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Ka Tangohia a Irāia ki te Rangi

¹Nā, i te meatanga a Ihowā kia tangohia atu a Irāia ki te rangi i roto i te tūkauati, ka haere atu a Irāia rāua ko Eriha i Kirikara.²Nā, ka mea atu a Irāia ki a Eriha, “Hei konei koe noho ai, kua ungā hoki ahau e Ihowā ki Pētēre.”
Anō rā ko Eriha, “E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana hoki tōu wairua, e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe.” Heoi, haere tahi ana rāua ki raro, ki Pētēre.

³Nā, ka puta mai ngā tama a ngā poropiti i Pētēre ki a Eriha, ā, ka mea ki a ia, “E mōhio ana rānei koe ko āianei tangohia ai e Ihowā tōu ariki i runga i tōu upoko?”
Anō rā ko ia, “E mōhio ana anō ahau; whakarongoa.”

⁴Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki a ia, “E Eriha, hei konei koe noho ai; kua ungā hoki ahau e Ihowā ki Heriko.”
Anō rā ko tērā, “E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana hoki tōu wairua, e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe.” Heoi, haere ana rāua ki Heriko.

⁵Nā, ka whakatata mai ngā tama a ngā poropiti i Heriko ki a Eriha, ā, ka mea ki a ia, “E mōhio ana rānei koe ko āianei tangohia ai e Ihowā tōu ariki i runga i tōu upoko?”
Anō rā ko ia, “E mōhio ana anō ahau; whakarongoa.”

⁶Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki a ia, “Hei konei koe noho ai; kua ungā hoki ahau e Ihowā ki Horano.”
Anō rā ko tērā, “E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana anō hoki tōu wairua, e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe.” Nā, haere ana rāua tokorua.

⁷Nā, ka haere ētahi tāngata e rima tekau, he tama nā ngā poropiti, ā, tū atu ana i tawhiti; me te tū anō rāua tokorua i te taha o Horano.⁸Nā, ka mau a Irāia ki tōna koroka, whakakopaia ana e ia, patua ana ki ngā wai, ā, ka wehea ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha, ā, whiti ana rāua i te wāhi maroke.

⁹Ā, nō tō rāua whitinga, ka mea a Irāia ki a Eriha, “Tonoa mai, ko te aha e meatia e ahau māu i ahau kīanō kia wehea noatia i a koe.”
Anō rā ko Eriha, “Kia rereruatia mai ki ahau te wāhi wairua i a koe nā.”

¹⁰Nā, ka mea tērā, “He mea pakeke tāu i tono mai nā; he ahakoa rā, ki te kite koe i ahau e tangohia atu ana i a koe, ka rite ki tāu nā; ki te kāhore, ka kore e pēnā.”

¹¹Nā, i a rāua e haere ana, me te kōrero haere, ka puta mai tētahi hāriata ahi me ngā hōiho ahi, ā, wehea ana rāua tokorua; ā, kake ana a Irāia i roto i te tūkauati ki te rangi.¹²Ā, ka kite a Eriha, ka karanga ia, “E tōku pāpā, e tōku pāpā, e ngā hāriata o Īharaira, e ōna kaieke hōiho!” Ā, kīhai ia i kite i a ia i muri. Nā, ka mau ia ki ōna kākahu ake, ā, haea iho kia rua ngā wāhi.

¹³I tangohia ake hoki e ia te koroka o Irāia i marere i runga i a ia, ā, hoki ana, tū ana i te pareparenga o Horano.¹⁴Nā, ka mau ia ki te koroka o Irāia i marere nei i runga i a ia, ā, patua iho ki ngā wai, me te kī anō, “Kei hea rā a Ihowā, te Atua o Irāia?” Nā, ka patua e ia ngā wai, wehe ana ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha; ā, whiti ana a Eriha.

¹⁵Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā tama a ngā poropiti, o ērā o Heriko i te ritenga mai ki a ia, ka mea rātou, “Kua tau te wairua o Irāia ki runga ki a Eriha.”
Nā, haere ana mai rātou ki te whakatau i a ia, piko ana ki tōna aroaro ki te whenua.¹⁶Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nanā, tēnei ētahi tāngata e rima tekau kei āu pononga, he mārohirohi; tukua rātou kia haere ki te rapu i tōu ariki; kei tūpono kua kāhakina atu ia e te Wairua o Ihowā, kua makā ki runga ki tētahi maunga, ki roto rānei ki tētahi awaawa.”
Nā, ka mea ia, “Kaua e ungā.”

¹⁷Ā, i tā rātou tohenga ā whakamā noa ia, ka kī atu ia, “Ungā.” Nā, ungā ana e rātou e rima tekau ngā tāngata; ā, e toru ngā rā i rapu ai rātou, heoi kīhai kitea.¹⁸Nā, hoki ana rātou ki a ia, (i Heriko hoki ia e noho ana); ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kīhai ianei ahau i kī atu ki a koutou, Kaua e haere?”

Ngā Merekara a Eriha

¹⁹Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata o te pā ki a Eriha, “Nanā, he pai te tūranga o tēnei pā, e kite nei hoki tōku ariki; engari ko te wai he kino, ā, ko te whenua he whakatahe.”

²⁰Nā, ka mea ia, “Maua mai he oko hou ki ahau, ka mea he tote ki roto.” Nā, ka kawea mai e rātou ki a ia.

²¹Nā, haere ana ia ki te mātāpuna o te wai, ā, makā ana te tote ki roto, me te kī anō, “Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘Kua ora tēnei wai i ahau; heoi anō o konei mate, o konei whakatahe.’ ”²²Nā, ora tonu ake taua wai ā mohoa noa nei, pērā tonu me tā Eriha kupu i kōrero ai.

²³Nā, ka haere atu ia i reira ki Pētēre; ā, i a ia e haere ana i te ara, ka puta mai ētahi tamariki ririki i te pā, ka taunu ki a ia, ka mea, “Pākira, haere ki runga; pākira, haere ki runga.”

²⁴Nā, ka tahuri ake ia, ka titiro ki a rātou, ā, kangā iho rātou i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā. Nā, ko te putanga mai o ngā pea uha e rua i te ngahere, ā, haehaea ana ētahi o rātou, e whā tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.

²⁵Nā, haere atu ana ia i reira ki Maunga Karamere, ā, hoki ana i reira ki Hamaria.