The Maori Bible (Te Paipera Tapu) is the translation of the Scriptures into te reo Maori, the language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. First completed in the nineteenth century through missionary and Maori collaboration, it holds an important place both in Maori Christian life and in the preservation of the Maori language.
Ko Kenehi te pukapuka tuatahi o te Paipera; e kōrero ana mō te hanganga o te ao, te hinganga o te tangata, te waipuke, me te karangatanga o Aperahama. Ka whai i ngā tupuna - a Aperahama, a Ihaka, a Hakopa, me Hohepa - ā, ka whakatakoto i te tūāpapa o te kawenata a te Atua ki a Iharaira.
E kōrero ana a Ekoruhe i te whakaoranga o Iharaira e te Atua mai i te whakataurekarekatanga i Ihipa mā roto i a Mohi, ngā whiu, me te wehenga o te Moana Whero. I te maunga o Hinai ka hoatu e te Atua ngā Ture Tekau, ka whakatūria hoki tana kawenata, ā, ka mutu te pukapuka ki te hanganga o te tapenakara.
Ka whakatakoto a Rewitikuha i ngā ture mō te karakia, te whakahere, me te tapu i hoatu ki a Iharaira i Hinai. Kei te pūtahi ko te tohungatanga me te karanga kia tapu tātou, pērā i te Atua e tapu ana; ka whakamārama i ngā whakahere, ngā ture mā, te rā whakamarietanga, me ngā hākari o ia tau.
Ka whai a Tauanga i te haerenga o Iharaira mai i Hinai mā roto i te whā tekau tau e kopikopiko ana i te koraha. Ka tuhia ngā tatauranga e rua, ngā tutūtanga tonu o te iwi, te pono o te Atua i te whakawā me te atawhai, me te whakariterite i tētahi whakatupuranga hou hei uru ki Kanaana.
Kei roto i a Tiuteronomi ngā kupu poroporoaki a Mohi i ngā mania o Moapa, i reira ka whakahuatia anō e ia te ture ki te whakatupuranga e uru ana ki te whenua oati. Ka karanga ia ki a Iharaira kia aroha ki a Ihowa mā te ngākau katoa, ka whakatakoto i ngā manaaki me ngā kanga, ā, ka mutu ki te matenga o Mohi.
Ka kōrero a Hohua mō te raupatutanga me te nohoanga o te whenua oati i raro i te riiwhi o Mohi. Mai i te whitinga o Horano me te hinganga o Heriko tae noa ki te wehewehenga o te whenua ki ngā iwi, ka whakaatu i te Atua e whakatutuki ana i āna oati ki a Iharaira.
Ka kapi i a Kaiwhakawā te wā raruraru i waenga i a Hohua me te kīngitanga, i te wā i hinga ai a Iharaira ki te karakia whakapakoko, ki te tūkinotanga, ki te whakaoranga. Ka whakaarahia e te Atua ngā kaiwhakawā - i roto i a rātou ko Tepora, ko Kiriona, ko Hamahona - hei whakaora i tana iwi i roto i ngā huringa hara me te tohu aroha.
Ko Rutu te kōrero mō tētahi pouaru Moapi, nā tōna pono ki tōna hungawai a Naomi i haere ai ia ki Peterehema, ki a Poaha, tōna whanaunga hoko. He kōrero mō te pono me te tiaki a te Atua, ka mutu ki te whakaurunga o Rutu ki te whakapapa o Kīngi Rāwiri.
Ka tuhi a Hamuera Tuatahi i te whakawhitinga o Iharaira mai i ngā kaiwhakawā ki te kīngitanga mā roto i te poropiti a Hamuera, te aranga me te hinganga o Kīngi Haora, me te whakawahinga o te taitama a Rāwiri. Kei roto ko te wikitōria o Rāwiri ki a Koriata me ngā tau i oma ai ia i te hae o Haora.
Ka tuhi a Hamuera Tuarua i te kīngitanga o Rāwiri ki runga i a Iharaira: te tangohanga o Hiruharama, te oati kawenata a te Atua mō tētahi torona mutungakore, tōna hara ki a Patehepa, me ngā ngangare ā-whānau i whai mai. Ka whakaatu i te korōria me ngā hē o te kīngi nui rawa o Iharaira.
Ka tīmata a Kīngi Tuatahi ki te kīngitanga o Horomona, tōna mātauranga, me te hanganga o te temepara, ka whai ai i te wehenga o te rangatiratanga ki a Iharaira me Hura. Ka whakauru i te poropiti a Iraia me tāna whakataetae kaha ki ngā poropiti a Paara i te maunga o Karamere.
Ka haere tonu a Kīngi Tuarua i te hītori o ngā rangatiratanga wehe mā roto i te mahi a Iraia rāua ko Eriha, ka mutu ki te hinganga o Iharaira ki a Ahiria me te whakaraunga o Hura ki Papurona. Ka whakaatu i ngā hua o te kore pono ki te kawenata me te pūmau o te kupu a te Atua.
Ka kōrero anō a Whakapapa Tuatahi i te hītori o Iharaira mai i a Arama tae noa ki te kīngitanga o Rāwiri, me ngā whakapapa roa me te aro ki te karakia o te temepara. I tuhia mō te hapori i muri i te whakaraunga, ka whakanui i ngā whakaritenga a Rāwiri mō te temepara me ngā oati kawenata a te Atua.
Ka whai a Whakapapa Tuarua i ngā kīngi o Hura mai i a Horomona me te whakatapunga o te temepara tae noa ki te whakaraunga ki Papurona, me te whakanui i ngā kaiwhakahou pērā i a Hetekia rāua ko Hohia. Ka mutu ki te ture a Hairuha i tuku ai kia hoki mai ngā whakarau ki te hanga anō.
Ka kōrero a Etera mō te hokinga mai o ngā whakarau Hurai i Papurona me te hanganga anō o te temepara i Hiruharama. Ko Etera, te tohunga me te karaipi, ka ārahi i te hokinga tuarua, ka karanga i te iwi kia hoki ki te pono ki te ture a te Atua.
Ka kōrero a Nehemia mō tētahi Hurai, he kaiwhakainu mō te kīngi o Pāhia, i hoki ki Hiruharama ki te hanga anō i ōna taiepa i roto i te rima tekau mā rua rā ahakoa te whakahē kaha. Me Etera hoki ka ārahi ia i te iwi ki te whakahou kawenata, ki te īnoi, me ngā whakahoutanga tūturu.
Ko Ehetere te kōrero mō tētahi wahine Hurai ka riro hei kuīni o Pāhia, ka whakararu i tōna oranga hei whakaora i tōna iwi mai i te whakaaro kōhuru a Hamana. Ahakoa kāore te Atua e whakahuatia, kei te kapi tana tiaki i te kōrero katoa, e maharatia ana i te hākari o Purimi.
Ka whawhai a Hopa ki te mamae o tētahi tangata tika ka ngaro ana mea katoa engari kāore i pai ki te kanga i te Atua. Mā ngā kōrerorero ki ōna hoa me te whakautu a te Atua mai i te āwhā, ka rangahau te pukapuka i te whakapono, te tika, me ngā rohe o te māramatanga o te tangata.
Ko ngā Waiata te pukapuka waiata o te Paipera: kotahi rau rima tekau ngā īnoi me ngā waiata whakamoemiti, tangi, whakawhetai, me te whakawhirinaki, he maha nā Rāwiri. Mai i te hōhonu o te pōuri ki te teitei o te karakia, kua kawe i ngā īnoi a te iwi a te Atua mō ngā mano tau.
Ka kohi a Ngā Whakatauki i te mātauranga o Horomona me ētahi atu tāngata mōhio: he kupu poto mō te tika, te uaua, te kōrero, te moni, te whānau, me te wehi ki a Ihowa, koia te tīmatanga o te mātauranga. Ka ako i te mahi tūturu o te noho pai ki te aroaro o te Atua.
Ka tuhi a Kaikauwhau i te rapunga a te Kaikauwhau i te tikanga 'i raro i te rā': ko te taonga, te ngahau, me te mahi he horihori mehemea kāore te Atua. Ka mutu tana titiro pono ki te karanga kia wehi ki te Atua, kia pupuri hoki i āna whakahau.
Ko Te Waiata a Horomona he whakanui waiata i te aroha i waenga i te wahine mārena hou me tāna i aroha ai, he rawe te rotarota me ngā whakaahua. E manaakitia ana hei whakaahua o te aroha mārena, ā, he maha ngā wā ka pānuitia hei whakaahua o te aroha o te Atua ki tana iwi, ka whakanui i te aroha kaha pērā i te mate.
Ka pānui a Ihaia i te whakawā me te tūmanako ki a Hura: te tapu o te Atua, te kūware o te whakawhirinaki ki ngā iwi, me te oati mō tētahi Kīngi e haere mai ana me tētahi Pononga mamae. Ko āna poropititanga mō Emanuera me te matenga whakamarie o te Pononga te tūāpapa mō te Kawenata Hou.
Ko Heremaia te karanga whā tekau tau a te poropiti tangi ki a Hura kia ripeneta i mua i te raupatutanga a Papurona. I waenga i te whakawā ka pānui ia i tētahi kawenata hou kua tuhia ki te ngākau me ngā whakaaro a te Atua mō te rangimārie me te tūmanako mō tana iwi.
Ko Ngā Tangi he rima ngā waiata e tangi ana ki te whakangaromanga o Hiruharama i te tau 586 i mua i a te Karaiti. I waenga i te pōuri ka tū tō rātou whakapuakanga matua: kāore e mutu ngā mahi atawhai a Ihowa, kāore e pau tana aroha - he hou i ia ata.
Ka poropiti a Ehekiera ki ngā whakarau i Papurona mā ngā kitenga whakamīharo: te korōria o te Atua e wehe ana i te temepara, te raorao o ngā wheua maroke ka ora anō, me tētahi temepara kua whakahoutia. Ka pānui ia i te whakawā mō te hara me te oati mō tētahi ngākau hou me tētahi wairua hou.
Ka whakakotahi a Raniera i te whakapono o ngā whakarau i Papurona - te oumu ahi me te rua raiona - me ngā kitenga nunui mō ngā emepaea o te ao me te rangatiratanga mutungakore o te Atua. Ka whakapumau ko te Runga Rawa te rangatira ki runga i te rangatiratanga o te tangata.
Ko te mārenatanga o Hohea ki tētahi wahine kore pono ka riro hei kupu whakarite ora mō te aroha kawenata o te Atua ki a Iharaira kua kotiti. Ka whakaatu te pukapuka i te puremu wairua o Iharaira, me te whakakite anō i tētahi aroha atua kāore e tuku i tana iwi.
Ka whakamārama a Hoera i tētahi whiu mawhitiwhiti kino hei tohu mō te rā o Ihowa, ka karanga i te iwi kia haehae i ō rātou ngākau i te ripeneta. Ka oati ia ka riringi te Atua i tōna Wairua ki runga i ngā kikokiko katoa - he poropititanga i tutuki i te Petekoha.
Ko Amoho, he hēpara nō Tekoa, ka whakahē kaha ki te kore tika me te karakia noa o Iharaira taonga. Ka karanga ia kia rere te whakawā tika pērā i te wai, te tika hoki pērā i te awa e kore e maroke, ka mutu ki tētahi oati whakahoutanga.
Ko Opāra te pukapuka poto rawa o te Kawenata Tawhito, ka whakapuaki i te whakawā ki a Eroma mō tōna whakakake me tōna tūkino ki tōna tuakana a Hakopa. Ka kī te rā o Ihowa kua tata mō ngā iwi katoa, ā, ka riro te rangatiratanga i a Ihowa.
Ko Hona te poropiti i oma i te karanga a te Atua, i horomia e tētahi ika nui, ā, i te mutunga ka kauwhau ki Ninewe, ā, ka ripeneta te pā. Ka whakakite te pukapuka i te aroha o te Atua ki ngā iwi katoa, ka whakahē hoki i te kore hiahia o te poropiti - me te kaipānui - ki te tuari i taua aroha.
Ka whakahē a Mika i te kino o Iharaira me Hura, me te oati anō i tētahi rangatira nō Peterehema, nōna te takenga mai i nehe. Kei roto te whakarāpopototanga rongonui o te karakia pono: kia mahi i te tika, kia aroha ki te atawhai, kia haere māhaki me tō Atua.
Ka pānui a Nahuma i te hinganga o Ninewe, te tāone matua o te emepaea nanakia o Ahiria, tata ki te kotahi rau tau i muri i te ripenetatanga o te pā i te kauwhau a Hona. Ka kī ia ko te Atua he pā kaha mō te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia, he kaiutu hoki ki te kino tūkino.
Ka māia a Hapakuku ki te pātai ki te Atua mō te kore tika me te whakaekenga a Papurona e tata mai ana, ka riro ki a ia te whakautu: ka ora te tangata tika i tōna whakapono. Ka mutu te pukapuka ki tētahi o ngā whakapuakanga whakawhirinaki nui o te Karaipiture: kia koa ki te Atua ahakoa kua ngaro ngā mea katoa.
Ka whakatūpato a Tepania mō te rā o Ihowa ka tae mai ki runga i a Hura me ngā iwi, ka akiaki i te hunga māhaki kia rapu i a Ihowa. Ka mutu ki te pupū o te koa: ka hari te Atua ki runga i tana iwi kua whakahoutia me te waiata.
Ka whakaoho a Hakai i ngā whakarau kua hoki mai kia mutu te whakaparahako i te whare o te Atua, kia tīmata anō te hanga i te temepara. I ngā karere e whā kua tuhia ngā rā, ka oati ia kei a rātou te Atua, ā, ka nui ake te korōria whakamutunga o tēnei whare i tō mua.
Ka whakatenatena a Hakaraia i ngā kaihanga temepara mā ngā kitenga pō me ngā poropititanga mō te Mihaia: te kīngi e haere mai ana me te māhaki, e eke ana i runga i te kāihe, te hēpara ka patua, te puna ka huakina mō te hara. Ka titiro whakamua ki a Ihowa e kīngi ana ki runga i te whenua katoa.
Ko Maraki, te pukapuka whakamutunga o te Kawenata Tawhito, ka whakahē i tētahi hapori ngenge i muri i te whakaraunga mō te karakia hawhe ngākau, ngā mārena kore pono, me ngā whakatekau kua puritia. Ka oati i te haerenga mai o te karere o te kawenata me te whitinga o te rā o te tika.
Ka whakaatu a Matiu i a Ihu hei Mihaia i oatitia, te tama a Rāwiri me Aperahama, e whakatutuki ana i ngā karaipiture o te Kawenata Tawhito. Kei roto te Kauwhau i runga i te Maunga, ngā kupu whakarite mō te rangatiratanga, me te Ture Nui kia meinga ngā iwi katoa hei ākonga.
Ko Maka te Rongopai poto rawa, tere rawa hoki, e whakaatu ana i a Ihu hei Tama a te Atua i haere mai kaua kia mahia he mahi ki a ia, engari kia mahi ia, kia hoatu hoki i tōna oranga hei utu mō te tokomaha. Mai i āna mahi kaha i Kariri ka tere haere ki te rīpeka me te urupā kau.
Ko Ruka, i tuhia e te tākuta me te kaituhi hītori, ka hoatu he kōrero whakariterite mō te oranga o Ihu me te aro nui ki te hunga rawakore, ki te hunga kua peia, me te hunga ngaro. Ka tiaki i ngā kupu whakarite arohaina pērā i te Hamari pai me te tama maumau.
Ka kī te Rongopai a Hoani ko Ihu te Kupu mutungakore kua riro hei kikokiko, te Tama a te Atua, e whakakite ana ōna tohu me ōna kupu 'Ko ahau' i tōna korōria. I tuhia kia whakapono ai ngā kaipānui, kia whiwhi oranga i tōna ingoa, kei roto ko Hoani 3:16 me te whakaaranga o Raharuhi.
Ka haere tonu Ngā Mahi a ngā Apotoro i te kōrero a Ruka, e whai ana i te horapatanga o te rongopai mā te mana o te Wairua mai i Hiruharama ki Roma. Ka tuhia te Petekoha, te whānautanga o te hāhi, te hurihanga o Paora, me āna haerenga mihinare ki ngā pito o te whenua.
Ko Roma te whakamāramatanga tino nui a Paora mō te rongopai: kua hara te katoa, ā, ka whakatikaia te katoa mā te aroha noa i runga i te whakapono ki a Ihu Karaiti. Mai i te whakataunga hara ki te whakatikanga, te whakatapunga, me ngā whakaaro o te Atua mō Iharaira, ka piki ki te karanga kia tapaea he whakahere ora.
Ka whakatika a Koriniti Tuatahi i ngā wehewehenga, te kino, me te raruraru i te hāhi o Koriniti, ka karanga i ngā kaiwhakapono kia kotahi i roto i a te Karaiti. Kei roto te upoko nui mō te aroha, te whakaakoranga mō te Hapa a te Ariki me ngā koha wairua, me te wawao mō te aranga.
Ko Koriniti Tuarua te reta tino whaiaro a Paora, e wawao ana ia i tāna mahi apotoro i waenga i ngā whakahē me ngā mamae. Ka whakakite i te taonga o te rongopai i roto i ngā oko oneone, te aroha noa o te Atua ka tino tutuki i te ngoikore, me te mahi whakahoutanga.
Ko Karatia te wawao ngākau nui a Paora mō te whakatikanga mā te whakapono, kaua mā ngā mahi o te ture, i tuhia hei whakahē i te hunga i akiaki i ngā kaiwhakapono tauiwi kia kotia. Ka pānui i te herekoretanga i wetekina ai tātou e te Karaiti me te hua o te Wairua.
Ka horahia e Epeha te whakaaro mutungakore o te Atua kia kotahi ai ngā mea katoa i roto i a te Karaiti, i roto i a ia ka whakaorangia ngā kaiwhakapono mā te aroha noa i te whakapono. Mai i ngā taonga o te whakaoranga, ka haere ki te oranga tūturu o te hāhi, o te kāinga, me ngā patu katoa a te Atua.
Ko Piripai te reta koa a Paora mai i te whare herehere, e whakawhetai ana ki te hāhi mō tā rātou mahi tahi i te rongopai. Kei roto te waiata nui mō te whakaititanga me te whakanuitanga o te Karaiti me te karanga kia koa tonu i te Ariki, kia kaua e manukanuka mō tētahi mea.
Ka whakanui a Korohe i te mana nui o te Karaiti, te āhua o te Atua e kore e kitea, i roto i a ia e mau ana ngā mea katoa, hei whakahē i ngā whakaako hē o mua. Ka karanga i ngā kaiwhakapono, kua whakaarahia tahi me te Karaiti, kia rapu i ngā mea o runga, kia mau ki te tangata hou.
Ka whakatenatena a Teharonika Tuatahi i tētahi hāhi hou e whakatoia ana kia tū pūmau i te whakapono, te aroha, me te tūmanako. Ka whakamarie mō ngā kaiwhakapono kua moe, ka whakaako mō te hokinga mai o te Ariki, ka akiaki i te hāhi kia whakamarie tētahi ki tētahi ki ēnei kupu.
Ka whakatika a Teharonika Tuarua i te pōhēhē mō te rā o te Ariki, e whakaako ana me puta ētahi āhuatanga i mua i te hokinga mai o te Karaiti. Ka whakapakari i te hāhi kua rurea, ka tohutohu i te hunga mangere kia mahi mārire, kia kaua e ngenge ki te mahi pai.
Ka whakaako a Timoti Tuatahi i te taitama māngai a Paora mō te whakaritenga o te hāhi i Epeha: te whakaakoranga tika, ngā tikanga mō ngā kaitirotiro me ngā rikona, me te karakia me te ngākau makona. Ka tohu i a Timoti kia whawhai i te whawhai pai o te whakapono.
Ko Timoti Tuarua te reta whakamutunga a Paora, i tuhia mai i te whare herehere i te tata o tōna matenga. Ka akiaki ia i a Timoti kia tiaki i te rongopai, kia manawanui ki te mamae, kia kauwhau i te kupu, e whakaatu ana kua whawhai ia i te whawhai pai, kua oti hoki tāna oma.
Ka ārahi a Taituha i te hoa mahi a Paora ki te whakatikatika i ngā hāhi o Kariti, ki te whakatū i ngā kaumātua, ki te whakaako i te whakaakoranga tika. Ka whakatakoto i ngā mahi pai ki runga i te aroha noa o te Atua kua whakakitea, e kawe ana i te whakaoranga, e whakaako ana i a tātou kia noho karakia.
Ko Pirimona te tono poto, whaiaro a Paora ki tētahi rangatira kia whakahoki mai i tāna pononga oma a Onehimu - kaua hei pononga anō, engari hei teina arohaina i roto i a te Karaiti. He mahi tino pai o te whakawhitiwhiti me te whakahoutanga i hangaia e te rongopai.
Ka whakaatu a Hiperu he nui ake a Ihu i ngā anahera, i a Mohi, me te tohungatanga Riwaiti: ko ia te tohunga nui, nāna te whakahere kotahi mō te wā katoa e whakatutuki ana i te kawenata tawhito. Ka akiaki i ngā kaiwhakapono e ruru ana kia mau pūmau, me te kapua kaiwhakaatu o te upoko tekau mā tahi.
Ko Hemi he mātauranga tūturu mō te ora i te whakapono pono: kia manawanui i ngā whakamātautau, kia pupuri i te arero, kia whakakāhore i te whakapai kanohi, kia tiaki i te hunga rawakore. Ko tāna kaupapa ko te whakapono kāore ōna mahi he mate.
Ka whakapakari a Pita Tuatahi i ngā kaiwhakapono marara e mamae ana mō tō rātou whakapono, e whakamahara ana ki tō rātou tūmanako ora mā te aranga o Ihu Karaiti. He manene, he tāngata haere, he iwi whiriwhiri rātou, he tohungatanga kīngi, e whai ana i te tauira o te Karaiti i te mamae.
Ka akiaki a Pita Tuarua i ngā kaiwhakapono kia tipu i te aroha noa me te mātauranga o te Karaiti, ka whakatūpato hoki mō ngā kaiwhakaako teka whakangaro. Ka whakapumau i te kupu poropiti pūmau me te tino haerenga mai o te Ariki: ka tae mai te rā o te Ariki pērā i te tāhae.
Ka hoatu e Hoani Tuatahi ki ngā kaiwhakapono te tino mōhio ki te ora mutungakore mā ngā tohu o te whakapono pono: te oranga tika, te aroha ki a rātou anō, me te whakapuaki ko Ihu te Karaiti kua tae mai i te kikokiko. Ko tāna kupu tonu ko te Atua he mārama, ko te Atua he aroha.
Ko Hoani Tuarua, i tuhia ki te wahine whiriwhiri me āna tamariki, e koa ana ki te haere i te pono me te aroha, me te whakatūpato kia kaua e whakaaehia ngā kaitinihanga e whakakāhore ana i te taenga mai o te Karaiti i te kikokiko. Ko te pono me te aroha, e whakaatu ana, me haere tahi.
Ka whakamoemiti a Hoani Tuatoru ki a Kaiu mō tana manaakitanga i ngā kaimahi rongopai haere, ka whakarite i a ia ki a Rioterepe e hiahia ana ki te tuatahi, ka whakanui hoki i a Rēmitiriu. Ko te pukapuka poto rawa o te Kawenata Hou, ka whakanui i te pono me te haere i te pono.
Ka tuku a Hura i tētahi karanga whawhati tata kia whawhai mō te whakapono i tukua kotahitia ki te hunga tapu, e whakakite ana i ngā kaiwhakaako teka e whakapeau kē ana i te aroha noa. Ka mutu ki tētahi o ngā whakamoemiti arohaina o te Karaipiture: ki a ia e kaha ana ki te tiaki i a koutou kei hinga.
Ko Te Whakakitenga te kitenga i hoatu ki a Hoani i Patamo: ngā reta ki ngā hāhi e whitu, te whare torona o te rangi, te Reme i patua, ngā whakawā ki te kino, me te wikitōria whakamutunga o te Karaiti. Ka mutu ki tētahi rangi hou, he whenua hou, me te oati: 'Āe, ka hohoro taku haere atu.'