Աստվածաշնչի հայտնի հատվածներ Hoani 4-ից

Կիսվել

He Wairua te Atua; me karakia hoki ngā kaikarakia ki a ia i runga i te wairua, i te pono.”

Otirā, meāke puta te wā, ā, tēnei anō, e karakia ai ngā kaikarakia pono ki te Matua i runga i te wairua, i te pono; e rapu ana hoki te Matua ki te pērā hei karakia ki a ia.

tēnā ko te tangata e inu ana i te wai e hoatu e ahau ki a ia, e kore ia e mate i te wai ā ake ake. Engari, te wai e hoatu e ahau ki a ia, hei puna wai tēnā i roto i a ia e pupū ake ana, ā te ora tonu rā anō.”

Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “Me i mātau koe ki tā te Atua e hōmai ai, ki tēnei hoki e mea nei ki a koe, ‘Hōmai he wai mōku,’ pēnei kua tono koe ki a ia, ā, kua hoatu e ia te wai ora ki a koe.”

Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Ko tāku kai tēnei, ko te mea i tā tōku kaitono e pai ai, kia whakaotia hoki tāna mahi.

Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E kara, kāhore āu mea hei utu wai, he hōhonu anō te puna. Nō hea tēnā wai ora āu?

Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E mātau ana ahau kei te haere mai te Mīhaia” (e kīia nei ko te Karaiti) “ka tae mai ia, māna ngā mea katoa e kōrero ki a tātou.” Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ko ahau anō ia e kōrero nei ki a koe.”

“Haere mai, kia kite i te tangata i kōrerotia mai ai ki ahau ngā mea katoa i mea ai ahau. Ehara rānei tēnei i a te Karaiti?”