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Te Whakangārahu ki a Īhu
1Nā, kua tata te Hākari Taro Rēwenakore e kīa nei ko te Kapenga.2Ā, ka rapu ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi ki te pēhea e whakamate ai rātou i a ia, i mataku hoki rātou i te iwi.Ka Whakaae a Hūrā ki te Tuku i a Īhu
3Nā, ka uru a Hātana ki a Hūrā, tōna ingoa nei ko Ikariote, ko ia nei tētahi o te tekau mā rua.4Ā, ka haere ia, ka kōrero ki ngā tohunga nui, ki ngā rangatira hōia, me pēhea e tukua ai ia e ia ki a rātou.5Ā, ka hari rātou, ka whakaae kia hoatu he moni ki a ia.6Nā, ka whakaae ia, ka rapu i te wā pai hei tukunga i a ia ki a rātou i te mea e ngaro atu ana te mano.Ka Whakariterite a Īhu ki te Kai i te Kapenga
7Nā, ka taka mai te rā o te Taro Rēwenakore i tika nei kia patua te Kapenga.8Ka tonoa e ia a Pita rāua ko Hoani ka mea, “Tīkina, takā te Kapenga mā tātou, kia kai ai tātou.”9Nā, ka mea rāua ki a ia, “Ko hea koe pai ai kia takā e māua?”10Ka mea ia ki a rāua “Nā, ka tomo kōrua ki te pā, ka tūtaki he tangata ki a kōrua e mau ana i te kāhaka wai, e aru kōrua i a ia ki te whare e tomo ai ia.11Ka kī atu ki te tangata i te whare, ‘E mea ana te Kaiwhakaako ki a koe, “Kei hea te rūma e kai ai mātou ko āku ākonga i te Kapenga?” ’12Ā, ka whakaaturia e ia ki a kōrua he rūma nui i runga, oti rawa te whāriki; me taka e kōrua ki reira.”13Nā, haere ana rāua, ā, rokohanga atu rite tonu ki tāna i kōrero ai ki a rāua, ā, takā ana e rāua te Kapenga.Te Hapa a te Ariki
14Ā, ka rite te hāora, ka noho ia, rātou ko ngā āpōtoro kotahi tekau mā rua.15Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Nui atu tōku hiahia kia kai tahi tātou i tēnei Kapenga, i te mea kāhore anō ahau i mate noa.16Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, e kore ahau e kai i tēnei ā muri ake nei, kia tino rite rā anō i te rangatiratanga o te Atua.”17Nā, ka mau ia ki te kapu, ka mutu te whakawhetai, ka mea ia, “Tangohia tēnei, tuwhaina mā koutou,18ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, e kore ahau e inu i te hua o te wāina, kia tae mai rā anō te rangatiratanga o te Atua.”19Nā, ka mau ia ki te taro, ka mutu te whakawhetai, ka whawhati, ka hoatu e ia ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ko tōku tinana tēnei e hoatu ana mō koutou; meinga tēnei hei whakamahara ki ahau.”20I pērātia anō hoki te kapu, i muri iho i te hapa, ā, i mea ia, “Ko te kawenata hou tēnei kapu i runga i ōku toto e ringihia nei mō koutou.21“Otirā, tēnei kei ahau nei, kei te tēpu, te ringa o te kaituku i ahau.22E haere ana hoki rā te Tama a te tangata, e pērā ana me te mea i whakaritea; otirā, auē mō te tangata e tukua ai ia!”23Nā, ka anga rātou, ka rapu ki a rātou anō, mā wai o rātou tēnei e mea.Te Tautohe e Pā ana ki te Tino Nui
24Ā, ka ara anō he tautohe a rātou, ko wai o rātou e meinga ko te tangata tino nui.25Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Ko ngā kīngi o ngā tauiwi e whakarangatira ana ki a rātou; ko te hunga whai mana ki runga i a rātou ka kīa, ‘He hunga atawhai’.26Otiia, kaua koutou e pērā; engari, kia rite ki tō muri te mea nui o koutou kia rite anō te tino tangata ki te kaimahi.27Ko wai hoki te mea nui, ko ia e noho ana ki te kai, ko te kaimahi rānei? Ehara rānei te tangata e noho ana ki te kai? Tēnei rāia ahau i roto i a koutou te rite nei ki te kaimahi.28“Otirā, ko koutou te hunga i noho tahi tonu me ahau i ōku whakamātautauranga.29Ā, ka whakarite ahau i te rangatiratanga mō koutou, i te pērā me tā tōku Matua i whakarite ai mōku;30kia kai ai, kia inu ai koutou ki tāku tēpu i tōku rangatiratanga, ā, ka noho koutou ki runga ki ngā torōna, whakawā ai i ngā iwi kotahi tekau mā rua o Īharaira.”Ka Poropiti a Īhu i Whakakāhore a Pita
31“E Haimona, e Haimona, nā, kua īnoi a Hātana kia riro koe i a ia, kia tātaritia ai koutou e ia, ānō he wīti.32Otiia, kua īnoi ahau mōu, kei hemo tōu whakapono, ā, ki te tahuri mai anō koe, whakakahangia ōu tēina.”33Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, “E te Ariki, e pai ana ahau kia haere hei hoa mōu ki te whare herehere, ki te mate hoki.”34Anō rā ko ia, “Tēnei tāku kupu ki a koe, e Pita, e kore te tīkaokao e tangi āianei, ka toru āu whakakāhoretanga i tōu mātau ki ahau.”Pāhi, Pūtea, me te Hoari
35Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “I tāku tononga i a koutou, kāhore he pēke moni, kāhore he pūtea, kāhore he hū, i hapa rānei koutou i tētahi mea?”Ka mea rātou, “Kāhore.”36Anō rā ko ia ki a rātou, “Tēnā, ko tēnei ki te mea he pēke moni tā tētahi, mauria atu, me te pūtea anō; me ia hoki kāhore āna hoari, hokona atu tōna kākahu, ka hoko mai ai i tētahi.37Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, ko te tikanga tēnei, kia rite i ahau te mea kua oti nei te tuhituhi, arā, ‘Kua huihuia ia ki te hunga hara,’ he tutukitanga hoki tō ngā mea mōku.”38Nā, ka mea rātou, “E te Ariki, nā, e rua ēnei hoari.”
Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kāti anō.”
Ka Īnoi a Īhu i runga i Maunga Ōriwa
39Nā, ka puta atu ia, ka haere ki Maunga Ōriwa, ko tāna hanga hoki tērā; me te aru anō āna ākonga i a ia.40Ā, i a ia i taua wāhi, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Me īnoi kei uru koutou ki te whakamātautauranga.”41Nā, ka mawehe atu ia i a rātou, kei tō te taunga kāmaka te matara, ā, ka tuku i ōna turi ka īnoi,42ka mea, “E Pā, ki te pai koe, tangohia atu tēnei kapu i ahau; otirā kauaka e waiho i tāku e pai ai, engari i tāu.”43Nā, ka puta mai ki a ia tētahi anahera i te rangi, e whakakaha ana i a ia.44Ā, i te oke o tōna wairua, ka hōhonu ake tāna īnoi; ko tōna kakawa ka pēnā i te tepe toto e turuturu iho ana ki te whenua.45Nā, ka ara ia i te īnoi, ā, ka tae ki āna ākonga, rokohanga atu e moe ana rātou, he ngākau pōuri hoki.46Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a rātou, “He aha koutou ka moe ai? Whakatika ki te īnoi, kei uru koutou ki te whakamātautauranga.”Te Hopukanga o Īhu
47I a ia e kōrero ana, nā, ko te huihuinga tāngata, ā, ko tērā e huaina rā ko Hūrā, ko tētahi o te tekau mā rua, e haere ana i mua i a rātou; ā, ka whakatata ia ki a Īhu ki te kihi i a ia.48Anō rā ko Īhu ki a ia, “E Hūrā, he kihi tāu hei tuku mō te Tama a te tangata?”49Ā, nō te kitenga o te hunga i tōna taha i ngā mea tērā e tūpono, ka mea rātou, “E te Ariki, me patu rānei e mātou ki te hoari?”50Nā, hāua iho e tētahi o rātou te pononga a te tohunga nui, poroa ana tōna taringa matau.51Nā, ka oho a Īhu, ka mea, “Kāti rā i tēnei.” Whakapākia ana tōna taringa, nā kua ora.52Kātahi a Īhu ka mea ki ngā tohunga nui, ki ngā rangatira o te temepara, ki ngā kaumātua, i haere atu ki a ia, “He tāhae ahau i haere mai ai koutou me ngā hoari, me ngā patu?53I ahau e noho ana i a koutou i te temepara i ia rā, i ia rā, kīhai i totoro mai ō koutou ringa ki ahau. Otirā, nō koutou tēnei hāora, ko te kahanga hoki o te pōuri.”Ka Whakakāhorengia a Īhu e Pita
54Nā, ka hopukina ia e rātou, ka ārahina atu, ā, kawea ana ki roto ki te whare o te tino tohunga. Ko Pita ia i aru mai i tawhiti.55Ā, nō ka oti i a rātou he kāpura te tahu ki waenga marae, i a rātou e noho tahi ana, ka noho hoki a Pita i waenganui o rātou.56Nā, ka kitea ia e tētahi kōtiro, i a ia e noho ana i te mārama o te kāpura, ā, matatau tonu te titiro ki a ia, ka mea, “I a ia anō hoki tēnei.”57Nā, ka whakakāhore ia ki a ia, ka mea, “E kō, kāhore ahau e mōhio ki a ia.”58Ā, taro kau iho ka kite tētahi atu i a ia, ka mea, “Nō rātou hoki koe.”Nā, ka mea a Pita, “E mara, kāhore.”59Ā, me te mea kotahi te hāora i muri iho, ka tohe anō tētahi atu, ka mea, “He pono i a ia anō hoki tēnei; nō Kariri hoki.”60Ā, ka mea a Pita, “E mara, kāhore ahau e mātau ki tāu e mea nā.”
Ā, i reira pū anō, i a ia e kōrero ana, ka tangi te tīkaokao.61Nā, ka tahuri te Ariki, ka titiro ki a Pita. Ā, ka mahara a Pita ki te kupu a te Ariki, ki tāna meatanga ki a ia, “E kore e tangi te tīkaokao, ka toru āu whakakāhoretanga i ahau.”62Nā, haere atu ana a Pita ki waho, ā, nui atu tōna tangi.
Ka Taunutia, ka Patua a Īhu
63Nā, ka taunu ngā kaipupuri o Īhu ki a ia, ka whiu i a ia.64Ka kōparea ōna kanohi, ā, ka ui rātou ki a ia, ka mea, “Poropiti mai, nā wai koe i papaki?”65He maha hoki ērā atu kupu kino i kōrero ai rātou ki a ia.Ka Mauria a Īhu i te Aroaro o te Rūnanga
66Ā, i te aonga tonutanga o te rā, ka huihui ngā kaumātua o te iwi, ngā tohunga nui, me ngā karaipi, ā, ārahina atu ana ia ki tō rātou rūnanga, ka mea rātou,67“Ki te mea ko te Karaiti koe, kōrerotia mai ki a mātou.”Anō rā ko ia ki a rātou, “Ki te kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou, e kore koutou e whakapono;68ki te ui ahau, e kore koutou e whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.69Haere ake nei ka noho te Tama a te tangata ki matau o te kaha o te Atua.”70Nā, ka mea rātou katoa, “Ko te Tama rānei koe a te Atua?”
Anō rā ko ia ki a rātou, “Kua kōrerotia mai nā e koutou ko ahau ia.”71Nā, ka mea rātou, “Hei aha ake he kaiwhakaatu mā tātou? Kua rongo nei hoki tātou i tā tōna māngai.”