1 Nā, kua koroheketia a Āperahama, ā, kua maha rawa ōna rā; ā, i manaaki a Ihowā i a Āperahama i ngā mea katoa. 2 Nā, ka mea a Āperahama ki te kaumātua o āna pononga i roto i tōna whare, ki te kaiwhakahaere o āna mea katoa, “Tēnā, whakapākia mai tōu ringa ki raro ki tōku hūhā, 3 ā, me whakaoati koe e ahau ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o te rangi, ki te Atua hoki o te whenua, kia kaua e tangohia e koe he wahine mā tāku tama i roto i ngā tamāhine a ngā Kanaani, a te iwi e noho nei ahau i roto i a rātou. 4 Engari me haere koe ki tōku whenua, ki ōku whanaunga, ka tango mai ai i tētahi wahine mā tāku tama, mā Īhaka.”

5 Nā, ka mea te pononga ki a ia, “Ākuanei pea ka kore e pai te wahine ki te whai mai i ahau ki tēnei whenua; me whakahoki rānei e ahau tāu tama ki te whenua i haere mai nei koe i reira?”

6 Ka mea a Āperahama ki a ia, “Kia tino mōhio koe, kaua rawa tāku tama e whakahokia ki reira. 7 Ko Ihowā, ko te Atua o te rangi, nāna nei ahau i tango mai i te whare o tōku pāpā, i te whenua hoki i whānau ai ahau, i kōrero ki ahau, i oati hoki ki ahau, ‘Ka hoatu e ahau tēnei whenua ki ōu uri,’ māna e tono mai tāna anahera ki mua i koe, ā, ka riro mai i a koe tētahi wahine mā tāku tama i reira. 8 Ā, ki te kāhore te wahine e pai ki te whai mai i a koe, kātahi koe ka wātea i tēnei oati āku; otiia kaua e whakahokia e koe tāku tama ki reira.” 9 Nā, ka whakapākia e te pononga tōna ringa ki raro i te hūhā o Āperahama, o tōna ariki, ā, ka oati ki a ia mō taua mea.

10 Nā, ka tangohia e te pononga ētahi kāmera kotahi tekau i roto i ngā kāmera a tōna ariki, ā, haere ana; i tōna ringa hoki ngā mea papai katoa a tōna ariki; ā, whakatika ana ia, haere ana ki Mehopotamia, ki te pā o Nahora. 11 Nā, ka mea ia i ngā kāmera kia tūturi ki te taha o te puna wai i waho o te pā i te ahiahi, i te wā e puta mai ai ngā wāhine ki te utu wai.

12 Ā, ka mea ia, “E Ihowā, e te Atua o tōku ariki, o Āperahama, kia whai wāhi ahau ākuanei, whakaputaina hoki he aroha ki tōku ariki, ki a Āperahama. 13 Tēnei ahau te tū nei i te taha o te puna wai; ā, e haere mai ana ngā tamāhine a ngā tāngata o te pā ki te utu wai. 14 Ā, ko te kōtiro e mea ai ahau ki a ia, ‘Tukua iho tāu oko kia inu ai ahau,’ ā, ka mea ia, ‘E inu, me whakainu anō e ahau āu kāmera,’ kia rite ia i a koe mā tāu pononga, mā Īhaka; mā reira ka mōhio ai ahau e whakaputa aroha ana koe ki tōku ariki.”

15 Heoi, kīanō i mutu noa tāna kōrero, nā, kua puta mai a Ripeka, tamāhine a Petuere, tama a Mireka, a te wahine a Nahora, teina o Āperahama, me tāna oko i runga i tōna pokohiwi. 16 Nā, ko te kōtiro rā he tino ātaahua ki te titiro atu, he wāhina, kāhore anō tētahi tāne kia mōhio noa ki a ia. Nā, ka heke atu ia ki te puna, ka whakakī i tāna oko, ā, ka haere ake.

17 Nā, ka rere te pononga rā ki te whakatūtaki i a ia, ka mea, “Hōmai he wai mōku, nē, o tāu oko kia iti nei?”

18 Ā, ka mea ia, “E inu, e tōku ariki,” nā, hohoro tonu tāna tuku iho i tāna oko ki runga ki tōna ringa, ā, whakainumia ana ia.

19 Ā, ka mutu tāna whakainu i a ia, ka mea ia, “Me utu anō hoki e ahau mō āu kāmera, kia poto rā anō rātou te whakainu.” 20 Nā, hohoro tonu tāna riringi atu i te wai o tāna oko ki roto ki te waka, ā, rere ana anō ki te puna ki te utu, ā, utuhia mai ana e ia mō ana kāmera katoa. 21 Ko taua tangata ia matatau tonu tāna titiro ki a ia, kīhai hoki i hamumu, kia mōhio ia ka whakatikaia rānei e Ihowā tōna ara, kāhore rānei.

22 Ā, ka mutu te inu o ngā kāmera, nā, ka tīkina e taua tangata tētahi whakakai kōura, he hāwhe hekere tōna taimaha, me ngā poroporo e rua mō ōna ringa, kotahi tekau ngā hekere kōura te taimaha; 23 ā, ka mea, “Nā wai koe tamāhine? Tēnā, kōrero mai ki ahau; he wāhi rānei kei te whare o tōu pāpā hei moenga mō mātou?”

24 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “He tamāhine ahau nā Petuere, tama a Mireka, i whānau nei i a rāua ko Nahora.” 25 Ā, ka mea anō ia ki a ia, “He nui ā mātou kakau wīti, me ā mātou otaota hei kai, me tētahi wāhi hoki hei moenga.”

26 Nā, tuohu ana taua tangata, koropiko ana ki a Ihowā, 27 ā, ka mea, “Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o tōku rangatira, o Āperahama, kīhai nei i wareware ki tōna aroha, ki tōna pono ki tōku rangatira. Tēnā ko ahau, nā Ihowā anō ahau i arataki mai i te ara ki te whare o ngā tēina o tōku rangatira.”

28 Nā, ka oma te kōtiro rā, ka kōrero i ēnei mea ki te whare o tōna whaea. 29 Nā, he tungāne tō Ripeka, ko Rāpana tōna ingoa; nā, ka rere a Rāpana ki taua tangata, ki waho, ki te puna. 30 Nā, i tōna kitenga i te whakakai me ngā poroporo i ngā ringa o tōna tuahine, ā, ka rongo hoki ki ngā kupu a Ripeka, a tōna tuahine, i mea rā, “I pēnei ngā kōrero a taua tangata ki ahau,” ka haere ia ki taua tangata; nā, i te taha ia o ngā kāmera, i te puna wai e tū ana; 31 ā, ka mea, “Tomo mai, e te manaakitanga a Ihowā; he aha koe i tū ai i waho? Kua oti hoki i ahau te whare te whakapai, me tētahi wāhi mō ngā kāmera.”

32 Nā, ka haere taua tangata ki te whare, ā, wetekina ana e ia ngā mea o ngā kāmera; i hōmai anō e ia he kakau wīti me tētahi otaota hei kai mā ngā kararehe, me te wai hei horoi mō ōna waewae, mō ngā waewae hoki o ōna hoa. 33 Nā, ka whakatakotoria he kai ki tōna aroaro; otiia ka mea ia, “E kore ahau e kai, kia kōrerotia rā anō e ahau tāku haere.”

Ka mea tērā, “Kōrero.”

34 Nā, ka mea ia, “He pononga ahau nā Āperahama. 35 Ā, kua manaakitia rawatia tōku ariki e Ihowā; kua nui ia; ā, kua hōmai hoki ki a ia he hipi, he kau, he hiriwa, he kōura, he pononga tāne, he pononga wāhine, he kāmera, he kāihe. 36 Ā, kua whānau he tama mā tōku ariki i a Hara, i te wahine a tōku ariki, i a ia kua rūruhitia; ā, kua hoatu e ia āna mea katoa ki a ia. 37 Nā, i whakaoati tōku ariki i ahau, i mea mai, ‘Kei tangohia e koe he wahine mā tāku tama i roto i ngā tamāhine a ngā Kanaani, e noho nei ahau i tō rātou whenua; 38 engari me haere koe ki te whare o tōku pāpā, ki ōku whanaunga ka tango ai i tētahi wahine mā tāku tama.’

39 “Anō rā ko ahau ki tōku ariki, ‘E kore pea te wahine e whai mai i ahau.’

40 “Ā, ka mea mai ia ki ahau, ‘Mā Ihowā, kei tōna aroaro nei tōku hāereerenga, māna e tono tāna anahera hei hoa mōu, māna hoki e whakatika tōu ara; ā, ka tango mai koe i tētahi wahine mā tāku tama i roto i ōku whanaunga, i roto hoki i te whare o tōku pāpā. 41 Kātahi koe ka wātea i tāku oati, ki te haere koe ki ōku whanaunga; ā, ki te kāhore e hōmai e rātou ki a koe, nā, ka wātea koe i tāku oati.’

42 “I haere mai ahau i tēnei rā ki te puna, ā, ka mea ahau, ‘E Ihowā, e te Atua o tōku ariki, o Āperahama, ki te mea e whakatika ana koe i tōku ara e haere nei ahau. 43 Nā, tēnei ahau te tū nei i te taha o te puna wai; ā, ko te kōtiro e puta mai ki te utu, ā, ka mea ahau ki a ia, “Hōmai he wāhi wai mōku i tāu oko kia inu ahau,” 44 ā, ka mea mai ia ki ahau, “E inu, ā, me utu anō e ahau mō āu kāmera.” Kia rite ia i a Ihowā hei wahine mā te tama a tōku ariki.’

45 “Kīanō i mutu noa tāku kōrero i roto i tōku ngākau, nā, ko te putanga ake o Ripeka me tāna oko i runga i tōna pokohiwi; kua heke ki te poka ki te utu. Nā, ka mea ahau ki a ia, ‘Kia inu ahau, nē?’

46 “Nā, ka hohoro ia, ka tuku i tāna oko i tōna pokohiwi, ā, ka mea mai, ‘E inu, me whakainu anō e ahau āu kāmera.’ Nā, inu ana ahau, ā, i whakainumia anō hoki e ia ngā kāmera.

47 “Nā, ka ui ahau ki a ia, ‘He tamāhine koe nā wai?’

“Ā, ka mea mai ia, ‘He tamāhine nā Petuere, tama a Nahora, i whānau nei mā rāua ko Mireka.’

“Nā, kuhua ana e ahau te whakakai ki tōna ihu, me ngā poroporo ki ōna ringa. 48 Nā, ka tuohu ahau, ka koropiko ki a Ihowā, ka whakapai hoki i a Ihowā, i te Atua o tōku ariki, o Āperahama, mōna i ārahi i ahau i te huarahi tika ki te tiki mai i te tamāhine a te teina o tōku ariki mā tāna tama. 49 Nā, ki te mea he aroha tō koutou, he mahi pono ki tōku ariki, kōrero mai ki ahau; ki te kāhore, kōrero mai; kia tahuri ake ai ahau ki matau rānei, ki mauī rānei.”

50 Nā, ka whakahoki a Rāpana rāua ko Petuere, ka mea, “I puta mai tēnei mea i a Ihowā; e kore e taea e māua te kōrero ki a koe te pai, te kino rānei. 51 Nanā, kei tōu aroaro a Ripeka, tangohia, haere, ā, kia meinga ia hei wahine mā te tama a tōu ariki, hei pērā me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai.”

52 Ā, ka rongo te pononga a Āperahama i ā rāua kōrero, nā, piko ana ia ki te whenua, ki a Ihowā. 53 Nā, ka tangohia ake e te pononga he mea hiriwa, he mea kōura, he kākahu hoki, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki a Ripeka; ā, i hoatu e ia ētahi mea tino papai ki tōna tungāne rāua ko tōna whaea. 54 Nā, ka kai rātou, ka inu, rātou tahi ko ōna hoa haere, ā, moe iho i te pō.

Ā, i te ata ka oho rātou, ka mea atu ia, “Tukua ahau kia haere ki tōku ariki.”

55 Nā, ka mea tōna tungāne rāua ko tōna whaea, “Waiho te kōtiro i a mātou mō ētahi rā torutoru, kia kotahi tekau pea; muri iho ka haere.”

56 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rāua, “Kaua ahau whakawarea, kua whakatikaia nei hoki tōku ara e Ihowā; tukua ahau kia haere ki tōku ariki.”

57 Nā, ka mea rāua, “Me karanga e māua te kōtiro, ka ui ai ki tōna māngai.” 58 Nā, ka karangatia e rāua a Ripeka, ka mea ki a ia, “Ka haere rānei koe i te tangata nei?”

Ka mea ia, “Ka haere.”

59 Nā, tukua ana e rātou a Ripeka, tō rātou tuahine, rātou ko tōna kaiwhakangote, ko te pononga hoki a Āperahama, me āna tāngata. 60 Nā, ka manaaki rātou i a Ripeka, ka mea ki a ia,

61 Nā, ka whakatika a Ripeka, rātou ko āna kōtiro, ā, eke ana ki runga ki ngā kāmera, aru ana i taua tangata; nā, ka mauria e taua pononga a Ripeka, ā, haere ana.

62 Nā, ka hoki mai a Īhaka, i te haere i Peere-Rahai-Roi; i te wāhi hoki ki te tonga ia e noho ana. 63 Ā, ka puta atu a Īhaka ki te pārae i te tūahiahi ki te whakaaroaro; nā, ka maranga ake ōna kanohi, ka titiro, nā, ko ngā kāmera e haere mai ana. 64 Ā, ka whakaara ake a Ripeka i ōna kanohi, ā, nō tōna kitenga i a Īhaka, ka marere ia ki raro i te kāmera. 65 Ā, ka mea atu ia ki te pononga, “Ko wai tēnei tangata e haere mai nei i te pārae ki te whakatau i a tātou?”

Anō rā ko te pononga, “Ko tōku ariki tēnā.” Nā, ka mau ia ki tētahi ārai kanohi, ka hīpoki i a ia.

66 Nā, ka kōrerotia e te pononga ki a Īhaka ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia. 67 Nā, ka kawea ia e Īhaka ki te tēneti o tōna whaea, o Hara. Ā, tangohia ana e ia a Ripeka, ā, ka noho ia hei wahine māna; ā, ka aroha ia ki a ia. Ā, ka whai tānga manawa a Īhaka i muri i te matenga o tōna whaea.