1Nā, ka tīmata anō ia te whakaako i te taha o te moana. He nui hoki te tangata i huihui ki a ia, nō ka eke ia ki runga ki te kaipuke, ka noho ki te moana; i uta te mano katoa i te taha o te moana.2Ā, he maha āna mea i whakaako ai ki a rātou, he mea whakarite, i mea hoki ki a rātou i a ia e ako ana:3“Whakarongo! Nā, i haere atu te kairui ki te rui.4Ā, i a ia e rui ana, ka ngahoro ētahi ki te taha o te ara, ā, ko te rerenga mai o ngā manu o te rangi, nā, kainga ake.5Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki te wāhi kāmaka, ki te wāhi kīhai i nui te oneone; ā, pīhi tonu ake, kāhore hoki i hōhonu te oneone.6Ā, nō te whitinga o te rā, ngaua iho; ā, nō te mea kāhore he pūtake, memenge noa iho.7Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki roto ki ngā tātarāmoa, ā, nō te tupunga ake o ngā tātarāmoa, kōwaowaotia ana ngā purapura, ā, kore ake he hua.8Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki te oneone pai, ā, whai hua ana; ka tupu, ka nui, ka ea ake, nō ētahi e toru tekau, nō ētahi e ono tekau, nō ētahi kotahi rau.”9I mea anō ia ki a rātou, “Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.”
Te Take o ngā Kupu Whakarite
10Nā, ka mahue ko ia anake, ka ui ki a ia ōna hoa me te tekau mā rua ki taua kupu whakarite.11Ka mea ia ki a rātou: “Kua hoatu ki a koutou te mātauranga ki te mea ngaro o te rangatiratanga o te Atua; ki te hunga ia o waho e rā rototia ana ngā mea katoa i te kupu whakarite,12mō,‘Te titiro rawa atu rātou,nā, e kore e kite;rongo rawa,nā, e kore e mātau;kei tahuri,ā, ka murua ō rātou hara.’ ”
Ka Whakamārama a Īhu i te Kupu Whakarite mō te Kairui
13I mea anō ia ki a rātou, “Kāhore rānei koutou e mātau ki tēnei kupu whakarite? Ā, me pēhea ka mātau ai koutou ki ngā kupu whakarite katoa?14Ko te kairui e rui ana i te kupu.15Ko ēnei te hunga i te taha o te ara, i te wāhi e ruia ana te kupu; i tō rātou rongonga, nā, haere tonu mai a Hātana, kapohia ake te kupu i ruia ki ō rātou ngākau.16Ko ēnei anō te hunga i ngā purapura i ngā wāhi kāmaka; ko te hunga, i tō rātou rongonga ai i te kupu, hohoro tonu te tango, hari tonu.17Nā, kāhore ō rātou pakiaka, ka whakapakari kau noa; heoi, i te pānga o te whakapāwera, o te whakatoi rānei mō te kupu, hē tonu iho.18Nā, ko ēnei te hunga i ngā purapura i roto i ngā tātarāmoa; ko ngā mea i rongo ki te kupu,19ā, i te putanga o te whakaaro ki tēnei ao, o te hangarau o ngā taonga, o ngā hiahia ki ērā atu mea, kōwaowaotia iho te kupu, ā, kore ake he hua.20Nā, ko ēnei te hunga i ngā purapura i te oneone pai: ko te hunga e rongo ana ki te kupu, ā, tango ana, ā, whai hua ana, o ētahi e toru tekau, o ētahi e ono tekau, o ētahi kotahi rau.”
He Rama i raro i te Oko
21I mea anō ia ki a rātou, “Ko raro koia i te mēhua whakatū ai i te rama, ina mauria mai, ko raro rānei i te moenga? He teka ianei me whakatū ki runga ki te tūranga?22E kore hoki tētahi mea i huna e mahue te whakakite; kāhore hoki tētahi mea i huna, engari, kia puta ki te māramatanga.23Ki te mea he taringa o tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.”24I mea anō ia ki a rātou, “Kia tūpato ki tā koutou e rongo ai; ko te mēhua hoki e mēhua ai koutou, hei mēhua anō tēnā ki a koutou; ā, ka tāpiritia anō he mea mā koutou, mā ngā kaiwhakarongo.25Ki te whai mea hoki tētahi, ka hoatu anō ki a ia; ki te kāhore he mea a tētahi, ka tangohia i a ia āna ake.”
Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Purapura e Tipu ake ana
26I mea anō ia, “I rite hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te tangata i makā e ia he purapura ki te oneone;27ā, ka moe, ka ara, i te pō, i te ao, me te tupu anō tērā te purapura, tē mātau ia nā te aha.28E hua ana hoki te whenua i tōna kaha ake anō; ko te rau ki mua, ko reira te puku, muri iho ko te wīti pakari i roto i te puku.29Otirā, ka rite ngā hua, hohoro tonu tāna tuku atu i tāna toronaihi, kua taea hoki te kotinga.”
Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Pua Nanī
30I mea anō ia, “Me whakarite e tātou te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki te aha? He aha oti te kupu whakarite hei whakaahua atu mā tātou?31E rite ana ki te pua nanī, i tōna whakatōkanga ki te whenua, ko te iti rawa ia o ngā purapura katoa i runga i te whenua.32Otirā, ka oti te whakatō, ka tupu, ka nui ake i ngā otaota katoa, ā, ka nunui ōna manga; nō ka noho ngā manu o te rangi i tōna taumarumarutanga iho.”33Nā, he maha āna kupu whakarite pērā, i kōrerotia ai e ia te kupu ki a rātou, ko ā rātou i āhei ai te whakarongo.34Ā, heoi āna kupu ki a rātou he kupu whakarite anake; otiia, ka noho ko rātou anake, ka whakaaturia e ia ngā mea katoa ki āna ākonga.
Ka Whakamarinotia e Īhu tētahi Tūpuhi
35Nā, i taua rā, i te ahiahi, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Tātou ka whakawhiti ki tāwāhi.”36Nā, ka mahue iho te mano, ka mauria ia e rātou, i runga tonu anō ia i te kaipuke. I a ia anō ētahi atu kaipuke.37Nā, ko te putanga o tētahi hau, he tūpuhi, ā, eke ana ngā ngaru ki runga ki te kaipuke, ā, tomo noa.38Nā, ko ia i te kei i runga i te urunga e moe ana; ā, ka whakaara rātou i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, “E te Kaiwhakaako, kāhore ōu manawapā ki a tātou ka ngaro?”39Nā, ka ara ia, ā, rīria iho e ia te hau, ka mea ia ki te moana, “Kāti, whakamutua.” Nā, māriri tonu iho te hau, takoto ana he marino nui.40Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, “He aha tā koutou e mataku nei? He aha koutou tē whakapono ai?”41Nā, ka mataku whakaharahara rātou, ka mea tētahi ki tētahi, “Ko wai tēnei, inā ka rongo rawa te hau me te moana ki a ia?”