Kei [te Atua] hoki te puna o te ora.

With [God] is the source of life.

hoki – word giving emphasis.   eg:  Tō tere hoki! / How quick you were!

(Ngā Waiata 36:9)

E whakapono ana koe ki tērā?

Do you believe that?

whakapono – to believe, trust

Kei te whakaaro ētahi tāngata

Some people think

whakaaro – to think, plan, consider, decide

i puta mai te ora i ngā mea tupurangi.

that life came from random, undirected events.

puta: to appear, come into view, escape, get out, go out, exit, get clear, survive, born, (mai) come from

tupurangi: random, disconnected   Eg: He whakaaro tupurangi.  A random thought.

Mehemea he tika tērā

If that’s true

tika: true, right, correct

nā te aituā noa tātou i ora ai.

then we exist only because of an accident.

nā – then

aituā:  to have a mishap, have a disaster, have an accident, unlucky, unfortunate, accidental

noa: only, solely, just, merely, quite, until, at random

Heoi mehemea nā Ihowa, nā te Atua te ora i hanga,

But if Jehovah God created life,

heoi: but, however

nā: by, made by, acted on – combines with i to form a past tense emphasising who or what did the action

hanga: to make, build, fashion, create.

kāore e kore he take tōna i hangā ai, nērā?

it would have a purpose, would it not?

kāore e kore: without a doubt, no doubt, there is no doubt, doubtless

take: reason, purpose, cause, origin, root, stump, source, beginning

tōna – his, her, it

nē rā – is it not? won’t you? won’t we? isn’t it? isn’t she? isn’t he?

Whakaarohia te kōrero o te Paipera

Consider the Bible’s account

whakaaro(hia):  to think, plan, consider, decide

mō te tīmatanga o te ora,

of the origin of life

mō: for, about, concerning, for the benefit of, on account of, for the use of, in preparation for, at, on – indicates future possession

tīmatanga: beginning, starting, introduction, start, commencement

ora: life, health, vitality

me ētahi take pai

and also why (lit and some good reasons)

hei whakapono he tika taua kōrero.

that account is reasonable

whakapono: to believe, trust

taua – that, the – referring to something mentioned previously

1. I tīmata pēhea te ao nui mārama?

E kī ana te Paipera: “He mea hanga nā te Atua i te tīmatanga te rangi me te whenua.” (Kenehi 1:1) E whakaae ana te nuinga o te hunga pūtaiao he tīmatanga tō te ao nui mārama. I hangā pēheatia e te Atua? Nā tōna “kaha pakari”​—tōna wairua tapu​—i hangā e ia ngā mea katoa i te ao nui mārama, tae noa ki ngā ikarangi, ngā whetū, me ngā aorangi.​—Kenehi 1:2.

2. I hangā e te Atua te whenua hei aha?

“Kīhai i hangā e (Ihowa) [te whenua] kia takoto kau, i whakaahuatia e ia hei nohoanga.” (Ihāia 45:18) I hangā e ia tō tātou ao hei kāinga pūmau pai mō te tangata. (Pānuitia Ihāia 40:28; 42:5.) E whakakitea ana e te pūtaiao he hanganga motuhake te whenua. Ko tēnei anake te aorangi e mōhiotia ana kei roto ngā mea katoa e ora ai te tangata.

3. He aha te tangata kāore i rite ki te kararehe?

Mutu ana te hanga i te whenua, i hangā e Ihowa ngā mea ora ki reira. Tuatahi, kapi tonu i a ia te whenua ki te otaota me te kararehe. Kātahi, “Ka hangā e te Atua te tangata rite tonu ki a ia.” (Pānuitia Kenehi 1:27.) He aha te rerekētanga o te tangata? Nā te rite ki te Atua, ka taea e tātou te whakakite i ōna āhua, pērā i te aroha me te whakarite whakawā. I hangaia hoki tātou e ia ki te ako reo, ki te whakamihi i ngā mea ātaahua, ki te pārekareka i te waiata. Otiia, e āhei ana tātou te karakia ki tō tātou Kaihanga, kāore te kararehe e pērā.

 5. He pai te kōrero o te Paipera mō te hanganga o te ao

6. He hanganga motuhake te tangata nā te Atua

Kāore tātou e rite ki ngā kararehe i hangā e Ihowa. Pānuitia Kenehi 1:26, kōrerotia tēnei pātai:

• Nō te mea kua hangaia tātou kia rite ki te Atua, ka kōrero pēhea mō te āhua o te Atua tō tātou kaha ki te aroha, ki te atawhai?

 WHAKARĀPOPOTO

Nā Ihowa i hanga te ao nui mārama me ngā mea ora katoa.

Titiro anō

• He aha te ako o te Paipera mō te tīmatanga o te ao nui mārama?

• I waihotia e te Atua ngā mea ora rerekē kia whanake mai i tētahi momo-oranga taketake, i hangaia rānei e ia rātou katoa?

• He motuhake te tangata nā te aha?