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Te Mahi Mōrihariha i roto i te Temepara
1 Nā, i te ono o ngā tau, i te ono o ngā marama, i te rima o ngā rā o te marama, e noho ana ahau i roto i tōku whare, me te noho anō ngā kaumātua o Hūrā i tōku aroaro, nā, ka tau iho te ringa o te Ariki, o Ihowā, ki runga ki ahau i reira. 2 Nā, ka titiro atu ahau, nanā, ko tētahi āhua me te mea he ahi ki te titiro atu; i tōna hope ā whakararo, he ahi ki te titiro atu; i tōna hope anō ā whakarunga, he wherikotanga ki te titiro atu, he mea rite te kara ki tō te amipere. 3 Nā, ka totoro mai te āhua o te ringa, ā, hopukia ana ahau e ia i tētahi o ngā makawe o tōku mātenga. Kātahi ahau ka hāpainga atu e te wairua ki waenganui o te whenua, o te rangi, ā, kawea ana ahau e ia ki Hiruhārama, he whakakitenga hoki nā te Atua, ki te kūwaha o te kēti o tō roto marae e anga ana ki te raki; kei reira nei te nohoanga o te whakapakoko o te hae, e puta ai te hae. 4 Nā, i reira anō te korōria o te Atua o Īharaira, he pērā me te kitenga i kitea e ahau ki te mānia.
5 Kātahi ka mea ia ki ahau, “E te tama a te tangata, tēnā rā, anga atu ōu kanohi rā te ara ki te raki.” Heoi, ka anga ōku kanohi rā te ara ki te raki, nanā, i te taha ki te raki, i te kūwaha o te āta, ko tēnei whakapakoko o te hae i te tomokanga atu.
6 Ā, ka mea ia ki ahau, “E te tama a te tangata, ka kite rānei koe i tā rātou e mea nei? Arā, i ngā mea whakarihariha nui e mahia nei e te whare o Īharaira ki konei, e matara ai ahau i tōku wāhi tapu? Otiia, tērā koe e kite anō i ētahi atu mea whakarihariha nunui.”
7 Nā, ka kawea ahau e ia ki te kūwaha o te marae; ā, nō tāku tirohanga atu, nanā, ko tētahi puta i te taiepa. 8 Kātahi ia ka mea ki ahau, “E te tama a te tangata, tēnā, keria te taiepa.” Ā, i tāku keringa i te taiepa, nā, ko tētahi kūwaha. 9 Ā, ka mea tērā ki ahau, “Haere ki roto, kia kite ai koe i ngā mea whakarihariha, i ngā mea kino e mahia nei e rātou ki konei.” 10 Heoi, haere ana ahau ki roto, ā, ka kite; nā, ko ngā āhua katoa o ngā mea ngōkingōki, o ngā kararehe whakarihariha, me ngā whakapakoko katoa o te whare o Īharaira, he mea tuhituhi ki te taha o te whare ā taka noa, taka noa. 11 Ā, i ō rātou aroaro e tū ana e whitu tekau ngā tāngata, nō ngā kaumātua o te whare o Īharaira, ā, i waenganui o rātou e tū ana ko Iaatania tama a Hapana, he tahu whakakakara i te ringa o tēnei, o tēnei; ā, i kake whakarunga te kakara o te kapua o te whakakakara.
12 Kātahi ia ka mea ki ahau, “Kua kite rānei koe, e te tama a te tangata, i tā ngā kaumātua o te whare o Īharaira e mea nei i te pōuri, ia tangata, ia tangata, i ōna whare whakaahua? E kī ana hoki rātou, ‘E kore a Ihowā e kite i a tātou; kua mahue te whenua i a Ihowā.’ ” 13 I mea mai anō ia ki ahau, “Tērā koe e kite anō i ētahi atu mea whakarihariha nunui e mahia ana e rātou.”
14 Kātahi ahau ka kawea e ia ki te kūwaha o te kēti o te whare o Ihowā, e anga ana whaka te raki; nā, ko ngā wāhine e noho ana i reira, e tangi ana ki a Tāmutu. 15 Kātahi ia ka mea ki ahau, “Ka kite rānei koe i tēnei, e te tama a te tangata? Tērā koe e kite anō i ētahi mea whakarihariha nunui atu i ēnei.”
16 Nā, ka kawea ahau e ia ki tō roto marae o te whare o Ihowā; nanā, i te kūwaha o te temepara o Ihowā, i te takiwā o te whakamahau, o te āta, ko ētahi tāngata, ki te whakaaro iho e rua tekau mā rima, ko ō rātou tuarā e anga ana ki te temepara o Ihowā, ko ō rātou mata ki te rāwhiti; e koropiko ana rātou ki te rā whaka te rāwhiti.
17 Kātahi ka mea ia ki ahau, “Ka kite rānei koe i tēnei, e te tama a te tangata? He mea māmā noa ake ianei tēnei ki te whare o Hūrā kia mahia e rātou ngā mea whakarihariha e mahia nei e rātou ki konei? Nā rātou hoki i kapi ai te whenua i te tutū, ā, hoki mai ana rātou ki te whakapātaritari i ahau. Nanā, kei te whakapā anō rātou i te manga ki tō rātou ihu. 18 Nā, ka mahi anō ahau i runga i te weriweri; e kore tōku kanohi e manawapā, e kore anō ahau e tohu; ahakoa nui tō rātou reo e karanga ai ki ōku taringa, e kore ahau e rongo ki a rātou.”