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Ka Haere a Tīmoti ki te taha o Pāora rāua ko Hira

¹Nā, ka tae atu hoki ia ki Rerepe, ki Raihitara; ā, i reira tētahi ākonga, ko Tīmoti te ingoa, he tama nā tētahi wahine whakapono, he Hūrai, ko tōna pāpā ia he Kariki.²He pai te kōrero mōna a ngā tēina i Raihitara, i Ikoniuma.³I mea a Pāora kia haere ia hei hoa mōna; ā tangohia ana ia, kotia ana, he mea hoki mō ngā Hūrai e noho ana i aua wāhi; i mātau hoki rātou katoa he Kariki tōna pāpā.⁴Ā, i a rātou e hāereere ana i ngā pā, ka tukua e rātou hei pupuri mā rātou ngā tikanga i whakaritea e ngā āpōtoro, e ngā kaumātua, i Hiruhārama.⁵Nā, ka whakaūkia ngā hāhi ki te whakapono, ka nui haere hoki i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā.

Te Whakakitenga ki a Pāora i Toroa

⁶Nā, haere ana rātou nā waenganui o te whenua o Pirikia, o Karatia, kua āraia hoki e te Wairua Tapu kei kōrero i te kupu ki Āhia.⁷Ā, i te taenga atu ki Maihia, ka whakamātau rātou ki te haere ki Pitinia; heoi, kīhai i tukua e te Wairua o Īhu;⁸nā, kapea ana Maihia, ka haere ki Toroa.⁹Ā, ka kitea e Pāora he kitenga i te pō: He tangata nō Makeronia e tū ana, e tohe ana ki a ia, e mea ana, “Whiti mai ki Makeronia, āwhinatia mātou.”¹⁰Ā, nō ka kitea te kitenga, ka mea tonu mātou kia haere ki Makeronia, i whakaaro hoki, nā te Atua mātou i karanga ki te kauwhau i te rongopai ki a rātou.

I Piripai: Te Huringa o Riria ki te Whakapono

¹¹Heoi, ko te rerenga atu i Toroa, ka tika tonu mātou ki Hamotarakia, ā, ao ake te rā ki Neapori.¹²I reira atu ki Piripai, ko te pā nui ia o taua wāhi o Makeronia, he koroni nō Rōma. Ā, noho ana mātou i taua pā ā taka noa ētahi rā.

¹³Nā, i te rā hāpati ka haere mātou ki waho o te pā, ki te taha o tētahi awa, he whakaaro ko te wāhi tērā hei karakiatanga; ā, ka noho, ka kōrero ki ngā wāhine i haere tahi ake.¹⁴Nā, ka whakarongo tētahi wahine, ko Riria te ingoa, he kaihoko pāpura, nō te pā o Taiataira, he wahine karakia ki te Atua. He mea whakapuare tōna ngākau e te Ariki, i rongo ai ia ki ngā mea i kōrerotia e Pāora.¹⁵Ā, nō ka oti ia te iriiri, rātou ko tōna whare, ka tohe ia, ka mea, “Ki te mea kua Whakaaro koutou he pono tāku mahi ki te Ariki, tomo mai koutou, e noho ki tōku whare.” Nā, ka tohea mātou e ia.

I te Whare Herehere i Piripai

¹⁶Nā, i a mātou e haere ana ki te wāhi īnoi, ka tūtaki ki a mātou tētahi kōtiro, he wairua matakite nei tōna, he nui te utu i riro i a ia mā ōna rangatira, i a ia e poropiti ana.¹⁷Ka whai ia i a mātou ko Pāora, ka karanga, ka mea, “He pononga ēnei tāngata nā te Atua, nā te Runga Rawa, e whakapuakina ana e rātou te ara o te ora ki a koutou.”¹⁸Nā, he maha ngā rā i mea ai ia tēnei. Otiia, ka hōhā a Pāora, ka tahuri, ka mea ki te wairua, “Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe i runga i te ingoa Īhu Karaiti, puta mai i roto i a ia.” Puta mai ana i taua hāora anō.

¹⁹Otirā, nō te kitenga o ōna rangatira kua kore he mahinga moni mā rātou, ka mau ki a Pāora rāua ko Hira, ka tōia ki te kāinga hoko ki ngā rangatira;²⁰ā, ka oti rāua te mau ki ngā kaiwhakawā, ka mea, “Ko ēnei tāngata he Hūrai nei, e tino whakararuraru ana i tō tātou pā,²¹e whakapuakina ana hoki e rāua he ritenga e kore nei e tika kia whakaaetia, kia mahia e tātou, e ngā tāngata o Rōma.”

²²Nā, ko te whakatikanga o te mano ki a rāua. Ka huhua ō rāua kākahu e ngā kaiwhakawā, ka mea kia whiua ki te rākau.²³Ā, ka maha ō rāua whiunga e rātou, ka makā rāua ki te whare herehere, ka tohutohutia te kaitiaki herehere, kia mau tāna pupuri i a rāua.²⁴Nō te rironga i a ia o taua kupu, ka makā rāua e ia ki te whare herehere i roto rawa, ka whakaūria ō rāua waewae ki te rākau.

²⁵Nā, i waenganui pō ka īnoi a Pāora rāua ko Hira, ka waiata atu ki te Atua, me te whakarongo anō ngā herehere ki a rāua.²⁶Nā, ka pā whakarere he rū nui, i ngarue ai ngā tūranga o te whare herehere; ā, puare tonu atu ngā tatau katoa, whakakorokoroa ana ngā herenga o ngā tāngata katoa.²⁷Ā, ka oho te kaitiaki herehere i te moe, ka kite i ngā tatau o te whare herehere e puare ana, nā, ka unu i tāna hoari, ka mea ki te patu i a ia anō, hua noa kua oma ngā herehere.²⁸Nā, ka nui te reo o Pāora ki te karanga, ka mea, “Kauaka tētahi mea kino e meatia ki a koe; ina tonu hoki mātou katoa.”

²⁹Ā, karangatia ana e ia he rama, ka rere ki roto, ka haere wiri, ka takoto ki te aroaro o Pāora rāua ko Hira.³⁰Ka ārahina hoki rāua ki waho, ka mea, “E hoa mā, me aha ka ora ai ahau?”

³¹Ka mea rāua “Me whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu Karaiti, ka ora ai koe, koutou tahi ko tōu whare.”³²Nā, ka kōrerotia te kupu a te Ariki ki a ia, ki ngā tāngata katoa hoki i roto tōna whare.³³Ā, ka mauria rāua e ia i taua hāora o te pō, ka horoia ō rāua whiunga; nā, iriiria tonutia iho, a ia me āna tāngata katoa.³⁴Ā, ka ārahina rāua e ia ki tōna whare, ka whakatūria he tēpu kai ki mua i a rāua, ā, nui atu tōna hari, me tōna whare katoa, i te mea kua whakapono nei ki te Atua.

³⁵I te aonga ake ia o te rā, ka tonoa, ngā kātipa e ngā kaiwhakawā, i mea, “Tukua aua tāngata kia haere.”

³⁶Nā, ka kōrerotia e te kaitiaki herehere ēnei kupu ki a Pāora, ka mea, “Kua tono tāngata mai ngā kaiwhakawā, kia tukua kōrua; tēnā rā puta mai, haere i runga i te rangimārie.”

³⁷Nā, ko te kīanga atu a Pāora, “Kua whiua nuitia nei māua e rātou, ahakoa kāhore i whakawākia, he tāngata hoki nō Rōma, ā, kua makā māua ki te whare herehere; ā, kei te makā pukutia atu māua āianei e rātou? Kāhore rāpea; engari, mā rātou tonu e haere mai, e whakaputa i a māua ki waho.”

³⁸Nā, ka kōrerotia ēnei kupu e ngā kātipa ki ngā kaiwhakawā; ā, ka wehi, i tō rātou rongonga nō Rōma rāua.³⁹Nā, ka haere mai rātou, ka tohe ki a rāua, ā, ka oti rāua te ārahi ki waho, ka mea rātou kia haere atu rāua i te pā.⁴⁰Ā, ka puta atu rāua i te whare herehere, ka tomo ki te whare o Riria; ā, nō ka kite rāua i ngā tēina, ka whakamārie i a rātou, ka haere.