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13  Kia mau tonu te aroha ki nga teina.

Kei wareware ki te atawhai manuhiri: na tenei hoki i whakamanuhiri anahera ai etahi, kihai ano i matau atu.

Maharatia nga herehere, me te mea no koutou tahi te hereherenga; me te hunga hoki e whakatupuria kinotia ana, kei te tinana na hoki koutou.

Meinga te marena hei mea honore ma te katoa, a kaua te moenga e tukua kia poke: ko te hunga moepuku ia, me te hunga puremu, e whakataua e te Atua te he ki a ratou.

Whakakahoretia atu te mahi apo taonga; kati ano nga mea ma koutou ko nga mea i a koutou na: kua mea mai hoki ia, E kore ahau e whakarere i a koe, e kore ano hoki e mawehe i a koe.

Heoi ka maia tatou ki te ki ake, Kei toku taha te Ariki, e kore ahau e mataku ki ta te tangata e mea ai ki ahau.

Kia mahara ki te hunga e tohutohu ana i a koutou, kua korero nei i te kupu a te Atua ki a koutou: tirohia te tukunga iho o ta ratou whakahaere, kia rite to koutou ki to ratou whakapono.

Tuturu tonu a Ihu Karaiti inanahi, inaianei, a ake ake.

Kei kahakihakina koutou e nga whakaakoranga maha, e nga mea poka hou ake: he mea pai hoki kia whakaukia te ngakau ki runga i te aroha noa; ehara i te mea ki nga kai, kahore hoki he pai o ena mea mo te hunga na ratou nei tera mahi.

10 He aata ano ta tatou, e kore nei e tika kia kainga tona e te hunga e mahi ana i ta te tapenakara.

11 Na, ko nga kararehe no ratou nei nga toto e mauria ana e te tohunga nei mo te hara ki roto ki te wahi tino tapu, e tahuna ana nga tinana o era ki waho o te puni.

12 Na reira hoki a Ihu, i tana whakatapunga i te iwi ki ona toto ake ano, i mamae ai ki waho o te kuwaha.

13 Na, kia haere atu tatou ki a ia ki waho o te puni, me te mau ano tatou i tona tawainga:

14 Kahore hoki he pa tumau mo tatou i konei, engari e rapu ana tatou i tetahi i roto i nga wa a muri nei.

15 Na, kia tapaea atu e tatou ki runga ki a ia i nga wa katoa te whakamoemiti ki te Atua hei whakahere, ara te hua o nga ngutu e whakawhetai ana ki tona ingoa.

16 Kei wareware hoki ki te mahi pai, ki te atawhai: e manakohia ana hoki e te Atua nga patunga tapu pera.

17 Kia ngohengohe ki o koutou kaitohutohu, kia ngawari ki ta ratou kupu; e mataara ana hoki ratou ki o koutou wairua, a me korero ano e ratou a mua te tikanga o a ratou mahi: kia hari ai ratou ina mea i tenei, kia kaua hoki e pouri: kahore hoki he pai o tenei mo koutou.

18 Inoi mo matou: u tonu hoki to matou whakaaro ki to matou hinengaro he pai, e hiahia ana hoki matou kia tika ta matou whakahaere i nga mea katoa.

19 I kaha rawa ai taku whakahau ki a koutou kia meatia tenei, he mea kia wawe ai ahau te whakahokia atu ki a koutou.

20 Na, ma te Atua o te rangimarie, nana nei i whakahoki mai i roto i te hunga mate to tatou Ariki, a Ihu, taua Hepara nui o nga hipi, he meatanga na nga toto o te kawenata mutungakore,

21 Mana koutou e mea kia tino tika i runga i nga mahi pai katoa, kia mahia ano e koutou tana i pai ai; mana e mahi i roto i a koutou te mea e ahuareka ana ki tana titiro, i roto ano i a Ihu Karaiti; waiho atu i a ia te kororia ake ake. Amine.

22 He kupu ano tenei naku ki a koutou, e oku teina, ata whakarangona mai te kupu whakahau: he torutoru nei hoki nga kupu kua tuhituhia atu nei e ahau ki a koutou.

23 Kia matau koutou kua tukua ki waho to tatou teina, a Timoti. Ki te haere wawe mai ia, ko maua tahi e kite i a koutou.

24 Oha atu ki te hunga katoa e tohutohu ana i a koutou, ki te hunga tapu katoa ano hoki. Tenei te oha atu nei ki a koutou te hunga o Itari.

25 Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou katoa. Amine.

Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A) Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(B) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(C) Continue to remember those in prison(D) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

Marriage should be honored by all,(E) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(F) Keep your lives free from the love of money(G) and be content with what you have,(H) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](I)

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](J)

Remember your leaders,(K) who spoke the word of God(L) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(M) their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(N)

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(O) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(P) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(Q) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(R) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(S) have no right to eat.(T)

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(U) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(V) 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(W) to make the people holy(X) through his own blood.(Y) 13 Let us, then, go to him(Z) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(AA) 14 For here we do not have an enduring city,(AB) but we are looking for the city that is to come.(AC)

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(AD) of praise—the fruit of lips(AE) that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(AF) for with such sacrifices(AG) God is pleased.

17 Have confidence in your leaders(AH) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(AI) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

18 Pray for us.(AJ) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(AK) and desire to live honorably in every way. 19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.(AL)

Benediction and Final Greetings

20 Now may the God of peace,(AM) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(AN) brought back from the dead(AO) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(AP) 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(AQ) and may he work in us(AR) what is pleasing to him,(AS) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(AT)

22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.(AU)

23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy(AV) has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

24 Greet all your leaders(AW) and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy(AX) send you their greetings.

25 Grace be with you all.(AY)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7