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Te Whānautanga o Īhaka
1 Nā, ka tirohia mai a Hara e Ihowā, ka pērātia me tāna i kōrero ai, ā, rite tonu ki tāna kupu tā Ihowā i mea ai ki a Hara. 2 Nā, ka hapū a Hara, ā, ka whānau he tama mā Āperahama i tōna koroheketanga i te wā anō i whakaritea e te Atua ki a ia. 3 Nā, ka huaina e Āperahama te ingoa o tāna tama i whānau nei māna, i whānau mai nei i a Hara, ko Īhaka. 4 Ā, ka waru ōna rā, ka kotia e Āperahama a Īhaka, tāna tama, ka pērātia me tā te Atua i whakahau ai ki a ia. 5 Ā, kotahi rau ngā tau o Āperahama i te whānautanga o tāna tama, o Īhaka.
6 Nā, ka mea a Hara, “Kua meinga ahau e te Atua kia kata; ā, ka kata tahi mātou ko ngā tāngata e rongo mai ana.” 7 Ā, i mea anō ia, “Ko wai ō mua hei mea ki a Āperahama, tērā e whakangote tamariki a Hara? Kua whānau nei i ahau he tama māna, i a ia kua koroheketia.”
I Tonoa atu a Hakara rāua ko Ihimaera
8 Nā, ka tupu te tamaiti rā, ā, ka whakamutua tāna kai ū; nā, ka tukua e Āperahama tētahi hākari nui i te rā i whakamutua ai te ngote ū a Īhaka. 9 Ā, ka kite a Hara i te tama a Hakara, a te wahine o Īhipa, i whānau nei i a rāua ko Āperahama, e kata whakahāwea ana. 10 Nā, ka mea ia ki a Āperahama, “Peia atu tēnei pononga me tāna tama. E kore rawa te tama a tēnei wahine pononga e tū tahi me tāku tama, me Īhaka, i ngā whakarerenga iho.”
11 Ā, ko taua mea he hē rawa ki te titiro a Āperahama, ko tāna tama hoki ia. 12 Ka mea te Atua ki a Āperahama, “Kei kino tēnā ki tāu titiro, kaua e whakaaro ki te tamaiti rāua ko tāu pononga wahine. Engari, i ngā mea katoa i kōrero ai a Hara ki a koe, whakarongo atu ki tōna reo; kei a Īhaka hoki te karangatanga mō tōu uri. 13 Nā, ko te tama a te pononga wahine, ka meinga ia e ahau hei iwi, nō te mea he uri ia nōu.”
14 Nā, ka maranga wawe a Āperahama i te ata, ka mau ki tētahi taro, ki tētahi tahā wai, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki a Hakara, whakawahā ana ki tōna pokohiwi, me te tamaiti hoki, ā, tonoa atu ana. Nā, ka haere ia, ka kōpikopiko i te koraha o Peerehepa.
15 Ā, ka pau te wai i roto i te tahā, nā, whakarērea iho e ia te tamaiti i raro i tētahi rākau iti. 16 Nā, ka haere ia, ā, ka noho mai i tawhiti, me te anga nui mai anō ki a ia, he pērā te matara me te taunga pere; i mea hoki ia, “Kei kite ahau i te matenga o te tamaiti.” Nā, ka noho ia me te aronui mai anō ki a ia, ā, ka puaki tōna reo, ka tangi.
17 Ā, i rongo te Atua ki te reo o te tamaiti, ā, ka karanga mai te anahera a te Atua ki a Hakara i runga i te rangi, ka mea ki a ia, “He aha kei a koe, e Hakara? Kaua e wehi; kua rongo hoki te Atua ki te reo o te tamaiti i a ia e takoto nā. 18 Whakatika, hāpainga ake te tamaiti, puritia hoki ki tōu ringa; nō te mea ka meinga ia e ahau hei iwi nui.”
19 Nā, ka whakatirohia e te Atua ōna kanohi, ā, ka kite ia i tētahi puna wai. Nā, ka haere ia, ka whakakī i te tahā ki te wai, ā, whakainumia ana te tamaiti.
20 Ā, i noho te Atua ki te tamaiti, ā, ka tupu ia; i noho ia i te koraha, ā, ka mōhio ki te kōpere. 21 Nā, ka noho ia ki te koraha o Parana; ā, ka tīkina atu e tōna whaea he wahine māna i te whenua o Īhipa.
Te Kawenata i Waenga i a Āperahama me Apīmereke
22 Ā, i taua wā anō ka kōrero a Apīmereke rāua ko Pikora, ko te rangatira o tāna ope, ki a Āperahama, ka mea, “Nā, kei a koe te Atua i ngā mea katoa e mea ai koe; 23 tēnā oatitia mai te Atua ki ahau, e kore koe e teka ki ahau, ki tāku tama, ki te tama rānei a tāku tama. Engari ka rite ki te aroha i whakaputaina e ahau ki a koe tāu mahi ki ahau, ki te whenua anō hoki i noho nei koe.”
24 Nā, ka mea a Āperahama, “Ka oati ahau.”
25 Nā, ka whakawā a Āperahama i a Apīmereke mō tētahi puna wai i murua e ngā tāngata a Apīmereke. 26 Nā, ka mea a Apīmereke, “Kāhore ahau e mōhio nā wai rānei tēnei mahi. Kīhai hoki koe i kōrero mai ki ahau, ā, kīhai ahau i rongo, nō tēnei rā tonu.”
27 Nā, ka tīkina e Āperahama he hipi, he kau, ka hoatu ki a Apīmereke; nā, ka whakarite kawenata rāua. 28 Nā, ka wehea e Āperahama ki tahaki e whitu ngā reme uha o ngā hipi. 29 Ā, ka mea a Apīmereke ki a Āperahama, “He aha te tikanga o ēnei reme uha e whitu i wehea nei e koe ki tahaki?”
30 Ka mea ia, “Ko ēnei reme uha e whitu me tango e koe i tōku ringa, kia ai ēnei mea hei whakaatu māku, nāku i keri tēnei poka.”
31 Nā, reira i huaina ai e ia taua wāhi ko Peerehepa; nō rāua hoki i oati ki reira.
32 Heoi, whakaritea ana e rāua te kawenata i Peerehepa. Ā, ka whakatika a Apīmereke rāua ko Pikora, ko te rangatira o tāna ope, ā, hoki ana ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini. 33 Nā, ka whakatōkia e Āperahama he rākau, he tamarihi, ki Peerehepa, ā, ka karanga i reira ki te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Atua ora tonu. 34 Ā, ka noho a Āperahama ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini mō ngā rā maha.

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