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Te Pōhiri Tuatahi o Ehetere ki tētahi Hākari
1 Nā, i te toru o ngā rā ka kākahuria e Ehetere ōna kākahu kuīni, ā, tū ana ia i te marae o roto o te whare o te kīngi, i te ritenga atu o te whare o te kīngi; ko te kīngi hoki e noho ana i runga i te torōna o tōna kīngitanga i te whare kīngi, i te ritenga mai o te tatau o te whare. 2 Ā, i te kitenga atu o te kīngi i a Ehetere, i te kuīni, e tū ana i te marae ka manakohia ia e ia, ā, ka torona mai e te kīngi te hēpeta kōura i tōna ringa ki a Ehetere. Heoi, ka whakatata atu a Ehetere, ā, ka pā ki te pito o te hēpeta.
3 Kātahi ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, “He aha tāu mea, e te kuīni, e Ehetere? He aha hoki te mea e tonoa nei e koe? Ahakoa ko te hāwhe o te kīngitanga, ka hoatu ki a koe.”
4 Anō rā ko Ehetere, “Ki te mea he pai ki tā te kīngi, kia haere mai te kīngi rāua ko Hāmana āianei ki te hākari kua oti i ahau te taka māna.”
5 Anō rā ko te kīngi, “Whakahohorotia a Hāmana hei mea i tā Ehetere i kī ai.”
Nā, haere ana te kīngi rāua ko Hāmana ki te hākari kua oti nei te takā e Ehetere. 6 Ā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Ehetere i te mea e inu wāina ana, “He aha tāu e mea nei māu? Ka hoatu anō ki a koe. He aha hoki tāu e tono nei? Ahakoa ko te hāwhe o te kīngitanga, ka meatia.”
7 Kātahi ka whakautu a Ehetere, ka mea, “Ko tāku i mea ai māku, ko tāku i tono ai. 8 Ki te mea kua manakohia ahau e te kīngi, ki te pai te kīngi kia hōmai tāku i mea ai māku, kia meatia tāku i tono ai, me haere mai te kīngi rāua ko Hāmana ki te hākari e takā e ahau mā rāua; ā, āpōpō ka whakaritea e ahau te kupu a te kīngi.”
He Tārawa mā Mororekai
9 Nā, ka puta atu a Hāmana ki waho i taua rā, me te koa, me te pai o te ngākau. Kei te kitenga ia o Hāmana i a Mororekai i te Kūwaha o te Kīngi, ā, kīhai tērā i whakatika, i oraora ki a ia, kī tonu a Hāmana i te riri ki a Mororekai. 10 Otiia i whakamanawanui a Hāmana, ā, hoki ana ki tōna whare.
Ā, ka tonoa e ia he tangata ki te tiki i ōna hoa, i tāna wahine hoki, i a Herehe. 11 Ā, kōrerotia ana e Hāmana ki a rātou te korōria o ōna taonga, te tokomaha o āna tamariki, me a te kīngi whakanuinga katoa i a ia, me tāna whakanekehanga i a ia ki runga ake i ngā rangatira, i ngā tāngata a te kīngi. 12 I mea anō a Hāmana, “He pono kīhai tētahi i tukua mai e te kuīni, e Ehetere hei hoa mō te kīngi ki te hākari i takā e ia, ko ahau anake; kua kīia mai anō ahau hei hoa atu mō te kīngi ki a ia āpōpō. 13 Heoi, kāhore he pai o tēnei katoa ki ahau, i ahau e kite tonu ana i te Hūrai, i a Mororekai, e noho ana i te Kūwaha o te Kīngi.”
14 Kātahi ka kī atu tāna wahine, a Herehe, rātou ko ōna hoa katoa ki a ia, “Me hanga he tārawa, kia rima tekau whatīanga te tiketike, ā, i te ata māu e kī atu ki te kīngi kia tāronatia a Mororekai ki runga; kātahi koe ka haere koa ai, kōrua ko te kīngi ki te hākari.” Nā, pai tonu taua kupu ki a Hāmana, ā, ka meinga e ia kia hangā taua tārawa.