Hoani11
Te Matenga o Raharuhi
1Nā, kei te mate tētahi tangata a Raharuhi o Petani, te kāinga o Meri rāua ko tōna tuakana, ko Māta.2Ko taua Meri tēnei nāna nei i whakawahi te Ariki ki te hinu, i muru hoki i ōna waewae ki ōna makawe; ā, he tungāne nōna a Raharuhi i mate nei.3Nā, ka tono tāngata ngā tuāhine ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, tēnei kei te mate tāu tangata e aroha nei.”4I te rongonga ia o Īhu, ka mea ia, “Ehara tēnei i te mate e mate rawa ai ia, engari, hei mea mō te korōria o te Atua; mā tēnei hoki ka whai korōria ai te Tama a te Atua.”5Nā, i aroha a Īhu ki a Māta rāua ko tōna teina, ki a Raharuhi hoki.6Ā, nō ka rongo ia ki tōna matenga, e rua ōna rā i noho ai ki taua wāhi rā anō.7Muri iho i tēnei, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, “Tātou ka haere anō ki Hūria.”8Ka mea ngā ākonga ki a ia, “E te Kaiwhakaako, i whai ngā Hūrai i mua tata ake nei kia ākina koe ki te kōhatu; ā, e haere atu ana koe ki reira?”9Ka whakahokia e Īhu, “He teka ianei tekau mā rua ngā hāora o te rā? I te haere tētahi i te awatea, e kore ia e tūtuki, nō te mea e kite ana ia i te mārama o tēnei ao.10Tēnā, ka haere tētahi i te pō, ka tūtuki ia, nō te mea kāhore he mārama roto i a ia.”11Ka kōrerotia ēnei mea e ia, nā, muri iho ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kei te moe tō tātou hoa a Raharuhi, otiia, ka haere ahau ki te whakaara i a ia i te moe.”12Nā, ko te meatanga a āna ākonga, “E te Ariki, ki te mea kei te moe ia, tērā ia e ora.”13Kāhore, ko tōna matenga tā Īhu i kōrero ai; ko rātou ia i mahara, i kōrero ia mō te takotoranga ina moe.14Kātahi, ka mea nui a Īhu ki a rātou, “Kua mate a Raharuhi.15Ā, e hari ana ahau, he whakaaro hoki ki a koutou, nōku kāhore i reira, kia whakapono ai koutou. Ahakoa rā kia haere tātou ki a ia.”16Nā, ka mea a Tamati (e huaina nei ko Ririmu) ki ōna hoa ākonga, “Kia haere anō tātou, kia mate tahi me ia.”Ko Īhu te Aranga me te Oranga
17Heoi, i te taenga atu o Īhu, rokohanga atu kua whā kē ōna rā i roto i te urupā.18Nā, e tata ana Petani ki Hiruhārama, kotahi pea tekau mā rima pāronga,19he tokomaha anō ngā Hūrai i tae ki a Māta rāua ko Meri, ki te whakamārie i a rāua mō tō rāua tungāne.20Ā, nō te rongonga o Māta, tēnā a Īhu te haere mai nā, ka whakatau i a ia; ko Meri ia i noho i roto i te whare.21Nā, ka mea a Māta ki a Īhu, “E te Ariki, me i konei koe, kīhai i mate tōku tungāne.22Heoi, e mātau nei anō ahau, ko tāu e īnoi ai ki te Atua, e hōmai e te Atua ki a koe.”23Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “E ara anō tōu tungāne.”24Ka mea a Māta ki a ia, “E mātau ana ahau e ara anō ia i te aranga ā te rā whakamutunga.”25Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ko ahau te aranga, te ora. Ko ia e whakapono ana ki ahau, ahakoa kua mate, e ora anō;26e kore anō e mate ake ake ngā tāngata katoa e ora ana, e whakapono ana ki ahau. E whakapono ana rānei koe ki tēnei?”27Ka mea ia ki a ia, “Āe, e te Ariki, e whakapono ana ahau, ko te Karaiti koe, ko te Tama a te Atua, e haere mai ana ki te ao.”Ka Tangi a Īhu
28Ā, ka mutu ēnei kōrero āna, ka haere ka karanga puku ki tōna teina, ki a Meri, ka mea, “Kua tae mai te Kaiwhakaako, e karanga ana hoki ki a koe.”29Ā, nō ka rongo ia, hohoro tonu te whakatika, ā, haere ana ki a ia.30(Nā, kāhore a Īhu i tomo noa ki te kāinga; heoi, kei taua wāhi anō ia i tūtaki ai a Māta ki a ia.)31I te kitenga o ngā Hūrai e noho ana ki a ia i roto i te whare, e whakamārie ana i a ia, ka hohoro a Meri te whakatika, te puta ki waho. Ka aru rātou i a ia, ka mea, “E haere ana ia ki te urupā, ki reira tangi ai.”32Ā, nō ka tae a Meri ki te wāhi kei reira nei a Īhu, ka kite i a ia, ka takoto ki ōna waewae, ka mea ki a ia, “E te Ariki, me i konei koe, kīhai i mate tōku tungāne.”33Ā, nō ka kite a Īhu i a ia e tangi ana, i ngā Hūrai hoki i haere tahi me ia e tangi ana, ka ngunguru ia, arā tōna wairua, ka kōingo.34Nā mea, “I whakatakotoria ia e koutou ki hea?” Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “E te Ariki, haere mai kia kite.”35Tangi ana a Īhu.36Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai, “Nanā, tōna aroha ki a ia!”37Nā, ka mea ētahi o rātou, “Kāhore rānei i taea e tēnei tangata, nāna nei i whakatitiro ngā kanohi o te matapō, te mea i tēnei tangata hoki kia kaua e mate?”Te Aranga a Raharuhi
38Nā, ka ngunguru anō a Īhu i roto i a ia, ka haere ki te urupā. He ana ia, kua oti te pā ki te kōhatu.39Ka mea a Īhu, “Tangohia atu e koutou te kōhatu.”Ka mea ki a ia a Māta tuahine o te tūpāpaku, “E te Ariki, kua piro noa ake ia; ko tōna pō whā hoki tēnei.”40Anō rā, ko Īhu ki a ia, “Kīhai koia ahau i mea ki a koe, ki te whakapono koe, e kite koe i te korōria o te Atua?”41Nā, ka tangohia e rātou te kōhatu i te wāhi i takoto ai te tūpāpaku. Nā, ka ara ake ngā kanohi o Īhu, ka mea ia, “E Pā, ko tāku whakawhetai tēnei ki a koe, mōu i whakarongo ki ahau.42I mahara anō ahau e rongo tonu ana koe ki ahau; heoi, he whakaaro ki te hunga e tū mai nei i kōrero ai ahau, kia whakapono ai rātou, nāu ahau i tono mai.”43Ā, nō ka pēnei tāna kī, he nui tōna reo ki te karanga, “E Raharuhi, puta mai!”44Nā, ko te putanga mai o te tūpāpaku, he mea here ngā ringa me ngā waewae ki ngā tākai; he mea takai tōna mata ki te tauera. Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Wetekia, tukua kia haere.”