1 Nā, ka whakakitea mai e ia ki ahau he awa wai ora, pīata tonu me te karaihe, e puta mai ana i te torōna o te Atua rāua ko te Reme,
2 i waenganui o tōna huarahi. Nā, i tēnei taha o te awa, ā, i tērā taha, ko te rākau o te ora, kotahi tekau mā rua ōna momo hua, e hua ana ōna hua i tētahi marama, i tētahi marama; ā, ko ngā rau o te rākau hei whakaora mō ngā tauiwi.
3 Ā, kore ake he kanga i muri nei.
4 E kite hoki rātou i tōna kanohi; ka mau hoki tōna ingoa ki ō rātou rae.
5 Ā, kore ake o reira pō, kore ake ō rātou meatanga ki te mārama o te rama, ki te mārama hoki o te rā. E mārama hoki rātou i te Ariki, i te Atua, ā, e kīngi rātou ake ake.
6 I mea mai anō ia ki ahau: “He pono, he tika ēnei kupu; kua tonoa hoki e te Ariki, e te Atua o ngā poropiti tapu, tāna anahera, hei whakakite mai ki āna pononga i ngā mea ka hohoro nei te meinga.
7 “Nā, ka hohoro tāku haere atu; ka hari te tangata e whakarite ana i ngā kupu o te poropititanga o tēnei pukapuka.”
8 Ā, ko ahau, ko Hoani, tēnei i rongo nei, i kite nei i ēnei mea. Ā, nō tōku rongonga, nō tōku kitenga, ka hinga ahau ki raro, ka mea kia koropiko ki mua i ngā waewae o te anahera i whakakitea mai ai ēnei mea ki ahau.
9 Nā, ko tāna meatanga mai ki ahau, “Kauaka. He hoa pononga hoki ahau nōu, nō ōu tuākana hoki, nō ngā poropiti, nō te hunga anō e pupuri ana i ngā kupu o tēnei pukapuka. Me koropiko ki te Atua.”
10 Nā, ka mea mai anō ia ki ahau, “Kaua e hīritia ngā kupu o te poropititanga o tēnei pukapuka; e tata ana hoki te tāima.
11 Ko te tangata e hē ana te whakahaere, kia hē anō te whakahaere. Ko te tangata e poke ana, kia poke anō ia. Ko te tangata e tika ana, kia tika anō ia. Ko te tangata e tapu ana, kia tapu anō ia.
12 “Nā, ka hohoro tāku haere atu; kei ahau anō tāku utu, ā, ka rite ki āna mahi ake ngā mea e hoatu ki tētahi, ki tētahi.
13 Ko ahau te Ārepa, te Ōmeka, te tuatahi, te whakaotinga, te tīmatanga, te whakamutunga.”
14 Ka hari te hunga e horoi ana i ō rātou kākahu, kia taunga ai rātou te haere mai ki te rākau o te ora, ka tomo anō ki te pā rā ngā tatau.
15 Kei waho ngā kurī, me te hunga mākutu, me te hunga moepuku, me ngā kaikōhuru, me te hunga karakia ki te whakapakoko, me te hunga katoa e pai ana, e mahi ana i te teka.
16 “Kua tonoa e ahau, e Īhu, tāku anahera, hei whakaatu i ēnei mea ki a koutou i roto i ngā hāhi. Ko ahau te Pakiaka, te Uri o Rāwiri, te Whetū mārama o te Ata.”
17 E mea ana hoki te Wairua me te wahine mārena hou, “Haere mai!”
18 He whakaatu hoki nāku tēnei ki te hunga katoa e rongo ana ki ngā kupu o te poropititanga o tēnei pukapuka: Ki te tāpiritia mai e tētahi ki ēnei mea, ka tāpiritia atu anō e te Atua mōna ngā whiu kua oti te tuhituhi ki tēnei pukapuka.
19 Ā, ki te tangohia atu e tētahi he kupu i te pukapuka o tēnei poropititanga, ka tangohia e te Atua tōna wāhi i roto i te pukapuka o te ora, i te pā tapu hoki, i ngā mea hoki kua oti te tuhituhi ki tēnei pukapuka.
20 Tēnei te kī nei te kaiwhakaatu o ēnei mea, “Nā, ka hohoro anō tāku haere atu!”
21 Kia tau ki te hunga tapu katoa te atawhai o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti. Āmine.