Աստվածաշնչի հայտնի հատվածներ Hoani 12-ից

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Ki te mea tētahi ko ia hei kaimahi māku, me aru ia i ahau; ko te wāhi e noho ai ahau, ko reira anō tāku kaimahi. Ki te mahi tētahi i āku mahi, mā tōku Matua ia e whakahōnore.”

Ki te aroha tētahi ki tōna ora, ka mate anō ia; ki te kino tētahi ki te ora i tēnei ao, ka tūturu ki a ia te ora ake ake.

He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kore tētahi pata wīti e marere ki te oneone, e pirau, ka takoto ko ia anake; tēnā ki te pirau, he nui ōna hua.

Kua tae mai nei ahau hei whakamārama mō te ao, kei noho i te pōuri tētahi e whakapono ana ki ahau.

“Nā, ki te rongo tētahi ki āku kupu, ki te kore hoki e puritia e ia, e kore ahau e whakahē i a ia; kīhai hoki ahau i haere mai ki te whakahē i te ao, engari, ki te whakaora i te ao.

Nā, ka mau a Meri ki tētahi pāuna hinu kakara he tino nara, he mea utu nui, whakawahia ana e ia ngā waewae o Īhu, me te muru anō i ōna waewae ki ōna makawe; kī noa te whare i te kakara o te hinu.

Ka mau rātou ki ngā manga nīkau, haere ana ki te whakatau i a ia, me te karanga, “Ohana! Ka whakapaingia ia, e haere mai nei i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, te Kīngi o Īharaira!”

Ka kī a Īhu ki a rāua, ka mea, “Kua tae mai te hāora e whakakorōriatia ai te Tama a te tangata.