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Ka Tae mai ngā Īharaira ki Maunga Hinai
1 Nō te toru o ngā marama o te haerenga mai o ngā tama a Īharaira i te whenua o Īhipa, nō taua rangi anō, ka tae rātou ki te koraha o Hinai. 2 Ā, i tō rātou haerenga atu i Repirimi, ka tae ki te koraha o Hinai, ka noho iho rātou i te koraha; ā, noho ana a Īharaira ki reira, ki te ritenga atu o te maunga.
3 Nā, ka piki a Mohi ki te Atua, ā, ka karanga a Ihowā ki a ia i te maunga, ka mea, “Kia pēnei tāu kōrero ki te whare o Hākopa, tāu kauwhau hoki ki ngā tama a Īharaira: 4 ‘Kua kite koutou i ngā mea i mea ai ahau ki ngā Īhipiana, i tāku whakawahanga hoki i a koutou i runga i ngā parirau ēkara, me te kawenga mai i a koutou ki ahau. 5 Heoi, ki te āta whakarongo koutou ki tōku reo, ki te pupuri hoki i tāku kawenata, ka waiho koutou hei taonga mōku, motu kē i ngā iwi katoa; i ahau hoki te whenua katoa; 6 ā, ka waiho koutou e ahau hei kīngi, hei tohunga, hei iwi tapu hoki.’ Ko ngā kupu ēnei e kōrero ai koe ki ngā tama a Īharaira.”
7 Nā, ka haere iho a Mohi, ka karanga ia ki ngā kaumātua o te iwi, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki tō rātou aroaro ēnei kupu katoa i ākona nei e Ihowā ki a ia. 8 Nā, ka pā katoa te iwi ki te whakahoki, ka mea: “Ka mahia e mātou ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia mai nā e Ihowā.” Ā, kawea ana e Mohi ngā kupu a te iwi ki a Ihowā.
9 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, “Nanā, ka haere atu ahau ki a koe i roto i tētahi kapua mātotoru, kia rongo ai te iwi, ua kōrero ahau ki a koe, kia whakapono ai hoki rātou ki a koe ā mua tonu atu. Ā, kōrerotia ana e Mohi ngā kupu a te iwi ki a Ihowā.”
Ka Whakatapua te Iwi
10 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, “Haere ki te iwi, ka whakatapu hoki i a rātou ākuanei, āpōpō hoki, kia horoi hoki rātou i ō rātou kākahu, 11 kia takatū hoki mō te rā tuatoru; tā te mea hei te rā tuatoru a Ihowā haere iho ai ki te aroaro o te iwi katoa, ki runga ki Maunga Hinai. 12 Ā, whakatakotoria e koe he rohe mō te iwi, tawhio noa, tawhio noa, ka mea atu, ‘Kia mōhio koutou kei piki ki te maunga, kei pā rānei ki tōna taha; ko ngā tāngata katoa e pā ana ki te maunga, inā, me whakamate. 13 Kaua te ringa e pā ki a ia, engari me āki ki te kōhatu, me wero rānei ki te tao; ahakoa kararehe, ahakoa tangata, e kore e ora.’ Ka kukume roa te tangi o te tētere, ka haere mai ai rātou ki te maunga.”
14 Nā, ka haere iho a Mohi i te maunga ki te iwi, ka whakatapu ia i te iwi, ā, horoia ana e rātou ō rātou kākahu. 15 Ā, i mea ia ki te iwi, “Kia takatū koutou i te toru o ngā rā; kaua e whakatata atu ki te wahine.”
16 Ā, ka taka ki te toru o ngā rā, i te ata, nā, ka puta mai ngā whatitiri, me ngā uira, me te kapua mātotoru i runga i te maunga, me te tangi o te tētere, tōna nui nā! Ā, wiri katoa ana te hunga i te puni. 17 Nā, ka ārahina atu te iwi e Mohi i te puni ki te whakatau i te Atua; ā, tū ana rātou ki raro i te maunga. 18 Ā, he paowa kau Maunga Hinai, nō te mea kua heke iho a Ihowā ki runga, i roto i te ahi; ā, kake ana tōna paowa, ānō he paowa oumu, ā, wiri pū te maunga katoa. 19 Ā, i te mea ka nui haere rawa te tangi o te tētere, ka kōrero atu a Mohi, ā, ka kōrero ā-reo tangata mai te Atua ki a ia.
20 Nā, ka heke iho a Ihowā ki Maunga Hinai, ki te tihi o te maunga; ā, karangatia iho ana a Mohi e Ihowā ki te tihi o te maunga; ā, piki atu ana a Mohi. 21 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, “Heke atu, kauwhautia te iwi rā, kei wāhi ake rātou ki a Ihowā ki te mātakitaki, ā, he tokomaha o rātou e hinga. 22 Ko ngā tohunga hoki e whakatata ana ki a Ihowā, kia tapu rātou, kei auta atu a Ihowā ki a rātou.”
23 Ā, ka mea a Mohi ki a Ihowā, “E kore e āhei i te iwi te piki ake ki Maunga Hinai; nāu hoki i kauwhau iho ki a mātou, i mea, ‘Taiepatia te maunga, whakatapua hoki.’ ”
24 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, “Haere, heke atu; ka piki mai anō koe, kōrua ko Ārona; ko ngā tohunga ia, me te iwi, kei wāhi mai rātou, kei piki ki a Ihowā; kei auta atu ia ki a rātou.”
25 Ā, heke atu ana a Mohi ki te iwi, kōrero ana ki a rātou.