Tobit
3:1 Na ka pouri ahau, ka tangi, ka inoi i roto i toku pouri, ka mea,
3:2 E te Ariki, he tika koe; he mahi tohu hoki au mahi katoa, me ou ara katoa
pono, he pono, he tika tau whakawa, ake ake.
3:3 Kia mahara ki ahau, titiro mai hoki ki ahau, kaua ahau e pakia mo oku hara, mo oku pohehe.
me nga hara o oku matua i hara nei ki tou aroaro.
3:4 Mo ratou kihai i rongo ki au whakahau: na reira koe i ora ai ia matou
hei pahuatanga, hei whakarau, hei mate, hei whakatauki hoki
te tawai mo nga iwi katoa kua whakamararatia atu tatou i roto.
3:5 Na inaianei he maha, he pono au whakaritenga: rite tonu ki taku tau mahi ki ahau
nga hara me o oku matua: mo matou kahore i pupuri i au whakahau
i haere i runga i te pono i tou aroaro.
3:6 Na, mau e mea ki ahau te mea e pai ana ki tau titiro, whakahaua hoki ahau
kia tangohia atu te wairua i ahau, kia memeha ai ahau, kia whenua ai:
he pai ke hoki ki ahau te mate i te ora, no te mea kei ahau
i rongo i nga tawai teka, a ka nui te pouri: na, whakahaua mai ahau
aianei ka whakaorangia i tenei mate, ka haere ki te ao tonu
wahi: kaua tou mata e mawehe atu i ahau.
3:7 I taua ra ano i Ekatana, i tetahi pa o Meri Harara
i tawaia ano te tamahine a Rakuere e nga pononga wahine a tona papa;
3:8 No te mea kua marenatia ia ki nga tane tokowhitu, ko te wahine a Ahamodu
kua mate te wairua kino, i te mea kahore ano ratou i takoto noa ki a ia. Kaore koe
E mohio ana koe, kua pehia e koe au tahu? kua whai koe
kua tokowhitu ake nga tane, kahore ano koe i huaina ki tetahi o ratou.
3:9 He aha koe i whiua ai mo ratou? ki te mea kua mate raua, haere i muri
ratou, kei kite matou i a koe he tama, he tamahine ranei.
3:10 Na ka rongo ia ki enei mea, ka pouri rawa, ka whakaaro
ki te noti i a ia ano; a ka mea ia, Ko ahau anake taku tamahine
papa, a ki te mahia e ahau tenei, ka waiho hei tawainga mona, ka pena ano ahau
kawea tona koroheketanga me te tangi ano ki te reinga.
3:11 Na ka inoi ia ki te taha o te matapihi, ka mea, Ka whakapaingia koe, e toku Ariki
E te Atua, kia whakapaingia, kia honore hoki tou ingoa tapu, kororia
ake ake: kia whakamoemiti au mahi katoa ki a koe ake ake.
3:12 Na inaianei, e te Ariki, kua anga atu oku kanohi me toku mata ki a koe;
3:13 Mea atu hoki, Tangohia ahau i te whenua, kei rongo ahau i te tawai a muri ake nei.
3:14 E mohio ana koe, e te Ariki, he pokekore ahau i nga hara katoa o te tangata;
3:15 A kihai i whakapokea e ahau toku ingoa, me te ingoa o toku papa, i roto i te
te whenua i whakaraua ai ahau: ko ahau anake te tamahine a toku papa, a kahore ana mea
kia mahue iho ki tetahi tamaiti, ki tetahi ranei o ona whanaunga, o tetahi ranei
kei te ora ia, ka waiho e ahau hei wahine maku: tokowhitu aku tahu
kua mate kē; a he aha ahau ka ora ai? ki te kahore ia e pai ki a koe ko ahau
ki te mate, whakahaua kia whai whakaaro mai ahau ki ahau, kia tohungia hoki ahau;
kia kore ai ahau e rongo i te tawai a muri ake nei.
3:16 Heoi i rangona nga inoi a raua tokorua ki te aroaro o te nui o te Nui
te Atua.
3:17 Na ka tonoa a Raphaera ki te whakaora i a raua tokorua, ara, ki te whakakore i te mate
te ma o nga kanohi o Tobit, me te hoatu ki a Hara te tamahine a Rakuere mo a
te wahine a Topia tama a Topi; ki te here i a Ahamoteu te wairua kino;
no te mea no Topia ia i te kainga tupu. Ko te mea ano
Ka tae ki te wa o Topi ki te whare, a tomo ana ki tona whare, raua ko Hara te tamahine
ko Rakuere i heke iho i tona ruma i runga.