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Te Toronga o te Kuīni o Hēpā
(1 Kīngi 10.1-13)
1 Ā, i te rongonga o te kuīni o Hēpā ki te rongo o Horomona, ka haere mai ki te whakamātau i a Horomona ki ngā kupu pakeke ki Hiruhārama. Nui atu hoki te tira, he kāmera anō e waha ana i ngā mea kakara, i tōna nui o te kōura, i te kōhatu utu nui. Ā, nō tōna taenga mai ki a Horomona, ka kōrerotia e ia ki a ia ngā mea katoa i tōna ngākau. 2 Ā, whakaaturia ana e Horomona ki a ia te tikanga o āna kupu katoa; kāhore he kupu i ngaro i a Horomona, i kore te whakaatu ki a ia. 3 Ā, nō te kitenga o te kuīni o Hēpā i te mōhio o Horomona, i te whare hoki i hangā e ia, 4 i te kai o tāna tēpu, i te nohoanga o āna tāngata, i te tūranga o āna kaimahi, i ō rātou kākahu, i āna kairiringi wāina, i ō rātou kākahu; i tōna pikitanga i piki atu ai ia ki te whare o Ihowā; kore ake he wairua i roto i a ia.
5 Nā, ka mea ia ki te kīngi, “Pono tonu ngā mea i rongo ai ahau i tōku whenua mō āu mahi, mō tōu mōhio. 6 Otiia, kīhai ahau i whakapono ki ā rātou kōrero, ā tae noa mai ahau, kite noa ōku kanohi. Nanā, kīhai te hāwhe o te nui o tōu mōhio i kōrerotia mai ki ahau; nui atu tāu i te rongo i rongo ai ahau. 7 Anō te hari o āu tāngata, te hari o ēnei pononga āu e tū tonu nei i tōu aroaro, e whakarongo nei ki tōu mōhio! 8 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i āhuareka nei ki a koe, i hōmai nei i a koe ki runga ki tōna torōna, hei kīngi mā Ihowā, mā tōu Atua; he aroha nā tōu Atua ki a Īharaira, he mea anō kia whakapūmautia ai rātou ake ake, koia koe i meinga ai e ia hei kīngi mō rātou, hei mahi i te whakawā, i te tika.”
9 Nā, hōmai ana e ia ki te kīngi kotahi rau e rua tekau taranata kōura, tōna tini anō o ngā mea kakara, me ngā kōhatu utu nui. Kāhore anō he mea kakara hei rite mō ēnei i hōmai nei e te kuīni o Hēpā ki a Kīngi Horomona.
10 Nā, ko ngā tāngata a Hūrāma, rātou ko ngā tāngata a Horomona, i kawea mai ai te kōura i Ōpira, i kawea mai anō e rātou he rākau aramuka, he kōhatu utu nui hoki. 11 Nā, ka hangā e te kīngi aua rākau aramuka hei huarahi ki te whare o Ihowā, ki te whare hoki o te kīngi, ā, hei hāpa, hei hātere, hei mea mā ngā kaiwaiata; kāhore i kitea he pērā i mua, i te whenua o Hūrā.
12 Nā, ka hoatu e Kīngi Horomona ki te kuīni o Hēpā ngā mea katoa i pai ai ia, āna hoki i tono ai, hāunga ngā mea i mauria mai e ia ki te kīngi. Nā, ko tōna tahuritanga, ka haere ki tōna ake whenua, rātou ko āna tāngata.
Ngā Rawa Nunui a Horomona
(1 Kīngi 10.14-25)
13 Nā, ko te taimaha o te kōura i tae mai ki a Horomona i te tau kotahi, e ono rau e ono tekau mā ono taranata kōura; 14 hāunga ngā mea i mauria mai e ngā kairapu taonga, e ngā kaihokohoko. I kawea mai anō he kōura, he hiriwa, e ngā kīngi katoa o Arāpia, e ngā kāwana o te whenua, ki a Horomona. 15 Nā, ka hangā e Kīngi Horomona ētahi pukupuku, e rua rau, he mea patu te kōura; e ono rau hekere o te kōura patu i meatia ki te pukupuku kotahi; 16 me ētahi pukupuku iti iho, e toru rau, he mea patu anō te kōura. E toru rau hekere kōura i meatia ki te pukupuku kotahi; ā, whakatakotoria ana e te kīngi ki te whare o te ngahere o Repanōna.
17 I hangā anō e te kīngi he torōna nui ki te rei, whakakikoruatia iho ki te kōura parakore. 18 Ā, e ono ngā kurupae ki te torōna, me te tūranga waewae, he mea kōura, he mea hono ki te torōna, me ngā okiokinga anō i te wāhi e nohoia ana, i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, e rua hoki ngā raiona e tū ana i te taha o ngā okiokinga. 19 Kotahi tekau mā rua ngā raiona i reira e tū ana i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, i ngā kaupae e ono. Kāhore he mea pērā i hangā i tētahi atu rangatiratanga.
20 Nā, ko ngā oko inu katoa a Kīngi Horomona, he kōura kau; me ngā oko katoa o te whare o te ngahere o Repanōna, he kōura parakore; kāhore he mea hiriwa; kīhai te hiriwa i kīia he mea nui i ngā rā o Horomona. 21 He kaipuke hoki a te kīngi, rere ai ki Tarahihi me ngā tāngata a Hūrāma; kotahi te ūnga mai i ngā tau e toru o ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi, me te mau mai i te kōura, i te hiriwa, i te rei, i te makimaki, i te pīkake.
22 Nā, nui atu a Kīngi Horomona i ngā kīngi katoa o te whenua te whai taonga, te mōhio. 23 Ā, i whai ngā kīngi katoa o te whenua ki a Horomona, kia rongo i tōna mōhio i hōmai nei e te Atua ki tōna ngākau. 24 Ā, ka mauria mai e tēnā tāna hākari, tāna hākari, ngā oko hiriwa, ngā oko kōura, ngā kākahu, ngā mea mō te whawhai, ngā mea kakara, ngā hōiho, ngā muera, he mea tatau ā-tau tonu.
25 Nā, e whā mano ngā tūranga a Horomona mō ngā hōiho, mō ngā hāriata, tekau mā rua mano ngā kaieke hōiho, waiho ana e ia ki ngā pā hāriata, ki te kīngi anō ki Hiruhārama. 26 Nā, ko ia te kīngi mō ngā kīngi katoa, o te awa mai ā tae noa ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini, ki te rohe rā anō ki Īhipa. 27 Nā, meinga ana e te kīngi te hiriwa o Hiruhārama kia rite ki te kōhatu; i meinga anō hoki e ia ngā hīta kia rite ki te hikamora i te raorao te tini. 28 Ā, mauria ana mai e rātou he hōiho mō Horomona i Īhipa, i ngā whenua katoa anō hoki.
He Whakarāpoto o te Kīngitanga o Horomona
(1 Kīngi 11.41-43)
29 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Horomona, ō mua, ō muri, kāhore ianei i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka a Nātana poropiti, ki te poropititanga anō a Āhia Hironi, ki ngā kitenga anō a Iro matakite i ngā mea mō Ieropoama tama a Nēpata? 30 Nā, e whā tekau ngā tau i kīngi ai a Horomona i Hiruhārama ki a Īharaira katoa. 31 Nā, ka moe a Horomona ki ōna mātua, ā, tanumia ana ki te pā o tōna pāpā, o Rāwiri; ā, ka kīngi ko Rehopoama, ko tāna tama i muri i a ia.