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Tētahi Wahine i mau i te Pūremu
1Ko Īhu ia i haere ki Maunga Ōriwa.2Ā, i te atatū ka hoki anō ia ki te temepara, ā, tae katoa ana te iwi ki a ia. Nā, ka noho ia, ka whakaako i a rātou.3Kātahi, ka ārahina mai ki a ia e ngā karaipi rātou ko ngā Parihi tētahi wahine i hopukia e pūremu ana; ā, whakatūria ana ki waenganui.4Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “E te Kaiwhakaako, i hopukia pūtia te wahine nei e pūremu ana.5I whakahau a Mohi ki a mātou i roto i te ture, kia ākina ngā pēnei ki te kōhatu. Tēnā koa tāu kī?”6I pēnei ai rātou he whakamātautau mōna, kia whai take ai rātou e whakapāngia ai he hē ki a ia. Ka piko a Īhu, ā, tuhituhi ana tōna ringa ki te whenua.7Ā, ka tohe tonu rātou ki te ui ki a ia ka whakatika ake ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko te tangata o koutou kāhore ōna hara, māna te kōhatu mātāmua e āki ki a ia.”8Nā, ka piko anō ia, ka tuhituhi ki te whenua.9Ā, i tō rātou rongonga, ka haere takitahi atu ki waho, nā ngā kaumātua i tīmata, ā poto noa ō muri rawa. Ā, ko Īhu anake i mahue, me te wahine e tū ana i waenganui.10Ā, ko te marangatanga ake o Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “E tai, kei hea rātou? Kāhore he tangata i whakatau hē ki a koe?”11Anō rā ko tērā, “Kāhore, e te Ariki.”Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kāhore anō hoki ahau e whakatau i te hē ki a koe; haere, kāti te hara.”
Ko Īhu te Mārama o te Ao
12I kī atu anō a Īhu ki a rātou, i mea, “Ko ahau te whakamārama o te ao; ki te aru tētahi i ahau, e kore ia e haere i te pōuri, engari, ka whiwhi ki te mārama o te ora.”13Nā, ka mea ngā Parihi ki a ia, “Ko koe anō tōu kaiwhakaatu; ehara tāu i te whakaatu pono.”14Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ahakoa ko ahau anō tōku kaiwhakaatu, he pono tāku whakaatu; nō te mea e mātau ana ahau ki te wāhi i haere mai ai ahau, ki te wāhi hoki e haere atu nei ahau; ko koutou ia kāhore e mātau ki te wāhi i haere mai ai ahau, ki te wāhi anō e haere atu nei ahau.15Nā te kikokiko tā koutou tikanga whakawā; e kore ahau e whakawā i tētahi.16Ā, ki te whakawā ahau, he tika tāku whakawā; ehara hoki i te mea ko ahau anake, engari, ko māua ko te Matua nāna nei ahau i tono mai.17Āe, kua oti anō te tuhituhi i roto i tō koutou ture, He pono te whakaatu a ngā tāngata tokorua.18Ko ahau tēnei hei kaiwhakaatu mōku anō, hei kaiwhakaatu anō mōku te Matua, nāna nei ahau i tono mai.”19Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Kei hea tōu Matua?”Ka whakahokia e Īhu, “Kāhore koutou e mātau ki ahau, kāhore anō ki tōku Matua; me i mātau koutou ki ahau, kua mātau anō ki tōku Matua.”20I kōrerotia ēnei kupu e Īhu i te whare takotoranga taonga, i a ia e whakaako ana i roto i te temepara; ā, kāhore tētahi i hopu i a ia; kīanō hoki tōna hāora i taka noa.
E Kore Koe e Haere ki Tāku Haere
21Me i reira ka kī atu anō a Īhu ki a rātou, “E haere atu ana ahau, ā, tērā koutou e rapu i ahau, e mate anō hoki i roto i tō koutou hara. E kore koutou e āhei te haere ake ki te wāhi e haere ai ahau.”22Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai, “E whakamate oti ia i a ia anō? Inā ia ka mea, ‘E kore koutou e āhei te haere ake ki te wāhi e haere ai ahau.’ ”23Anō rā ko ia ki a rātou, “Nō raro nei koutou; nō runga ahau; nō tēnei ao koutou; ehara ahau i tēnei ao.24Koia ahau i mea ai ki a koutou, e mate koutou i roto i ō koutou hara; ki te kore hoki koutou e whakapono ko ahau ia, e mate koutou i roto i ō koutou hara.”25Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, “Ko wai koe?”Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Ko tāku anō kōrero ai ki a koutou i te tīmatanga.26He maha āku mea e kōrero ai, e whakawā ai mō koutou; otirā, e pono ana tōku kaitono mai; e kōrerotia ana hoki e ahau ki te ao ngā mea i rongo ai ahau ki a ia.”27Kīhai rātou i mātau ko te Matua tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou.28Kātahi a Īhu ka mea ki a rātou, “Kia oti te Tama a te tangata te whakairi e koutou, ko reira koutou mātau ai ko ahau ia, ā, e kore e meatia tētahi mea e ahau ake; engari, ko ā tōku Matua i whakaako mai ai ki ahau, ko ēnei āku e kōrero nei.29Kei ahau nei anō tōku kaitono mai; kīhai ahau i waiho e te Matua ko ahau anake, nō te mea e mahi tonu ana ahau i ngā mea e paingia ana e ia.”30Nā, i a ia e kōrero ana i ēnei mea, he tokomaha i whakapono ki a ia.
Mā te Pono Koutou ka Rangatira ai
31Me i reira ka mea a Īhu ki ngā Hūrai i whakapono ki a ia, “Ki te mau tonu koutou ki tāku kupu, he tino ākonga koutou nāku;32ā, e mātau koutou ki te pono, mā te pono anō koutou ka rangatira ai.”33Ka whakahokia e rātou ki a ia, “He whānau mātou nā Āperahama, kāhore mātou i waiho noa hei pononga mā tētahi tangata. He aha tāu e mea, ‘Ka rangatira koutou’?”34Ka whakahokia e Īhu ki a rātou, “He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, he pononga nā te hara ngā kaimahi katoa i te hara.35E kore te pononga e noho tonu i te whare; ko te Tama ia e noho tonu ana.36Nā, i te mea ka whakarangatiratia koutou e te Tama, he tino rangatira koutou.37E mātau ana anō ahau, he whānau koutou nā Āperahama; heoi, e whai ana koutou kia whakamatea ahau, he kore hoki nō tāku kupu e mau i roto i a koutou.38E kōrerotia ana e ahau tāku i kite ai ki tōku Matua; e mahia ana e koutou tā koutou i kite ai ki tō koutou matua.”39Ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea ki a ia, “Ko Āperahama tō mātou matua.”Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Me he tamariki koutou nā Āperahama, kua mahia e koutou ngā mahi a Āperahama.40Tēnā ko tēnei, e whai ana koutou kia whakamatea ahau, te tangata nāna i kōrero te pono ki a koutou, tāku hoki i rongo ai ki te Atua. Kīhai a Āperahama i pēnā.41E mahi ana koutou i ngā mahi a tō koutou matua.”
Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, “Kīhai mātou i whānau pōriro; kotahi tō mātou Matua, ko te Atua.”42Ka mea anō a Īhu ki a rātou, “Mehemea ko te Atua tō koutou Matua, kua aroha koutou ki ahau; i haere mai hoki ahau i te Atua, ā, kua tae mai nei. Kīhai hoki ahau i haere noa mai, engari, nāna ahau i tono mai.43He aha rā koutou tē mātau ai ki tāku kōrero? Nō te mea e kore koutou e āhei te whakarongo ki tāku kupu.44Nā tō koutou matua koutou, nā te rēwera, e pai ana hoki kia mea i tā tō koutou matua i hiahia ai. He kaikōhuru ia nō te tīmatanga, kīhai hoki i tū i roto i te pono, nō te mea kāhore he pono i roto i a ia. Ki te kōrero teka ia, e kōrero ana i āna; he kōrero teka hoki ia, ko te matua o te teka.45I tāku kōrerotanga i te pono, kāhore koutou e whakapono ki ahau.46Ko wai o koutou hei whakaatu he hara tōku? Ki te pono tāku kōrero, he aha koutou tē whakapono ai ki ahau?47E whakarongo ana te tangata a te Atua ki ngā kōrero a te Atua; koia koutou tē whakarongo ai, nō te mea ehara koutou i te Atua.”