1 Koriniti
7:1 Na mo nga mea i tuhituhi mai na koutou: he mea pai ano mo te tangata
kaua e pa ki te wahine.
7:2 Otiia, kia mawehe atu i te moepuku, kia whai wahine ake ma ia tangata, ma ia tangata, a
ma ia wahine he tane mana ake.
7:3 Kia puta te whakaaro pai o te tane ki te wahine: me pena
te wahine ki te tane.
7:4 Ehara te wahine i te mana o tona ake tinana, engari te tane: me pera ano
kahore hoki te tane i te mana o tona ake tinana, engari te wahine.
7:5 Kaua e kaiponu tetahi i tetahi, haunga ia ki te ata whakaritea mo tetahi wa
kia hoatu koutou ki te nohopuku me te inoi; ka huihui mai ano,
kei whakamatautauria koutou e Hatana mo to koutou taikaha.
7:6 Otira ko tenei korero aku he mea whakaae noa, ehara i te tikanga whakatakoto.
7:7 Ko taku ia i pai ai, kia penei nga tangata katoa i ahau nei. Engari kei ia tangata tana ake
Ko te homaitanga tika a te Atua, ko tetahi ko tenei, ko tetahi ko tera.
7:8 Na ko taku kupu tenei ki nga takakau, ki nga pouaru, He mea pai mo ratou ki te mea ratou
kia rite ki ahau.
7:9 Otira ki te kore e taea e raua te whakamanawanui, me marena: he pai ake hoki te marena
i te tahu.
7:10 Ko taku whakahau ia ki te hunga whai hoa, ehara i ahau, engari ko te Ariki, Kaua e tukua
wehe te wahine i tana tane:
7:11 Engari ki te mawehe ia, me noho takakau, me hohou ranei te rongo ki a ia.
tane: kaua hoki te tane e whakarere i tana wahine.
7:12 Ki era atu ia ko taku kupu tenei, ehara i te Ariki: Ki te mea he wahine ta tetahi o nga teina
e kore e whakapono, a ka pai ia ki te noho ki a ia, kaua ia e tukua e ia
atu.
7:13 Me te wahine, he tane kore whakapono tana, a ki te mea ko ia te tane
kua pai ia ki te noho ki a ia, kaua ia e whakarerea.
7:14 No te mea e whakatapua ana te tane whakaponokore e te wahine, e te wahine hoki
Ko te wahine whakaponokore e whakatapua ana e te tane: penei he tamariki nau
poke; tena ko tenei kua tapu ratou.
7:15 Ki te mawehe ke ia te whakaponokore, mana e mawehe ke. He tuakana, he tuahine ranei
ehara i te mea hei whakataurekarekatanga mo enei mea: otira kua karangatia tatou e te Atua ki te rangimarie.
7:16 Ma te aha koe e mohio ai, e tai, ka ora ranei ia koe tau tane? ranei
ma te aha koe e mohio ai, e te tane, ka ora ranei ia koe tau wahine?
7:17 Engari ko ta te Atua i tuwha ai ki tena, ki tena, ki tana karangatanga hoki ki tena, ki tena
kotahi, kia haere ia. Ko taku kupu ano tenei i roto i nga hahi katoa.
7:18 He mea kokoti tetahi i tona karangatanga? kaua ia e kotia.
He mea kokotikore tetahi i tona karangatanga? kaua ia e kotia.
7:19 He mea kore noa iho te kotinga, he mea kore noa iho ano te kotingakore, engari ko te pupuri
o te mau faaueraa a te Atua.
7:20 Kia mau ia tangata ki tona karangatanga i karangatia ai ia.
7:21 He pononga koe i tou karangatanga? kaua e whakaaro ki tera: engari ki te pena ano koe
kua kore utu, whakamahia.
7:22 Ko te tangata hoki he pononga i tona karangatanga i roto i te Ariki, no te Ariki ia
he tangata herekore: waihoki ko te tangata ehara nei i te rangatira i tona karangatanga, no te Karaiti ia
pononga.
7:23 Kua oti koutou te hoko ki te utu; kei waiho koutou hei pononga ma te tangata.
7:24 E oku teina, ko te mea i karangatia ai ia, kia mau ia ki tena ki te Atua.
7:25 Na mo nga wahine, kahore a te Ariki tikanga ki ahau;
te whakawa, ano he tangata kua tohungia e te Ariki, i pono ai.
7:26 Na reira ki toku whakaaro he pai tenei mo tenei whakararu o tenei wa,
he pai ano kia pena tonu te tangata.
7:27 Kua herea koe ki te wahine? kaua e rapu kia wetekina. Kua wetekina koe
he wahine? kaua e rapu wahine.
7:28 Otiia ki te marena koe, kahore ou hara; a ki te marena te wahine, ko ia ano
kahore i hara. Otira ka pa he raruraru ki te kikokiko: engari
Ka tohungia koe e ahau.
7:29 Ko taku kupu ia tenei, e oku teina, e tutata ana te taima: heoi ano ko enei mea e rua
te hunga whai wahine me te mea kahore a ratou wahine;
7:30 Me te hunga e tangi ana, ano kahore ratou i te tangi; me te hunga e hari ana
ahakoa kahore ratou i koa; me te hunga e hoko ana, ano he taonga a ratou
kahore;
7:31 Me te hunga ia ratou tenei ao, ano kahore a ratou he ki te ao;
ka pahemo te ao.
7:32 Otira e mea ana ahau kia kaua koutou e manukanuka. Ko te takakau e manaaki ana
mo nga mea a te Ariki, me pehea tana whakamanawareka ki a Ihowa.
7:33 Ko te tangata whai hoa ia, ka manukanuka ki nga mea o te ao, me pehea?
ka pai tana wahine.
7:34 Na tera ano te mea i rereke ai te wahine whai hoa i te wahine. Te hunga takakau
te wahine e whakaaro ana ki nga mea a te Ariki, kia tapu tahi ai raua
te tinana me te wairua: ko te wahine whai hoa ia ka manukanuka ki nga mea o te wairua
ao, me pehea e pai ai tana tane.
7:35 Ko tenei korero aku he mea kia hua ai he pai mo koutou ano; ehara i te mea kia mahangatia e ahau
koutou, engari mo te mea pai, kia u ai koutou ki te Ariki
kahore he raruraru.
7:36 Ki te whakaaro tetahi e he ana tana mahi ki a ia
wahine, ki te pahemo tona pakeketanga, a ka mate, me tuku
mahia tana e pai ai, kahore ona hara: me marena raua.
7:37 Tena ko te tangata e u ana ki tona ngakau, kahore ona
he mate, engari kei a ia ano te mana ki tana i pai ai, nana hoki i whakatakoto te tikanga i runga i tana
he pai te ngakau ki te tiaki i tana wahine.
7:38 Na he pai te mahi a te tangata e tuku ana kia marenatia ia; engari ko te tangata e hoatu ana
he pai ke atu tana kahore e marenatia.
7:39 E herea ana te wahine e te ture i te mea e ora ana tana tane; engari ki te ia
kua mate te tane, kua watea ia ki te marena ki tana e pai ai; anake
i roto i te Ariki.
7:40 Ki toku whakaaro ia, nui ke atu tona hari ki te kati tonu ia: a ka mahara ahau
kei ahau te Wairua o te Atua.