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Te Tama a Ihāia hei Tohu ki te Iwi

¹I kī mai anō a Ihowā ki ahau, “Tīkina atu tētahi papa nui māu, ka tuhituhi ki runga, ki te pene a te tangata, mō Mahereharara Hapaha.²Nā, māku e mea ētahi kaiwhakaatu pono hei whakaatu mō tāku, arā a Uria tohunga rāua ko Tekaria tama a Teperekia.”

³Nā, ko tāku haerenga atu ki te poropiti wahine, kua hapū, whānau ake he tama. Kātahi a Ihowā ka kī mai ki ahau, “Huaina tōna ingoa ko Mahereharara Hapaha.⁴Nō te mea mōhio rawa ake te tamaiti ki te karanga, ‘E tōku pāpā, e tōku whaea,’ ka riro ngā taonga o Ramahiku, me ngā mea parakete o Hamaria i te aroaro o te kīngi o Ahiria.”

Ka Haere mai nei te Kīngi o Ahiria

⁵I kōrero mai anō a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea:⁶“Nā, kua paopao nei tēnei iwiki ngā wai āta rere o Hiroa,ā, e koa ana ki a Retinirāua ko te tama a Remaria;⁷nā, tēnei te tākina mai nei e te Arikingā wai o te awa ki runga ki a rātou, he kaha, he nui,arā te kīngi o Ahiria, me tōna korōria katoa.Ka ngawhā anō ia ki runga i ōna pareparenga katoa,ka pari anō hoki ki runga i ōna tahatika katoa.⁸Ka rere tonu atu ia ki a Hūrā; ka puhake atu,ā, ka puta; ka pā ki te kakī rawa;ā, ka kapi i te rohanga o ōna parirau te whānuitanga o tōu whenua,e Emānuera!”

⁹E anga, ka whakatupu raruraru, e ngā iwi,ā, ka pakaru rikiriki koutou;kia whai taringa hoki,e te hunga katoa o ngā whenua i tawhiti;whītiki, ā, ka pakaru rikiriki koutou;whītiki, ā, ka mongamonga noa koutou.¹⁰Whakatakotoria he whakaaro, ā, ka taka noa iho;kōrerotia te kupu, e kore anō e tū;kei a mātou nei hoki te Atua.

¹¹Ko tā Ihowā kōrero hoki tēnei ki ahau i runga i te ringa kaha, me tāna whakaako anō i ahau kia kaua e haere i te ara o tēnei iwi; i kī mai:

¹²“Kaua e kī, ‘He hē te whakatakotoria nei;’i ngā mea katoa e kī atu ai tēnei iwi,he hē te whakatakotoria nei;kaua hoki e wehi i tā rātou e wehi ai,kaua anō e pāwera ki reira.¹³Ko Ihowā o ngā mano,ko ia tā koutou e whakatapu ai;ko ia hei wehi mā koutou,ko ia hei pāwera mā koutou.¹⁴Ā, ka ai ia hei wāhi tapu;hei kōhatu tūtukitanga waewae ia,hei kāmaka e hinga ai ngā whare e rua o Īharaira,hei rore anō hoki, hei māhanga ki ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama.¹⁵He tokomaha anō hoki o rātou e tūtuki te waewae ki reira;e hinga, pakaru iho,e māhangatia, mau tonu iho.”

Ngā Ākonga a Ihāia

¹⁶Takaia te whakaaturanga,hīritia te ture i roto i āku ākonga.¹⁷Ā, ka tatari ahau ki a Ihowāe huna nei i tōna mata ki te whare o Hākopa,ka tūmanako atu ki a ia.

¹⁸Nanā, ko mātou ko ngā tamariki hōmai nei e Ihowā ki ahau hei tohu, hei mea whakamīharo i roto i a Īharaira, he mea nā Ihowā o ngā mano e noho nei i Maunga Hiona.

¹⁹Nā, ki te mea mai rātou ki a koutou, “Me rapu tikanga koutou i te hunga he atua māori nei ō rātou, i ngā matakite, i te hunga e kōwhetewhete ana, e ngunguru ana. Kaua ianei tētahi iwi e rapu tikanga ki tō rātou Atua? Me rapu atu rānei rātou ki ngā mea mate mō ngā mea ora,²⁰ki te ture, ki te whakaaturanga?”
Ki te kore e rite tā rātou kōrero ki tēnei kupu, inā, kāhore he ata mō rātou.²¹Ā, ka tika anō rātou nā reira, ruha noa iho, e mate ana i te kai. I a rātou ka mate nei i te kai, ka tupu te riri, ā, ka kangā e rātou tō rātou kīngi, me tō rātou Atua. Ā, ka tahuri ō rātou kanohi whakarunga;²²ā, ka titiro rātou ki te whenua, nā, he whakapāwera, he pōuri, ko te pōruru o te mamae; ā, ka āia atu rātou ki roto ki te pōuri kerekere.