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Ka Tonoa ngā Kaitūtei ki a Heriko
1 Nā, ka tonoa atu e Hohua, e te tama a Nunu, ētahi tāngata tokorua i Hitimi hei tūtei puku atu, i mea ia, “Tīkina, tirohia te whenua, me Heriko hoki.” Nā, haere ana rāua, ā, ka tae ki te whare o tētahi wahine kairau, ko Rahapa tōna ingoa, ā, ka moe i reira.
2 Nā, ka kōrerotia ki te kīngi o Heriko, ka meatia, “Nanā, kua tae mai ētahi tāngata ki konei i te pō nei, nō ngā tama a Īharaira, he whakataki i te whenua.” 3 Nā, ka tonoa atu e te kīngi o Heriko ki a Rahapa, ka mea, “Whakaputaina mai ki waho ngā tāngata i haere mai nā ki a koe, i haere atu nā ki tōu whare; i haere mai hoki rāua he mātaki i te whenua katoa.”
4 Nā, ka hopu te wahine rā ki ngā tāngata tokorua, ā, hunā iho e ia; ā, ka mea atu ia, “He tika i haere mai ngā tāngata ki ahau, heoi, kīhai ahau i mōhio nō hea rānei rāua. 5 Ā, nō te wā o te tūtakitanga o te kūwaha, nō te mea ka pōuri nei, ka puta atu aua tāngata ki waho. Kāhore ahau e mōhio i haere aua tāngata ki hea. Kia hohoro te whai i muri i a rāua; ka mau hoki rāua i a koutou.” 6 (Kāhore ia, kua kawea rāua e ia ki runga ki te tuanui, ā, hunā ana rāua ki ngā kakau rīnena i horahorangia e ia ki runga i te tuanui.) 7 Nā, ka whai ngā tāngata i muri i a rāua nā te huarahi ki Horano ā tae noa ki ngā whakawhitinga; ā, nō te putanga atu anō o ngā kaiwhai i a rāua ki waho ka tūtakina te kūwaha.
8 Ā, kīanō rāua i takoto noa, nā, ka haere ake ia ki a rāua ki te tuanui, 9 ka mea ki aua tāngata, “E mōhio ana ahau kua hoatu te whenua nei e Ihowā ki a koutou, kua tau mai hoki te wehi o koutou ki a mātou, ā, kei te ngohe noa ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua nei i a koutou. 10 I rongo hoki mātou ki tā Ihowā whakamaroketanga i te wai o te Moana Whero i ō koutou aroaro, i tō koutou putanga mai i Īhipa; ki ngā mea hoki i meatia e koutou ki ngā kīngi tokorua o ngā Amori i tāwāhi o Horano, ki a Hihona rāua ko Oka, i hunā nei e koutou. 11 Ā, i tō mātou rongonga anō, ka ngohe noa ō mātou ngākau, kāhore atu hoki he tokonga ake o te wairua i roto i tētahi, nā koutou hoki; nō te mea ko Ihowā, ko tō koutou Atua, ko ia te Atua i te rangi i runga, i te whenua hoki i raro. 12 Nā, tēnā, oatitia mai a Ihowā ki ahau, i te mea kua atawhaitia nei kōrua e ahau, ka atawhai hoki koutou ki te whare o tōku matua, ā, ka hōmai he tohu pono ki ahau. 13 Ka whakaora hoki koutou i tōku pāpā, i tōku whaea, i ōku tungāne, i ōku tuākana, me ā rātou mea katoa, ā, ka araarai i a mātou kei mate.”
14 Nā, ka mea aua tāngata ki a ia, “Ko tō māua ora mō tō koutou, ki te kāhore koutou e whāki i tā māua take; ā tēnei ake, hei te hōmaitanga a Ihowā i te whenua ki a mātou, ka puta hoki tā mātou mahi atawhai, tā mātou mahi pono ki a koe.”
15 Nā, tukua iho ana rāua e ia ki tētahi taura nā te matapihi; kei te taiepa tonu hoki o te pā tōna whare, ā, noho ai ia i runga i te taiepa. 16 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rāua, “Haere ki te maunga, kei tūtaki ngā kaiwhai ki a kōrua; ka piri ai ki reira kia toru ngā rā, kia hoki mai rā anō ngā kaiwhai; kātahi kōrua ka haere i tō kōrua huarahi.”
17 Kātahi ka mea aua tāngata ki a ia, “E kore māua e whai hara mō tēnei oati āu i whakaoati nei koe i a māua. 18 Nanā, ina tae mai mātou ki tēnei whenua, herea te miro nei, te aho whero nei ki te matapihi i tukua iho nei māua e koe nā reira; ā, me whakahuihui mai ki a koe, ki roto ki te whare, tōu pāpā, me tōu whaea, me ōu tungāne, me te nohoanga katoa o tōu pāpā. 19 Nā, ahakoa ko wai te tangata e puta atu ana ki waho o ngā tatau o tōu whare, hei runga anō i tōna māhunga ōna toto, ko māua ia ka harakore; tēnā ko ngā tāngata katoa i roto tahi koutou i te whare, hei ō māua māhunga ōna toto, ki te pā atu tētahi ringa ki a ia. 20 Otiia, ki te kōrero koe i tā māua take, ka wātea māua i tāu oati i whakaoati nei koe i a māua.”
21 Anō rā ko ia, “Waiho i tā kōrua i mea nā.” Ā, tukua atu ana rāua e ia, ā, haere ana rāua; ā, herea ana e ia te aho whero ki te matapihi.
22 Nā, ka haere rāua, ā, ka tae ki te maunga, ā, noho ana i reira e toru ngā rā, ā, hoki noa ngā kaiwhai; ā, rapu noa ngā kaiwhai i a rāua i te huarahi katoa, ā, kāhore i kitea. 23 Kātahi ka hoki aua tāngata tokorua, ka heke iho i te maunga, ā, ka whiti, ka tae ki a Hohua, tama a Nunu, ka kōrero ki a ia i ngā mea katoa i pono ki a rāua. 24 Ā, ka mea rāua ki a Hohua, “Koia anō, kua hōmai e Ihowā te whenua katoa ki ō tātou ringa; ā, ngohe kau ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua i a tātou.”