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Ko Kīngi Rāwiri i tōna Koroheketanga
1 Nā, kua koroheketia a Kīngi Rāwiri, kua maha ōna rā; ā, hīpokina ana ia e rātou ki te kākahu; heoi kīhai i mahana. 2 Nō reira ka mea atu āna tāngata ki a ia, “Me rapu tētahi kōtiro, he wāhina, mā tōku ariki, mā te kīngi; ā, me tū ia i mua i te kīngi, māna hoki ia e atawhai; ā, me takoto ia ki tōu uma, kia mahana ai tōku ariki, te kīngi.”
3 Heoi, rapua ana e rātou tētahi kōtiro ātaahua i ngā rohe katoa o Īharaira; ā, kitea ana ko Āpihaka Hunami, ā, kawea ana mai ia ki te kīngi. 4 Nā, he ātaahua rawa taua kōtiro; ā, i atawhai ia i te kīngi, i mahi hoki ki a ia; otirā kīhai te kīngi i mōhio ki a ia.
Ka Kokoraho a Aronia i te Kīngitanga
5 Kātahi a Aronia tama a Hākiti ka whakanui i a ia, ka mea, “Ko ahau hei kīngi;” ā, meatia ana e ia ētahi hāriata māna, me ētahi tāngata noho hōiho, e rima tekau hoki ngā tāngata hei rere i tōna aroaro. 6 Kīhai hoki tōna pāpā i whakapōuri i tōna ngākau ō mua iho, kīhai i mea, “He aha koe i pēnā ai?” He tangata ātaahua rawa hoki ia; ā, i whānau ia i muri i a Apohārama.
7 Nā, ka kōrerorero ia ki a Ioapa tama a Teruia, ki a Apiātara tohunga; ā, i whai rāua i a Aronia, i āwhina i a ia. 8 Ko Hāroko tohunga ia, ko Penaia tama a Iehoiara, ko Nātana matakite, ko Himei, ko Rei, ko ngā tāngata nunui a Rāwiri, kīhai rātou i uru ki tā Aronia.
9 Nā, ka patua e Aronia he hipi, he kau, me ngā mea mōmona, ki te kōhatu ki Toherete, ki tērā i te taha o Enerōkere, ā, karangatia ana e ia ōna tēina katoa, ngā tama a te kīngi, rātou ko ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā, ngā pononga a te kīngi; 10 ko Nātana matakite ia, ko Penaia, ko ngā tāngata nunui, me tōna teina, me Horomona, kīhai i karangatia e ia.
11 Nā, ka kōrero a Nātana ki a Patehēpa whaea o Horomona, ka mea, “Kāhore anō koe i rongo ko Aronia tama a Hākiti te kīngi, kāhore hoki i te mōhiotia e tō tātou ariki, e Rāwiri? 12 Nā, haere mai, tukua māku e hoatu he whakaaro ki a koe, kia ora ai koe, kia ora ai hoki tāu tama, a Horomona. 13 Haere, ā, ka tae ki a Kīngi Rāwiri, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Kīhai ianei koe i oati mai, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi, ki tāu pononga, i mea: “Ko Horomona tonu ko tāu tama hei kīngi i muri i ahau. Ko ia hoki hei noho i tōku torōna”? Nā, he aha i kīngi ai a Aronia?’ 14 Nā, e kōrero ana anō koe i reira ki te kīngi, ka tae atu hoki ahau i muri i a koe, ā, māku e whakakoia ki āu kōrero.”
15 Nā, ko te haerenga o Patehēpa ki te whare moenga, ki te kīngi; he koroheke rawa hoki te kīngi; ko Āpihaka Hunami anō ki te mahi i ngā mea a te kīngi. 16 Nā, ka tuohu a Patehēpa, ka piko ki te kīngi, ā, ka mea te kīngi, “He aha tāu?”
17 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, “E tōku ariki, i oatitia mai a Ihowā, tōu Atua, e koe ki tāu pononga: ‘Ko Horomona tonu, ko tāu tama hei kīngi i muri i ahau, ā, ko ia hei noho ki tōku torōna.’ 18 Nā, ināianei, kua kīngi a Aronia; ā, kāhore koe, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi, i te mōhio; 19 ā, kua patua e ia he kau, he mea mōmona, he hipi, tōna tini; kua karangatia hoki ngā tama katoa a te kīngi, me Apiātara tohunga, me Ioapa rangatira ope; ko Horomona ia, ko tāu pononga, kīhai i karangatia e ia. 20 Nā, ko koe, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi – e anga ana ngā kanohi o Īharaira katoa ki a koe, kia whakaaturia ki a rātou ko wai e noho ki te torōna o tōku ariki, o te kīngi, i muri i a ia. 21 Nā tēnei ake, hei te moenga o tōku ariki, o te kīngi, ki ōna mātua, ka kīia māua ko tāku tama, ko Horomona, he hunga hara.”
22 Nā, i a ia anō e kōrero ana ki te kīngi, ka tomo mai a Nātana poropiti. 23 Ā, ka kōrerotia e rātou ki te kīngi, ka mea, “Ko Nātana poropiti tēnei.” Nā, haere ana tērā ki te aroaro o te kīngi, ā, piko ana, tāpapa ana ki te whenua ki te aroaro o te kīngi.
24 Nā, ka mea a Nātana, “E tōku ariki, e te kīngi, i mea rānei koe, ‘Ko Aronia hei kīngi i muri i ahau, ā, ko ia hei noho ki tōku torōna’? 25 Kua haere hoki ia ki raro i tēnei rā, ā, kei te patu tērā i te kau, i te mea mōmona, i te hipi, tōna tini, ā, kua karangatia e ia ngā tama katoa a te kīngi rātou ko ngā rangatira ope, ko Apiātara tohunga; kei te kai rātou, kei te inu i tōna aroaro, e kī ana, ‘Kia ora a Kīngi Aronia.’ 26 Ko ahau ia, ko tāu pononga, ko mātou ko Hāroko tohunga, ko Penaia tama a Iehoiara, ko tāu pononga, ko Horomona, kīhai i karangatia e ia. 27 Nā tōku ariki rānei, nā te kīngi tēnei mea, ā, kīhai i whakaaturia e koe ki āu pononga, ko wai e noho ki te torōna o tōku ariki, o te kīngi i muri i a ia?”
Ka Meinga a Horomona hei Kīngi
28 Nā, ka whakahoki a Kīngi Rāwiri, ka mea, “Karangatia a Patehēpa ki ahau.” Nā, haere ana ia ki te aroaro o te kīngi, ā, tū ana i te aroaro o te kīngi.
29 Nā, ko te oatitanga a te kīngi, ka mea: “E ora ana a Ihowā i whakaora nei i ahau i ngā mate katoa, 30 ko āku oatitanga i a Ihowā, i te Atua o Īharaira ki a koe, i ahau i mea rā: He pono, ko Horomona, ko tāu tama, hei kīngi i muri i ahau, ko ia hoki hei noho ki tōku torōna i muri i ahau, he pono me pēnā anō e ahau i tēnei rā.”
31 Kātahi ka tuohu a Patehēpa, anga tonu tōna mata ki te whenua, piko ana ki te aroaro o te kīngi, ka mea, “Kia ora tōku ariki, a Kīngi Rāwiri, ā ake ake!”
32 Nā, ka mea a Kīngi Rāwiri, “Karangatia a Hāroko tohunga ki ahau, a Nātana poropiti, a Penaia tama a Iehoiara.”
Nā, haere ana mai rātou ki te aroaro o te kīngi. 33 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a rātou: “Mauria ngā pononga a tō koutou ariki hei hoa mō koutou, ka whakanoho i a Horomona, i tāku tama, ki tōku muera, ki tōku ake, ka kawe i a ia ki raro, ki Kihona; 34 ā, mā Hāroko tohunga rāua ko Nātana poropiti ia e whakawahi ki reira hei kīngi mō Īharaira; me whakatangi hoki te tētere, me mea, ‘Kia ora a Kīngi Horomona.’ 35 Nā, ka piki ake koutou i muri i a ia, ā, ka tae mai ia, ka noho ki tōku torōna; ā, hei kīngi ia i muri i ahau; he mea whakarite nāku hei rangatira ia mō Īharaira rāua ko Hūrā.”
36 Nā, ka whakahoki a Penaia tama a Iehoiara ki tā te kīngi, ka mea, “Āmine! Kia pēnā mai hoki te kī a Ihowā, a te Atua o tōku ariki, o te kīngi. 37 I tōku ariki nei, i te kīngi, a Ihowā, kia pēnā anō ia ki a Horomona; ā, kia whakanuia ake tōna torōna ki runga ake i te torōna o tōku ariki, o Kīngi Rāwiri.”
38 Heoi, ka haere a Hāroko tohunga, a Nātana poropiti, a Penaia tama a Iehoiara, me ngā Kereti, me ngā Pereti ki raro, ā, whakanohoia ana e rātou a Horomona ki te muera o Kīngi Rāwiri, ā, kawea ana ki Kihona. 39 Nā, tangohia ana e Hāroko tohunga te haona hinu i roto i te tapenākara, ā, whakawahia ana e ia a Horomona. Nā, ka whakatangihia e rātou te tētere; ā, ka mea katoa te iwi, “Kia ora a Kīngi Horomona!” 40 Nā, piki ake ana te iwi katoa i muri i a ia, me te whakatangi te iwi i ngā pūtōrino; nui atu hoki te koa i koa ai rātou, ngātata ana te whenua i tō rātou hāmama.
41 Nā, ka rongo a Aronia rātou ko āna manuhiri i a rātou e whakamutu ana i tā rātou kai; ā, nō te rongonga o Ioapa i te tangi o te tētere, ka mea ake, “He aha tēnei hāmama o te pā e ngangau mai nei?”
42 I a ia anō e kōrero ana, nā, ko Honatana tama a Apiātara tohunga e haere mai ana; ā, ka mea a Aronia, “Haere mai; he tangata māia hoki koe, ā, he kōrero pai āu.”
43 Nā, ka whakahoki a Honatana, ka mea atu ki a Aronia, “He pono rawa, kua meinga a Horomona e tō tātou ariki, e Kīngi Rāwiri, hei kīngi. 44 Ā, kua ungā e te kīngi hei hoa mōna a Hāroko tohunga, a Nātana poropiti, a Penaia tama a Iehoiara rātou ko ngā Kereti, ko ngā Pereti; ā, kua whakanohoia ia e rātou ki te muera o te kīngi; 45 ā, kua whakawahia ia e Hāroko tohunga, e Nātana poropiti hei kīngi ki Kihona. Nā, kua piki ake rātou i reira me te koa, nā, ngateri ana te pā. Ko te hāmama tēnei i rongo nā koutou. 46 Ā, ko Horomona hoki tēnei te noho mai nei i runga i te torōna o te kīngitanga. 47 Ā, kua tae mai hoki ngā pononga a te kīngi ki te manaaki i tō tātou ariki, i a Kīngi Rāwiri, ki te mea, ‘Kia meinga e tōu Atua te ingoa o Horomona kia pai atu i tōu ingoa, kia whakanuia ake e ia tōna torōna i tōu torōna.’ Nā, piko ana te kīngi i runga i te moenga. 48 Ā, i pēnei hoki te kupu a te kīngi, ‘Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira, mōna kua hōmai nei i tētahi hei noho i tōku torōna i tēnei rā, me te kite atu anō ōku kanohi.’ ”
49 Nā, ka pāwera ngā manuhiri a Aronia, whakatika ana, ā, haere ana i tōna ara, i tōna ara. 50 Ā, wehi ana a Aronia i a Horomona, ā, whakatika ana, ka haere, ā, ka hopu i ngā haona o te āta.
51 Nā, ka kōrerotia te kōrero ki a Horomona, “Ko Aronia tērā e wehi ana i a Kīngi Horomona; kei te pupuri anō tērā i ngā haona o te āta; e mea ana, ‘Kia oati a Kīngi Horomona ki ahau āianei, e kore e whakamatea e ia tāna pononga ki te hoari.’ ”
52 Nā, ka mea a Horomona, “Ki te mea he tikanga pai tāna, e kore e taka tētahi makawe ōna ki te whenua; tēnā ki te kitea he hē tōna, ka mate.” 53 Heoi, ka tono tāngata a Kīngi Horomona ki te tiki i a ia i runga i te āta. Ā, haere mai ana ia, piko ana ki a Kīngi Horomona; ā, ka mea a Horomona ki a ia, “Haere ki tōu whare.”