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Ko Īhu me te Wahine o Hamaria
1 Ā, nō ka mōhio te Ariki, kua rongo ngā Parihi, ko ngā ākonga a Īhu i mea ai, i iriiri ai, he tokomaha atu i a Hoani. 2 (He ahakoa rā ehara i a Īhu nāna i iriiri, nā āna ākonga ia.) 3 Ka mahue a Hūria i a ia, ā, hoki ana anō ki Kariri. 4 Nā, ko te ara mōna i tika nā Hamaria.
5 Ā, ka haere ia ki tētahi pā o Hamaria, ko Haika te ingoa, e pātata ana ki te wāhi i hoatu e Hākopa ki tāna tama, ki a Hōhepa. 6 Kei reira hoki te puna a Hākopa. Nā, kua ngenge a Īhu i te haerenga, heoi noho ana ia ki te taha o te puna, ā, meāke ko te ono o ngā hāora.
7 Ka haere mai tētahi wahine o Hamaria ki te utu wai. Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Hōmai he wai mōku.” 8 (Kua riro hoki āna ākonga ki te pā, ki te hoko kai.)
9 Nā, ko te meatanga a te wahine o Hamaria ki a ia, “He aha koe, he Hūrai nā koe, ka tono mai ai i te wai i ahau, he wahine nei ahau nō Hamaria?” (Kāhore hoki e tātata ana ngā Hūrai ki ngā Hamari.)
10 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “Me i mātau koe ki tā te Atua e hōmai ai, ki tēnei hoki e mea nei ki a koe, ‘Hōmai he wai mōku,’ pēnei kua tono koe ki a ia, ā, kua hoatu e ia te wai ora ki a koe.”
11 Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E kara, kāhore āu mea hei utu wai, he hōhonu anō te puna. Nō hea tēnā wai ora āu? 12 He nui oti koe i tō mātou matua, i a Hākopa, i hōmai ai te puna ki a mātou, inu ana ia i konei, rātou ko āna tamariki, me āna kararehe?”
13 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “E mate anō i te wai te tangata e inu ana i tēnei wai; 14 tēnā ko te tangata e inu ana i te wai e hoatu e ahau ki a ia, e kore ia e mate i te wai ā ake ake. Engari, te wai e hoatu e ahau ki a ia, hei puna wai tēnā i roto i a ia e pupū ake ana, ā te ora tonu rā anō.”
15 Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E kara, hōmai ki ahau tēnei wai, kei mate ahau i te wai, kei haere mai hoki ki konei rawa utu ai.”
16 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Tīkina, karangatia tō tahu, ka hoki mai ai.”
17 Ka whakahoki te wahine, ka mea, “Kāhore āku tahu.”
Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “He kōrero tika tāu, ‘Kāhore āku tahu’; 18 inā hoki kua tokorima āu tahu, ko ia i a koe nei ehara i te tahu nāu. He pono tēnei kōrero āu.”
19 Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E kara, e kite ana ahau he poropiti koe. 20 I karakia ō mātou mātua i runga i tēnei maunga; ā, e mea ana koutou, Ko Hiruhārama te wāhi e tika ai te karakia.”
21 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “E tai, whakapono ki ahau, meāke puta te wā, e kore ai koutou e karakia ki te Matua i runga i tēnei maunga, e kore anō i Hiruhārama. 22 Kāhore koutou e mōhio ki tā koutou e karakia nei; e mātau ana mātou ki tā mātou e karakia nei; nō ngā Hūrai nei hoki te ora. 23 Otirā, meāke puta te wā, ā, tēnei anō, e karakia ai ngā kaikarakia pono ki te Matua i runga i te wairua, i te pono; e rapu ana hoki te Matua ki te pērā hei karakia ki a ia. 24 He Wairua te Atua; me karakia hoki ngā kaikarakia ki a ia i runga i te wairua, i te pono.”
25 Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E mātau ana ahau kei te haere mai te Mīhaia,” (e kīa nei ko te Karaiti). “Ka tae mai ia, māna ngā mea katoa e kōrero ki a tātou.”
26 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ko ahau anō ia e kōrero nei ki a koe.”
27 Nā, ka puta i reira āna ākonga, ka mīharo ki tāna kōrerotanga ki te wahine; heoi, kīhai tētahi i mea, “He aha tāu e rapu? He aha koe ka kōrero ai ki a ia?”
28 Nā, ka whakarērea e te wahine tāna ipu, ā, haere ana ki te pā, ka mea ki ngā tāngata, 29 “Haere mai, kia kite i te tangata i kōrerotia mai ai ki ahau ngā mea katoa i mea ai ahau. Ehara rānei tēnei i a te Karaiti?” 30 Ka puta rātou ki waho o te pā, ā, ka ahu mai ki a ia.
31 I taua takiwā anō ka tohe ngā ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, e kai rā.”
32 Otirā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “He kai anō tāku hei kai māku, kāhore koutou e mātau.”
33 Nā, ka mea ngā ākonga tētahi ki tētahi, “I kawea mai rānei e tētahi he kai māna?”
34 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Ko tāku kai tēnei, ko te mea i tā tōku kaitono e pai ai, kia whakaotia hoki tāna mahi.” 35 E kore ianei koutou e mea, “Kia whā atu ngā marama, ā, ka taea te kotinga? Nana, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kia ara ake ō koutou kanohi, titiro ki ngā māra; kua mā noa ake; ko te kotinga tēnei. 36 Ka whiwhi te kaikokoti ki te utu, ka kohia anō hoki e ia ngā hua mō te ora tonu; kia hari tahi ai te kairui rāua ko te kaikokoti. 37 Nā, konei hoki i pono ai taua kī, ‘E rui ana tētahi, e kokoti ana tētahi.’ 38 I tonoa koutou e ahau ki te kokoti i te mea kīhai i mahia e koutou. He tangata kē nāna i mahi, ā, kua uru koutou ki ā rātou mahi.”
39 Ā, he tokomaha ngā Hamari o taua pā i whakapono ki a ia, mō te kī a te wahine i mea rā, “I kōrerotia mai e ia ki ahau ngā mea katoa i mea ai ahau.” 40 Ā, nō ka tae ngā Hamari ki a ia, ka mea kia noho ia ki a rātou; ā, e rua ngā rā i noho ai ia ki reira.
41 Nā, hira noa ake ngā tāngata i whakapono, he mea hoki nā tāna kupu. 42 I mea anō ki te wahine, “Ehara i te mea nā tāu kupu i whakapono ai mātou ināianei; kua rongo nei hoki mātou ake, ā, ka mātau, ko te Karaiti pū tēnei, ko te Kaiwhakaora o te ao.”
Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu te Tama a tētahi Rangatira
43 Ka pahure aua rā e rua, ka tūria atu e ia i reira, ā, haere ana ki Kariri. 44 Ko Īhu tonu hoki nāna te kī, kāhore he hōnore o te poropiti i tōna kāinga ake. 45 Heoi, i tōna taenga ki Kariri, ka whakamanuhiritia, ia e ngā tāngata o Kariri, i kite hoki rātou i ngā mea katoa i meatia e ia ki Hiruhārama i te hākari; i haere hoki rātou ki te hākari.
46 Ā, ka tae anō a Īhu ki Kana o Kariri, ki te wāhi i meatia ai e ia te wai hei wāina. Nā, ko tētahi tangata a te kīngi, kei Kaperenauma tāna tama e mate ana. 47 Ā, nō ka rongo ia kua tae mai a Īhu i Hūria ki Kariri, ka haere ki a ia, ka īnoi ki a ia kia haere ia ki te whakaora i tāna tama; meāke hoki marere. 48 Nā, ko te meatanga a Īhu ki a ia, “Ki te kāhore koutou e kite i ngā tohu, i ngā merekara, e kore rawa koutou e whakapono.”
49 Ka mea te tangata a te kīngi ki a ia, “E te Ariki, haere iho i te mea kāhore anō kia mate noa tāku tamaiti”.
50 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Haere; kua ora tāu tama.”
Nā, whakapono ana te tangata ki te kupu i kōrerotia e Īhu ki a ia, ā, haere ana. 51 Ā, i a ia e haere ana, ka tūtaki āna pononga ki a ia, ka kōrero, “Kua ora tāu tamaiti.”
52 Nā, ka ui ia ki a rātou ki te hāora i mātūtū ake ai ia. Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nōnanahi, nō te whitu o ngā hāora, i mutu ai tōna kā.” 53 Nā, ka mōhio te pāpā, ko te tino hāora ia i mea ai a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua ora tāu tama.” Ā, whakapono ana ia, rātou ko tōna whare katoa.
54 Ko te rua anō tēnei o ngā merekara i meatia e Īhu, i muri i tōna haerenga i Hūria ki Kariri.