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Hōhepa e Whakaatu ana i a ia ki Ōna Tuākana
1 Nā, kīhai i taea e Hōhepa te whakamanawanui i te aroaro o te hunga katoa e tū ana i tōna taha; ā, ka karanga ia, “Haere katoa atu ngā tāngata i tōku taha.” Ā, kīhai i tū tētahi tangata i tōna taha, i a Hōhepa e whakaatu ana i a ia ki ōna tuākana. 2 Nā, he nui tōna reo ki te tangi; ā, ka rongo ngā Īhipiana, ka rongo anō hoki te whare o Parao.
3 Nā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki ōna tuākana, “Ko Hōhepa ahau; e ora ana anō rānei tōku pāpā?” Ā, kīhai ōna tuākana i āhei te whakahoki kupu ki a ia; i pororaru hoki rātou i tōna aroaro.
4 Ā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki ōna tuākana, “Whakatata mai rā ki ahau.” Ā, ka whakatata rātou. Ā, ka mea ia, “Ko Hōhepa ahau, ko tō koutou teina i hokona nei e koutou ki Īhipa. 5 Nā, kaua rā e pōuri, kaua hoki e mumura ō koutou kanohi, mō koutou i hoko i ahau ki konei; nō te mea he mea tono mai ahau e te Atua ki mua i a koutou hei whakaora tāngata. 6 Ka rua hoki ēnei tau o te matekai ki te whenua; kei muri anō ētahi atu tau e rima, e kore ai e parau, e kore ai e kokoti. 7 Kua tonoa mai nei hoki ahau e te Atua ki mua i a koutou kia whai putanga ai koutou ki te ao, kia ora ai hoki koutou i runga i te whakaoranga nui.
8 “Inā, ehara i a koutou nāna ahau i tono mai ki konei, engari nā te Atua. Kua waiho hoki ahau e ia hei matua ki a Parao, hei ariki anō mō tōna whare katoa, hei kāwana hoki mō te whenua katoa o Īhipa. 9 Hohoro, haere ki runga, ki tōku pāpā, mea atu ki a ia, ‘He pēnei te kupu a tāu tama a Hōhepa, Kua meinga ahau e te Atua hei ariki mō Īhipa katoa; haere mai ki ahau, kaua e whakaroa. 10 Ā, me noho koe ki te whenua o Kohena, ā, ka tata koe ki ahau, koutou ko āu tama, ko ngā tama hoki a āu tama, me āu kāhui, me āu kau, me āu mea katoa. 11 Ā, ka atawhai ahau i a koe ki reira – e rima hoki ēnei tau matekai kei muri nei – kei rawakoretia koutou ko tōu whare me āu mea katoa.’
12 “Nā, ka kite nei ō koutou kanohi, me ngā kanohi o tōku teina, o Pineamine, ko tōku waha tēnei te kōrero nei ki a koutou. 13 Ā, mā koutou e kōrero ki tōku pāpā tōku korōria katoa i Īhipa, me ngā mea katoa i kite nei koutou; kia hohoro anō tā koutou kawe mai i tōku pāpā ki konei.”
14 Nā, ka hinga ia ki runga ki te kakī o Pineamine, o tōna teina, ā, ka tangi, ka tangi anō a Pineamine i runga i tōna kakī. 15 Ā, ka kihi ia i ōna tuākana katoa, ka tangi hoki ki a rātou. Ā muri iho ka kōrero ōna tuākana ki a ia.
16 Nā, ka tae te rongo ki te whare o Parao, ka kōrerotia, “Kua tae mai ngā tuākana o Hōhepa.” He mea pai anō tēnā ki te whakaaro o Parao, o āna tāngata hoki. 17 Nā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, “Kōrero ki ōu tuākana, ‘Ko tēnei tā koutou e mea ai: whakawahā ā koutou kararehe, ā, whakatika, haere ki te whenua o Kanaana. 18 Tīkina hoki tō koutou pāpā, me ngā tāngata o ō koutou whare, ā, haere mai ki ahau; ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea papai o te whenua o Īhipa, ā, ka kai koutou i te mōmonatanga o te whenua.’
19 “Nā, kua whakahaua nei koe, meatia tēnei e koutou, ‘Mauria atu ētahi kāta mā koutou i te whenua o Īhipa mō ā koutou tamariki, mō ā koutou wāhine, ā, kawea mai tō koutou pāpā, haere mai hoki. 20 Ā, kaua e whakaaro ki ā koutou mea; mā koutou hoki ngā mea pai o te whenua katoa o Īhipa.’ ”
21 Nā, ka pērā ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, ka hōmai he kāta e Hōhepa ki a rātou, ka pērā me tā Parao i kī ai, i hōmai anō e ia he ō mō rātou ki te ara. 22 I hōmai anō hoki e ia ki a rātou katoa he whakatakirua mō ngā kākahu o tētahi, o tētahi; ki a Pineamine ia i hōmai e ia e toru rau hiriwa, takirima anō hoki ngā kākahu. 23 Ā, ko ngā mea tēnei i hōmai e ia kia kawea ki tōna pāpā; kotahi tekau ngā kāihe e waha ana i ngā mea papai o Īhipa, me ngā kāihe uha kotahi tekau, ko tā rātou kawenga he wīti, he taro, hei kai mā tōna pāpā ki te ara. 24 Nā, ka tonoa atu e ia ōna tuākana, ā, haere ana rātou; ka mea hoki ia ki a rātou, “Kei ngangau koutou ki te ara.”
25 Nā, haere ana rātou i Īhipa ki runga, ā, ka tae ki te whenua o Kanaana, ki a Hākopa, ki tō rātou pāpā, 26 ā, ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, “E ora ana anō a Hōhepa, ko ia hoki te kāwana o te whenua katoa o Īhipa.” Nā, ka whakapau te manawa o Hākopa, kīhai hoki ia i whakapono ki a rātou. 27 Nā, ka kōrerotia e rātou ki a ia ngā kupu katoa a Hōhepa i kōrero ai ia ki a rātou; ā, ka kite ia i ngā kāta i tukua mai e Hōhepa hei tiki mai mōna, nā, ka ora ake te wairua o Hākopa, o tō rātou pāpā; 28 ā, kātahi a Īharaira ka mea, “Heoi anō; e ora ana anō tāku tama, a Hōhepa. Ka haere ahau kia kite i a ia keiwhā mate ahau.”