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Te Whakahau kia Koropiko ki te Whakapakoko Kōura
1 I hangā e Kīngi Nepukaneha he whakapakoko kōura, ko tōna roa e ono tekau whatīanga, ā, ko tōna whānui e ono whatīanga; ā, whakatūria ana e ia ki te mānia o Rura i te kāwanatanga o Papurōna. 2 Kātahi a Kīngi Nepukaneha ka tono tāngata ki te huihui i ngā ariki, i ngā kāwana, i ngā rangatira, i ngā kaiwhakawā, i ngā kaitiaki taonga, i ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, i ērā atu rangatira, i ngā kāwana katoa o ngā kāwanatanga, kia haere mai ki te tāinga o te kawa o te whakapakoko i whakatūria e Kīngi Nepukaneha. 3 Kātahi ngā ariki, ngā kāwana, ngā rangatira, ngā kaiwhakawā, ngā kaitiaki taonga, ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, ērā atu rangatira, me ngā kāwana katoa o ngā kāwanatanga ka huihui ki te tāinga o te kawa o te whakapakoko kua whakatūria nei e Kīngi Nepukaneha. Nā, tū ana rātou ki te aronga o te whakapakoko kua whakatūria nei e Nepukaneha.
4 Kātahi ka nui atu te karanga a te kaikaranga, “He whakahau tēnei ki a koutou, e ngā tāngata, e ngā iwi, e ngā reo; 5 ā te wā e rongo ai koutou i te tangi o te koronete, o te pūtōrino, o te hāpa, o te hakaputa, o te hātere, o te taratimere, o ngā mea tangi katoa, me takoto koutou, me koropiko ki te whakapakoko kōura kua whakatūria nei e Kīngi Nepukaneha. 6 Nā, ki te kāhore tētahi e takoto, e koropiko, ka makā ia i taua hāora anō ki waenganui o te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha.”
7 Nā reira, i taua wā, i te rongonga o te iwi katoa i te tangi o te koronete, o te pūtōrino, o te hāpa, o te hakaputa, o te hātere, o ngā mea tangi katoa, takoto tonu iho ngā tāngata katoa, ngā iwi, ngā reo, koropiko ana ki te whakapakoko kōura kua tū nei i a Kīngi Nepukaneha.
Ka Whakapaea ngā Hoa e Toru mō te Whakahoihoi
8 Heoi, i taua wā ka haere mai ētahi Karari, ka whakahē ki ngā Hūrai. 9 I kōrero rātou, i mea ki a Kīngi Nepukaneha, “E te kīngi, kia ora tonu koe. 10 I whakatakotoria e koe he ture, e te kīngi, nā, ko ngā tāngata katoa e rongo ana i te tangi o te koronete, o te pūtōrino, o te hāpa, o te hakaputa, o te hātere, o te taratimere, o ngā mea tangi katoa, kia takoto, kia koropiko ki te whakapakoko kōura; 11 ā, ki te kāhore tētahi e takoto, e koropiko, kia makā ia ki te oumu he mura rawa te ngiha. 12 Tēnei ētahi Hūrai, he hunga i whakaritea e koe hei kaitirotiro mō ngā mea o te kāwanatanga o Papurōna: ko Hataraka, ko Mehaka, ko Apereneko. Kīhai ēnei tāngata i whakaaro ki a koe, e te kīngi; kāhore rātou e mahi ki ōu atua, kāhore e koropiko ki te whakapakoko kōura ka oti nei te whakatū e koe.”
13 Kātahi a Nepukaneha i runga i tōna riri me te weriweri ka whakahau kia mauria mai a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko. Kātahi ka kawea mai e rātou aua tāngata ki te aroaro o te kīngi. 14 I kōrero a Nepukaneha, i mea ki a rātou, “He mea āta whakaaro rānei, e Hataraka, e Mehaka, e Apereneko, e kore nei koutou e mahi ki ōku atua, e kore nei e koropiko ki te whakapakoko kōura kua tū nei i ahau? 15 Nā, ki te hihiko koutou i te wā e rongo ai koutou i te tangi o te koronete, o te pūtōrino, o te hāpa, o te hakaputa, o te hātere, o te taratimere o ngā mea tangi katoa, ā, ka takoto ka koropiko, ki te whakapakoko i hangā e ahau, he pai. Tēnā ki te kāhore koutou e koropiko, ka makā koutou i taua hāora ki te oumu he mura rawa tōna ngiha; ā, ko wai te atua hei whakaora i a koutou i roto i ōku ringa?”
16 I whakahoki a Hataraka a Mehaka, a Apereneko, i mea ki te kīngi, “E Nepukaneha, kāhore ā mātou māharahara ki te whakahoki kupu ki a koe mō tēnei mea. 17 Ki te pēnātia, e taea anō e tō mātou Atua, e karakiatia nei e mātou, te whakaora i a mātou i roto i te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha, inā, ka whakaorangia anō mātou e ia i tōu ringa, e te kīngi. 18 Otiia ka kore, kia mōhio koe, e te kīngi, e kore mātou e mahi ki ōu atua, e kore anō e koropiko ki te whakapakoko kōura kua tū nā i a koe.”
Ka Whiua ngā Taitama ki roto i te Ahi
19 Kī tonu i reira a Nepukaneha i te riri, rerekē ana te āhua o tōna mata ki a Hataraka, ki a Mehaka, ki a Apereneko. Kōrero ana ia, whakahau ana kia whitu ngā whakanekehanga ake o te hana o te oumu i tō mua hana. 20 I whakahau anō ia i ngā tāngata kaha rawa o tāna ope kia herea a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko, kia makā ki roto ki te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha. 21 Kātahi ka herea ngā tāngata nei i roto tonu i ō rātou tarau, i ō rātou koti, i ō rātou koroka me ērā atu ō rātou kākahu, ā, ka makā ki roto ki te oumu he mura rawa nei tōna ngiha. 22 Nā reira, i te akiaki rawa o te whakahau a te kīngi, i te nui rawa hoki o te hana o te ahi, mate iho i te mura o te ahi ngā tāngata nāna i kawe a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko. 23 Nā, ka taka ngā tāngata tokotoru nei, a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko, he mea here, ki waenganui o te oumu he mura rawa nei tōna ngiha.
24 Ko te tino mīharotanga o Nepukaneha, hohoro tonu tōna whakatika, kei te kōrero, kei te mea ki āna kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, “He teka ianei tokotoru ngā tāngata i makā e tātou, he mea here, ki waenganui o te ahi?”
Ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea ki te kīngi, “He tika anō, e te kīngi.”
25 Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Nanā, tokowhā ngā tāngata e kitea nei e ahau, kāhore he here, e hāereere ana i waenganui o te ahi, kāhore hoki e ahatia; nā, ko te āhua o te tuawhā kei tō te Tama a te Atua.”
Ka Wetekina, ka Hāpaitia ngā Tāne e Toru
26 Kātahi ka whakatata a Nepukaneha ki te waha o te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha, kei te kōrero, kei te mea, “E Hataraka, e Mehaka, e Apereneko, e ngā pononga a te Atua, a te Runga Rawa, puta mai, haere mai hoki.”
Kātahi a Hataraka rātou ko Mehaka, ko Apereneko ka puta mai i waenganui o te ahi. 27 Nā, ko te huihuinga o ngā ariki, o ngā kāwana, o ngā rangatira, o ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro a te kīngi, ka kite rātou i ēnei tāngata, kīhai nei te ahi i whai kaha ki ō rātou tinana, kīhai anō ngā makawe o ō rātou māhunga i hunua, kīhai anō ō rātou koti i puta kē, kīhai anō te haunga ahi i rere i runga i a rātou.
28 Ka kōrero a Nepukaneha, ka mea, “Kia whakapaingia te Atua o Hataraka, o Mehaka, o Apereneko, nāna nei i unga mai tāna anahera, ā, whakaorangia ana e ia āna pononga i whakawhirinaki nei ki a ia, i whakaputa kē nei i te kupu a te kīngi, ā, tukua ana e rātou ō rātou tinana, he mea kei mahi rātou, kei koropiko ki tētahi atu atua, engari ki tō rātou Atua anake. 29 Nā, ko tāku ture tēnei e whakatakoto nei, nā, ko ngā tāngata, ko te iwi, ko te reo, he kupu kino nei tāna mō te Atua o Hataraka, o Mehaka, o Apereneko, ka haehaea rātou, ā, ka meinga ō rātou whare hei pūranga paru. Nō te mea kāhore atu he atua he rite tāna whakaora ki tā tēnei.”
30 Kātahi ka whakanekehia ake anō a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko e te kīngi i te kāwanatanga o Papurōna.