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1 Nā, ka titiro pū a Paora ki te rūnanga, ka mea, “E ōku tuākana, tika tonu ki tōku mahara tāku whakahaere i te aroaro o te Atua, ā taea noatia tēnei rā.” 2 Nā, ka mea a Anania tohunga nui ki te hunga e tū ana i tōna taha, kia pākia tōna māngai. 3 Anō rā, ko Paora ki a ia, “Tēnei ake ka papaki te Atua i a koe, e te pakitara kua oti te pani ki te paru mā! Ā, ka noho mai koe hei whakawā i ahau i tā te ture i whakatakoto ai, me te whakahau anō kia pākia ahau, e hē nei tēnā ki te ture?”
4 Nā, ka mea te hunga e tū tata ana, “E whakamanumanu ana koe ki te tohunga nui a te Atua?”
5 Anō rā ko Paora, “Kīhau ahau i mātau, e ōku tuākana, ko ia te tohunga nui; kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, ‘Aua e kōrerotia kinotia te rangatira o tōu iwi.’ ”
6 Ā, nō ka kite a Paora nō ngā Haruki ētahi, ko ētahi nō ngā Parihi, ka karanga ia i roto i te rūnanga, “E ōku tuākana, he Parihi ahau, he tama nā ngā Parihi. Ko te aranga o te hunga mate e tūmanakohia nei te mea e whakawākia nei ahau.”
7 Ā, nō tāna kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka tohetohe ngā Parihi rātou ko ngā Haruki; ka wahirua hoki te huihui. 8 E mea ana hoki ngā Haruki, kāhore he aranga, kāhore he anahera, he wairua rānei; ko ngā Parihi ia e whakaae ana ki aua mea e rua. 9 Ā, ka nui te ngangare; ka whakatika ētahi o ngā karaipi o tō ngā Parihi taha, ka totohe, ka mea, “Kāhore anō i mau i a mātou te hē o tēnei tangata. Tēnā, ka pēhea, mehemea kua kōrero tētahi wairua ki a ia, tētahi anahera rānei?”
10 Ā, nō ka nui te ngangau, ka mataku te rangatira mano kei motumotuhia a Paora e rātou, nā, ungā ana e ia ngā hōia kia heke atu, ki te tango mai i a ia i roto i a rātou, kia ārahina hoki ki te pā.
11 Ā, i taua pō ka tū te Ariki ki tōna taha, ka mea, “Kia māia! Kia pēnā i a koe i whakaatu nā mōku i Hiruhārama, tāu whakaatu hoki ki Roma.”
Te Whakangārahu ki a Paora
12 Ao ake te rā, ka huihui ētahi o ngā Hūrai, ka maka oati ki a rātou anō, ka mea, kia kaua rātou e kai, kia kaua e inu, kia whakamatea rā anō e rātou a Paora. 13 Ā, e whā tekau ngahoro ngā tāngata nāna tēnei oatitanga. 14 Nā, ka haere rātou ki ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua, ka mea, “Kua oati mātou i tētahi oati nui, kia kaua e pā kai, kia mate rā anō a Paora i a mātou. 15 Nā, mā koutou tahi ko te rūnanga e kī atu ki te rangatira mano kia ārahina iho ia ki a koutou āpōpō, me te mea nei e mea ana koutou kia āta mōhiotia te take ki a ia. Ko mātou ia, i te mea kīanō ia i tata noa, ka noho rite ki te whakamate i a ia.”
16 Otirā, ka rongo te tama a te tuahine o Paora ki tō rātou whakaaro whakapapa, ka haere ia, ka tomo ki te pā, ka kōrero ki a Paora. 17 Kātahi, ka karanga a Paora ki tētahi keneturio, ka mea, “Ārahina atu te tamaiti nei ki te rangatira mano; he kōrero hoki tāna ki a ia”. 18 Nā, ka mau ia ki a ia, ka ārahi i a ia ki te rangatira mano, ka mea, “I karanga te herehere, a Paora, i ahau, i mea kia ārahina mai tēnei tamaiti ki a koe, he kōrero hoki tāna ki a koe.”
19 Nā, ka mau te rangatira mano ki tōna ringa, ka haere ki tahaki, ka ui atu, “He aha tāu mea hei kōrero ki ahau?”
20 Anō rā ko tērā, “Kua whakatakoto whakaaro ngā Hūrai kia mea ki a koe kia ārahina iho a Paora āpōpō ki te rūnanga, ānō e āta uia anō e koe tētahi atu mea mōna. 21 Nā, aua koe e rongo ki a rātou; e whā hoki tekau ngahoro tāngata o rātou e whanga ana ki a ia. Kua puaki tā rātou oati, kia kaua e kai, kia kaua e inu, kia mate rā anō ia i a rātou. Nā, kua rite tēnei rātou, e tatari ana ki te kupu whakaae i a koe.”
22 Kātahi, ka tukua atu taua tamaiti e te rangatira mano, ka mea ia, “Kaua e kōrerotia ki tētahi tāu whakaaturanga mai i ēnei mea ki ahau.”
Te Mauranga i a Paora ki a Pirika te Kāwana
23 Nā, tokorua ngā keneturio i karangatia e ia; i mea ia, “Kia rite mai ētahi hōia kia rua rau hei haere ki Hiharia, me ētahi hōia eke hōiho kia whitu tekau, me tētahi hunga mau mātia kia rua rau, i te toru o ngā hāora o te pō. 24 Ā, ka whakahau ia ki a rāua, kia whakaritea mai he kararehe, hei whakanohoanga iho mō Paora ki runga, kia kawea oratia ai ia ki a Pirika, ki te kāwana.” 25 Ā, i tuhituhia e ia he pukapuka, ka pēnei:
26 “Nā, Karauria Raihia ki a Pirika, ki te kāwana pai rawa, Tēnā koe. 27 I hopukia tēnei tangata e ngā Hūrai, ā, i a ia ka tata te whakamatea e rātou, ka puta atu ahau me ngā hōia, ā, tangohia mai ana ia; i rongo hoki ahau nō Roma ia. 28 I mea anō ahau kia rongo i te take i whakawākia ai ia e rātou, ā, ārahina ana ia e ahau ki tō rātou rūnanga. 29 Nā ka kite ahau he kupu tautohe nō tō rātou ture i whakawākia ai ia, kāhore hoki ōna hē i tika ai te mate, te here rānei. 30 Ā, nō te whakaaturanga mai ki ahau, kei te whakapapatia he mate mō te tangata nei, tonoa tonutia ia e ahau ki a koe, i mea hoki ahau ki ōna kaiwhakapae, kia kōrerotia ki a koe ngā mea mōna.”
31 Nā, ka mau ngā hōia ki a Paora, ka pērā me te mea i kōrerotia ki a rātou, ā, ārahina ana ia i te pō ki Anatipatari. 32 Ao ake te rā ka tukua atu ngā tāngata eke hōiho hei hoa haere mōna, ā, hoki ana rātou ki te pā. 33 Ā, nō te taenga o ērā ki Hiharia, ka hoatu te pukapuka ki te kāwana, ā, whakatūria ana a Paora ki tōna aroaro. 34 Ā, nō te tirohanga iho o te kāwana, ka ui, nō tēhea kāwanatanga ia; ā, i tōna rongonga nō Kirikia ia, 35 ka mea ia, “Ka whakarongo ahau ki a koe, ina tae mai anō hoki ōu kaiwhakapae.” Ā, i whakahau ia, kia tiakina ia i roto i te whare whakawā o Herora.