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Te Hara o Amanono
1 Muri iho i ēnei mea, nā, he tuahine tō Apohārama tama a Rāwiri, ko Tāmara te ingoa, he ātaahua; ā, i arohaina ia e Amanono tama a Rāwiri.
2 Nā, ngaua kinotia ana a Amanono, nō ka mate ia mō tōna tuahine, mō Tāmara, he wāhina hoki ia, ā, ki te whakaaro o Amanono he hē rawa ki te meatia tētahi mea ki a ia.
3 He hoa ia tō Amanono, tōna ingoa ko Ionārapa, he tama nā Himea, nā tētahi o ngā tuākana o Rāwiri; he tangata mūrere rawa anō a Ionārapa. 4 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “He aha koe, e te tama a te kīngi, i pēnei ai te kikokore i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata? E kore ianei koe e whakaatu ki ahau?”
Anō rā ko Amanono ki a ia, “E aroha ana ahau ki a Tāmara, ki te tuahine o Apohārama, o tōku teina.”
5 Nā, ka mea a Ionārapa ki a ia, “Takoto i runga i tōu moenga, ka whakamatemate hoki i a koe, ā, ka tae mai tōu pāpā kia kite i a koe, nā, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Kia haere mai tōku tuahine, a Tāmara ki te whāngai i ahau ki te kai, ki te taka hoki i te kai i tāku tirohanga, kia kite atu ai ahau, kia kai ai i tā tōna ringa.’ ”
6 Heoi, ka takoto a Amanono, ka whakamatemate; ā, i te taenga mai o te kīngi kia kite i a ia, ka mea a Amanono ki te kīngi, “Tēnā kia haere mai a Tāmara, tōku tuahine ki te hangā i ētahi keke i tāku tirohanga, kia rua, ā, ka kai ahau i tā tōna ringa.”
7 Kātahi ka tono tangata a Rāwiri ki te whare ki a Tāmara, ka mea: “Tēnā, haere ki te whare o tōu tungāne, o Amanono, ki te taka kai māna.” 8 Heoi, haere ana a Tāmara ki te whare o tōna tungāne, o Amanono, ā, i te takoto tērā. Nā, ka mau ia ki te parāoa, ā, pokepokea ana, hanga ana hei keke i tāna tirohanga, nā, tunua ana e ia ngā keke. 9 Nā, kua mau ia ki te parāi, ringihia ana e ia ki tōna aroaro; heoi ka whakaparahako tērā ki te kai.
Nā, ka mea a Amanono, “Kia mawehe katoa atu ngā tāngata i ahau.” Nā, ka mawehe katoa ngā tāngata i a ia. 10 Nā, ka mea a Amanono ki a Tāmara, “Maua ake te kai nā ki te whare moenga, ā, mā tōu ringa ahau e whāngai.” Nā, ka mau a Tāmara ki ngā keke i hangā e ia, ā, kawea ana ki a Amanono, ki tōna tungāne, ki te whare moenga. 11 Ā, i tāna kawenga ki a ia kia kainga, nā, ka hopu tērā i a ia, ka mea, “Haere mai, tāua ka takoto tahi, e tōku tuahine.”
12 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “Kauaka, e tōku tungāne, kaua ahau e whakaititia, kāhore hoki he mahi pēnei i roto i a Īharaira; kāti rā tēnei mahi wairangi. 13 Ko ahau hoki, kei hea he hunanga mō tōku whakamā? Ā, ka rite koe ki tētahi o te hunga wairangi o Īharaira. Engari rā kōrero ki te kīngi; e kore hoki ahau e kaiponuhia e ia ki a koe.” 14 Heoi, kīhai ia i pai ki te whakarongo ki tōna reo; nā, he kaha rawa ia i a ia, ā, whakaititia ana ia e ia, ā, takotoria ana e ia.
15 Kātahi ka nui atu te kino i kino ai a Amanono ki a ia; nui atu te kino i kino ai ia ki a ia i te aroha i aroha ai ia ki a ia. Ā, ka mea a Amanono ki a ia, “Whakatika, haere.”
16 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, “Kāhore he rawa; nui atu te kino o tēnei tononga i ahau i tērā i meatia e koe ki ahau.”
Otiia kīhai ia i pai ki te whakarongo ki a ia. 17 Kātahi ka karangatia e ia tāna tangata i mahi nei ki a ia, ā, ka mea, “Tonoa atu tēnei wahine i tōku aroaro ki waho, whakarawatia hoki te tatau i muri i a ia.” 18 Nā, he kākahu purepure tō te wāhina, he pērā hoki ngā koroka i kākahuria ai ngā tamāhine wāhina a te kīngi. Kātahi ka kawea ia e tāna tangata ki waho, ā, whakarawatia ana te tatau i muri i a ia. 19 Nā, ka opehia e Tāmara he pungarehu ki runga ki tōna mātenga, ā, haea ana e ia tōna kākahu purepure, taupokina iho ōna ringa ki runga ki tōna mātenga, ā, haere ana, me te auē haere.
20 Nā, ka mea a Apohārama tōna tungāne ki a ia, “I a koe tōu tungāne a Amanono? Tēnā, noho puku, e tōku tuahine; ko tōu tungāne hoki ia, kaua tōu ngākau e mea ki tēnei mea.” Nā, noho ana a Tāmara, whakapouaru ana i te whare o tōna tungāne, o Apohārama.
21 I te rongonga ia o Kīngi Rāwiri i ēnei mea katoa, nui rawa tōna riri. 22 Nā, kāhore a Apohārama kupu ki a Amanono, ahakoa pai, ahakoa kino; e mauāhara ana hoki a Apohārama ki a Amanono, mōna i whakaiti i tōna tuahine i a Tāmara.
Ka Patua e Apohārama a Amanono
23 Ā, e rua rawa tau i muri, nā, he kaikutikuti hipi a Apohārama i Paara-Hatoro, i te taha o Ēparaima, ā, karangatia ana e Apohārama ngā tama katoa a te kīngi. 24 Nā, ka haere a Apohārama ki te kīngi, ā, ka mea, “Nanā, he kaikutikuti ēnei a tāu pononga, nā, kia haere te kīngi rātou ko āna pononga hei hoa mō tāu pononga.”
25 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Apohārama, “Kauaka, e tāku tama, kaua mātou katoa e haere, kei taimaha koe i a mātou.” Nā, tohe ana ia ki a ia; otiia kīhai tērā i pai ki te haere; engari i manaaki i a ia.
26 Kātahi ka mea a Apohārama, “Ki te kore, tukua tōku tuakana a Amanono, kia haere tahi mātou.”
Nā, ka mea te kīngi, “Kia haere ia i a koe hei aha?” 27 Ka tohe ia a Apohārama ki a ia, ā, ka tukua e ia a Amanono rātou ko ngā tama katoa a te kīngi hei hoa mōna.
28 Nā, i whakahau a Apohārama i āna tāngata, i mea, “E kite koutou i te ngākau o Amanono e koa ana i te wāina, ā, ka mea ahau ki a koutou, ‘Patua a Amanono,’ nā, me whakamate, kaua e wehi; he teka ianei nāku koutou i whakahau? Kia māia, kia toa.” 29 Ā, rite tonu tā ngā tāngata a Apohārama i mea ai ki a Amanono ki tā Apohārama i whakahau ai. Kātahi ka whakatika katoa ngā tama a te kīngi, ā, eke ana ki tōna muera, ki tōna muera, ā, rere ana.
30 I a rātou anō i te ara, ka tae te rongo ki a Rāwiri, ka kōrerotia, “Kua patua e Apohārama ngā tama katoa a te kīngi, kīhai hoki tētahi o rātou i mahue.” 31 Kātahi ka whakatika te kīngi, ā, haea ana e ia ōna kākahu, takoto ana ki te whenua; me te tū anō āna tāngata katoa, he mea haehae ngā kākahu.
32 Nā, ka oho a Ionārapa tama a Himea, a te tuakana o Rāwiri, ka kī, “Kei mea tōku ariki, ko ngā taitama katoa, ko ngā tama a te kīngi kua whakamatea nei; engari ko Amanono anake i mate. Ko tā Apohārama hoki tēnei i karanga ai, he mea whakatakoto nō te rā anō i whakaiti ai tērā i tōna tuahine, i a Tāmara. 33 Nā, tēnā, kaua te ngākau o tōku ariki, o te kīngi e mea ki taua mea, e whakaaro, ko ngā tama katoa a te kīngi kua mate; kāhore, ko Amanono anake i mate.”
34 Rere ana ia a Apohārama. Nā, ko te marangatanga o ngā kanohi o te tamaiti e tūtei atu ana, ka titiro, nā, he nui te hunga e haere mai ana i te ara i te taha o te puke i tōna tuarā.
35 Nā, ka mea a Ionārapa ki te kīngi, “Nanā, ko ngā tama a te kīngi te haere mai nei; e rite ana ki tā tāu pononga i mea ai.”
36 Mutu kau tāna kōrero, nā, ko te haerenga mai o ngā tama a te kīngi, ā, nui atu tō rātou reo ki te tangi; ā, nui atu te tangi i tangi ai te kīngi rātou ko āna tāngata katoa.
37 Rere ana ia a Apohārama, ā, haere ana ki a Tāramai tama a Amihuru, kīngi o Kehuru. Ko Rāwiri ia, tangihia ana e ia tāna tama i ngā rā katoa.
38 Heoi, rere ana a Apohārama, haere ana ki Kehuru, ā, e toru ōna tau ki reira. 39 Nā, ka kōingo te ngākau o Kīngi Rāwiri kia haere ki a Apohārama; kua mārie hoki ia ki a Amanono, i te mea kua mate ia.