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1 “E ōku tuākana, e ōku mātua, whakarongo ki tēnei kōrero āku ki a koutou.” 2 Ā, ka rongo rātou ko te reo Hiperu tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou, kātahi ka mutu rawa te kīkī. Ā, ka mea ia:
3 “He Hūrai ahau, i whānau ki Tarahu o Kirikia, i whakatupuria i roto i tēnei pā ki ngā waewae o Kamariera, i āta whakaakona ki te tino tikanga o te ture o ngā mātua, i uaua anō ahau mō te Atua, i pēnā me koutou katoa ināianei. 4 Ā, whakatoia ana e ahau ngā tāngata o tēnei Tikanga, tae ana ki te mate; herea ana e ahau ngā tāne me ngā wāhine, ā, tukua ana ki ngā whare herehere. 5 Mā te tohunga, nui tēnei kōrero āku e whakatika, mā te huihui hoki o ngā kaumātua katoa. I riro mai hoki i ahau ā rātou pukapuka ki ngā tēina, ā, haere ana ahau ki Ramahiku, kia herea, kia ārahina mai hoki te hunga o reira ki Hiruhārama kia whakamamaetia.”
Ka Kōrero a Paora mō tōna Huringa ki te Whakapono
(Ngā Mahi 9.1-19; 26.12-18)
6 “Nā, i ahau e haere ana, e whakatata ana ki Ramahiku, i te poutūmārōtanga, ka whiti whakarere mai ki ahau he mārama nui nō te rangi. 7 Ā, hinga ana ahau ki te whenua, ka rangona he reo e mea ana ki ahau, ‘E Haora, e Haora, he aha tāu e whakatoi nei i ahau?’ 8 Nā, ka whakahokia e ahau, ‘Ko wai koe, e te Ariki?’ Ka mea ia ki ahau, ‘Ko Īhu ahau o Nahareta, e whakatoia nei e koe.’ 9 I kite anō ōku hoa i te mārama, otirā kīhai i rongo i te reo ōna i kōrero ki ahau. 10 Ka mea ahau, ‘Me aha ahau, e te Ariki?’ Ka mea te Ariki ki ahau, ‘Whakatika, haere ki Ramahiku; ā, ka kōrerotia ki a koe i reira ngā mea katoa kua whakaritea kia meinga e koe.’ 11 Heoi, i te mea kāhore ahau i kite, nā te korōria hoki o taua mārama, ka ārahina-ā-ringatia ahau e ōku hoa haere, ka tae ki Ramahiku.
12 “Nā, ko tētahi tangata, ko Anania, he tangata karakia, i rite tonu nei ki tā te ture āna mahi, ā, e kōrerotia paitia ana e ngā Hūrai katoa e noho ana i reira. 13 Haere mai ana ia ki ahau, ā, tū ana i tōku taha, ka mea mai ki ahau, ‘E tōku teina, e Haora, titiro ake!’ Ā, i taua hāora anō ka titiro ahau ki a ia. 14 I mea anō ia, ‘Nā te Atua o ō tātou mātua koe i whiriwhiri, kia mātau ki tāna e pai ai, kia kite i a te Tika, kia rongo hoki i te reo o tōna māngai. 15 Nō te mea ko koe hei kaiwhakaatu māna ki ngā tāngata katoa, mō ngā mea i kite ai, i rongo ai koe. 16 Nā, he aha tāu e whakaroa nei? Whakatika, kia iriiria koe, kia horoia ōu hara, me te karanga anō ki te ingoa o te Ariki.’ ”
Te Karangatanga a Paora kia Kauwhau ki ngā Tauiwi
17 “Ā, nō tōku hokinga mai ki Hiruhārama, i ahau e īnoi ana i roto i te temepara, ka puta te ngākau matakite ki ahau, 18 ā, ka kite ahau i a ia e mea ana mai ki ahau, ‘E āhua, kia hohoro te haere atu i Hiruhārama; e kore hoki rātou e tango i tāu kōrero mōku.’ 19 Nā, ko tāku meatanga, ‘E te Ariki, e mātau ana rātou, he kaiherehere ahau, he kaiwhiu i roto i ngā whare karakia, i te hunga i whakapono ki a koe. 20 Ā, i te whakahekenga o ngā toto o tōu kaiwhakaatu, o Tepene, i reira ahau e tū ana, e whakaae ana, e tiaki ana hoki i ngā kākahu o ōna kaiwhakamate.’ 21 Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki ahau, ‘Haere. Ka ungā hoki koe e ahau ki tawhiti ki ngā tauiwi.’ ”
22 Ā, whakarongo ana rātou ki a ia taea noatia tēnei kupu, nā, ka hāmama rātou, ka mea, “Whakamatea atu te korokē nei i runga i te whenua! E kore hoki e pai kia ora ia.” 23 Heoi, i a rātou e karanga ana, e rukeruke ana i ō rātou kākahu, e ākiri ana i te puehu ki te rangi. 24 Ka whakahau te rangatira kia kawea ia ki te pā, ka mea kia whiua, kia uia; kia mātau ai ia ki te mea i pēnei ai rātou te karanga ki a ia. 25 Ā, ka oti ia te here e rātou ki ngā here, ka mea a Paora ki te keneturio e tū ana i reira, “He mea tika rānei kia whiua e koutou te tangata, he tangata nō Roma, i te mea kāhore anō i mau noa tōna hē?”
26 Ā, nō te rongonga o te keneturio, ka haere, ka kōrero ki te rangatira mano, ka mea, “He aha tāu e mea ai? Nō Roma hoki te tangata nei.”
27 Nā, ka haere mai te rangatira mano, ka mea ki a ia, “Kōrero mai ki ahau, nō Roma koe?”
Ka mea ia, “Āe.”
28 Nā, ka whakahoki te rangatira mano, “Nā te moni nui i whiwhi ai ahau ki tēnei taonga, hei tangata whenua nō Roma.”
Ka mea a Paora, “Ko ahau i whānau tonu nō Roma.”
29 Nā whakarērea tonutia iho ia e te hunga e mea ana ki te ui ki a ia; i mataku hoki te rangatira mano, tōna rongonga nō Roma ia, mōna hoki i here i a ia.
Ko Paora kei mua o te Rūnanga
30 Nā, i te aonga ake ka mea ia kia mātau ki te tikanga, ki te mea i whakawākia ai ia e ngā Hūrai, ka wewete i ōna here, ka whakahau kia haere mai ngā tohunga nui, me tō rātou rūnanga katoa, ā, ārahina iho ana a Paora, whakatūria ana ki tō rātou aroaro.