Wāhanga 117
He whakakitenga mā roto i a Hōhepa Mete te Poropiti, ki te Uru Mamao, Mītori, Hūrae 8, 1838, e pā ana ki ngā haepapa matua o Wiremu Māka, Nuera K. Witini rātou ko Ōriwa Kerenetia.
1–9, Me kaua e pūhaehae ngā pononga a te Ariki ki ngā mea o te ao, nā te mea “he aha te rawa ki te Ariki?”; 10–16, Me whakarere e rātou te wairua whakaaro iti, kātahi ka tapu ō rātou whakahere ki te Ariki.
1 He pono pēnei tā te Ariki ki taku pononga a Wiremu Māka, ā, ki taku pononga hoki a Nuera K. Witini, tukua rāua kia whakakōpanihia wawetia ā rāua mahi me te haere atu i te whenua o Katarana, i mua i tāku, tā te Ariki, tono iho anō i ngā hukarere ki runga i te whenua.
2 Tukua rāua kia oho, ā, kia whakatika, ā, kia haere mai, ā, kia kaua e pōturi, nā te mea nāku, nā te Ariki tēnei i whakahau.
3 Nō reira, ki te pōturi rāua ka kino te tukunga iho ki a rāua.
4 Tukua rāua kia rīpenetā i ō rāua hara, me ō rāua hiahia apoapo katoa, i mua i ahau, e ai tā te Ariki; nā te mea he aha te rawa ki ahau? E ai tā te Ariki.
5 Tukua ngā whenua o Katarana kia riro atu mō ngā nama, e ai tā te Ariki. Tukua atu, e ai tā te Ariki, ā, ko te toenga iho, tukua kia mau tonu i ō koutou ringaringa, e ai tā te Ariki.
6 Nā te mea ehara rānei i ahau ngā manu o te rangi, ngā ika hoki o te moana, me ngā kararehe o ngā maunga? Ehara rānei i ahau te ao i hanga? Kāore rānei i te pāoro o tōku ringa te oranga o ngā tauā katoa o ngā iwi o te ao?
7 Nō reira, e kore rānei e meatia e au ngā wāhi mokemoke kia pūāwai, ā, kia whai hua inā tōna tini? E ai tā te Ariki.
8 Kāore rānei e whai wāhi ana i runga i ngā maunga o Arama-onotai-Amana, i runga hoki i ngā mānia o Oraiha Hineha, te whenua rānei i noho ai a Arama, kia apo rawa te ngākau ki ērā mea iti, kātahi ka aro kore atu ki ngā mea nui ake?
9 Nō reira, haere mai ki konei ki te whenua o taku iwi, ko Hīona pū anō.
10 Tukua taku pononga a Wiremu Māka kia ū ai i runga i ētahi mea torutoru, kātahi ia ka tū hei kaiwhakahaere i runga i te tokomaha. Tukua ia kia whakahaere i waenganui i taku iwi i te pā o Uru Mamao, ā, tukua ia kia manaakitia ki ngā manaakitanga o taku iwi.
11 Tukua taku pononga a Nuera K. Witini kia whakamā i taua tira Nikoraitane, i ā rātou mōrikarika huna katoa, i tana whakaaro iti ki ngā mea wairua i mua i ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, me te haere mai ki te whenua o Arama-onotai-Amana, ā, kia tū ai hei pīhopa ki taku iwi, e ai tā te Ariki, kaua i runga i te kupu noa engari i runga i te mahi, e ai tā te Ariki.
12 Hei āpiti anō, ko tāku e mea atu nei ki a koutou, kia mahara ki taku pononga a Ōriwa Kerenetia; nana, he pono tāku e mea atu nei ki a ia, nā, ka mau tana ingoa hei maharatanga tapu mai i tētahi whakatipuranga ki tētahi whakatipuranga, mō āke tonu atu, e ai tā te Ariki.
13 Nō reira, tukua ia kia totohe kaha mō te mana o te Tumuakitanga Tuatahi o taku Hāhi, e ai tā te Ariki; ā, ina hinga ia ka tū ake anō ia, nā te mea ka tapu ake tōna whakaherenga ki ahau i ana manaakitanga, e ai tā te Ariki.
14 Nō reira, tukua ia kia haere wawe mai, ki te whenua o Hīona; ā, hei tōna ake wā ka meatia ia hei kaihokohoko ki tōku ingoa, e ai tā te Ariki, hei painga mō tōku iwi.
15 Nō reira kaua e tukua kia whakahāwea taku pononga a Ōriwa Kerenetia e tētahi, engari tukua kia tau iho ngā manaakitanga o taku iwi ki runga ki a ia mō āke tonu atu.
16 Hei āpiti anō, he pono tāku e mea atu nei ki a koutou, tukua aku pononga katoa i te whenua o Katarana kia mahara ki te Ariki tō rātou Atua, me tōku whare anō hoki, kia puritia, kia tiakina hei mea tapu, ā, kia turakina ngā kaiwhakawhitiwhiti moni i tōku anō wā, e ai tā te Ariki. Koia anō. Āmine.