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Te Tāne he Ringa Memenge tōna

¹Ā, ka tomo atu anō ia ki te whare karakia, nā, i reira tētahi tangata kua memenge tōna ringa.²Ā, ka whakamau tā rātou titiro ki a ia, me kore ia e whakaora i a ia i te hāpati; he mea kia whakapā ai rātou i tētahi hē ki a ia.³Nā, ka mea ia ki te tangata i te ringa memenge, “Whakatika ki waenganui.”⁴Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “He mea tika rānei te mahi pai i te hāpati, te mahi kino rānei? Te whakaora rānei, te whakamate rānei?”
Heoi, kāhore rātou i kīkī.⁵Nā, ka tirotiro riri ia ki a rātou, he pōuri hoki mō te pakeke o ō rātou ngākau, ka mea ki taua tangata, “Totoro tōu ringa.” Ā, ko te toronga o tōna ringa, kua ora.⁶Nā, ka haere atu ngā Parihi, ka rūnanga tahi me ngā Herōriana mōna, ki te pēhea e whakangaromia ai ia.

He Mano i te taha o te Moana

⁷Nā, ka maunu atu a Īhu rātou ko āna ākonga ki te moana; he nui hoki te tangata i aru i a ia i Kariri, i Hūria,⁸I Hiruhārama, i Irumia, i tāwāhi hoki o Horano; me te hunga hoki e tata ana ki Tāira, ki Hairona, nui atu te huihui; i tō rātou rongonga i ngā mea i mea ai ia, haere ana ki a ia.⁹Nā, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga kia noho tata mai tētahi kaipuke iti ki a ia, i te mano hoki, kei tutetutea ia e rātou.¹⁰He tokomaha hoki i whakaorangia e ia; nō ka popō mai ki a ia te hunga katoa e mate ana, kia pā ai ki a ia.¹¹Me ngā wairua poke hoki, i tō rātou kitenga i a ia, takoto ana ki tōna aroaro, ka karanga, ka mea, “Ko te Tama koe a te Atua!”

¹²Ā, he maha āna kupu ki a rātou kia kaua ia e whakaaturia e rātou.

Ka Whiriwhiria e Īhu ngā Āpōtoro Tekau mā rua

¹³Nā, ka kake ia ki te maunga, karangatia ana ki a ia āna i pai ai, ā, ka tae rātou ki a ia.¹⁴Ā, kotahi tekau mā rua āna i whakarite ai hei hoa mōna, hei tononga hoki māna ki te kauwhau,¹⁵kia whai mana hoki e ora ai ngā mate, e peia ai ngā rēwera.

¹⁶Ā, huaina iho e ia a Haimona ko Pita;¹⁷ko Hēmi, tama a Heperi, rāua ko Hoani, teina o Hēmi; ā, huaina iho rāua ko Poaneki, arā, ko ngā Tama a te Whatitiri;¹⁸ko Anaru, ko Piripi, ko Patoromu, ko Matiu, ko Tamati, ko Hēmi, tama a Arapiu, ko Tariu ko Haimona Kanaani,¹⁹ko Hūrā Ikariote hoki, nāna nei ia i tuku. Nā, ka tae ia ki te whare.

Ko Īhu rāua ko Perehepura

²⁰Nā, ka huihui anō te mano, nō kīhai rawa rātou i āhei te kai taro.²¹Ā, nō ka rongo ōna hoa, ka haere ki te pupuri i a ia: i mea hoki, “He pōrewarewa ia.”

²²Nā, ka mea ngā karaipi i haere mai rā i Hiruhārama, “Kei a ia a Perehepura, ā, nā te rangatira o ngā rēwera tāna peinga rēwera.”

²³Nā, ka karangatia rātou e ia, ā, ka kōrero whakarite ki a rātou: “Me pēhea a Hātana ka pei ai i a Hātana?²⁴Ki te tahuri iho hoki tētahi rangatiratanga ki a ia anō, e kore taua rangatiratanga e tū.²⁵Ki te tahuri iho hoki tētahi whare ki a ia anō, e kore taua whare e tū.²⁶Ki te whakatika a Hātana, ā, ka tahuri iho ki a ia anō, e kore ia e tū, engari, he mutunga tōna.

²⁷“E kore te tangata e āhei te haere ki roto ki te whare o te tangata kaha, pāhua ai i ōna taonga, ki te kāhore e mātua herea te tangata kaha; ko reira pāhua ai i tōna whare.

²⁸“He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko ngā hara katoa o ngā tama a ngā tāngata e murua, me ngā kohukohu e kohukohu ai rātou.²⁹Tēnā ko te tangata e kohukohua ai te Wairua Tapu, e kore e murua tōna hara ā ake ake, engari ka tau te hē ki a ia ā ake ake.”³⁰Mō rātou i kī, “He wairua poke tōna.”

Ko te Whaea rātou ko ngā Tēina o Īhu

³¹Ā, ko te taenga mai o ōna tēina rātou ko tōna whaea, ka tū i waho, ka tono tāngata mai ki a ia, ki te karanga i a ia.³²E noho ana hoki te mano i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, ā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nā, tōu whaea me ōu tēina kei waho, e rapu ana i a koe.”

³³Nā, ka whakahoki ia ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ko wai tōku whaea, ko wai hoki ōku tēina?”³⁴Nā, ka tirotiro ia ki te hunga e noho ana i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, ka mea, “Nā, tōku whaea, ōku tēina!³⁵Ki te meatia hoki e tētahi tā te Atua i pai ai, hei teina ia ki ahau, hei tuahine, hei whaea.”