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1 Nā, ka haere a Hōhepa, ka kōrero ki a Parao, ka mea, “Kua tae mai tōku pāpā me ōku tuākana, me ā rātou kāhui, ā rātou kau, ā rātou mea katoa, i te whenua o Kanaana; nā, kei te whenua rātou o Kohena.” 2 Nā, ka tango ia i ētahi o ōna tuākana, tokorima, ā, whakatūria ana rātou e ia ki te aroaro o Parao.
3 Ā, ka mea a Parao ki ōna tuākana, “He aha tā koutou nā mahi?”
Ā, ka mea rātou ki a Parao, “He hēpara āu pononga, mātou me ō mātou mātua.” 4 I mea anō rātou ki a Parao, “He noho ki tēnei whenua i haere mai ai mātou; nō te mea kāhore he kai mā ngā hipi a āu pononga; he nui hoki te matekai o te whenua o Kanaana; koia rā kia noho āu pononga ki te whenua o Kohena.”
5 Nā, ka kōrero a Parao ki a Hōhepa, ka mea, “Kua tae mai nei tōu pāpā me ōu tuākana ki a koe. 6 Kei tōu aroaro te whenua o Īhipa; whakanohoia e koe tōu pāpā me ōu tuākana ki te wāhi pai o te whenua; kia noho rātou ki te whenua o Kohena. Ki te mea hoki e mōhiotia ana e koe ētahi tāngata pakari i roto i a rātou, meinga rātou hei rangatira mō āku kararehe.”
7 Nā, ka kawea mai a Hākopa, tōna pāpā, e Hōhepa, ka whakatūria ki te aroaro o Parao; ā, ka manaaki a Hākopa i a Parao. 8 Ā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hākopa, “Ka hia ōu tau?”
9 Ka mea a Hākopa ki a Parao, “Ka kotahi rau e toru tekau tau ngā rā o ngā tau o tōku noho manene. He torutoru, ā, he kino ngā rā o ngā tau o tōku ora, kīhai anō hoki i rite ki ngā rā o ngā tau o te ora o ōku mātua, i ngā rā i noho manene ai rātou.” 10 Nā, ka manaaki a Hākopa i a Parao, ā, puta atu ana i te aroaro o Parao.
11 Nā, ka whakanohoia e Hōhepa tōna pāpā me ōna tuākana, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki a rātou he kāinga i te whenua o Īhipa, i te wāhi pai rawa o te whenua, i te whenua o Ramehehe, pērā me tā Parao i whakahau ai. 12 Nā, ka atawhai a Hōhepa i tōna pāpā, rātou ko ōna tuākana, ko te whare katoa anō hoki o tōna pāpā ki te taro, he mea whakarite tonu ki ō rātou hapū.
Te Matekai
13 Ā, kāhore he taro o te whenua katoa; he nui rawa hoki te matekai; ā, hemo noa iho te whenua o Īhipa i te matekai, me te whenua hoki o Kanaana. 14 Ā, kohia ana e Hōhepa te moni katoa i kitea ki te whenua o Īhipa, ki te whenua hoki o Kanaana, mō te wīti i hokona e rātou; ā, kawea ana e Hōhepa te moni ki te whare o Parao. 15 Ā, nō te potonga o te moni o te whenua o Īhipa, o te whenua hoki o Kanaana, nā, ka haere ngā Īhipiana katoa ki a Hōhepa, ka mea, “Hōmai he taro ki a mātou; kia mate hoki mātou ki tōu aroaro hei aha? Kua poto nei hoki te moni.”
16 Nā, ka mea a Hōhepa, “Hōmai ā koutou kararehe; ā, ka hoatu e ahau hei utu mō ā koutou kararehe, i te mea kua poto te moni.” 17 Nā, ka kawea mai e rātou ā rātou kararehe ki a Hōhepa; ā, hoatu ana e Hōhepa he taro ki a rātou hei utu mō ngā hōiho, mō ngā kāhui hipi, mō ngā kāhui kau, mō ngā kāihe. Ā, whāngaia ana rātou e ia ki te taro i taua tau, hei utu mō ā rātou kararehe katoa.
18 Ā, nō te takanga o taua tau, ka haere mai rātou ki a ia i te rua o ngā tau, ka mea ki a ia, “E kore e hunā e mātou i tōku ariki, kua poto te moni; kei tōku ariki hoki ā mātou kāhui kararehe; kāhore he mea e toe ana hei tirohanga mā tōku ariki, ko ō mātou tinana anake, me ō mātou oneone. 19 Kia mate mātou ki tōu aroaro hei aha? Mātou tahi hoki me tō mātou oneone? Hokona mātou me tō mātou oneone ki te taro, ā, ka riro mātou me tō mātou oneone hei pononga mā Parao. Hōmai anō hoki he purapura, ā, ka ora mātou, ā, e kore e mate, e kore anō hoki e ururuatia te whenua.”
20 Nā, ka hokona e Hōhepa te oneone katoa o Īhipa mō Parao. I hokona hoki e ngā Īhipiana tāna māra, tāna māra; he pēhi rawa hoki nā te matekai i a rātou. Ā, riro ana te whenua i a Parao; 21 tēnā ko ngā tāngata, i whakawhitiwhitia e ia ki ngā pā, i tētahi pito o ngā rohe o Īhipa ā puta noa ki tētahi pito o reira. 22 Ko te oneone anake ia o ngā tohunga kīhai i hokona e ia; i whakaritea hoki tētahi wāhi e Parao mā ngā tohunga, ā, i kai rātou i tā rātou wāhi i hōmai e Parao mā rātou; koia tē hokona ai e rātou ō rātou oneone.
23 Ā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki te iwi, “Nanā, kua hokona nei koutou e ahau ināianei, me tō koutou oneone, mā Parao. Nā, he purapura mā koutou, ruia te whenua. 24 Ā, ka whai hua ā mua, me hōmai e koutou te rima o ngā wāhi ki a Parao, ā, mā koutou ngā wāhi e whā, hei purapura mō te māra, hei kai hoki mā koutou, mā te hunga hoki i roto i ō koutou whare, hei kai anō hoki mā ā koutou tamariki.”
25 Ā, ka mea rātou, “Ka ora mātou i a koe; kia manakohia mātou e tōku ariki, hei pononga mātou mā Parao.”
26 Nā, ka whakatakotoria te tikanga e Hōhepa mō te oneone o Īhipa ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, mā Parao te rima o ngā wāhi; hāunga ia te oneone o ngā tohunga, kīhai hoki tēnā i riro i a Parao.
Te Ōhākī a Īharaira
27 Nā, ka noho a Īharaira ki te whenua o Īhipa, ki te whenua o Kohena; ka whai kāinga rātou ki reira, ka hua, ka nui whakaharahara. 28 Ā, kotahi tekau mā whitu ngā tau i ora ai a Hākopa ki te whenua o Īhipa; ā, kotahi rau e whā tekau mā whitu ngā tau o te oranga o Hākopa.
29 Nā, ka whakatata ngā rā o Īharaira e mate ai ia; ā, ka karanga i tāna tama, i a Hōhepa, ka mea ki a ia, “Nā, ki te mea ka manakohia ahau e koe, tēnā, whakapākia mai tōu ringa ki raro i tōku hūhā, ā, whakaputaina mai he aroha, he pono ki ahau; kaua rā ahau e tanumia ki Īhipa. 30 Engari, kia takoto ahau ki ōku mātua, me kawe atu ahau e koe i Īhipa, me tanu hoki ki tō rātou urupā.”
Ā, ka mea ia, “Ka rite i ahau tāu kupu.”
31 Ā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “Oati mai ki ahau.” Ā, oati ana ia ki a ia, ā, ka piko a Īharaira ki runga ki te urunga o te moenga.

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