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E Whakarite ana kia Kawea te Āka o te Kawenata
1 Nā, ka hangā e Rāwiri ētahi whare mōna ki te pā o Rāwiri; i whakapaia anō e ia he wāhi, i whakatū tēneti hoki mō te āka a te Atua. 2 Kātahi a Rāwiri ka mea, “E kore e pai kia kawea te āka a te Atua e tētahi atu, engari mā ngā Rīwaiti; ko rātou hoki tā Ihowā i whiriwhiri ai hei mau i te āka a te Atua, hei mahi hoki ki a ia i ngā wā katoa.”
3 Nā, ka huihuia e Rāwiri a Īharaira katoa ki Hiruhārama, ki te kawe i te āka a Ihowā ki tōna wāhi i whakapaia rā e ia mōna. 4 I huihuia anō e Rāwiri ngā tama a Ārona rātou ko ngā Rīwaiti: 5 o ngā tama a Kohata, ko Uriere, ko te rangatira, rātou ko ōna tēina kotahi rau e rua tekau; 6 o ngā tama a Merari, ko Ahaia, ko te rangatira, rātou ko ōna tēina e rua rau e rua tekau; 7 o ngā tama a Kerehoma, ko Hoera, ko te rangatira, rātou ko ōna tēina kotahi rau e toru tekau; 8 o ngā tama a Eritapana, ko Hemaia, ko te rangatira, rātou ko ōna tēina e rua rau; 9 o ngā tama a Heperona, ko Eriere, ko te rangatira, rātou ko ōna tēina e waru tekau; 10 o ngā tama a Utiere, ko Aminarapa, ko te rangatira, rātou ko ōna tēina kotahi rau kotahi tekau mā rua.
11 I karangatia anō e Rāwiri a Hāroko rāua ko Apiātara, ngā tohunga, rātou ko ngā Rīwaiti, ko Uriere, ko Ahaia, ko Hoera, ko Hemaia, ko Eriere, ko Aminarapa, 12 i mea ia ki a rātou, “Ko koutou ngā rangatira o ngā whare o ngā mātua o ngā Rīwaiti. Whakatapua koutou, koutou ko ō koutou tēina; mā koutou hoki e kawe te āka a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira ki te wāhi i whakapaia e ahau mōna. 13 Nō te mea hoki ehara i a koutou i kawe i te tuatahi, nō reira i tōrere mai ai a Ihowā, tō tātou Atua ki a tātou, nō te mea kīhai i rite ki te tikanga tā tātou rapu i a ia.” 14 Heoi, kei te whakatapu ngā tohunga me ngā Rīwaiti i a rātou, kia kawea ai e rātou te āka a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira. 15 Nā, ka amohia e ngā tama a ngā Rīwaiti te āka a te Atua, ka pērā me tā Mohi i whakahau ai, me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai, ko ngā amo i runga i ō rātou pokohiwi.
16 I kōrero anō a Rāwiri ki ngā rangatira o ngā Rīwaiti kia whakaritea ō rātou tēina hei kaiwaiata i runga i ngā mea waiata, i ngā hātere, i ngā hāpa, i ngā himipora, he mea e rangona, he reo koa hoki e whakaarahia ana e rātou.
17 Nā, ka whakaritea e ngā Rīwaiti, ko Hēmana tama a Hoera; o ōna tēina hoki ko Āhapa tama a Perekia; o ō rātou tēina, o ngā tama a Merari ko Ētana tama a Kuhaia; 18 o ō rātou tēina, ngā tuarua, hei hoa mō rātou, ko Hakaraia, ko Pene, ko Taatiere, ko Hemirāmoto, ko Tehiere, ko Uni, ko Eriapa, ko Penaia, ko Maaheia, ko Matitia, ko Eriperehe, ko Mikineia, ko Opere-Eroma, ko Teiere; he kaitiaki kūwaha rātou.
19 Nā, whakaritea ana ko ngā kaiwaiata, ko Hēmana, ko Āhapa, ko Ētana, hei whakatangi i ngā himipora parāhi; 20 nā, ko Hakaraia, ko Atiere, ko Hemirāmoto, ko Tehiere, ko Uni, ko Eriapa, ko Maaheia, ko Penaia, he mea i runga i ngā hātere, he mea Arāmoto; 21 ā, ko Matitia, ko Eriperehe, ko Mikineia, ko Opere-Eroma, ko Teiere, ko Atatia, i runga i ngā hāpa, he mea Heminiti, hei whakarewa. 22 Nā, ko Kenania anō, ko te upoko a ngā Rīwaiti, hei whakahua: i whakaako anō ia ki te whakahua waiata; he mōhio hoki ia.
23 Ko Perekia rāua ko Erekana ngā kaitiaki tatau mō te āka. 24 Ko ngā tohunga anō, ko Hepania, ko Iohapata, ko Netanēre, ko Amahai, ko Hakaraia, ko Penaia, ko Eriētere, hei whakatangi i ngā tētere ki mua i te āka a te Atua; ā, ko Opere-Eroma rāua ko Iahia ngā kaitiaki tatau mō te āka.
Ka Kawea te Āka ki Hiruhārama
(2 Hamuera 6.12-22)
25 Nā, haere ana a Rāwiri rātou ko ngā kaumātua o Īharaira, ko ngā rangatira o ngā mano ki te kawe i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā i te whare o Opere-Eroma i runga i te koa. 26 Ā, ka āwhina te Atua i ngā Rīwaiti, nā rātou nei i amo te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, nā, ka patua e rātou te whakahere, e whitu ngā pūru, e whitu ngā hipi toa. 27 Nā, he koroka rīnena pai te kākahu o Rāwiri, o ngā Rīwaiti katoa i amohia ai te āka, o ngā kaiwaiata, o Kenania anō, o te rangatira o te waiata, me ngā kaiwaiata hoki. He epora rīnena anō tō Rāwiri. 28 Nā, kei te kawe a Īharaira katoa i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, me te hāmama anō rātou, me te tangi anō te koronete, te tētere, te himipora; pakū ana te rongo o ngā hātere, o ngā hāpa.
29 Nā, i te taenga o te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā ki te pā o Rāwiri, ka titiro atu a Mikara tamāhine a Haora i te matapihi, ka kite i a Kīngi Rāwiri e kanikani ana, e tākaro ana; nā, ka whakahāwea ki a ia i roto i tōna ngākau.