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Ka Ārahia a Īhu ki a Pirato

1Ā, ka tākiri te ata, ka rūnanga ngā tohunga nui katoa me ngā kaumātua o te iwi mō Īhu kia whakamatea.2Ā, nō ka oti ia te here, ka ārahina atu, tukua ana ki a Pirato, ki te kāwana.

Te Matenga o Hūrā

3Ā, nō te kitenga o Hūrā, o te kaituku i a ia, kua whakaaetia ia kia whakamatea, ka puta kē tōna whakaaro, whakahokia ana e ia ngā hiriwa e toru tekau ki ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua,4ka mea, “Kua hara ahau i tāku tukunga i te toto harakore.”
Ka mea rātou, “Hei aha mā mātou? Māu tēnā e titiro.”
5Nā, makā iho e ia ngā hiriwa ki te whare tapu, ā, puta ana ki waho, haere ana, tārona ana i a ia.
6Nā, ka tango ngā tohunga nui i ngā hiriwa, ka mea, “E kore e tika kia pangā ēnei ki te takotoranga moni, he utu toto hoki.”7Nō ka rūnanga rātou, ā, hokona ana ki aua mea te māra a te kaihanga rīhi, hei tanumanga mō ngā manene.8Nā reira hoki i huaina ai taua māra, “Ko te Māra o te Toto” ā mohoa noa nei.
9Kātahi, ka rite tā Heremaia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai: “Tangohia ana e rātou ngā hiriwa e toru tekau, te utu mō te tangata i whakaritea nei ōna utu, i whakaritea nei ngā utu e ētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira,10ā, hoatu ana mō te māra a te kaihanga rīhi; i pērā anō me tā te Ariki i whakarite ai ki ahau.”

Ka Pātaitaitia a Īhu e Pirato

11Nā, i te tū tērā a Īhu i te aroaro o te kāwana; ka ui te kāwana ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko koe rānei te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai?”
Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua kōrerotia mai nā e koe.”12Ā, i te whakapānga a ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua i tētahi hē ki a ia, kīhai ia i whakahoki kupu atu.
13Kātahi, ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, “Kāhore koe e rongo i te tini o ngā mea e kōrerotia nei e rātou mōu?”
14Heoi, kāhore kia kotahi kupu i whakahokia e ia ki a ia; tino mīharo noa te kāwana.

Ka Tukua a Īhu kia Rīpekatia

15Nā, ko tā te kāwana tikanga i taua hākari he tuku i tētahi herehere ki te iwi, i tā rātou e pai ai.16I reira anō i a rātou tētahi herehere ingoa nui, ko Parapa te ingoa.17Ā, nō rā ka mine rātou, ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, “Ko wai tā koutou e pai ai kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou? Ko Parapa, ko Īhu rānei e huaina nei ko te Karaiti?”18I mahara hoki ia he hae nō rātou i tukua ai ia.
19Nā, i a ia e noho ana i runga i te nohoanga whakawā, ka tono tangata mai tāna wahine ki a ia, ka mea, “Kei ahatia e koe taua tangata tika. He maha hoki ngā mea i pā moemoeā mai ki ahau ināianei, he mea mōna.”
20Otiia, i whakakīkītia e ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua te mano, kia īnoia a Parapa, kia whakangaromia a Īhu.21Nā, ka whakahoki te kāwana ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko tēhea o te tokorua tā koutou e pai ai kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou?”
Ka mea rātou, “Ko Parapa!”
22Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, “Me aha oti e ahau a Īhu, e huaina nei ko te Karaiti?”
Ka mea rātou katoa ki a ia, “Rīpekatia!”
23Nā, ka mea te kāwana, “He aha koia tāna kino i mea ai?”
Heoi, nui noa atu tā rātou hāmama, ka mea, “Rīpekatia ia!”
24Ā, i te kitenga o Pirato kāhore ia i whai wāhi, engari, ka nui kē atu te ngangau, ka mau ia ki te wai, ka horoi i ōna ringa i te aroaro o te mano, ka mea, “Kāhore ahau e whai hara i te toto o tēnei tangata tika; mā koutou tēnā e titiro.”
25Nā, ka whakahoki te iwi katoa, ka mea, “Hei runga ōna toto i a mātou, i ā mātou tamariki.”
26Nā, ka tukua e ia a Parapa ki a rātou; ā, ka oti a Īhu te whiu, ka tukua kia rīpekatia.

Ka Whakatoitoi ngā Hōia ki a Īhu

27Kātahi ka mauria a Īhu e ngā hōia a te kāwana ki te whare whakawā, ā, whakaminea ana ki a ia te rōpū katoa.28Nā, ka tangohia e rātou ōna kākahu, ā, whakakākahuria ana ia ki te kākahu whero.29Ā, nō ka oti tētahi karauna tātarāmoa te whiri, ka pōtaea ki tōna mātenga, me te kākaho ki tōna ringa matau; ā, ka tukua ngā turi ki a ia, ka taunu ki a ia, ka mea, “Tēnā koe, e te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai!”30Ā, ka tuwhaina ia e rātou, ā, ka mau rātou ki te kākaho, ka patua ki tōna mātenga.31Nā, ka mutu tā rātou tāwai ki a ia, ka tīhorea atu i runga i a ia te kākahu rā, whakakākahuria ana ōna ki a ia, ā, ārahina ana ia kia rīpekatia.

Ka Ripekatia a Īhu

32Ā, i a rātou e haere ana ki waho, ka kitea e rātou he tangata nō Hairini, ko Haimona te ingoa; meinga ana ia e rātou kia haere tahi me rātou hei amo i tōna rīpeka.33Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki te wāhi e kīa nei ko Korokota, arā, ko “Te Wāhi Angaanga.”34Ka hoatu e rātou he wāina ki a ia kia inumia, he mea whakananu ki te au; ā, nō tāna whakamātauranga atu, kīhai i pai ki te inu.
35Ā, ka oti ia te rīpeka, ka wehewehea ōna kākahu, he mea maka ki te rota; i rite ai te kupu i kōrerotia e te poropiti, “I wehewehea ōku weruweru mō rātou, i maka rota hoki mō tōku kākahu.”36Nā, noho ana rātou ki te tiaki i a ia i reira.37Ā, whakanohoia ana e rātou ki runga ake i tōna mātenga te mea i whakawākia ai ia, he mea tuhituhi, “Ko Īhu tēnei, ko te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai.”38Nā, tokorua ngā tāhae i rīpekatia ngātahitia me ia, kotahi ki matau, kotahi ki mauī.
39Ā, ka kohukohu ki a ia te hunga e haere ana rā reira, me te oioi ō rātou mātenga,40ka mea, “Ko koe hei whakahoro i te whare tapu, hei hanga anō i ngā rā e toru, whakaorangia koe e koe anō! Ki te mea ko te Tama koe a te Atua, heke iho i te rīpeka.”
41I pēnā anō te tāwai a ngā tohunga nui, rātou ko ngā karaipi, ko ngā kaumātua, i mea,42“Ko ērā atu i whakaorangia e ia; tē taea e ia te whakaora i a ia anō. Ko ia te Kīngi o Īharaira, tēnā kia heke iho oti ia i te rīpeka, ka whakapono mātou ki a ia.43I whakawhirinaki ia ki te Atua; mā tērā ia e whakaora āianei, ki te pai ia ki a ia; nāna hoki te kī, ‘Ko te Tama ahau a te Atua.’ ”
44Me ngā tāhae hoki i rīpekatia tahitia rā me ia, i pērā anō tā rāua tāwai ki a ia.

Te Matenga o Īhu

45Nā, ka pōuri a runga katoa o te whenua, nō te ono o ngā hāora ā taea noatia te iwa o ngā hāora.46Ā, ka tata ki te iwa o ngā hāora, ka karanga a Īhu, he nui te reo, ka mea, “Eri, Eri, rama hapakatani?” arā, “E tōku Atua, e tōku Atua, he aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau?”
47I te rongonga o ētahi o te hunga e tū ana i reira, ka mea, “E karanga ana te tangata nei ki a Irāia.”48Nā, kua rere tētahi o rātou, kua mau ki te hautai, whakakīa ana ki te winika, ā, whakanohoia ana ki runga ki te kākaho, whakainumia ana māna.
49Ka mea ehinu, “Kāti, kia kite tātou e haere mai rānei a Irāia ki te whakaora i a ia.”
50Nā, ka karanga anō a Īhu, he nui te reo, ā, tuku atu ana i tōna wairua.
51Nā, ka wāhia te ārai o te whare tapu i waenganui pū, mai i runga, ā, ki raro. Ka rū te whenua, pakaru ana ngā kāmaka.52Ko ngā urupā tuwhera kau; ā, he maha ngā tinana o te hunga tapu kua moe i ara mai.53Ko te putanga ake i ngā urupā i muri iho o tōna aranga mai, haere ana ki roto ki te pā tapu, ā, he tokomaha te hunga i kite i a rātou.
54Nā, i te kitenga o te keneturio rātou ko ōna hoa tiaki i a Īhu i te rū, i ngā mea anō i meatia, nui atu tō rātou wehi, ka mea, “He pono ko te Tama tēnei a te Atua.”
55Ā, he tokomaha ngā wāhine i reira e mātakitaki ana mai i tawhiti, ngā mea i aru mai i a Īhu i Kariri, i mahi mea māna.56I roto i a rātou a Meri Makarini, a Meri whaea o Hēmi rāua ko Hohi, me te whaea hoki o ngā tama a Heperi.

Te Tanumanga o Īhu

57Nā, ka ahiahi, ka haere mai tētahi tangata taonga nui o Arimatia, ko Hōhepa te ingoa, he ākonga anō ia nā Īhu.58I haere taua tangata ki a Pirato, ā, tonoa ana e ia te tinana o Īhu. Nā, ka mea a Pirato kia hoatu te tinana.59Nā, ka tango a Hōhepa i te tinana, ā, takaia ana e ia ki te rīnena mā,60whakatakotoria ana ki tāna urupā hou, i hāua e ia ki roto ki te kāmaka. Nā, whakatakā atu ana e ia tētahi kōhatu nui ki te kūwaha o te urupā, ā, haere ana.61I reira anō a Meri Makarini, me tērā Meri, e noho ana i te ritenga atu o te tanumanga.

Te Kaitiaki i te Urupā

62Nā, i te aonga ake, i te rā i muri i te Takanga hākari, ka haere ngā tohunga nui me ngā Parihi ki a Pirato,63ka mea, “E mara, kei te mahara mātou ki te kōrero a tērā tangata tinihanga i a ia anō e ora ana, ‘Kia taka ngā rā e toru ka ara ahau.’64Nā reira, whakahaua atu kia tiakina te tanumanga, ā tae noa ki te toru o ngā rā, kei haere āna ākonga i te pō, ka tāhae i a ia, ka mea ki te iwi, ‘Kua ara ia i te hunga mate,’ pēnei kino atu i tō mua tō muri hē.”
65Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, “He kaitiaki anō a koutou; haere, kia puta ō koutou whakaaro kei taea atu ia.”
66Nā, haere ana rātou, hīritia ana te kōhatu, me te whakanoho anō i ngā kaitiaki, kei taea atu te tanumanga.
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