1 Nā, i a Īhu e haere ana, ka kite ia i tētahi tangata i matapō, nō tōna whānautanga mai anō. 2 Nā, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, ko wai i hara, ko tēnei, ko ōna mātua rānei i whānau matapō ai ia?”

3 Ka whakahokia e Īhu, “Ehara i te mea ko tēnei kua hara, ko ōna mātua rānei; engari, kia ai ia hei whakakitenga mō ngā mahi a te Atua. 4 Me mahi e tātou ngā mahi a tōku kaitono mai i te mea e ao ana; meāke ko te pō e kore ai e taea he mahi e tētahi tangata. 5 I ahau i te ao nei, ko ahau te mārama o te ao.”

6 Ka mutu ēnei kōrero āna, ka tūwha ia ki te whenua, ā, pokepokea ana tētahi paru ki te hūware, pania atu ana te paru ki ngā kanohi o te matapō, 7 nā, ka mea ki a ia, “Haere ki te horoi ki te kaukauranga i Hiroama” (ko Tono te whakamāoritanga). Nā, haere ana ia, horoi ana, ā, hoki titiro ana mai.

8 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata e noho tata ana, rātou ko ngā tāngata i kite i tōna matapōtanga i mua, “Ehara ianei tēnei i taua tangata i noho rā, i tono mea rā māna?”

9 Ka mea ētahi, “Ko ia tēnei.”

Ko ētahi i mea, “Kāhore, engari rite tonu ki a ia te āhua.”

Ka mea ia, “Ko ahau rā ia.”

10 Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, “Nā te aha rā i kite ai ōu kanohi?”

11 Ka whakahoki ia ka mea, “Nā te tangata, e huaina nei ko Īhu, i pokepoke he paru, pania ana e ia ki ōku kanohi, ka mea mai ki ahau, ‘Haere ki Hiroama horoi ai.’ Nā, ko tōku haerenga atu, ko tāku horoinga, kite ana ahau.”

12 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Kei hea ia?”

Ka mea ia, “E kore ahau e mōhio.”

13 Ka kawea atu ki ngā Parihi taua tangata i matapō i mua rā. 14 Nā, nō te hāpati i pokepokea ai e Īhu te paru, i meinga ai ōna kanohi kia kite. 15 Nā, ka ui anō ngā Parihi ki a ia, ki te pēhea i kite ai ia. Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “I pania e ia he paru ki ōku kanohi, nā, horoi ana ahau, kite ana.”

16 Nā, ka mea ētahi o ngā Parihi, “Ehara tēnei i te tangata nā te Atua, inā hoki tē whakarite ia i te hāpati.”

Ka mea ētahi, “Mā te aha e taea ai ēnei merekara e te tangata hara?”

Nā, ka wehewehea rātou.

17 Ka mea anō rātou ki te matapō, “E pēhea ana koe ki a ia, ki tāna meatanga i ōu kanohi kia kite?”

Ka mea ia, “He poropiti ia.”

18 Heoi, kāhore ngā Hūrai i whakapono i matapō taua tangata, kua meinga anō kia kite, karangatia noatia e rātou ngā mātua ōna i meinga nei kia kite, 19 ā, ka ui rātou ki a rāua, ka mea, “Ko tā kōrua tama tēnei, e mea nei kōrua i whānau matapō mai? Nā te aha rā ia i titiro ai ināianei?”

20 Ka whakahoki ōna mātua ki a rātou, ka mea, “E mōhio ana māua, ko tā māua tama tēnei, i whānau matapō mai anō. 21 Ko te mea ia i kite ai ia ināianei, kāhore i mōhiotia e māua; kāhore hoki māua e mōhio nā wai i mea ōna kanohi kia kite. He kaumātua ia; ui atu ki a ia, māna ia e kōrero.” 22 I pēnei ōna mātua, nō te mea i mataku rāua i ngā Hūrai. Kua takoto noa ake hoki tā ngā Hūrai tikanga, nā, ki te whakaae tētahi, ko te Karaiti ia, me pei ki waho o te whare karakia. 23 Koia ōna mātua i mea ai, “He kaumātua ia; ui atu ki a ia.”

24 Nā, ka karanga tuarua rātou ki te tangata i matapō i mua rā, ka mea ki a ia, “Hoatu he korōria ki te Atua; e mātau ana mātou he tangata hara tēnei.”

25 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Kāhore ahau e mātau he tangata hara rānei ia; kotahi anō tāku e mātau nei, he matapō ahau i mua, ā, inā kua kite.”

26 Ka mea anō rātou ki a ia, “I aha ia ki a koe? I pēheatia ōu kanohi i meinga ai e ia kia kite?”

27 Ka whakahokia e ia ki a rātou, “Kua kōrerotia anō e ahau ki a koutou inā tonu nei, ā, kīhai koutou i whakarongo. He aha koutou i hiahia ai kia rongo anō? E mea ana oti koutou kia meinga hei ākonga māna?”

28 Nā, whakahī ana rātou ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko tāna ākonga koe; ko mātou ia he ākonga nā Mohi. 29 E mātau ana mātou i kōrero te Atua ki a Mohi; ko tēnei tangata ia kāhore mātou e mātau ki tōna wāhi i haere mai ai.”

30 Nā, ka whakahoki taua tangata, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ha! He mea whakamīharo rā tēnei kāhore koutou i mātau ki tōna wāhi i haere mai ai, otirā, kua meinga e ia ōku kanohi kia kite. 31 E mātau ana rā tātou, e kore te Atua e whakarongo ki ngā tāngata hara; tēnā ki te mea he tangata karakia tētahi ki te Atua, he mea i tāna e pai ai, ka whakarongo ia ki a ia. 32 Kāhore rawa i rangona nō te tīmatanga rā anō o te ao, i whakatirohia e tētahi ngā kanohi o te tangata i whānau matapō. 33 Ki te mea kīhai i puta mai tēnei tangata i te Atua, e kore e taea e ia tētahi mea.”

34 Nā, ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea ki a ia, “I whānau pū koe i roto i ngā hara, ko koe rānei hei whakaako i a mātou?” Nā, peia ana ia e rātou ki waho.

35 I rongo a Īhu kua oti ia te pei e rātou ki waho; ā, i tōna kitenga i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, “E whakapono ana rānei koe ki te Tama a te Atua?”

36 Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Ko wai ia, e te Ariki, kia whakapono ai ahau ki a ia?”

37 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua kite koe i a ia, ko ia hoki tēnei e kōrero nei ki a koe.”

38 Nā, ko tāna meatanga, “E te Ariki, e whakapono ana ahau.” Nā, koropiko ana ia ki a ia.

39 Kātahi a Īhu ka mea, “I haere mai ahau ki tēnei ao ki te whakarite whakawā, he mea e kite ai te hunga kāhore nei i kite; e whakamatapōtia ai hoki te hunga e kite ana.”

40 Ā, ka rangona ēnei mea e ētahi o ngā Parihi e tū tahi ana me ia, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “E matapō ana anō rānei mātou?”

41 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Me i matapō koutou, kāhore ō koutou hara. Tēnā ka mea nā koutou, ‘E kite ana mātou’; nā, e mau nā tō koutou hara.”