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Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu tētahi Repera

¹Ā, nō ka heke iho ia i te maunga, he rahi te hui i aru i a ia.²Nā, ka haere tētahi repera, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, ki te pai koe, e taea ahau e koe te mea kia mā.”

³Ā, ka totoro te ringa o Īhu, ka pā ki a ia, ka mea, “E pai ana ahau; kia mā koe!” Ā, mā tonu iho tōna repera.⁴Kātahi, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kia mahara, kei kōrerotia ki te tangata; erangi haere, kia kite te tohunga i a koe, mauria atu hoki te whakahere i whakaritea e Mohi, hei mea whakaatu ki a rātou.”

Ka Whakaora a Īhu i te Pononga a te Āpiha Roma

⁵Ā, nō ka tae a Īhu ki Kaperenauma, ka haere ki a ia tētahi keneturio, ka īnoi ki a ia,⁶ka mea, “E te Ariki, ko tāku pononga kei te whare e takoto ana, he pararūtiki, e ngaua kinotia ana.”

⁷Ā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ka haere ahau ki te whakaora i a ia.”

⁸Nā, ko te whakahokinga a te keneturio, ko te meatanga, “E te Ariki, ehara ahau i te tikanga tangata e haere ake ai koe ki raro i tōku tuanui; engari, kia puaki kau tāu kupu, ā, ka ora tāku pononga.⁹He tangata hoki ahau e whakahaua ana, he hōia anō āku hei whakahaunga māku; ka mea ahau ki tēnei, ‘Haere,’ nā, ka haere ia; ki tētahi, ‘Haere mai,’ ā, ka haere mai; ki tāku pononga hoki, ‘Meatia tēnei,’ ā, ka meatia e ia.”

¹⁰Ā, nō te rongonga o Īhu, ka mīharo, ka mea ki te hunga e aru ana, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kāhore ahau i kite noa i te whakapono hei rite mō tēnei te nui i roto i a Īharaira.¹¹Ko tāku kupu anō tēnei ki a koutou, he tokomaha e haere mai i te rāwhiti, i te hauāuru, ā, e noho tahi i a Āperahama, i a Īhaka, i a Hākopa, ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.¹²Ko ngā tamariki ia o te rangatiratanga ka makā ki te pōuri i waho; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho.”¹³Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki te keneturio, “Haere, kia rite ki tōu whakapono te meatanga ki a koe.”
Ā, ora ake ana taua pononga i taua wā pū anō.

Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu te Tini Tāngata

¹⁴Ā, nō ka tae a Īhu ki te whare o Pita, ka kite ia i tōna hungawai wahine e takoto mate ana, he kirikā.¹⁵Nā, ka pā ia ki tōna ringaringa, ā, mutu ake tōna kirikā; ā, ara ake ana ia ki te taka mea mā rātou.

¹⁶Nā, i te ahiahi he tokomaha te hunga e nohoia ana e ngā rēwera i mauria mai ki a ia. Nā, ka peia e tāna kupu ngā wairua ki waho, ā, whakaorangia ake e ia te hunga mate katoa.¹⁷I rite ai tā Ihāia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai, “Nāna i tango ō tātou ngoikore, i waha ō tātou mate.”

Te Hunga e Hia-Whai i a Īhu

¹⁸Nā, i te kitenga o Īhu he rahi te hui e mui ana ki a ia, ka whakahau ia kia whakawhiti ki tāwāhi.¹⁹Ā, ka haere tētahi karaipi, ka mea ki a ia, “E te Kaiwhakaako, ka aru ahau i a koe ki ngā wāhi katoa e haere ai koe.”

²⁰Ā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “He rua o ngā pokiha, he kōwhanga o ngā manu o te rangi; tēnā ko te Tama a te tangata, kāhore ōna wāhi e takoto ai tōna mātenga.”

²¹Ā, i mea tētahi atu o āna ākonga ki a ia, “E te Ariki tukua ahau kia mātua haere ki te tanu i tōku pāpā.”

²²Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Arumia ahau, ā, waiho mā ngā tūpāpaku e tanu ō rātou tūpāpaku.”

Ka Whakamarinotia e Īhu tētahi Puehu

²³Ā, nō ka eke ia ki te kaipuke, ka aru āna ākonga i a ia.²⁴Nā, ka tutū te puehu o te moana, ā, ngaro iho te kaipuke i te ngaru; i te moe hoki ia.²⁵Ā, ka haere āna ākonga, ka whakaara i a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, whakaorangia tātou! Ka ngaro tātou.”

²⁶Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “He aha tā koutou e wehi, e te hunga whakapono iti?” Me i reira ka ara ia, ā, rīria iho te hau me te moana; ā, takoto ana he marino nui.

²⁷Ā, mīharo noa ngā tāngata, ka mea, “He tangata aha tēnei? Inā, rongo rawa te hau me te moana ki a ia!”

Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu ngā Tokorua, he Rēwera ō Rāua

²⁸Ā, nō ka whiti ia ki tarawāhi, ki te whenua o ngā Kerekehini, ka tūtaki ki a ia ētahi tāngata tokorua e nohoia ana e te rēwera, e puta ana mai i roto i ngā urupā, he hunga tutū rawa, tē taea taua ara te haere e te tangata.²⁹Nā, ka karanga ake rāua, ka mea, “He aha māua nāu, e Īhu, e te Tama a te Atua? Kua tae mai oti koe ki te whakamamae i a māua i te mea kāhore anō i rite te tāima?”

³⁰Nā, tērā tētahi kāhui poaka i tawhiti atu i a rātou e kai ana, he tini.³¹Ā, ka īnoi ngā rēwera ki a ia, ka mea, “Ki te pei koe i a mātou, tukua mātou kia haere ki roto ki te kāhui poaka.”

³²Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Haere!” Nā, ko tō rātou putanga ki waho, haere ana ki roto ki te kāhui poaka. Nā, ko te tino rerenga o te kāhui poaka katoa rā te pari ki te moana, ā, mate iho ki roto ki te wai.

³³Nā, ka whati ngā kaiwhāngai, ā, haere ana ki te pā, kōrero ana i ngā mea katoa, me te meatanga ki te hunga i nohoia e ngā rēwera.³⁴Nā, puta katoa ana te pā ki waho, ki te whakatau i a Īhu; ā, ka kite i a ia, ka tohe kia haere atu ia i ō rātou wāhi.