1 Hamuera.
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Nā, i aua rā kua huihuia e ngā Pirihitini ā rātou taua mō te pakanga, hei whawhai ki a Īharaira. Nā, ka mea a Ākihi ki a Rāwiri, “Kia tino mōhio koe me haere tahi tāua ki te whawhai, koutou ko āu tāngata.” 
Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki a Ākihi, “Mā reira koe ka mōhio ai ki ngā mahi a tāu pononga.” Ā, ka mea a Ākihi ki a Rāwiri, “Koia ahau ka mea nei i a koe hei tiaki mō tōku upoko i ngā rā katoa.” 
Nā, kua mate a Hamuera, kua uhungatia hoki e Īharaira katoa, kua tanumia ki Rama, ki tōna pā ake. Kua whakakorea atu hoki e Haora i te whenua te hunga i ngā waka atua, i ngā rapa māori hoki. 
Nā, ka huihui ngā Pirihitini, ā, haere mai ana, puni ana ki Huneme; i huihuia anō e Haora a Īharaira katoa, ā, puni ana ki Kiripoa. 
Ā, nō te kitenga o Haora i te taua a ngā Pirihitini, ka wehi, tūiri rawa tōna ngākau. 
Nā, i te uinga a Haora ki a Ihowā, hore rawa he kupu a Ihowā i whakahokia mai ki a ia, e ngā moe, e ngā Urimi, e ngā poropiti rānei. 
Kātahi a Haora ka mea ki āna tāngata, “Rapua māku tētahi wahine he atua māori tōna kia haere ahau ki a ia ki te rapu tikanga i a ia.” Anō rā ko āna tāngata ki a ia, “Tērā tētahi wahine he atua māori tōna, kei Eneroro.” 
Nā, ka whakaahua kē a Haora i a ia, ā, kākahu ana i ētahi kākahu kē, haere ana ia me āna tāngata tokorua; ka tae ki taua wahine i te pō, ka mea atu ia, “Tēnā koa, hirihiria te atua māori, ā, whakaputaina ake ki ahau tāku e kī atu ai.” 
Nā, ka mea taua wahine ki a ia, “Ha, kua mōhio anō koe ki tā Haora i mea ai, ki tāna hautopenga atu i te hunga atua māori, i ngā rapa māori, o te whenua nei. He aha rā koe i mea māhanga mai ai mō tōku wairua, kia mate ai ahau?” 
Nā, ka oatitia a Ihowā e Haora ki a ia, i mea ia, “E ora ana a Ihowā, e kore tētahi hē e pā ki a koe mō tēnei mea.” 
Kātahi te wahine ka mea, “Ko wai kia whakaputaina ake e ahau ki a koe?” Anō rā ko ia, “Ko Hamuera tāu e whakaputa ake ai ki ahau.” 
Ā, nō te kitenga o te wahine i a Hamuera, nui atu tōna reo ki te hāmama; ā, ka kōrero te wahine ki a Haora, ka mea, “He aha koe i tinihanga ai ki ahau? Ko Haora hoki koe.” 
Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, “Kaua e wehi; i kite hoki koe i te aha?” Nā, ka mea te wahine ki a Haora, “Kei te kite ahau i tētahi atua e haere ake ana i te whenua.” 
Anō rā ko tērā ki a ia, “He āhua aha tōna?” Ka mea ia, “He koroheke te haere ake nei; he koroka hoki te kākahu.” Nā, ka mōhio a Haora ko Hamuera. Tuohu ana tōna mata ki te whenua, piko ana ia. 
Nā, ka mea a Hamuera ki a Haora, “He aha koe i whakaohooho ai i ahau, i mea ai kia haere ake ahau?” Anō rā ko Haora, “Nui atu tōku mate; e whawhai ana hoki ngā Pirihitini ki ahau, ā, kua mahue ahau i te Atua, kāhore ake hoki he kupu āna e whakahokia mai ki ahau e ngā poropiti, e ngā moe rānei; koia ahau i karanga ai ki a koe, hei ako i ahau ki tāku e mea ai.” 
Kātahi a Hamuera ka mea, “He aha rā koe i ui ai ki ahau, kua mahue nei hoki koe i a Ihowā, hei hoariri anō ia ki a koe? 
Nā, kua meatia e Ihowā mōna ake tāna i whakapuakina e ahau; kua haea atu hoki te kīngitanga i tōu ringa, kua hoatu ki tōu hoa, arā ki a Rāwiri. 
Mōu kīhai i rongo ki te reo o Ihowā, kīhai i whakaputa i tōna riri āritarita ki a Amareke; nā reira a Ihowā i mea ai i tēnei mea ki a koe i tēnei rā. 
Ko tēnei, ka hoatu anō a Īharaira Ihowā me koe hoki ki te ringa o ngā Pirihitini, ā, āpōpō koutou ko āu tama tae ake ai ki ahau. Ā, ka hoatu e Ihowā te taua a Īharaira ki te ringa o ngā Pirihitini.” 
Kātahi ka hinga tonu iho a Haora, tōna roa katoa ki te whenua, nui rawa hoki tōna wehi mō ngā kupu a Hamuera; kāhore anō he kaha i roto i a ia; kīhai hoki ia i kai taro noa pau noa taua rā, pau noa taua pō. 
Nā, ka haere taua wahine ki a Haora; ā, ka kite e pororaru rawa ana ōna whakaaro, ka mea ki a ia, “Nanā, kua whakarongo nei tāu pononga ki tōu reo, ā, whakamomori ana ahau ki te mate, whakarongo ana ahau ki āu kupu i kōrerotia e koe ki ahau. 
Nā, tēnā, whakarongo mai hoki āianei ki te reo o tāu pononga, kia whakatakotoria e ahau tētahi wāhi taro ki tōu aroaro; me kai anō koe, kia whai kaha ai koe ina haere i tōu huarahi.” 
Otiia i whakakāhore ia, i mea, “E kore ahau e kai.” Heoi, tohea ana ia e āna tāngata rātou ko te wahine; nā, ka rongo ia ki tō rātou reo, ā, whakatika ake ana i te whenua, noho ana ki runga ki te moenga. 
Nā, he kūao kau tā taua wahine i te whare, he mea whāngai. Nā, hohoro tonu tāna patu, tīkina ana e ia he parāoa, pokepokea ana, tunua iho e ia ētahi keke rēwenakore. 
Kawea mai ana e ia ki te aroaro o Haora, ki te aroaro anō o āna tāngata. Nā, kai ana rātou, ā, whakatika ana, haere atu ana i taua pō. 
