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Te Tau Tukunga Noatanga
(Rewitikuha 25.1-7)
1 Hei te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu ka mea koe he tukunga noatanga.
2 Ā, ko te tikanga tēnei mō te tuku noa: ko ngā kaiwhakatārewa moni katoa, e whakatārewa moni ana ki ō rātou hoa, me tuku noa atu; kaua te kaiwhakatārewa e tohe ki tōna hoa, ki tōna teina rānei; nō te mea e karangatia ana ko te tukunga noatanga a Ihowā.
3 He tangata iwi kē, tohea atu; ko tāu mea ia i tōu teina, me tuku noa e tōu ringa.
4 Engari hoki me kore te rawakore i roto i a koe; ka manaaki rawa hoki a Ihowā i a koe i runga i te whenua ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe, kia tangohia hei kāinga tupu,
5 ki te āta whakarongo i a koe ki te reo o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, kia puritia, kia mahia ēnei whakahau katoa e whakahau nei ahau i tēnei rā ki a koe.
6 Nō te mea ka manaakitia koe e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ka pērātia me tāna i kī ai ki a koe. Ā, māu e whakatārewa moni ki ngā iwi maha, ko koe ia kaua e tango i te moni tārewa; ā, ko koe hei ariki mō ngā iwi maha, kāhore hoki rātou e ariki ki a koe.
7 Ki te mea kei roto i a koe tētahi e rawakore ana, tētahi o ōu tēina, i roto i tētahi o ōu kūwaha o tōu whenua, e hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe, kaua e whakauaua tōu ngākau, kaua hoki e kopia tōu ringa ki tōu teina rawakore.
8 Engari, me whakatuwhera mārie tōu ringa ki a ia, kia ngāwari hoki ki te whakatārewa moni ki a ia kia rite ki tōna mate i te mea e hapa ana i a ia.
9 Kia tūpato kei puta ake te whakaaro kino i roto i tōu ngākau, kei mea, “E tata ana te tau whitu, te tau tuku noa,” ā, ka kino tōu kanohi ki tōu teina rawakore, ā, e kore e hoatu e koe ki a ia; nā, ka tangi atu ia ki a Ihowā i a koe ka kino nei, ā, ka whai hara koe.
10 Me tino hoatu e koe ki a ia, kaua hoki tōu ngākau e pōuri, ina hoatu e koe ki a ia; ko te mea hoki tēnei e manaaki ai a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i a koe, i āu mahi katoa, i ngā mea katoa e totoro atu ai tōu ringa.
11 E kore hoki e kore te rawakore i te whenua; koia tāku e whakahau nei ki a koe, e mea nei, “Kia tuwhera tonu tōu ringa ki tōu teina, ki tōu hunga matekai, ki ōu rawakore, i tōu whenua.”
Te Tukunga Noa o ngā Pononga
(Ekoruhe 21.1-11)
12 Ki te hokona atu ki a koe tōu teina, he tāne Hiperu, he wahine Hiperu rānei, ā, ka mahi ki a koe e ono ngā tau; nā, hei te whitu o ngā tau me tuku ia kia haere noa atu i a koe.
13 Ā, ki te tuku koe i a ia kia haere noa atu i a koe, kaua ia e tukua rawakoretia atu.
14 Engari, kia māhorahora te hoatu ki a ia i ētahi o āu hipi, o tāu patunga wīti, o tāu poka wāina hoki; me hoatu ki a ia ētahi o ngā mea i hoatu e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, hei manaaki mōu.
15 Kia mahara hoki he pononga koe i mua, i te whenua o Īhipa, ā, nā Ihowā, nā tōu Atua, koe i whakaora; koia ahau i whakahau ai i tēnei mea ki a koe ināianei.
16 Nā, ki te mea ia ki a koe, “E kore ahau e mawehe atu i a koe,” he aroha hoki nōna ki a koutou ko tōu whare, he pai nō tāna noho ki a koe;
17 kātahi koe ka tango i tētahi mea poka, ka titi ai i tōna taringa ki te tatau, ā, ka waiho ia hei pononga māu, oti tonu atu.
Me pēnā hoki ki tāu pononga wahine.
18 Kei mea he pakeke rawa ki a koe, ina tukua ia kia haere noa atu i a koe; e rite ana hoki āna mahi ki a koe i ngā tau e ono ki a ngā kaimahi tokorua e utua ana; ā, ka manaaki a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i a koe i ngā mea katoa e mea ai koe.
Ngā Mātāmua a ngā Kararehe
19 Ko ngā toa mātāmua e whānau ana i roto i āu kau, i āu hipi, me whakatapu e koe mā Ihowā, mā tōu Atua; kaua e whakamahia tāu pūru mātāmua, kaua hoki e kutikutia tāu hipi mātāmua.
20 Kainga ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, i tēnei tau, i tēnei tau, e koe, e tōu whare, ki te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā, tōu Atua.
21 Ā, ki te mea he koha tōna – inā rā he totitoti, he matapō – tētahi atu koha kino rānei, kaua ia e patua mā Ihowā, mā tōu Atua.
22 Kainga i roto i ōu kūwaha; mā te poke, mā te pokekore taua mea e kai, pērā me te kahera, me te hāta.
23 Otiia, kaua e kainga ōna toto; ringihia atu ki te whenua, ānō he wai.