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Ko Iepeta
1 Nā, he tangata mārohirohi a Iepeta Kireari, he tama nā tētahi wahine kairau; ā, nā Kireara hoki a Iepeta. 2 Ā, i whānau ētahi tama mā Kireara rāua ko tāna wahine; ā, nō te kaumātuatanga ake o ngā tama a tāna wahine, ka peia e rātou a Iepeta; i mea ki a ia, “Kāhore he tukunga iho mōu i te whare o tō tātou pāpā; he tama hoki koe nā te wahine kē.” 3 Nā, ka rere a Iepeta i ōna tēina, ā, noho ana i te whenua o Topo; nā, ka huihui ētahi tāngata wairangi ki a Iepeta, ā, haere tahi ana rātou.
4 Ā roa iho, nā, ka whawhai ngā tamariki a Āmona ki a Īharaira. 5 Ā, i te whawhaitanga a ngā tamariki a Āmona ki a Īharaira, nā, ka haere ngā kaumātua o Kireara ki te tiki i a Iepeta i te whenua o Topo. 6 Ā, ka mea ki a Iepeta, “Haere mai, ā, ko koe hei rangatira hōia mō mātou, kia whawhai ai tātou ki ngā tamariki a Āmona.”
7 Nā, ka mea a Iepeta ki ngā kaumātua o Kireara, “Kāhore ianei koutou i kino ki ahau, i pei i ahau i roto i te whare o tōku pāpā? Ā, he aha koutou i haere mai ai ki ahau i a koutou ka hēmanawa nei?”
8 Nā, ka mea ngā kaumātua o Kireara ki a Iepeta, “Koia mātou ka tahuri atu nei ki a koe ināianei, kia haere ai koe i a mātou ki te whawhai ki ngā tamariki a Āmona, ā, ko koe hei upoko mō mātou, mō ngā tāngata katoa hoki o Kireara.”
9 Nā, ka mea a Iepeta ki ngā kaumātua o Kireara, “Ki te whakahokia atu ahau e koutou ki te whawhai ki ngā tamariki a Āmona, ā, ka hōmai rātou e Ihowā ki ahau, tērā rānei ahau e waiho hei upoko mō koutou?”
10 Nā, ka mea ngā kaumātua o Kireara ki a Iepeta, “Ko Ihowā hei kaititiro i waenganui i a tātou; he pono e rite ki tāu kupu tā mātou e mea ai.” 11 Nā, ka haere tahi a Iepeta rātou ko ngā kaumātua o Kireara, ā, ka meinga ia e te iwi hei upoko, hei rangatira mō rātou; ā, ka kōrerotia e Iepeta āna kupu katoa ki te aroaro o Ihowā ki Mihipa.
12 Kātahi ka tono tāngata atu a Iepeta ki te kīngi o ngā tamariki a Āmona, hei mea, “He aha tāu i haere mai ai koe ki ahau, ki tōku whenua whawhai ai?”
13 Nā, ka mea te kīngi o ngā tamariki a Āmona ki ngā tāngata a Iepeta, “Nā Īharaira hoki i tango tōku whenua i tōna haerenga ake i Īhipa, i Aranona atu ā tae noa ki Iapoko, ki Horano; nā, āta whakahokia mai aua wāhi.”
14 Nā, ka tono tāngata anō a Iepeta ki te kīngi o ngā tamariki a Āmona; 15 hei mea ki a ia:
“Ko te kupu tēnei a Iepeta: Kīhai i tangohia e Īharaira te whenua o Moapa, te whenua rānei o ngā tamariki a Āmona. 16 Engari, i tō Īharaira haerenga ake i Īhipa, ā, ka hāereerea te koraha ā tae noa ki te Moana Whero, ā, ka tae ki Karehe. 17 Nā, ka tono tāngata a Īharaira ki te kīngi o Ēroma, hei mea, ‘Tukua ahau kia tika atu mā tōu whenua’; nā, kīhai te kīngi o Ēroma i rongo. I tono anō ia ki te kīngi o Moapa; ā, kīhai tērā i pai. Nā, ka noho a Īharaira ki Karehe.
18 “Kātahi rātou ka haere puta noa i te koraha; taiāwhiotia ana e rātou te whenua o Ēroma, me te whenua o Moapa, ā, ka tae mai ki te taha ki te rāwhiti o te whenua o Moapa, ka noho ki tērā taha o Aranona, kīhai hoki i haere ki roto ki te rohe o Moapa; ko Aranona hoki te rohe o Moapa.
19 “Nā, ka tono tāngata a Īharaira ki a Hihona kīngi o ngā Amori, kīngi o Hehepona; ā, ka mea a Īharaira ki a ia, ‘Tukua mātou kia tika atu mā tōu whenua ki tōku wāhi.’ 20 Heoi, kīhai a Hihona i tuku i a Īharaira kia tika mā tōna rohe; nā, huihuia ana e Hihona tōna iwi katoa, ā, noho ana ki Iahata; nā, ko tāna whawhaitanga ki a Īharaira.
21 “Nā, ka hōmai e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira a Hihona me tōna iwi katoa ki te ringa o Īharaira; nā, patua iho rātou, ā, tangohia ana e Īharaira te whenua katoa o ngā Amori i noho ki taua whenua. 22 I tangohia hoki e rātou ngā rohe katoa o ngā Amori; i Aranona ki Iapoko, i te koraha ki Horano.
23 “Nā, kua peia nei e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira ngā Amori i te aroaro o tāna iwi, o Īharaira, ā, me riro rānei i a koe? 24 E kore ianei koe e mau ki ngā wāhi i whakawhiwhia ki a koe e tōu atua, e Kemoho? Ā, ka riro mai hoki i a mātou tō te hunga e peia ana e Ihowā, e tō mātou Atua, i tō mātou aroaro.
25 “He nui ake rānei tōu pai i tō Pāraka tama a Tiporo kīngi o Moapa? I mea rānei ia ki te tohe ki a Īharaira, ki te whawhai rānei ki a rātou?
26 “I a Īharaira e noho ana i Hehepona, i ōna pā ririki, i Aroere hoki, i ōna pā ririki, i ngā pā katoa anō i ngā taha o Aranona, e toru rau ngā tau; he aha hoki tē tangohia ai e koutou i taua wā?
27 “Nā, kāhore ōku hara ki a koe; engari e hē ana tāu mahi ki ahau, tāu whawhai ki ahau; mā Ihowā, mā te kaiwhakawā e whakawā āianei ngā tamariki a Īharaira me ngā tamariki a Āmona.”
28 Heoi, kīhai i rongo te kīngi o ngā tamariki a Āmona ki ngā kupu a Iepeta i tukua atu ai ki a ia.
Tā Iepeta Oati
29 Nā, ka tau te Wairua o Ihowā ki runga ki a Iepeta, ā, ka haere ia puta noa i Kireara, i Mānahi, i haere hoki puta noa i Mihipe o Kireara, ā, haere ana i Mihipe o Kireara ki ngā tamariki a Āmona. 30 Nā, ka oatitia he oati e Iepeta ki a Ihowā; i mea ia: “Ki te tino hōmai e koe ngā tama a Āmona ki tōku ringa, 31 nā, ko te mea e puta mai ana i ngā tatau o tōku whare ki te whakatau i ahau, ina hoki ora mai ahau i ngā tama a Āmona, mā Ihowā tēnā, ka whakaekea anō e ahau hei tahunga tinana.”
32 Nā, ka haere a Iepeta ki ngā tamariki a Āmona ki te whawhai ki a rātou; ā, ka hōmai rātou e Ihowā ki tōna ringa. 33 Nā, tukitukia ana rātou e ia, i Aroere atu ā tae noa koe ki Miniti, e rua tekau ngā pā, ki te mānia anō i ngā māra wāina; he nui rawa te patunga. Nā, kua hinga ngā tamariki a Āmona i ngā tamariki a Īharaira.
Te Tamāhine a Iepeta
34 Nā, ka haere a Iepeta ki tōna whare ki Mihipa, nā, ko te putanga mai o tāna tamāhine ki te whakatau i a ia, me te timipera, me te kanikani. Ko tāna huatahi ia; kāhore atu hoki āna tama, tamāhine rānei, ko ia anake. 35 Ā, nō tōna kitenga i a ia, nā, ka haea ōna kākahu, ka mea, “Auē, e tāku tamāhine! Kua pēhia rawatia ahau e koe ki raro, kei roto hoki koe i te hunga e raru ai ahau; kua puaki hoki tōku māngai ki a Ihowā, e kore anō e taea te hoki.”
36 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, “E tōku pāpā, kua puaki nei tōu māngai ki a Ihowā, meatia ki ahau ngā mea i puta mai i tōu māngai, mō tā Ihowā tohenga i te utu mōu i ōu hoariri, i ngā tamariki a Āmona.” 37 I mea anō ia ki tōna pāpā, “Kia meatia tēnei mea ki ahau, waiho noa iho ahau, kia rua ngā marama, ā, ka piki ahau, ka heke i ngā maunga tangi ai ki tōku wāhinatanga, mātou ko ōku hoa.”
38 Anō rā ko ia, “Haere.” Nā, ka ungā atu ia e ia, kia rua ngā marama; heoi haere ana ia, rātou ko ōna hoa, ā, tangihia ana e ia tōna wāhinatanga i runga i ngā maunga. 39 Ā, nō te takanga o ngā marama e rua, nā, ka hoki ia ki tōna pāpā, ā, meatia ana e ia ki a ia tāna i oati ai; kīhai hoki taua kōtiro i mōhio ki te tāne.
Nā, ka waiho hei tikanga i roto i a Īharaira, 40 kia haere ngā tamāhine a Īharaira i ia tau, i ia tau, ki te tangi i te kōtiro a Iepeta Kireari; e whā ngā rā i roto i te tau.