Ko Pirimona
1:1 Na Paora, na te herehere a Ihu Karaiti, na to tatou teina hoki, na Timoti, ki a Pirimona
to matou hoa aroha, hoa mahi.
1:2 Ki a Apia hoki, ki to matou hoa hoia, ki a Arakipu, ki te hoa hoia ano hoki
hahi i tou whare:
1:3 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa me te rangimarie, he mea na te Atua, na to tatou Matua, na te Ariki hoki, na Ihu Karaiti.
1:4 E whakawhetai ana ahau ki toku Atua, mau tonu taku mahara ki a koe i aku inoi;
1:5 He rongo noku ki tou aroha, ki tou whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Ihu,
ki te hunga tapu katoa;
1:6 Kia whai mana ai te whakahoatanga o tou whakapono
i te mohio ki nga pai katoa i roto ia koutou i roto ia Karaiti Ihu.
1:7 He nui hoki to matou koa, marie ana hoki te ngakau i tou aroha
e ora ana te hunga tapu i a koe, e toku teina.
1:8 Mo konei, ahakoa nui atu toku maia i roto ia te Karaiti ki te whakahau atu i a koe
he watea,
1:9 Heoi na te aroha i nui atu ai taku tohe ki a koe, ko ta Paora tenei i tohe atu ai
he koroheke, he herehere ano hoki inaianei na Ihu Karaiti.
1:10 He tohe tenei naku ki a koe mo taku tama, mo Onehimu, i whanau nei i ahau i roto i oku here.
1:11 I mua kahore he pai ki a koe i mua, inaianei ia kua whai pai koe
ki ahau hoki:
1:12 Kua whakahokia ano ia e ahau;
whekau:
1:13 I mea ano ahau kia puritia ia ki ahau, hei whakakapi mo koe
i minita mai ki ahau i roto i nga here o te rongopai.
1:14 Otira kahore nei koe i pai kia meatia e ahau tetahi mea; kia kore ai he painga mou
me te mea e hiahiatia ana, engari i hihiko.
1:15 Koia ano pea ia i haere mai ai mo tetahi wa, kia haere ai koe
riro ia ia ake ake;
1:16 Ehara i te mea hei pononga ia inaianei, engari tera atu i te pononga, he teina i nui rawa ai te aroha
ki ahau, tera noa ake ia koe, i te kikokiko, i te Ariki ano hoki.
1:17 Na, ki te mea kua waiho ahau hei hoa mou, manako mai ki a ia me te mea ko ahau.
1:18 Ki te mea ia kua he ia ki tetahi mea au, kei a ia ranei tetahi mea au, waiho mai maku tena e whakaaro;
1:19 He tuhituhi tenei naku, na Paora, na toku ringaringa ake, maku e whakautu;
kaua e korerotia ki a koe tera nama kei ahau, ko koe ake ano.
1:20 Ae ra, e toku teina, kia whai pai ahau ia koe i roto i te Ariki: kia ora toku ngakau i roto i te Ariki.
te Ariki.
1:21 He u no toku whakaaro ki a koe ka ngohengohe ki ahau, i tuhituhi atu ai ki a koe, i mahara hoki ko koe tera
ka nui atu ano taku e mea ai.
1:22 Tenei ano hoki, kia rite mai ia koe tetahi whare moku: eu ana hoki toku whakaaro nau
ka hoatu e ahau nga inoi ki a koutou.
1:23 Tenei te oha atu nei ki a koe a Epapara, toku hoa herehere i roto ia Karaiti Ihu;
1:24 Ko Maka, ko Aritaku, ko Rimaha, ko Ruka, oku hoa mahi.
1:25 Kia tau te aroha noa o to tatou Ariki, o Ihu Karaiti ki o koutou wairua. Amine.