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Te Akoranga a Ngā Tūpuna
(Māka 7.1-13)
1 Nā, ka haere ki a Īhu ētahi karaipi me ētahi Parihi nō Hiruhārama, ka mea, 2 “He aha āu ākonga ka takahi ai i te whakarerenga iho a ngā kaumātua? Kāhore hoki rātou e horoi i ō rātou ringa ina kai taro.”
3 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “He aha hoki i waiho ai e koutou tā koutou whakarerenga iho hei takahi mō tā te Atua kupu ako? 4 I mea hoki te Atua, ‘Whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea’, ā, ‘Ki te kohukohu hoki tētahi i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea rānei kia mate ia, mate rawa.’ 5 Ko koutou ia hei mea, Ki te mea tētahi ki tōna pāpā, ki tōna whaea rānei, ‘Ko tāku mea hei atawhainga mōu kua tāpaea atu ki te Atua.’ 6 Nā, kaua ia e whakahōnore i tōna pāpā. Heoi, waiho ana e koutou tā koutou whakarerenga iho hei whakakāhore i te kupu a te Atua. 7 E te hunga tinihanga, tika rawa tā Ihāia i poropiti ai mō koutou, i mea ai:
8 ‘Te iwi nei ko ō rātou ngutu hei whakahōnore mōku;
matara noa atu ia i ahau ō rātou ngākau.
9 Maumau karakia noa rātou ki ahau,
ko tā rātou nei hoki e whakaako ai ko ngā whakahau a te tangata.’ ”
Ngā Mea e Poke ana i te Tangata
(Māka 7.14-23)
10 Ā, karangatia ana e ia te mano ki a ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kia rongo, kia mātau: 11 E kore te tangata e poke i te mea e tapoko ana ki te māngai; engari, te mea e puta mai ana i roto i te māngai, mā tēnā e poke ai te tangata.”
12 Me i reira ka haere āna ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, “E mōhio ana rānei koe i hē ngā Parihi i tō rātou rongonga i taua kupu?”
13 Nā, ka whakahoki ia ka mea, “Ka hūtia ngā māhuri katoa kīhai i whakatōkia e tōku Matua i te rangi. 14 Waiho atu rātou; he matapō rātou e ārahi ana i te matapō. Ki te ārahina te matapō e te matapō, ka taka tahi rāua ki te waikeri”.
15 Ka whakahoki a Pita, ka mea ki a ia, “Whakaaturia ki a mātou tēnei kupu whakarite.”
16 Ka mea a Īhu, “Kei te kūware tonu anō koutou? 17 Kīanō koutou i mātau noa, ko ngā mea katoa e tapoko atu ana ki te māngai ka riro ki roto ki te kōpū, ā, e ākiritia ana ki te poka? 18 Tēnā ko ngā mea e puta mai ana i te māngai e haere ake ana i te ngākau; mā ēnā e poke ai te tangata. 19 Nō roto hoki nō te ngākau te putanga ake o ngā whakaaro kino, o ngā kōhuru, o ngā pūremu, o ngā moepuku, o ngā tāhae, o ngā whakapae teka, o ngā kohukohu. 20 Ko ngā mea ēnei e noa ai te tangata; tēnā ko te kai me ngā ringa kīhai i horoia, e kore te tangata e noa i tēnā.”
Te Whakapono o tētahi Wahine
(Māka 7.24-30)
21 Ā, ka haere atu a Īhu i reira, ka anga ki ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona. 22 Nā, ko te haerenga mai i aua wāhi o tētahi wahine, he Kanaani, ka karanga ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki e te Tama a Rāwiri, kia aroha ki ahau; ko tāku tamāhine e ngaua kinotia ana e te rēwera.”
23 Ā, kāhore āna kupu i whakahoki ai ki a ia. Nā, ka haere mai āna ākonga, ka tohe ki a ia, ka mea, “Tonoa kia haere; e karanga ana hoki i muri i a tātou.”
24 Otirā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Heoi ngā mea i tonoa mai ai ahau, ko ngā hipi ngaro o te whare o Īharaira.”
25 Ka haere tonu mai tērā, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, kia puta tōu whakaaro ki ahau.”
26 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Ehara i te tika kia tangohia te taro a ngā tamariki, kia makā mā ngā kurī.”
27 Ka mea tērā, “Āe rā, e te Ariki, e kai ana anō ngā kurī i ngā kongakonga e ngahoro iho ana i te tēpu a ō rātou rangatira.”
28 Kātahi ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “E tai, nui atu tōu whakapono; waiho i tāu i pai ai.” Ā, ora ake tāna tamāhine i taua wā pū anō.
Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu te Tini Tāngata
29 Nā, ka whakatika a Īhu i reira, ka haere ki te taha o te moana o Kariri, ā, kake ana ki te maunga, noho ana i reira. 30 He rahi hoki te hui i haere ki a ia, i a rātou anō ngā kopa, ngā matapō, ngā wahangū, ngā mutu, me te tini kē atu, ā, tukua iho e rātou ki ngā waewae o Īhu; ā, whakaorangia ana rātou e ia. 31 Mīharo noa te mano i tō rātou kitenga i ngā wahangū e kōrero ana, i ngā mutu e ora ana, i ngā kopa e haere ana, i ngā matapō e titiro ana; ā, whakakorōriatia ana e rātou te Atua o Īharaira.
Ka Whāngaia e Īhu te Whā Mano mā
(Māka 8.1-10)
32 Nā, ka karangatia e Īhu āna ākonga, ka mea, “E aroha ana ahau ki te huihui nei, ka toru nei hoki ō rātou rā e noho ana ki ahau, kāhore hoki ā rātou kai; e kore ahau e pai kia tonoa pukutia, kei hemo ki te ara.”
33 Nā, ko te meatanga a āna ākonga ki a ia, “Nō hea ā tātou taro i te koraha, e mākona ai tēnei ope nui?”
34 Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “E hia ā koutou taro?”
Ka mea rātou, “E whitu, me ngā ika nonohi, torutoru nei.”
35 Nā, ka mea ia ki te mano kia noho ki te whenua; 36 ā, ka mau ia ki ngā taro e whitu ki ngā ika; ka whakawhetai, ka whawhati, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki ngā ākonga, ā, nā ngā ākonga ki te mano. 37 Ā, kai ana rātou katoa, ā, ka mākona; e whitu hoki ngā kete i kohia e rātou, kī tonu i ngā whatiwhatinga i toe. 38 Ā, ko te hunga i kai, e whā mano ngā tāne, hāunga ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki.
39 Ā, ka oti te mano te tono atu e ia, ka eke ia ki te kaipuke; nā, kua ū ki ngā wāhi o Makarana.