อ่านหนังสือ Ngā Mahi 23

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¹Nā, ka titiro pū a Pāora ki te rūnanga, ka mea, “E ōku tuākana, tika tonu ki tōku mahara tāku whakahaere i te aroaro o te Atua, ā taea noatia tēnei rā.”²Nā, ka mea a Anania tohunga nui ki te hunga e tū ana i tōna taha, kia pākia tōna māngai.³Anō rā, ko Pāora ki a ia, “Tēnei ake ka papaki te Atua i a koe, e te pakitara kua oti te pani ki te paru mā! Ā, ka noho mai koe hei whakawā i ahau i tā te ture i whakatakoto ai, me te whakahau anō kia pākia ahau, e hē nei tēnā ki te ture?”

⁴Nā, ka mea te hunga e tū tata ana, “E whakamanumanu ana koe ki te tohunga nui a te Atua?”

⁵Anō rā ko Pāora, “Kīhai ahau i mātau, e ōku tuākana, ko ia te tohunga nui; kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, ‘Aua e kōrerotia kinotia te rangatira o tōu iwi.’ ”

⁶Ā, nō ka kite a Pāora nō ngā Haruki ētahi, ko ētahi nō ngā Parihi, ka karanga ia i roto i te rūnanga, “E ōku tuākana, he Parihi ahau, he tama nā ngā Parihi. Ko te aranga o te hunga mate e tūmanakohia nei te mea e whakawākia nei ahau.”

⁷Ā, nō tāna kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka tohetohe ngā Parihi rātou ko ngā Haruki; ka wahirua hoki te huihui.⁸E mea ana hoki ngā Haruki, kāhore he aranga, kāhore he anahera, he wairua rānei; ko ngā Parihi ia e whakaae ana ki aua mea e rua.⁹Ā, ka nui te ngangare; ka whakatika ētahi o ngā karaipi o tō ngā Parihi taha, ka totohe, ka mea, “Kāhore anō i mau i a mātou te hē o tēnei tangata. Tēnā, ka pēhea, mehemea kua kōrero tētahi wairua ki a ia, tētahi anahera rānei?”

¹⁰Ā, nō ka nui te ngangau, ka mataku te rangatira mano kei motumotuhia a Pāora e rātou, nā, ungā ana e ia ngā hōia kia heke atu, ki te tango mai i a ia i roto i a rātou, kia ārahina hoki ki te pā.

¹¹Ā, i taua pō ka tū te Ariki ki tōna taha, ka mea, “Kia māia! Kia pēnā i a koe i whakaatu nā mōku i Hiruhārama, tāu whakaatu hoki ki Rōma.”

Te Whakangārahu ki a Pāora

¹²Ao ake te rā, ka huihui ētahi o ngā Hūrai, ka maka oati ki a rātou anō, ka mea, kia kaua rātou e kai, kia kaua e inu, kia whakamatea rā anō e rātou a Pāora.¹³Ā, e whā tekau ngahoro ngā tāngata nāna tēnei oatitanga.¹⁴Nā, ka haere rātou ki ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua, ka mea, “Kua oati mātou i tētahi oati nui, kia kaua e pā kai, kia mate rā anō a Pāora i a mātou.¹⁵Nā, mā koutou tahi ko te rūnanga e kī atu ki te rangatira mano kia ārahina iho ia ki a koutou āpōpō, me te mea nei e mea ana koutou kia āta mōhiotia te take ki a ia. Ko mātou ia, i te mea kīanō ia i tata noa, ka noho rite ki te whakamate i a ia.”

¹⁶Otirā, ka rongo te tama a te tuahine o Pāora ki tō rātou whakaaro whakapapa, ka haere ia, ka tomo ki te pā, ka kōrero ki a Pāora.

¹⁷Kātahi, ka karanga a Pāora ki tētahi keneturio, ka mea, “Ārahina atu te tamaiti nei ki te rangatira mano; he kōrero hoki tāna ki a ia.”¹⁸Nā, ka mau ia ki a ia, ka ārahi i a ia ki te rangatira mano, ka mea, “I karanga te herehere, a Pāora, i ahau, i mea kia ārahina mai tēnei tamaiti ki a koe, he kōrero hoki tāna ki a koe.”

¹⁹Nā, ka mau te rangatira mano ki tōna ringa, ka haere ki tahaki, ka ui atu, “He aha tāu mea hei kōrero ki ahau?”

²⁰Anō rā ko tērā, “Kua whakatakoto whakaaro ngā Hūrai kia mea ki a koe kia ārahina iho a Pāora āpōpō ki te rūnanga, ānō e āta uia anō e koe tētahi atu mea mōna.²¹Nā, aua koe e rongo ki a rātou; e whā hoki tekau ngahoro tāngata o rātou e whanga ana ki a ia. Kua puaki tā rātou oati, kia kaua e kai, kia kaua e inu, kia mate rā anō ia i a rātou. Nā, kua rite tēnei rātou, e tatari ana ki te kupu whakaae i a koe.”

²²Kātahi, ka tukua atu taua tamaiti e te rangatira mano, ka mea ia, “Kaua e kōrerotia ki tētahi tāu whakaaturanga mai i ēnei mea ki ahau.”

Te Mauranga i a Pāora ki a Pirika te Kāwana

²³Nā, tokorua ngā keneturio i karangatia e ia; i mea ia, “Kia rite mai ētahi hōia kia rua rau hei haere ki Hiharia, me ētahi hōia eke hōiho kia whitu tekau, me tētahi hunga mau mātia kia rua rau, i te toru o ngā hāora o te pō.²⁴Ā, ka whakahau ia ki a rāua, kia whakaritea mai he kararehe, hei whakanohoanga iho mō Pāora ki runga, kia kawea oratia ai ia ki a Pirika, ki te kāwana.”

²⁵Ā, i tuhituhia e ia he pukapuka, ka pēnei:

²⁶“Nā Karauria Raihia ki a Pirika, ki te kāwana pai rawa: Tēnā koe.

²⁷“I hopukia tēnei tangata e ngā Hūrai, ā, i a ia ka tata te whakamatea e rātou, ka puta atu ahau me ngā hōia, ā, tangohia mai ana ia; i rongo hoki ahau nō Rōma ia.²⁸I mea anō ahau kia rongo i te take i whakawākia ai ia e rātou, ā ārahina ana ia e ahau ki tō rātou rūnanga.²⁹Nā, ka kite ahau he kupu tautohe nō tō rātou ture i whakawākia ai ia, kāhore hoki ōna hē i tika ai te mate, te here rānei.³⁰Ā, nō te whakaaturanga mai ki ahau, kei te whakapapatia he mate mō te tangata nei, tonoa tonutia ia e ahau ki a koe, i mea hoki ahau ki ōna kaiwhakapae, kia kōrerotia ki a koe ngā mea mōna.”

³¹Nā, ka mau ngā hōia ki a Pāora, ka pērā me te mea i kōrerotia ki a rātou, ā, ārahina ana ia i te pō ki Anatipatari.³²Ao ake te rā ka tukua atu ngā tāngata eke hōiho hei hoa haere mōna, ā, hoki ana rātou ki te pā.³³Ā, nō te taenga o ērā ki Hiharia, ka hoatu te pukapuka ki te kāwana, ā, whakatūria ana a Pāora ki tōna aroaro.³⁴Ā, nō te tirohanga iho o te kāwana, ka ui, nō tēhea kāwanatanga ia; ā, i tōna rongonga nō Kirikia ia,³⁵ka mea ia, “Ka whakarongo ahau ki a koe, ina tae mai anō hoki ōu kaiwhakapae.” Ā, i whakahau ia, kia tiakina ia i roto i te whare whakawā o Herora.