NGA PA WHAKAORA.
"Na ka whakarite i etahi pa mo koutou hei pa whakaora, hei rerenga atu mo te tangata whakamate, i whakamate nei i te tangata, otiia ehara t te mea totika. A ka waiho e koutou hei pa araarai alu i te kaitakitaki: kei mate te tangata whakamate, kia tu ra ano ia kite aroaro o te whakaminenga, kia whakawakia." —Te Tauanga 35. 11, 12. Hei whakaritenga enei pa mo te Karaiti, mo te Kai-whakaora o te tangata. Titiro hoki ki ta Paora ki Nga Hipcru 6. 17, 18. Otiia mo te tinana tetahi wahi. He ritenga aroha na te Atua ki nga tangata, kia lika ai te whakawakanga o te tangata whakamate, kei heke te toto hara kore, kci poke tetahi iwi i te toto. Tenei nga lino tikanga o ana pa whakaora. 1. Tetahi, Kia ichakawakia mariretia tc he. Ekore lioki te Atua e pai kia hopungia noatia atu tetahi tangata hei utu mo te tupapaku i kitea noatia i te koraha, i te kainga ranei; engari kia whakawakia i te aroaro o nga kaumatua, me nga Kaiwhakawa, kia takoto marama hoki nga korero, kia lino mohio ai nana ano te he, i reira ka lika kia ulua e ia taua he; kei hohoro tenu, kei patua huakorelia hoki te tangata, i runga o te ngakau oho, o te whakatakariri, a muri iho ka kitea, he tangata ke nana i whakamate, katahi ka he rawa, ka tokorua nga mea hara kore kite mate. Mo konei i ki ai te Aiua, me rere te tangata whakamate kite pa noho ai, kia roa e huri ana te he, kia tu ano ia kite aroaro o te whakaminenga, kia ata kimihia te tika ranei o nga korero mona, te he ranei o aua korerokia tika te whakamatenga o cona tinana, kei heke te toto hara kore. 2. Tetahi, Kia kitea hoki te take i patu ai te tangata i tona hoa. He mauahara, he ngakau paiu ranei, he mea oho noa ranei, ehara i te mea i kino te ngakaa i mua, i whanga atu, i rapu i te he mo tona hoa. 5. Tetahi, Kia tika at te utu. YVhakaritea iho e te Aiua he utu te lino kohuru, he utu ano mo te mate i pa noa iho, ehara i te mea totika. Na, ko te tangaia i te ngakau patu, kua mohio be mauahara tona i mua atu kite tupapaku, kua haere atu kite whanga kia patua, he tino kohuru tenei: ko te mate ano te utu, ekore e whakaorangia. No ko te tangata i whakamate i tona hoa, he mea oho noa, he ngangare ranei na raua, kahore i mauaharaiia i mua ake, i whakatakotoria ranei te mate mona, oiiia he mea ui'upa, ekore tenei e mate. Titiro hoki ki Ttuteronomi 19. -4.: " Kite palua e teiahi tangata tona hoa he mea urupa, a, kahore ano i he ki a ia i mua ake; mete tangaia hoki, ka haere tahi raua ko tona hoa kite nehenehe kite tapatapalii rakau, a, te
akinga alu a tona ringaringa i te toki ki te tapahi i te rakau, na, kua maunu atu le rino i le kakau, pono tonu atu ki tona hoa, a mate iho ; na, ka rere alu ia ki tetahi o nga pa, a ka ora : kei whai aiu te kai-ta-kitaki toto i te tangaia whakamate, i te mea e pawerawera ana tona ngakau, a ka hopu i a ia, kite roa te huarahi, ka patu hoki i a ia; a kihai ano hoki i tika le male mona, no te mea kahore ano ia i he ki a ia i mua ake nei." Mo tenei wahi i ki ai le Atua, "Ma te whakaminenga e whakarite nga korero a le kai palu, a te kai-takilaki toto hoki: kia rite ki enei ritenga." Kia ata kitea te take i mate ai te tupapaku, kia tika at te utu. Na, e rite ana te knpu aMohi i puta ai kite loki, ki nga mea kaloa, kite pit oho noa, i pona tonu atu kite tangaia haere tahi, kite rakau hinga, kite kowhatu ranei i whiua noalia e le langata, !ki te aha ranei. Iki hoki ia, Kaua epa ' atu te ringa a ta kai-lakitaki toto kite j mea pera, engari, ma te whakaminenga e whakaora te kai-whakamale i roto i te i ringa o te kai lakiiaki toto, me whaka- , hoki ano ia kite pa whakaora noho ai. i Tona utu tera, ka tutakina lonutia ki roto ; kite pa, ekore e puta ki waho, ate matej nga ra ano o te lino tohunga. Ko enei ture i homai e te Atua ki a tatou katoa hei ritenga mo tatou. Ko te lake enei o nga ture ate Pakeha. Ekore te Pakeha e mea kia orate kai-kohuru, kore rawa, engari tana e whai nei ko te mahi whakawa, kia lika ai, ko le tangata nana ake te hara kia kilea, kei whafcamatea hara koretia tetahi tangata, Maori ranei, Pakeha ranei. Ka kitea te tangata nana te he, kia lino marama hoki te take i patua ai e ia tona' hoa, kia utua tikalia te he. Me titiro marire tatou ki enei ritenga: ehara enei i te ritenga o te langata, engari na te Atua nui, na te Atua pono, na te Atua tika, na te Atua aroha enei ritenga ki a tatou.
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Haeata, Volume II, Issue 8, 1 November 1860, Page 3
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895NGA PA WHAKAORA. Haeata, Volume II, Issue 8, 1 November 1860, Page 3
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