Pepuere 19, 2020

Pānui

Ko te Reta a Hato Hemi 1: 19-27

1:19E mohio ana koe ki tenei, e oku teina tino aroha. No reira kia tere nga tangata katoa ki te whakarongo, engari puhoi ki te korero, puhoi ki te riri.
1:20E kore hoki ta te Atua tika e tutuki i te riri o te tangata.
1:21Na tenei, kua whakarerea e ratou nga poke katoa, me te nui o te mauahara, a farii marie i te Kupu i honoa hou, e kaha nei ki te whakaora io koutou wairua.
1:22Na, kia mahi koutou i te kupu, a ehara i te hunga whakarongo anake, e tinihanga ana i a koutou ano.
1:23Ki te mea he tangata whakarongo ki te kupu, engari ehara i te kai mahi, he rite ia ki te tangata e titiro ana ki te whakaata i runga i te mata o tona whanautanga;
1:24a i muri i te whakaaro ki a ia ano, ka haere atu, ka wareware tonu ki tana i kite ai.
1:25Engari ko te tangata e titiro ana ki te ture tino tika o te herekore, a ko wai ka noho tonu ki roto, ehara i te tangata whakarongo wareware, engari he kaimahi i te mahi. Ka manaakitia ia i tana mahi.
1:26Otira ki te mea tetahi he tangata karakia ia, heoi kahore e kaiponuhia e ia tona arero, engari he whakapohehe i tona ngakau: he horihori te karakia a taua tangata.
1:27Ko te karakia tenei, he ma, he pokekore i te aroaro o te Atua Matua: ki te tirotiro i nga pani me nga pouaru i roto i o ratou mate, me te pupuri i a koe kia noho pokekore, haunga tenei tau.

Rongopai

Ko te Rongo Pai ki ta Maka 8: 22-26

8:22A ka haere ratou ki Petahaira. Na ka kawea mai e ratou he matapo ki a ia. Na ka inoi ratou ki a ia, kia pa ai ia ki a ia.
8:23Na ka mau ki te ringa o te matapo, ka arahina ia ki tua o te kainga. Me te tuwha ki ona kanohi, ka whakapa i ona ringa ki runga ki a ia, ka ui ki a ia mehemea ka kite ia i tetahi mea.
8:24A ka titiro ake, ka mea ia, "Ka kite ahau i nga tangata engari he rite ki te rakau haere."
8:25I muri iho ka whakapa ano i ona ringa ki runga i ona kanohi, a ka anga ia ka kite. Na ka ora ia, kia marama ai tana kite i nga mea katoa.
8:26Na ka tonoa ia e ia ki tona whare, e korero ana, “Haere ki roto ki tou whare, a ki te tomo koutou ki te pa, kaua e korero ki tetahi.