Roma
7:1 ¶ Kahore ano koutou kia matau, e oku teina, e korero ana hoki ahau ki te hunga matau ki te ture
hei rangatira te ture mo te tangata i a ia e ora ana?
7:2 Ko te wahine whai tane hoki, kua mau ano i te ture ki te tane
i a ia e ora ana; ki te mate ia te tane, kua mawheto ia
ture o tana tane.
7:3 Na, ki te riro ia i te tane ke i te mea e ora ana tana tane, ko ia tera
ka kiia he wahine puremu: tena ka mate tana tane, e rangatira ana
mai i taua ture; kia kore ai ia e puremu, ahakoa kua marenatia
tetahi atu tangata.
7:4 Heoi ko koutou ano hoki, e oku teina, kua meinga kia tupapaku ki te ture, he mea na te tinana
o te Karaiti; kia marenatia koutou ki tetahi atu, ara ki tera
i whakaarahia i te hunga mate, kia whai hua ai tatou ki te Atua.
7:5 I a tatou hoki i te kikokiko, ko nga hihiritanga o nga hara, no te
ture, i mahi i roto i o tatou wahi ki te whai hua mo te mate.
7:6 Ko tenei kua mawheto mai tatou i te ture, kua mate hoki tatou ki reira
puritia; kia mahi tatou i runga i te houtanga o te wairua, kahore i runga i te tawhitotanga
o te reta.
7:7 Ha, kia pehea ta tatou korero? He hara ranei te ture? Kahore rapea. Kare ra, kaore au i mohio
hara, engari na te ture: kahore hoki ahau i mohio ki te hiahia me i kaua te ture te mea mai,
Kaua e hiahia.
7:8 Na ka mau te hara ki tenei, a ka mahi nga mea katoa i roto i ahau, he mea na te ture
hiahia. Ki te kore hoki te ture ka mate te hara.
7:9 I ora hoki ahau i mua i te kore ture: no te taenga mai ia o te kupu whakahau, ka hara
ka ora, ka mate ahau.
7:10 Na, ko te ture i whakatakotoria mo te ora, i kitea e ahau he tikanga tena
mate.
7:11 Ka mau te hara ki tenei, ka whakapohehe i ahau i runga i te ture, nana ahau i mate ai.
ahau.
7:12 Ina, he tapu te ture, me te kupu whakahau ano he tapu, he tika, he pai.
7:13 I riro koia te mea pai hei mate moku? Kahore rapea. Engari te hara,
kia kitea ai he hara, na te mea pai i mea ai hei mate moku;
kia tino nui rawa ai te hara i runga i te kupu whakahau.
7:14 E matau ana hoki tatou no te wairua te ture: ko ahau ia no te kikokiko, kua hokona hei parau ma te hara.
7:15 Ko taku hoki e mahi nei kahore e whakaaetia e ahau: kahore hoki e mahia e ahau taku i pai ai; engari
ko taku e kino ai, ko tena taku.
7:16 Na, ki te mahia e ahau taua mea kihai nei ahau i pai atu, e whakaae ana ahau ki te ture
pai.
7:17 Ko tenei ehara i ahau nana tenei i mahi, engari na te hara e noho nei i roto i ahau.
7:18 E matau ana hoki ahau, kahore he mea pai e noho ana i roto i ahau, ara i roto i toku kikokiko.
kei ahau hoki te hiahia; engari me pehea taku mahi i te pai
kaua e kitea.
7:19 Ko te pai hoki e hiahiatia ana e ahau, kahore e mahia e ahau: engari te kino kihai nei ahau i pai, mahia tenei e ahau
Ka mahia e au.
7:20 Na, ki te mahia e ahau taua mea kihai nei ahau i pai atu, ehara i ahau nana taua mea i mahi, engari ka hara
e noho ana i roto i ahau.
7:21 Na, kua kitea e ahau te ture, ara kei te tata tonu te kino ki ahau e hiahia ana kia mea i te pai.
7:22 He oranga ngakau hoki ahau ki te ture a te Atua, ara to roto tangata.
7:23 Otira kua kite ahau i tetahi atu ture i roto i oku wahi, e whawhai ana ki te ture a toku hinengaro.
me te whakaraunga i ahau ki te ture a te hara, i roto nei i oku wahi.
7:24 Aue, te mate i ahau! mana ahau e whakaora i te tinana o tenei
mate?
7:25 E whakawhetai ana ahau ki te Atua i roto ia Ihu Karaiti, i to tatou Ariki. Na me te hinengaro I
te tavini nei au i te ture a te Atua; ko te kikokiko ia ko te ture o te hara.