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Ka Kōhete a Erihu i ngā Hoa o Hōpa

¹Heoi, mutu ake te whakahoki kupu a ēnei tāngata tokotoru ki a Hopa, nō te mea he tika ia ki tōna nei whakaaro.²Nā, kua mura te riri o Erihu tama a Parakere Puti, nō te whānau i a Rame. Mura ana tōna riri ki a Hopa, nō te mea ki tāna tika rawa ia i te Atua.³I mura anō tōna riri ki ōna hoa tokotoru, nō te mea kīhai i kitea e rātou he kupu hei whakahokinga atu, heoi kei te whakahē anō rātou i a Hopa.⁴Nā, i tatari a Erihu kia kōrero ia ki a Hopa, nō te mea he kaumātua ake rātou i a ia.⁵Ā, nō te kitenga o Erihu kāhore he kupu i ngā māngai o aua tāngata tokotoru hei whakahokinga atu, mura ana tōna riri.

⁶Nā, ka oho a Erihu tama a Parakere Puti, ka mea:“He taitamariki ahau, ko koutou ia he koroheke rawa;koia ahau i hopohopo ai,i wehi ai ki te whakaatui tōku whakaaro ki a koutou.⁷I mea ahau, ‘Mā ngā rā te kōrero,mā ngā tau kua maha e whakaatu te whakaaro nui.’⁸Otiia, he wairua anō tō te tangata,nā te manawa anō o te Kaha Rawa rātou i whai mahara ai.⁹Ko ngā tāngata nunui, kāhore ō rātou whakaaro nui,ko ngā kaumātua, kāhore e mātau ki te whakawā.¹⁰Koia ahau i mea ai, ‘Whakarongo ki ahau;ka whakakite hoki ahau i tōku whakaaro.’

¹¹“Nanā, i tatari ahau ki ā koutou kupu;i whai taringa atu ki ō koutou whakaaro mōhioi a koutou e rapu kupu ana.¹²Nanā, mahara tonu atu ahau ki a koutou,ā, kīhai tētahi o koutou i whakaatu i te hē o Hopa,i whakahoki kupu rānei ki āna kōrero.¹³Kei mea koutou, ‘Kua kitea e mātou te mōhio,nā te Atua ia i turaki, ehara i te tangata.’¹⁴Nā, kīhai āna kupu i anga mai ki ahau;e kore anō tāna e utua e ahau ki ā koutou kupu.

¹⁵“Pōrahurahu kau ana rātou, kore ake ā rātou kupu whakahoki;mutu ake ā rātou kōrero.¹⁶Kia tatari ahau, nō te mea kāhore rātou e kōrero,nō te mea e tū kau ana rātou, kāhore e whakahoki atu?¹⁷Me kōrero atu hoki e ahau āku kupu,māku anō e whakaatu tōku whakaaro.¹⁸Kī tonu hoki ahau i te kōrero;e akiakina ana ahau e te wairua i roto i ahau.¹⁹Nanā, ko tōku kōpū rite tonu ki te wāina kāhore nei ōna putanga;ki te ipu hou e tata ana ia te pakaru.²⁰Me kōrero ahau, kia tā ai tōku manawa;ka puaki tōku māngai, ka whakahoki kupu ahau.²¹Nā, kaua ahau e whakapai ki te kanohi tangata;e kore hoki ahau e hoatu ingoa whakapaipai ki te tangata.²²Kāhore hoki ahau e mōhio ki te whakapati –pēnei kua riro wawe ahau i tōku Kaihanga.”