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Ka Haere a Tīmoti ki te taha o Paora rāua ko Hira
1 Nā, ka tae atu hoki ia ki Rerepe, ki Raihitara, ā, i reira tētahi ākonga, ko Tīmoti te ingoa, he tama nā tētahi wahine whakapono, he Hūrai, ko tōna pāpā ia he Kariki. 2 He pai te kōrero mōna a ngā tēina i Raihitara, i Ikoniuma. 3 I mea a Paora kia haere ia hei hoa mōna, ā, tangohia ana ia, kotia ana, he mea hoki mō ngā Hūrai e noho ana i aua wāhi; i mātau hoki rātou katoa he Kariki tōna pāpā. 4 Ā, i a rātou e hāereere ana i ngā pā, ka tukua e rātou hei pupuri mā rātou ngā tikanga i whakaritea e ngā āpōtoro, e ngā kaumātua, i Hiruhārama. 5 Nā, ka whakaūkia ngā hāhi ki te whakapono, ka nui haere hoki i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā.
Te Whakakitenga ki a Paora i Toroa
6 Nā, haere ana rātou nā waenganui o te whenua o Pirikia, o Karatia, kua āraia hoki e te Wairua Tapu kei kōrero i te kupu ki Āhia. 7 Ā, i te taenga atu ki Maihia, ka whakamātau rātou ki te haere ki Pitinia; heoi, kīhai i tukua e te Wairua o Īhu; 8 nā, kapea ana Maihia, ka haere ki Toroa. 9 Ā, ka kitea e Paora he kitenga i te pō: He tangata nō Makeronia e tū ana, e tohe ana ki a ia, e mea ana, “Whiti mai ki Makeronia, āwhinatia mātou.” 10 Ā, nō ka kitea te kitenga, ka mea tonu mātou kia haere ki Makeronia, i whakaaro hoki, nā te Atua mātou i karanga ki te kauwhau i te rongopai ki a rātou.
I Piripai: Te Huringa o Riria ki te Whakapono
11 Heoi, ko te rerenga atu i Toroa, ka tika tonu mātou ki Hamotarakia, ā, ao ake te rā ki Neapori. 12 I reira atu ki Piripai, ko te pā nui ia o taua wāhi o Makeronia, he koroni nō Roma. Ā, noho ana mātou i taua pā ā taka noa ētahi rā. 13 Nā, i te rā hāpati ka haere mātou ki waho o te pā, ki te taha o tētahi awa, he whakaaro ko te wāhi tērā hei karakiatanga; ā, ka noho, ka kōrero ki ngā wāhine i haere tahi ake. 14 Nā, ka whakarongo tētahi wahine, ko Riria te ingoa, he kaihoko pāpura, nō te pā o Taiataira, he wahine karakia ki te Atua. He mea whakapuare tōna ngākau e te Ariki, i rongo ai ia ki ngā mea i kōrerotia e Paora. 15 Ā, nō ka oti ia te iriiri, rātou ko tōna whare, ka tohe ia, ka mea, “Ki te mea kua Whakaaro koutou he pono tāku mahi ki te Ariki, tomo mai koutou, e noho ki tōku whare.” Nā, ka tohea mātou e ia.
I te Whare Herehere i Piripai
16 Nā, i a mātou e haere ana ki te wāhi īnoi, ka tūtaki ki a mātou tētahi kōtiro, he wairua matakite nei tōna, he nui te utu i riro i a ia mā ōna rangatira, i a ia e poropiti ana. 17 Ka whai ia i a mātou ko Paora, ka karanga, ka mea, “He pononga ēnei tāngata nā te Atua, nā te Runga Rawa, e whakapuakina ana e rātou te ara o te ora ki a koutou.” 18 Nā, he maha ngā rā i mea ai ia tēnei. Otiia, ka hōhā a Paora, ka tahuri, ka mea ki te wairua, “Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe i runga i te ingoa Īhu Karaiti, puta mai i roto i a ia.” Puta mai ana i taua hāora anō.
19 Otirā, nō te kitenga o ōna rangatira kua kore he mahinga moni mā rātou, ka mau ki a Paora rāua ko Hira, ka tōia ki te kāinga hoko ki ngā rangatira. 20 Ā, ka oti rāua te mau ki ngā kaiwhakawā, ka mea, “Ko ēnei tāngata he Hūrai nei, e tino whakararuraru ana i tō tātou pā, 21 e whakapuakina ana hoki e rāua he ritenga e kore nei e tika kia whakaaetia, kia mahia e tātou, e ngā tāngata o Roma.” 22 Nā, ko te whakatikanga o te mano ki a rāua.
Ka huhua ō rāua kākahu e ngā kaiwhakawā, ka mea kia whiua ki te rākau. 23 Ā, ka maha ō rāua whiunga e rātou, ka makā rāua ki te whare herehere, ka tohutohutia te kaitiaki herehere, kia mau tāna pupuri i a rāua. 24 Nō te rironga i a ia o taua kupu, ka makā rāua e ia ki te whare herehere i roto rawa, ka whakaūria ō rāua waewae ki te rākau.
25 Nā, i waenganui pō ka īnoi a Paora rāua ko Hira, ka waiata atu ki te Atua, me te whakarongo anō ngā herehere ki a rāua. 26 Nā, ka pā whakarere he rū nui, i ngarue ai ngā tūranga o te whare herehere. Ā, puare tonu atu ngā tatau katoa, whakakorokoroa ana ngā herenga o ngā tāngata katoa. 27 Ā, ka oho te kaitiaki herehere i te moe, ka kite i ngā tatau o te whare herehere e puare ana, nā, ka unu i tāna hoari, ka mea ki te patu i a ia anō, hua noa kua oma ngā herehere. 28 Nā, ka nui te reo o Paora ki te karanga, ka mea, “Kauaka tētahi mea kino e meatia ki a koe; ina tonu hoki mātou katoa.”
29 Ā, karangatia ana e ia he rama, ka rere ki roto, ka haere wiri, ka takoto ki te aroaro o Paora rāua ko Hira. 30 Ka ārahina hoki rāua ki waho, ka mea, “E hoa mā, me aha ka ora ai ahau?”
31 Ka mea rāua “Me whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu Karaiti, ka ora ai koe, koutou tahi ko tōu whare.” 32 Nā, ka kōrerotia te kupu a te Ariki ki a ia, ki ngā tāngata katoa hoki i roto tōna whare. 33 Ā, ka mauria rāua e ia i taua hāora o te pō, ka horoia ō rāua whiunga; nā, iriiria tonutia iho, a ia me āna tāngata katoa. 34 Ā, ka ārahina rāua e ia ki tōna whare, ka whakatūria he tēpu kai ki mua i a rāua, ā, nui atu tōna hari, me tōna whare katoa, i te mea kua whakapono nei ki te Atua.
35 I te aonga ake ia o te rā, ka tonoa, ngā kātipa e ngā kaiwhakawā, i mea, “Tukua aua tāngata kia haere.”
36 Nā, ka kōrerotia e te kaitiaki herehere ēnei kupu ki a Paora, ka mea, “Kua tono tāngata mai ngā kaiwhakawā, kia tukua kōrua. Tēnā rā puta mai, haere i runga i te rangimārie.”
37 Nā, ko te kīanga atu a Paora, “Kua whiua nuitia nei māua e rātou, ahakoa kāhore i whakawākia, he tāngata hoki nō Roma, ā, kua makā māua ki te whare herehere. Ā, kei te makā pukutia atu māua āianei e rātou? Kāhore rāpea; engari, mā rātou tonu e haere mai, e whakaputa i a māua ki waho.”
38 Nā, ka kōrerotia ēnei kupu e ngā kātipa ki ngā kaiwhakawā; ā, ka wehi, i tō rātou rongonga nō Roma rāua. 39 Nā, ka haere mai rātou, ka tohe ki a rāua, ā, ka oti rāua te ārahi ki waho, ka mea rātou kia haere atu rāua i te pā. 40 Ā, ka puta atu rāua i te whare herehere, ka tomo ki te whare o Riria, ā, nō ka kite rāua i ngā tēina, ka whakamārie i a rātou, ka haere.