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Ka Tutea e Kīngi Ahuahueruha a Kuīni Wahati
1 Nā, i ngā rā i a Ahahueruha, arā a Ahahueruha i kīngi nei i Inia, ā tae noa ki Etiopia, kotahi rau e rua tekau mā whitu ngā kāwanatanga. 2 I aua rā, i te mea e āta noho ana a Kīngi Ahahueruha i runga i te torōna o tōna kīngitanga i Huhana, i te whare kīngi. 3 I te toru o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga, ka tukua e ia he hākari mā āna rangatira katoa rātou ko āna tāngata. I tōna aroaro anō te hunga nunui o Pahia, o Meria, ngā tāngata rarahi, me ngā rangatira o ngā kāwanatanga, 4 i a ia e whakakite ana i te taonga me te korōria o tōna kīngitanga, i tōna hōnore, i tōna ātaahua nui, he maha ngā rā, kotahi rau e waru tekau ngā rā.
5 Nā, ka taka aua rā, ka tukua e te kīngi he hākari mā te iwi katoa i reira i Huhana, i te whare kīngi, mā te rahi, mā te iti, e whitu ngā rā, i te marae i te kāri i te whare o te kīngi. 6 Ko ngā hīpoki he mea mā, he kākāriki, he purū; ko ngā aho he rīnena pai, he mea pāpura, ko ngā mōwhiti i mau ai, he hiriwa; ko ngā pou he mapere; ko ngā takotoranga he kōura, he hiriwa; ā, ko te papa o raro he mapere whero, mā, kōwhai, mangu hoki. 7 Ko ngā kapu inu i hoatu mā rātou he oko kōura; rerekē tonu te āhua o tēnei oko, o tēnei oko; tōna nui anō o te wāina kīngi, rite tonu ki tā te kīngi tikanga. 8 I rite anō te inu ki tā te ture, kāhore he tohe; nā te kīngi taua tikanga i whakatakoto ki ngā rangatira katoa o tōna whare, ko tā te tangata i pai ai ko tāna tērā e mea ai.
9 I tukua anō e te kuīni, e Wahati, he hākari mā ngā wāhine i roto i te whare kīngi o Kīngi Ahahueruha.
10 I te whitu o ngā rā, i te mea e koa ana te ngākau o te kīngi i te wāina, ka mea ia ki a Mehumana rātou ko Pitita, ko Harapona, ko Pikita, ko Apākata, ko Tetara, ko Karakaha, ki ngā rangatira rūma tokowhitu i mahi i te aroaro o Kīngi Ahahueruha, 11 kia kawea mai te kuīni, a Wahati, ki te aroaro o te kīngi, me te karauna kuīni, kia whakakitea atu ai tōna ātaahua ki ngā iwi, ki ngā rangatira; he pai hoki tōna āhua. 12 Otiia kīhai a Kuīni Wahati i pai kia haere mai i tā te kīngi kupu i kōrerotia e āna rangatira rūma. Nā reira i riri rawa ai te kīngi, ā, mura ana tōna riri i roto i a ia.
13 Kātahi te kīngi ka kōrero ki ngā tāngata whai whakaaro i mōhio nei ki ngā tāima, ko tā te kīngi tikanga hoki ia, ki te hunga katoa e mōhio ana ki te ture, ki te whakarite tikanga; 14 ko Karahena hoki i tata ki a ia, ko Hetara, ko Aramata, ko Tarahihi, ko Merehe, ko Marahena, ko Memukana, arā ko ngā rangatira tokowhitu o Pahia, o Meria, i kite nei i te mata o te kīngi, ā, i noho hei tuatahi i te kīngitanga.
15 “Ki tā te ture, ko te aha kia meatia ki te kuīni, ki a Wahati, mōna kīhai i whakarite i te kupu a Kīngi Ahahueruha i kawea atu e ngā rangatira rūma?”
16 Nā, ka mea a Memukana i te aroaro o te kīngi rātou ko ngā rangatira, “Ehara i te mea ki te kīngi anake tā Kuīni Wahati hē; engari ki ngā rangatira katoa anō, ki ngā iwi katoa o ngā kāwanatanga katoa a Kīngi Ahahueruha. 17 Ka haere hoki te rongo o tēnei mahi a te kuīni ki ngā wāhine katoa, ā, ka whakahāwea ō rātou kanohi ki ā rātou tāne, ina ka kōrerotia, ‘I mea a Kīngi Ahahueruha kia kawea mai a Kuīni Wahati ki tōna aroaro, ā, kīhai tērā i haere mai.’ 18 Ka pēnā anō āianei te kupu a ngā wāhine rangatira o Pahia, o Meria, kua rongo nei ki te mahi a te kuīni, ki ngā rangatira katoa a te kīngi. Nā, tērā e nui atu te whakahāwea me te riri.
19 “Ki te pai te kīngi, kia puta he kupu kīngi māna, me tuhituhi hoki ki roto ki ngā ture o ngā Pahi, o ngā Meri, kei taka, arā kia kaua a Wahati e haere mai ki te aroaro o Kīngi Ahahueruha; ko tōna kuīnitanga hoki kia hoatu e te kīngi ki tētahi atu e pai ake ana i a ia. 20 Ā, ka rangona tā te kīngi tikanga e whakatakoto ai ia puta noa i tōna kīngitanga nui nei, kātahi ngā wāhine katoa ka whakahōnore i ā rātou tāne, i te iti, i te rahi.”
21 Nā, pai tonu te kupu ki te whakaaro o te kīngi, o ngā rangatira; ā, rite tonu ki te kupu a Memukana tā te kīngi i mea ai. 22 I tukua hoki e ia he pukapuka ki ngā kāwanatanga katoa a te kīngi, ki tēnei kāwanatanga, ki tēnei kāwanatanga, he mea whakarite ki tō reira tikanga mō te tuhituhi, ki tēnei iwi, ki tēnei iwi, he mea whakarite ki tō reira reo, arā ko ngā tāne katoa hei rangatira i roto i ō rātou whare; ā, kia kōrerotia i te reo o tō reira iwi.