa e whakapono ana. Kāhore hoki he pokanga kētanga; 23 kua hara katoa hoki, ā, kāhore e taea e rātou te korōria o te Atua; 24 he mea whakatika utukore nā tōna aroha noa, i runga i tā Karaiti Īhu hokonga; 25 ko ia hoki tā te Atua i whakaari ai hei whakamārie, i runga i te whakapono, he mea nā ōna toto. Kia whakakitea ai tōna tika, i te mea ka whakapahemotia atu ngā hara ō mua, he mea hoki nā te manawanui o te Atua; 26 hei whakakite i tōna tika i tēnei wā nei anō; he mea kia tika ai ia anō, me te kaiwhakatika i te tangata e whakapono ana ki a Īhu.
27 Nā, kei hea te whakamanamana? Kua āraia atu. E tēhea ritenga ture? E tō ngā mahi? Kāhore, engari, e te ture o te whakapono. 28 Koia mātou ka mea ai, kei te whakapono he tika mō te tangata, motu kē i ngā mahi o te ture. 29 Ko te Atua oti te Atua o ngā Hūrai anake? Ehara rānei ia i te Atua o ngā tauiwi hoki? Āe rā, o ngā tauiwi anō hoki; 30 ki te mea ia he kotahi te Atua, ā, māna e whakatika te kotinga i runga i te whakapono, me te kotingakore ina whakapono. 31 E taka rānei te ture i tā mātou, arā i te whakapono? Kāhore rāpea! Engari, nā tā mātou i ū ai te ture.