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He Tono mō tētahi Tohu

¹Nā, ka haere mai ngā Parihi me ngā Haruki, ka whakamātautau ka tono kia whakakitea e ia ki a rātou tētahi tohu i te rangi.²Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou: “Ka ahiahi, ka mea koutou, ‘He paki; inā he whero te rangi.’³Ā, i te ata, ‘He āwhā āianei; he whero nei te rangi, e tukupū ana.’ E te hunga tinihanga, e mātau ana koutou ki te titiro ki te mata o te rangi; tē taea e koutou ngā tohu o ngā tāima.⁴E rapu tohu ana te whakatupuranga kino, pūremu; ā, heoi anō tohu e hoatu ki a rātou ko te tohu o Hona poropiti.”
Nā, whakarērea ana rātou e ia, ā, haere ana.

Te Rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki.

⁵Ā, ka ū ngā ākonga ki tērā taha kua wareware ki te mau taro atu.⁶Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Kia mahara kia tūpato i te rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki.”

⁷Ā, ka kōrerorero rātou ki a rātou anō, ka mea, “Nō te mea kāhore tātou i mau taro mai.”

⁸Ā, ka mōhio a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou: “He aha koutou ka kōrerorero ai ki a koutou, e te hunga whakapono iti, nō te mea kīhai i maua mai he taro e koutou?⁹Kīanō koutou i mātau noa, kīanō koutou i mahara ki ngā taro e rima a ngā mano e rima, ki te maha hoki o ngā kete i riro i a koutou?¹⁰Ki ngā taro hoki e whitu a ngā mano e whā, ki te maha anō o ngā kete i riro i a koutou?¹¹He aha koutou tē mātau ai, ehara i te mea mō te taro tāku i mea ai ki a koutou, kia tūpato i te rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki?”

¹²Kātahi rātou ka mātau kīhai ia i mea kia tūpato i te rēwena o te taro, engari i te ako a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki.

Te Pānuitanga a Pita mō Īhu

¹³Ka tae a Īhu ki ngā wāhi o Hiharia Piripai, ka ui ia ki āna ākonga, ka mea, “Ko wai rā ahau te Tama a te tangata, ki tā ngā tāngata kī?”

¹⁴Nā, ka mea rātou, “Ki tā ētahi ko Hoani Kaiiriiri; ki tā ētahi ko Irāia; ki tā ētahi ko Heremaia, ko tētahi rānei o ngā poropiti.”

¹⁵Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Ā, ki tā koutou ko wai ahau?”

¹⁶Nā, ka whakahoki a Haimona Pita, ka mea, “Ko te Karaiti koe, ko te Tama a te Atua ora.”

¹⁷Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia: “Ka koa koe, e Haimona Parahona; ehara hoki i te kikokiko, i te toto, nāna tēnei i whakakite ki a koe, engari, nā tōku Matua i te rangi.”¹⁸Nā, ko tāku kupu anō tēnei ki a koe, “Ko Pita koe, ā, ka hangā e ahau tāku hāhi ki runga ki tēnei kāmaka; e kore anō e taea taua hāhi e ngā kūwaha o te rēinga.¹⁹Ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a koe ngā kī o te rangatiratanga o te rangi; ā, ko āu e here ai i te whenua e herea anō i te rangi; ko āu hoki e wewete ai i te whenua e wetekia anō i te rangi.”

²⁰Me i reira ka whakatūpato ia i āna ākonga, kia kaua e kōrerotia e rātou ki te tangata ko te Karaiti ia.

Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō Tōna Mamaetanga me Tōna Matenga

²¹Nō reira mai anō, i tīmata ai a Īhu te whakaatu ki āna ākonga, kua takoto te tikanga kia haere ia ki Hiruhārama, ā, he maha ngā mamae e mamae ai ia i ngā kaumātua, i ngā tohunga nui, i ngā karaipi, ā, ka whakamatea ia, ā, hei te toru o ngā rā ka ara.

²²Nā, ka mau a Pita ki a ia, ka anga, ka whakahē ki tāna, ka mea, “Auē! Kauaka, e te Ariki! Kauaka rā tēnei e pā ki a koe.”

²³Nā, ka tahuri ia, ka mea ki a Pita, “Haere ki muri i ahau, e Hātana, he tūtukitanga waewae koe ki ahau; kāhore hoki ōu ngākau ki ngā mea a te Atua, engari, ki a te tangata.”

²⁴Kātahi a Īhu ka mea ki āna ākonga: “Ki te mea tētahi kia haere mai ki te whai i ahau, me whakakāhore ia e ia anō, me amo tōna rīpeka, ka aru ai i ahau.²⁵Ki te whai hoki tētahi kia ora, ka mate anō ia; ki te mate tētahi, mōna i whakaaro ki ahau, ka kite anō ia i te ora.²⁶He aha hoki te pai ki te tangata, ki te riro i a ia te ao katoa, ā, ka kore he ora mōna? He aha hoki tā te tangata e hoatu ai hei utu mōna kia ora?²⁷Tēnei ake hoki ka haere mai te Tama a te tangata, rātou ko āna anahera, i runga i te korōria o tōna Matua; ā, ko reira hoatu ai e ia ki tēnei, ki tēnei, te utu o tāna mahi.²⁸He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Tēnei anō ētahi e tū nei e kore e pāngia e te mate, kia kite rā anō i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i tōna rangatiratanga.”