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Tā Paora Tohe i te Aroaro o Akaripa
1 Nā, ko te meatanga a Akaripa ki a Paora, “E āhei ana koe kia kōrero i āu kōrero.” Kātahi, ka totoro te ringa o Paora, ā, ka kōrero ia:
2 “He koa ngā ngākau tēnei ki ahau, e Kīngi Akaripa, kia kōrerotia e ahau ki a koe āianei ngā mea katoa e whakawākia nei ahau e ngā Hūrai; 3 he mōhio rawa hoki koe ki ngā ritenga katoa, ki ngā tautohe hoki anō a ngā Hūrai; nā reira, kia pai koe ki te whakarongo mārie ki ahau.
4 “Ko tāku whakahaere mai o tōku tamarikitanga, nō te tīmatanga mai rā anō i roto i tōku iwi, i Hiruhārama hoki, e mōhio ana ngā Hūrai katoa. 5 Mōhio tonu rātou ki ahau ō mua iho, me i pai rātou ki te whakaatu; ko tāku mahi, i whai i tā te tītorehanga pakeke rawa o tō tātou karakia, i tā te Parihi. 6 Tēnei ahau te tū nei i konei, te whakawākia nei mō te tūmanako ki te mea i kōrerotia e te Atua i mua ki ō tātou mātua. 7 E tūmanako nei ō tātou iwi kotahi tekau mā rua kia uru ki tēnei, i a rātou e mahi tonu nei ki te Atua i te ao, i te pō. Ko tēnei e tūmanakohia atu nei e te kīngi, te mea e whakawākia nei ahau e ngā Hūrai. 8 He aha rawa kia kore e whakaponohia e koutou, ki te mea ka whakaara ake te Atua i te hunga mate?
9 “Ko ahau nei, i whakaaro ahau kia maha tonu ngā mea e mahia e ahau hei pēhi mō te ingoa o Īhu o Nahareta. 10 Āe, i meinga anō tēnei e ahau ki Hiruhārama. He tokomaha anō te hunga tapu i uakina e ahau ki ngā whare herehere, he mea tuku mai hoki ngā tikanga nā ngā tohunga nui ki ahau; ā, i te whakamatenga i a rātou, i whakaae ahau kia pērātia rātou. 11 He maha anō āku whiunga i a rātou i roto i ngā whare karakia katoa, i meinga anō rātou e ahau kia kohukohu; heoi, haurangi noa iho ahau ki a rātou, whāia ana e ahau, ā taea noatia ngā pā o tawhiti.
Ka Kōrero a Paora mō tōna Huringa ki te Whakapono
(Ngā Mahi 9.1-19; 22.6-16)
12 “Nāwai ā, i ahau e haere ana ki Ramahiku, me ngā tikanga, me te kupu whakaae a ngā tohunga nui, 13 i te poutūmārōtanga, e te kīngi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he mārama i te rangi e tīaho ana ki ahau, ki ōku hoa haere anō, tērā atu i te mārama o te rā. 14 Heoi, hinga ana mātou katoa ki te whenua, ka rongo ahau i te reo e kōrero ana ki ahau, nō ngā Hiperu anō hoki te reo, e mea ana, ‘E Haora, e Haora, he aha tāu e whakatoi nei i ahau? Ehara tāu te whana ki ngā koikoi.’ 15 Anō rā ko ahau, ‘Ko wai koe, e te Ariki?’ Ka mea ia, ‘Ko Īhu ahau e whakatoia nei e koe. 16 Otirā whakatika, e tū ōu waewae ki runga. Ko te mea tēnei i puta ai ahau ki a koe, kia meinga koe hei kaimahi, hei kaiwhakaatu mō ngā mea i kite nei koe, mō ngā mea anō e kitea ai ahau e koe. 17 Ka whakaorangia koe i te iwi, i ngā tauiwi, ka tonoa nei koe e ahau ki a rātou, 18 hei whakatitiro i ō rātou kanohi, hei whakatahuri i a rātou i te pōuri ki te mārama, i te kaha o Hātana ki te Atua, kia whiwhi ai rātou ki te murunga hara, ki tētahi wāhi anō i roto i te hunga ka oti te whakatapu i runga i te whakapono ki ahau.’
Ka Kōrero a Paora mō āna Mahi
19 “Nō reira, kīhai ahau i whakatuturi, e Kīngi Akaripa, ki tō te rangi kitenga. 20 Heoi, i kōrero ahau ki te hunga i Ramahiku i te tuatahi, ā, i Hiruhārama, ki te whenua katoa anō o Hūria, ki ngā tauiwi hoki, kia rīpenetā, kia tahuri ki te Atua, me te mahi anō i ngā mahi tika o te rīpenetā. 21 Nō reira ngā Hūrai i hopu ai i ahau i te temepara, i whai ai ki te whakamate i ahau. 22 Heoi, ka āwhinatia mai ahau e te Atua, ka tū tonu nei ahau, ā mohoa noa nei, me te kōrero ki te iti, ki te rahi, kāhore āku kupu kē ake i tā ngā poropiti rātou ko Mohi i mea ai meāke puta: 23 arā ko te Karaiti kia mate, ko ia te mātāmua o te aranga o te hunga mate, māna anō e whakapuaki te mārama ki te iwi, ki ngā tauiwi.”
24 I a ia e kōrero ana i ēnei mea, nui atu te reo o Petuha ki te karanga, “E Paora, he haurangi koe; nā te nui o tāu kōrero pukapuka i haurangi ai koe!”
25 Anō rā ko ia, “Kāhore ōku haurangi, e Petuha, e te tangata pai rawa; engari he pono, he whai whakaaro, āku kupu e whakapuaki nei. 26 E mātau ana hoki te kīngi ki ēnei mea, i māia ai ahau ki te kōrero ki a ia. E mea ana hoki ahau, kāhore tētahi o ēnei mea i ngaro i a ia; kīhai hoki tēnei mea i mahia i te kokonga. 27 E whakapono ana rānei koe ki ngā poropiti, e Kīngi Akaripa? E mea ana ahau, tēnei koe te whakapono nei.”
28 Anō rā ko Akaripa ki a Paora, “Wāhi iti kua riro atu ahau ki tāu, ki tā te Karaiti tikanga.”
29 Nā, ko te meatanga a Paora, “Pai tonu kia īnoi ahau ki te Atua kia kaua e iti, engari kia tino nui, kia kaua anō e waiho i tōu kotahi, engari, kia tino rite ki ahau te hunga katoa e whakarongo nei ki ahau ināianei; ko ēnei mekameka ia kia kore.”
30 Nā, ka whakatika te kīngi, me te kāwana, me Pereniki, me te hunga i noho tahi rātou. 31 Nā, i a rātou ka wehe kē, ka kōrerorero ki a rātou anō, ka mea, “Kāhore he hanga a tēnei tangata e tika ai te mate, te here rānei.” 32 Kātahi, ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, “Ka tukua tēnei tangata kia haere, me i kaua ia te karanga ki a Hīhā.”