Gewilde Bybelverse vanaf Ruka 21

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Mō konei rā kia mataara, i ngā wā katoa kia īnoi tonu, kia paingia ai koutou kia mawhiti i ēnei mea katoa meāke nei puta, kia tū hoki i te aroaro o te Tama a te tangata.”

“Otirā, kia tūpato ki a koutou anō, kei taimaha ō koutou ngākau i te kakai, i te haurangi, i ngā raruraru o te ao, ā, ka puta whakarere mai taua rā, ānō he reti, ki a koutou.

Mā te manawanui e mau ai ō koutou wairua.”

Māku hoki e hoatu ki a koutou he māngai, he mātauranga, e kore e taea te whakakāhore, te pēhi, e ō koutou hoa whawhai katoa.

E pahemo te rangi me te whenua; ko āku kupu ia e kore e pahemo.”

“Ā, ka whai tohu te rā, te marama, me ngā whetū, ā, ki runga ki te whenua he pāwera nō ngā tauiwi, he tūmatatenga ki te haruru o te moana, o te ngaru. Ka whiti ngā tāngata i te mataku, i te manawapā ki ngā mea e puta mai ana ki te ao, e ngāueue hoki ngā mea kaha o ngā rangi. Ko reira rātou kite ai i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i te kapua, me te kaha, me te korōria nui.

Ka kino anō ngā tāngata katoa ki a koutou, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa.

Tērā hoki e puta ngā rū nunui, ā, i ngā tini wāhi ka pā te matekai me ngā mate urutā, me ngā mea whakamataku hoki, me ngā tohu nunui o te rangi.

Nā, ka rongo koutou ki ngā taua, ki ngā whakaoho, kaua e mataku. Kua takoto hoki te tikanga mō ēnei mea kia mātua puta mai; taihoa ia te mutunga.” Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, “Ka whakatika tētahi iwi ki tētahi iwi, tētahi rangatiratanga ki tētahi rangatiratanga.

“Ā, ka whai tohu te rā, te marama, me ngā whetū, ā, ki runga ki te whenua he pāwera nō ngā tauiwi, he tūmatatenga ki te haruru o te moana, o te ngaru. Ka whiti ngā tāngata i te mataku, i te manawapā ki ngā mea e puta mai ana ki te ao, e ngāueue hoki ngā mea kaha o ngā rangi.

Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, “Ka whakatika tētahi iwi ki tētahi iwi, tētahi rangatiratanga ki tētahi rangatiratanga.

Ā, ka mea ia, “Kia mahara kei māmingatia koutou; he tokomaha hoki e haere mai i runga i tōku ingoa, e mea, ‘Ko ahau ia, kua tata te tāima.’ Nā, kei whai i muri i a rātou.