Hopa 15

¹Nā, ka whakautua e Eripāta Temani, i mea ia:

²“He horihori kau koia te mātauranga e whakapuakina e te tangata whakaaro, kia whakakīia e ia tōna kōpū ki te hau marangai?

³Me kōrero rānei ia ko ngā kupu kore hua hei ako, ko ngā whaikōrero rānei kāhore nei e whai tikanga?

⁴Āe, kua whakakorea atu nā e koe te wehi, kei te pupuri mai koe i te īnoi i te aroaro o te Atua.

⁵Nā, kei te whakaakona tōu māngai e tōu kino, ā, kei te whiriwhiria e koe ko te arero o te hunga tinihanga.

⁶Ehara i ahau, nā tōu māngai anō i hopu tōu kino; ko ōu ngutu anō hei whakaatu i tōu hē.

⁷“Ko koe ianei te tangata tuatahi kua whānau? He mea hanga rānei koe nō mua atu i ngā pukepuke?

⁸Kua rongo rānei koe i tō te Atua whakaaro puku? Kei te kaiponu rānei koe i te whakaaro ki a koe anake?

⁹Ko te aha te mōhiotia ana e koe, ā, kāhore e mōhiotia e mātou? Ko tēhea whakaaro anō hoki ōu kāhore nei i a mātou?

¹⁰Kei a mātou ngā upoko hina rātou tahi ko ngā tino koroheke, kaumātua rawa ake i tōu pāpā.

¹¹He iti rawa rānei mōu ngā whakamārie a te Atua, te kupu ngāwari e hoatu ana ki a koe?

¹²He aha koe i kāhakina atu ai e tōu ngākau? He aha hoki ōu kanohi i kimokimo ai,

¹³i tahuri ai tōu wairua ki te whakahē i te Atua, i puaki ai ēnā kupu i tōu māngai?

¹⁴“He aha te tangata, e mā ai ia, te whānau rānei a te wahine, e tika ai?

¹⁵Nanā, kāhore ia e whakawhirinaki ki āna mea tapu; kāhore hoki ngā rangi e mā ki tāna titiro.

¹⁶Kātahi ia te hē rawa ko te mea whakarihariha, ko te mea poke, ko te tangata e inu nei i te kino ānō he wai.

¹⁷“Māku e whakaatu ki a koe, whakarongo mai ki ahau; ko te mea kua kitea e ahau, māku e kōrero atu –

¹⁸he mea kōrero mai nā ngā mōhio, he whakarerenga iho nā ō rātou mātua; kīhai hoki i hunā e rātou,

¹⁹ki a rātou nei anake te hōmaitanga o te whenua; kīhai hoki te tangata kē i tika i waenganui i a rātou.

²⁰E whakamamae ana te tangata kino i ōna rā katoa, arā i te maha o ngā tau e haupū nei mō te kaitūkino.

²¹He reo whakawehi kei roto i ōna taringa; i te wā whai rawa ka tae mai te kaipāhua ki a ia.

²²Kāhore āna whakaaetanga ake tērā ia ka hoki ake i te pōuri, e whanga ana anō hoki te hoari ki a ia.

²³E kōpikopiko noa ana ia ki te taro māna, e mea ana, ‘Kei hea rā?’ E mōhio ana ia kua tata ki tōna ringa te rā o te pōuri.

²⁴Ko te ngākau mamae, me te tūmatatenga, hei whakawehi i a ia; ka kaha ake rāua i a ia, me te mea he kīngi kua rite ana mea mō te whawhai.

²⁵Kua totoro nei ōna ringa ki te whawhai ki te Atua, kua whakatoatoa nei i a ia ki te whawhai ki te Kaha Rawa;

²⁶kua rere ki a ia me te kakī mārō, me ngā puku mātotoru o āna whakangungu rākau.

²⁷“Kua kōpakina hoki tōna mata e tōna ngako, ā, kua tupu te ngako o tōna hope.

²⁸Nā, i noho ia ki ngā pā mahue, ki ngā whare kāhore i nohoia e te tangata, meāke nei waiho hei pūranga.

²⁹E kore ia e whai taonga, e kore anō ōna rawa e mau, e kore anō hoki tō rātou hua e tāupe ki te whenua.

³⁰E kore ia e puta i te pōuri, ōna peka ka maroke i te mura, ka riro atu anō ia i te manawa o tōna māngai.

³¹Kei whakawhirinaki ia ki te mea teka noa, kei tinihanga ki a ia anō; nō te mea ko te teka noa hei utu ki a ia.

³²E kore tōna rā e taea, kua rite; e kore anō tōna peka e whai rau.

³³Ka ruiruia e ia āna karepe kaiota ānō ko te wāina, ā, ka makā tāna puāwai me te mea ko te ōriwa.

³⁴Ka pakoko hoki te whakaminenga o te hunga atuakore, ka pau hoki i te ahi ngā tēneti o ngā utu whakapati.

³⁵He mahi nanakia te mea i hapū ki roto ki a rātou, whānau ake he teka noa; ko ō rātou kōpū anō hei hanga i te tinihanga.”