Ko te Tuhituhi a Pāora Āpōtoro ki a
Pirimona
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He Mihi
1 Nā Pāora, nā te herehere a Karaiti Īhu, nā tō tāua teina hoki, nā Tīmoti,
Ki tā māua e aroha nei ki tō māua hoa mahi, ki a Pirimona,
2 ki a Apia hoki, ki tō māua tuahine, ki tō māua hoa hōia, ki a Arakipu, ki te hāhi hoki i tōu whare:
3 Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou, me te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti.
Te Aroha me te Whakapono o Pirimona
4 Tēnei ahau te whakawhetai atu nei ki tōku Atua, mau tonu tōku mahara ki a koe i āku karakiatanga.
5 He rongo nōku ki tōu aroha, ki tōu whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu, ā, ki te hunga tapu katoa.
6 Mō te whakahoatanga mai o tōu whakapono kia whai mana, i runga i te mātauranga ki ngā pai katoa i roto i a koutou, he mea ki a Karaiti Īhu.
7 He nui hoki tō mātou koa, mārie ana hoki te ngākau i tōu aroha, nō te mea e ora ana ngā ngākau o te hunga tapu i a koe, e tōku teina.
He Tono mō Onehimu
8 Heoi, ahakoa he nui tōku māia i roto i a te Karaiti ki te whakatakoto atu i te mea tika ki a koe.
9 Nā te aroha kē tāku ka īnoi atu nei, arā tāku, tā te koroheke, tā Pāora, he herehere nei ināianei nā Īhu Karaiti.
10 He kupu tēnei nāku ki a koe mō tāku tamaiti, mō Onehimu, he mea whānau nāku i ahau nei i te herehere.
11 I mua, kāhore tētahi mea pai ana ki a koe; ināianei ia, kua whai pai koe i a ia, ahau anō hoki.
12 Kua whakahokia atu nei ia e ahau, tōna tinana tonu, ko tōku manawa ake ia.
13 I mea anō ahau kia puritia ia ki ahau, hei whakakapi mōu ki te mahi ki ahau i roto i ngā mekameka o te rongopai.
14 Otirā, kāhore nei tāu kupu, kīhai ahau i pai kia meatia tētahi mea; kei riro whakauaua mai tōu pai; engari i roto anō i te ngākau.
15 Ko te mea anō pea tēnei i motuhia mai ai ia i a koe mō tētahi wā, kia mau pū ai ia i a koe ake ake.
16 Ehara i te mea hei pononga ia i ēnei wā, engari tērā atu i te pononga, he teina i nui rawa ai tōku aroha, tērā ia e nui rawa atu tōu, i te kikokiko, i te Ariki anō hoki.
17 Nā, ki te mea kua waiho ahau hei hoa mōu, manako mai ki a ia me te mea ko ahau.
18 Ki te mea ia kua hē ia ki tētahi mea āu, kei a ia rānei tētahi mea āu, waiho mai māku tēnā e whakaaro.
19 He tuhituhi tēnei nāku, nā Pāora, nā tōku ringaringa ake; māku e whakautu. Nā, kāhore āku meatanga atu ki a koe, tērā anō tāku taonga kei a koe, ko koe anō.
20 Āe rā, e tōku teina, kia whai pai ahau i a koe i roto i te Ariki; kia ora tōku ngākau i roto i te Ariki.
21 He ū nō tōku whakaaro ki a koe ka ngohengohe, i tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koe, e mōhio ana hoki, tērā e nui atu tāu e mea ai i tāku e kōrero atu nei.
22 Tēnei anō hoki, kia rite mai i a koe tētahi whare mōku; e mea ana hoki ahau tērā e mana ā koutou īnoi, ā, ka tukua atu ahau ki a koutou.
Poroporoaki
23 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koe a Epapara, tōku hoa herehere i roto i a Karaiti Īhu,
24 rātou tahi ko Māka, ko Aritaku, ko Rīmaha, ko Ruka, ōku hoa mahi.
25 Kia tau te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti ki ō koutou wairua. Āmine.