2 Hamuera1
Ka Rongo a Rāwiri i te Matenga o Haora
1Nā, i muri iho i te matenga o Haora, te mea kua hoki mai a Rāwiri i te patunga i ngā Amareki, ā, kua rua ngā rā o Rāwiri e noho ana ki Tikiraka.2I te toru o ngā rā, nā, ko tētahi tangata e haere mai ana i te puni i a Haora, he mea haehae ōna kākahu, he oneone i runga i tōna mātenga. Ā, nō tōna taenga mai ki a Rāwiri, ka hinga ia ki te whenua, ā, ka piko.3Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a ia, “I haere mai koe i hea?”Ka mea tērā ki a ia, “I mawhiti mai ahau i te puni o Īharaira.”4Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki a ia, “I pēhea te mea rā? Tēnā, kōrerotia mai ki ahau.”
Nā, ka mea ia, “Kua whati te iwi i te whawhai, he tokomaha hoki o te iwi i hinga, i mate. Kua mate hoki a Haora rāua ko tāna tama, ko Honatana.”5Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki te tamaiti nāna nei i kōrero ki a ia, “I mōhiotia e koe ki te aha kua mate a Haora rāua ko tāna tama ko Honatana?”6Nā, ka mea taua tamaiti nāna nei i kōrero ki a ia, “I tūpono noa ahau ki runga i Maunga Kiripoa, nā, ko Haora e okioki ana ki tāna tao. Nā, e whai tata ana i a ia ngā hāriata me ngā kaieke hōiho.7Nā, i tōna tahuritanga ki muri, ka kite i ahau, ā, ka karanga ki ahau. Nā, ka mea ahau, ‘Tēnei ahau.’8“Anō rā ko ia ki ahau, ‘Ko wai koe?’
“Anō rā ko ahau ki a ia, ‘He Amareki ahau.’9“Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, ‘Tēnā, e tū ki tōku taha, whakamatea hoki ahau, kua mau pū hoki ahau i te pōuri; nō te mea kei te toitū tonu te ora i roto i ahau.’10“Heoi, tū ana ahau ki tōna taha, whakamatea ana ia e ahau; i mōhio hoki ahau e kore rawa ia e ora ake i te mea ka hinga nei ia. Nā, tangohia ana e ahau te karauna i tōna mātenga, me te poroporo i tōna ringa, ā, kawea mai ana e ahau ki konei ki tōku ariki.”11Kātahi a Rāwiri ka mau ki ōna kākahu, ā, haehaea ana e ia; ā, i pērā hoki ōna hoa katoa.12Nā, ka uhunga rātou, ka tangi, ka nohopuku ā ahiahi noa, mō Haora, mō tāna tama, mō Honatana, mō te iwi anō a Ihowā, mō te whare hoki o Īharaira, i hinga nei i te hoari.13Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki te tamaiti nāna nei i kōrero ki a ia, “Nō hea koe?”
Anō rā ko tērā, “He tama ahau nā tētahi manene, nā tētahi Amareki.”14Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki a ia, “He aha koe tē wehi ai? He aha i totoro ai tōu ringa ki te huna i tā Ihowā i whakawahi ai?”15Kātahi a Rāwiri ka karanga ki tētahi o āna taitama, ka mea, “Whakatata atu, e rere ki runga ki a ia.” Nā, patua ana ia e ia, mate ake.16I mea anō a Rāwiri ki a ia, “Hei runga i tōu mātenga ōu toto; kua whakaatu mai nā hoki tōu waha i tōu hē, kua mea, ‘Nāku i whakamate tā Ihowā i whakawahi ai.’ ”