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Maori - The Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

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Te Matenga, te Tanumanga, me te Aranga Mai o Ihu Karaiti Kātahi ka karanga a Mohi ki ngā kaumātua katoa o Iharaira, ka mea ki a rātou, "Tīkina mai he reme mā koutou, kia rite ki ō koutou whānau, patua te kapenga. Me tiki hoki he paihere hihopa, ka tou ki te toto i roto i te peihana, ka tāia te korupe me ngā pou e rua ki te toto i roto i te peihana; kaua hoki tetahi o koutou e puta ki waho i te kuwaha o tōna whare, ā tae noa ki te ata. Ka haere hoki a Ihowā ki te patu i ngā Ihipiana; ā, ka kite ia i te toto i runga i te korupe, i ngā pou e rua hoki, ka whiti a Ihowā i te kuwaha, e kore hoki e tukua e ia te kaiwhakamate kia haere ki roto ki ō koutou whare ki te patu i a koutou." Ekoruhe 12:21-23 Ki te mea he hara te tangata e tika ai te mate mōna, ā, me whakamate ia, ā ka taronatia e koe ki runga i te rākau: Kaua tōna tinana e waiho i runga i te rākau i te pō katoa, engari me tanu e koe i taua rangi anō; he mea kanga hoki nā te Atua te tangata i taronatia; kei poke tō whenua, e hoatu nei e Ihowā, e tō Atua, ki a koe hei kāinga tupu. Tiuteronomi 21:22-23 Kua karapotia hoki ahau e ngā kurī: kua karapotia ahau e te whakaminenga o te hunga kino: kua werohia e rātou ōku ringa me ōku waewae. E taea e au te tatau i ōku iwi katoa: e titiro mai ana rātou, e matakitaki ana ki ahau. E wehewehea ana ōku kākahu ki waenganui i a rātou, e maka rota ana mō tōku kākahu. Waiata 22:16-18 Ā, i muri i ngā wiki e ono tekau mā rua ka hatepea atu te Karaiti, engari kāore he mea mōna ake: ā, ka whakangaromia te pā me te wāhi tapu e te iwi o te rangatira e haere mai nei; ā, ko tōna mutunga he waipuke, ā, kua whakaritea ngā whakangaromanga tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga. Raniera 9:26 Ka ringihia anō e ahau te wairua o te aroha noa, o ngā inoi ki runga ki te whare o Rawiri, ki runga hoki i ngā tāngata o Hiruharama, ā, ka titiro mai rātou ki ahau i werohia e rātou, ka tangi anō hoki ki a ia, me te mea e tangi ana ki tana huatahi, ka pouri anō hoki ki a ia, me te mea e pouri ana ki tana matamua. Hakaraia 12:10 I hoatu e ahau ki a koutou i te tuatahi te mea i riro mai i ahau, ara i mate a te Karaiti mo o tatou hara, i pera me ta nga karaipiture; a i tanumia ia, a i ara ake i te toru o nga ra, i pera me ta nga karaipiture; 1 Koriniti 15:3-4

Poropiti a Ihaia Ihaia 53 1 Ko wai i whakapono ki tā mātou kōrero? ā, i whakakitea ki a wai te ringa o Ihowā? 2 Ka tupu ake hoki ia ki tōna aroaro, ano he rakau wana, me te pakiaka hoki i te oneone maroke: kahore ona ahua, kahore hoki he ataahua; a ki te titiro atu tatou ki a ia, kahore he ataahua e hiahia ai tatou ki a ia.


Te Matenga, te Tanumanga, me te Aranga Mai o Ihu Karaiti

3 I whakahaweatia ia, i whakakahoretia e te tangata; he tangata pouri, kua mohio ki te tangi: a i huna e tatou, ano he kanohi i a ia; i whakahaweatia ia, kihai hoki tatou i whakaaro ki a ia. 4 He pono, nāna ō tātou mate i pikau, nāna hoki i waha ō tātou pōuri: heoi i mea tātou he mea whiu, he mea patu e te Atua, he mea whakawhiu. 5 Engari i whara ia mō ā tātou hara, i kuru ia mō ā tātou kino: ko te whiunga i tau ai tō tātou rangimārie i runga i a ia; ā, ki ōna whiunga i ora ai tātou. 6 Kua kotiti ke tātou katoa, pērā i te hipi, kua anga kē tātou ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara; ā, kua tau iho ki a ia te kino o tātou katoa. 7 I tukinotia ia, i whakawhiua, heoi kihai i puaki tona mangai: i arahina ia ano he reme ki te patunga, me te hipi hoki i te aroaro o ona kaikutikuti e wahangu ana, kihai i puaki tona mangai. 8 I tangohia atu ia i te whare herehere, i te whakawakanga: ā, mā wai e whakaatu tōna whakatupuranga? i tapahia atu hoki ia i te whenua o te hunga ora: nā te he o taku iwi i patua ai ia. 9 Ā, i whakaritea e ia tōna urupā hei te hunga kino, hei te hunga taonga i tōna matenga; nā te mea kāore āna mahi tutu, kāore hoki he tinihanga i roto i tōna mangai. 10 Heoi i pai a Ihowa ki te kuru i a ia; kua meinga ia e ia kia mamae: ina meinga e koe tona wairua hei whakahere mo te hara, ka kite ia i tona uri, ka whakaroa i ona ra, a ka oti i a ia te pai o Ihowa te pai. 11 Ka kite ia i te mamae o tōna wairua, ā, ka makona: mā tōna mōhio ka whakatikaia ai e taku pononga tika te tini; ka pikaua hoki e ia ō rātou kino. 12 Mō reira ka wehewehea e ahau he wāhi mōna i roto i te hunga nunui, ā, ka wehewehea e ia te taonga me te hunga kaha; nā te mea kua ringihia e ia tōna wairua ki te mate: ā, i taua tahitia ia me te hunga hara; ā, i waha e ia te hara o te tini, ā, i inoi ia mō te hunga hara.

Rongopai a Matiu Matiu 26 1 Ā, ka mutu ēnei kupu katoa a Ihu, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, 2 E mātau ana koutou kia rua ake ngā rā ko te hakari o te kapenga, ā, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata kia ripekatia. 3 Na ka huihui nga tohunga nui, nga karaipi, me nga kaumatua o te iwi, ki te whare o te tohunga nui, ko Kaiapa te ingoa, 4 Ā, ka runanga rātou kia hopukia a Ihu i runga i te tinihanga, kia whakamatea ai. 5 I mea rātou, Kaua i te rā hakari, kei ngangau te iwi. 6 Nā, i a Ihu i Petani, i te whare o Haimona repera, 7 Ka haere mai tetahi wahine ki a ia me te pouaka kohatu, he hinu kakara utu nui, a ringihia ana ki runga ki tona matenga, i a ia e noho ana ki te kai. 8 No te kitenga ia o ana akonga, ka riri ratou, ka mea, Hei aha tenei maumau? 9 He nui hoki te utu me i hokona tēnei hinu kakara, ka hoatu ki te hunga rawakore. 10 Ā, i te mōhiotanga o Ihu, ka mea ia ki a rātou, He aha tā koutou e whakararuraru ai i te wahine nei? he mahi pai hoki tāna i mea ai ki ahau. 11 Kei a koutou tonu hoki te hunga rawakore i ngā wā katoa; ko ahau ia e kore e noho tonu i a koutou. 12 Nā te mea i ringihia ai tēnei hinu kakara ki tōku tinana, he mea tēnei mō tōku tanumanga. 13 He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko nga wahi katoa o te ao e kauwhautia ai tenei rongopai, ka korerotia ano ta tenei wahine i mea ai, hei whakamahara ki a ia. 14 Kātahi ka haere tētahi o te tekau mā rua, ko Hura Ikariote te ingoa, ki ngā tohunga nui, 15 Ka mea atu ia ki a rātou, “He aha tā koutou e pai ai kia homai ki ahau, ā, māku ia e tuku ki a koutou?” Ā, ka whakarite rātou ki a ia mō ngā hiriwa e toru tekau. 16 Nō reira mai anō ia i rapu ai i te wā pai hei tukunga i a ia.

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17 Nā, i te rā tuatahi o te taro rewenakore, ka haere ngā ākonga ki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, Kei hea koe e pai ai kia taka e mātou te kapenga māu? 18 Nā ka mea ia, Haere ki te pa, ki a ia, ka mea atu ki a ia, E mea ana te Kaiwhakaako, Kua tata toku taima; ka mahia e ahau te kapenga ki tou whare, matou ko aku akonga. 19 Nā, ka meatia e ngā ākonga tā Ihu i whakarite ai ki a rātou; ā, taka ana e rātou te kapenga. 20 Ā, ka ahiahi, ka noho ia me te tekau mā rua. 21 Ā, i a rātou e kai ana, ka mea ia, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, mā tetahi o koutou ahau e tuku. 22 Nā, nui atu tō rātou pouri, ā, ka anga rātou katoa ka mea ki a ia, E te Ariki, ko ahau rānei? 23 Nā ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, Ko te tangata e toua tahi nei ō māua ringa ki te rihi, ko ia tēnei e tuku i ahau. 24 E haere ana te Tama a te tangata, e ai ki te mea i tuhituhia mona: otiia, aue te mate mo te tangata e tukua ai te Tama a te tangata! he pai ke mo taua tangata me i kaua ia e whanau. 25 Kātahi ka whakahoki a Hūrā, te kaituku i a ia, ka mea, E te Kaiwhakaako, ko ahau rānei? Ka mea ia ki a ia, Kua kōrerotia e koe. 26 A, i a rātou e kai ana, ka mau a Ihu ki te taro, ā, ka whakapai, ka whawhati, ka hoatu ki ngā ākonga, ka mea, Tangohia, kainga; ko tōku tinana tēnei. 27 Nā ka mau ia ki te kapu, ā, ka mutu te whakawhetai, ka hoatu ki a rātou, ka mea, Inumia tēnei e koutou katoa; 28 Ko ōku toto hoki ēnei, ko te kawenata hou, e ringihia ana mō te tini, hei murunga hara. 29 Nā, ko taku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, E kore ahau e inu i tēnei hua o te waina a mua ake nei, kia tae rā anō ki te rā e inumia houtia ai e tātou i te rangatiratanga o tōku Matua. 30 Ā, nō ka mutu tā rātou himene, ka haere rātou ki Maunga Oriwa. 31 Kātahi ka mea a Ihu ki a rātou, Ka hē koutou katoa ki ahau i tēnei pō: kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, Ka patua e ahau te hepara, ā ka whakamararatia ngā hipi o te kahui. 32Otira i muri i toku aranga mai, ka haere ahau i mua i a koutou ki Kariri. 33 Ka whakahoki a Pita, ka mea ki a ia, Ahakoa ka hē te katoa ki a koe, e kore rawa ahau e hē. 34 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, Ko tenei po ano, i te mea kahore ano kia tangi te tikaokao, ka toru au whakakahoretanga i ahau. 35 Ka mea a Pita ki a ia, Ahakoa kua takoto te tikanga kia mate tahi tāua, e kore ahau e whakakahore i a koe. I pera ano te kupu a ngā ākonga katoa. 36 Kātahi ka haere a Ihu rātou ko rātou ki tētahi wāhi, ko Kehemane tōna ingoa, ā ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, E noho koutou ki konei, kia haere ahau ki koina ki te inoi. 37 Nā ka mau ia ki a Pita rātou ko ngā tama tokorua a Heperi, ā ka tīmata ia te pouri, te taumahatanga. 38 Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, “ Kei te tino pōuri tōku wairua, tata ki te mate: noho koutou ki konei, kia mataara tahi tātou.” 39 Ā, ka haere ia ki mua tata atu, ka takoto ki raro, ka inoi, ka mea, E tōku Matua, ki te taea, tukua kia pahemo atu tēnei kapu i ahau: otira kaua e waiho i taku e pai ai, engari i tau e pai ai. 40 Ā, ka haere ia ki ngā ākonga, rokohanga atu e moe ana rātou, ka mea ia ki a Pita, Ha, kāore ianei koutou i ahei te mataara tahi tātou kia kotahi te hāora? 41 Kia mataara, me te inoi, kei uru koutou ki te whakamatautauranga: he hihiko te wairua, ko te kikokiko ia he ngoikore. 42 Haere atu ana ia, ko te rua o ngā haerenga, ka inoi, ka mea, E tōku Matua, ki te kore e taea te tango atu i tēnei kapu i ahau, ā, ki te kore ahau e inu, kia meatia tāu i pai ai. 43 Ā, ka hoki mai anō ia, ka rokohanga atu e moe ana rātou; i taimaha hoki ō rātou kanohi. 44 Nā ka mahue iho rātou i a ia, ka haere anō, ka inoi, ko te tuatoru o ngā inoinga, me te whakahua i aua kupu anō. 45 Kātahi ia ka haere ki āna ākonga, ka mea ki a rātou, Moe tonu, okioki: nā, kua tata te hāora, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata ki ngā ringa o te hunga hara.

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46 Whakatika, kia haere tātou: nana, kua tata te kaituku i ahau. 47 Ā, i a ia e kōrero ana, ka tae mai a Hūta, tētahi o te tekau mā rua, me te tini o te tangata, me āna hoari me āna patu, he mea tono mai nā ngā tohunga nui me ngā kaumātua o te iwi. 48 Nā, kua hoatu e te kaituku i a ia tētahi tohu ki a rātou, i mea ia, Ko taku tangata e kihi ai, ko ia tēnā: hopukia. 49 Nā, haere tonu mai ia ki a Ihu, ka mea, Tena koe, e te Kaiwhakaako; ā, kihi ana i a ia. 50 Nā ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, E hoa, he aha tāu i haere mai ai? Nā ka haere mai rātou, ka pa o rātou ringa ki a Ihu, ka hopu i a ia. 51 Nā, ka totoro te ringa o tētahi o te hunga i a Ihu, ka unuhia tana hoari, ka patu i te pononga a te tino tohunga, tapahia ana tōna taringa. 52 Katahi ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Whakahokia tau hoari ki tona pukoro: ka mate hoki i te hoari te hunga katoa e hapai hoari. 53 E mea ana koe e kore e taea e au te inoi ki toku Matua i tenei wa, a ka homai e ia ki ahau he ope anahera neke atu i te tekau ma rua nga rihiona? 54 Engari me pēhea rā ka rite ai ngā karaipiture, ara, ko te tikanga kia meatia tēnei? 55 I taua haora anō ka mea a Ihu ki te mano, He tahae ahau i haere mai ai koutou me ā koutou hoari me ā koutou patu ki te hopu i ahau? I noho ahau i a koutou i te temepara i ia rā, i ia rā, e whakaako ana, ā, kihai koutou i hopu i ahau. 56 Ia tupu rā te mau parau i papaihia e te mau perofeta i te mau mea atoa nei. Na ka whakarērea ia e ngā ākonga katoa, ā, oma ana. 57 Ā, ka arahina a Ihu e te hunga i hopu i a ia ki a Kaiapa, ki te tino tohunga, i reira hoki ngā karaipi me ngā kaumātua e huihui ana. 58 Ko Pita ia i aru i a ia i tawhiti ki te whare o te tino tohunga, ā, tomo atu ana ki roto, noho tahi ana me ngā kaimahi, kia kite i te mutunga. 59 Nā, ka rapu ngā tohunga nui, me ngā kaumātua, me te runanga katoa, i te whakapae teka mō Ihu, kia whakamatea ai ia; 60 Heoi kihai i kitea: ahakoa he tokomaha ngā kaiwhakapae teka i haere mai, heoi kihai i kitea. Nō muri ka puta mai ngā kaiwhakapae teka tokorua, 61 Ka mea, I mea ia, E taea e au te whakahoro i te whare tapu o te Atua, a kia toru nga ra ka hanga e ahau. 62 Nā, ka whakatika te tino tohunga, ka mea ki a ia, Kāore āu kupu whakahoki? he aha tā ēnei e whakapae nei mōu? 63 Heoi kāore a Ihu i kōrero. Nā ka whakahoki te tino tohunga, ka mea ki a ia, Ko taku kupu tēnei ki a koe i runga i te ingoa o te Atua ora, kia kōrero mai koe ki a mātou, ko te Karaiti rānei koe, ko te Tama a te Atua? 64 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Kua korerotia mai e koe: heoi ano taku kupu ki a koutou, Tenei ake ka kite koutou i te Tama a te tangata e noho ana i te ringa matau o te kaha, e haere mai ana i runga i nga kapua o te rangi. 65 Kātahi ka haehae te tino tohunga i ōna kākahu, ka mea, Kua kōrero kohukohu ia; hei aha atu mā tātou ngā kaiwhakaatu? Nā, kua rongo koutou i tāna kohukohu. 66 E pēhea ana ō koutou whakaaro? Nā rātou i whakahoki, ka mea, Ka tika kia mate ia. 67 Nā ka tuwhaina tōna mata e rātou, ka kuru i a ia; ko ētahi i papaki i a ia ki ngā kapu o ō rātou ringa, 68 I mea, Poropiti mai ki a mātou, e te Karaiti, ko wai koe i papaki? 69 Nā, i waho a Pita e noho ana i te whare rangatira: ā, ka haere mai tētahi kōtiro ki a ia, ka mea, I a Ihu o Kariri anō hoki koe. 70Otira ka whakakahore ia i te aroaro o ratou katoa, ka mea, Kahore ahau e mohio ki tau e korero mai nei. 71 Ā, i tōna haerenga atu ki waho ki te whakamahau, ka kite tētahi atu kōtiro i a ia, ā ka mea ki te hunga i reira, I a Ihu o Nahareta anō hoki tēnei tangata.

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72 Ā, ka whakakahore anō ia me te oati, Kāore ahau e mōhio ki tēnā tangata. 73 Ā, muri iho i tētahi wā, ka haere mai te hunga e tū ana i reira, ka mea ki a Pita, He pono ko koe tētahi o rātou; nā tō reo koe i whakaatu. 74 Kātahi ia ka tīmata te kanga, te oati, ka mea, Kāore ahau e mōhio ki tēnā tangata. Ā, tangi tonu iho te tikaokao. 75 Na ka mahara a Pita ki te kupu a Ihu, i mea ai ki a ia, I mua i te tangi o te tikaokao, ka toru au whakakahoretanga i ahau. Na haere ana ia ki waho, a nui atu tona tangi. Matiu 27 1 Ā, ka takiri te ata, ka runanga ngā tohunga nui katoa me ngā kaumātua o te iwi mō Ihu kia whakamatea: 2 Ā, nō ka oti ia te here, ka arahina atu, ka tukua ki a Ponotio Pirato, ki te kāwana. 3 A, no te kitenga o Hura, o te kaituku i a ia, kua whakataua ia kia whakamatea, ka puta ke tona whakaaro, a whakahokia ana e ia nga hiriwa e toru tekau ki nga tohunga nui ratou ko nga kaumatua, 4 Ka mea, Kua hara ahau i taku tukunga i te toto harakore. Ka mea rātou, He aha tā mātou? Māu e titiro. 5 Nā, maka iho ana e ia ngā hiriwa ki roto i te whare tapu, ā, haere ana, tārona ana i a ia. 6 Nā, ka tango ngā tohunga nui i ngā hiriwa, ka mea, E kore e tika kia panga ēnei ki te takotoranga moni, he utu toto hoki. 7 Nā ka runanga rātou, ā hokona ana ki aua mea te mara a te kaihanga rihi, hei tanumanga mō ngā manene. 8 Nā reira i huaina ai taua mara, Ko te Mara o te Toto, ā tae noa ki tēnei rā. 9 Kātahi ka rite te kupu i kōrerotia e Heremaia poropiti, i mea ai, Nā, tangohia ana e rātou ngā hiriwa e toru tekau, te utu mō te tangata i whakaritea, i whakaritea nei e ngā tama a Iharaira; 10 Ā, hoatu ana e rātou mō te mara a te kaihanga rihi, i pera me tā te Ariki i whakarite ai ki ahau. 11 Nā, i tū a Ihu i te aroaro o te kāwana: ā, ka pātai te kāwana ki a ia, ka mea, Ko koe rānei te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai? Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Kua kōrerotia e koe. 12 Ā, i te whakapaenga a ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua i a ia, kāore ia i whakahoki kupu. 13 Kātahi ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, Kāore koe e rongo i te tini o ngā mea e whakapaea nei koe e rātou? 14 Heoi, kāhore rawa he kupu i whakahokia e ia ki a ia; ā, miharo rawa te kāwana. 15 Nā, ko tā te kāwana tikanga i taua hakari he tuku i tētahi herehere ki te iwi, i tā rātou e pai ai. 16 I reira anō tētahi herehere rongonui, ko Parapa te ingoa. 17 Nō reira, i a rātou e huihui ana, ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Ko wai tā koutou e pai ai kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou? ko Parapa, ko Ihu rānei e huaina nei ko te Karaiti? 18 I mahara hoki ia he hae i tukua ai ia e ratou. 19 I a ia e noho ana i runga i te nohoanga whakawa, ka tono tangata tana wahine ki a ia, ka mea, Kaua e aha ki taua tangata tika: he maha hoki nga mea i pa ki ahau i tenei ra i roto i te moemoea mona. 20Otiia i whakakikitia e ngā tohunga nui me ngā kaumātua te mano kia inoia a Parapa, kia whakangaromia hoki a Ihu. 21 Nā, ka whakahoki te kāwana, ka mea ki a rātou, Ko wai o te tokorua tā koutou e pai ai kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou? Ka mea rātou, Ko Parapa. 22 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Me aha rā ahau ki a Ihu, e huaina nei ko te Karaiti? Ka mea katoa rātou ki a ia, Me ripeka ia. 23 Nā, ka mea te kāwana, He aha rā te kino i meatia e ia? Heoi, nui atu tā rātou karanga, ka mea, Me ripeka ia. 24 Ā, i te kitenga o Pirato kāhore āna mea e taea, engari ka nui kē te ngangau, ka mau ia ki te wai, ka horoi i ōna ringa i te aroaro o te mano, ka mea, Kāhore āku hara i te toto o tēnei tangata tika: mā koutou e titiro. 25 Nā, ka whakahoki te iwi katoa, ka mea, Hei runga i a mātou ōna toto, i a mātou tamariki hoki.

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26 Nā, ka tukua e ia a Parapa ki a rātou: ā, ka oti a Ihu te whiu, ka tukua kia ripekatia. 27 Kātahi ka arahina a Ihu e ngā hōia a te kāwana ki te whare whakawa, ā, huihuia ana ki a ia te ope katoa. 28 Nā ka tangohia e rātou ōna kākahu, ā, whakakakahuria ana ia ki te kākahu whero. 29 Ā, nō ka oti i a rātou te whiri he karauna tataramoa, ka whakanohoia ki tōna māhunga, me te kakaho ki tōna ringa matau: ā, ka tukua iho ō rātou turi ki mua i a ia, ka tawai ki a ia, ka mea, Tena koe, e te Kingi o ngā Hūrai! 30 Ā, ka tuwhaina ia e rātou, ka mau ki te kakaho, ka patua ki tōna matenga. 31 Ā, nō muri i tā rātou tawai ki a ia, ka tangohia te kākahu i a ia, kākahuria ana ōna ake kākahu ki a ia, ā, arahina ana ia kia ripekatia. 32 Ā, i a rātou e haere ana ki waho, ka kitea e rātou tētahi tangata nō Hairini, ko Haimona te ingoa: ā, ka meinga ia e rātou kia amo i tōna ripeka. 33 Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki te wāhi e kiia nei ko Korokota, ara, ko te wāhi o te angaanga, 34 I hoatu e rātou he winika ki a ia kia inumia, he mea whakaranu ki te au: ā, i tana whakamātautau, kihai ia i pai ki te inu. 35 Ā, ripekatia ana ia e rātou, wehewehea ana ōna kākahu, maka rota ana: kia rite ai te kupu i kōrerotia e te poropiti, I wehewehea ōku kākahu mō rātou, ā, maka rota ana mō tōku kākahu. 36 Nā, noho ana rātou ki raro, mātakitaki ana i a ia i reira. 37 Ā, i whakatakotoria e rātou ki runga ake i tōna māhunga te mea i whakawakia ai ia, he mea tuhituhi, KO IHU TĒNEI, KO TE KINGI O NGĀ HURAI. 38 Na tokorua nga tahae i ripekatia ngatahitia me ia, tetahi ki matau, tetahi ki maui. 39 Ā, ko te hunga i haereere i reira, ka tawai ki a ia, me te ruru i ō rātou māhunga, 40 Me te mea, Ko koe hei whakahoro i te whare tapu, hei hanga anō i roto i ngā rā e toru, whakaorangia koe e koe anō. Ki te mea ko te Tama koe a te Atua, heke iho i te ripeka. 41 I tawai hoki ngā tohunga nui, rātou ko ngā karaipi, ko ngā kaumātua, i mea, 42 I whakaorangia e ia ētahi atu; e kore ia e taea te whakaora i a ia anō. Ki te mea ko ia te Kingi o Iharaira, me heke iho ia i te ripeka, ā, ka whakapono mātou ki a ia. 43 I whakawhirinaki ia ki te Atua: māna ia e whakaora ināianei, ki te pai ia ki a ia: nāna hoki i mea, Ko te Tama ahau a te Atua. 44 Me ngā tahae hoki i ripekatia tahitia me ia, i pera anō tā rāua tawai ki a ia. 45 Nā, mai i te ono o ngā hāora ka pōuri te whenua katoa, ā, tae noa ki te iwa o ngā hāora. 46 Ā, tata ki te iwa o ngā hāora ka karanga a Ihu, he nui te reo, ka mea, Eri, Eri, rama hapakatani? ara, E toku Atua, e toku Atua, he aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau? 47 I te rongonga o ētahi o te hunga e tū ana i reira, ka mea rātou, E karanga ana tēnei tangata ki a Iraia. 48 Nā, ka oma tonu tetahi o rātou, ka mau ki te hautai, ka whakakiia ki te winika, ka whakanoho ki runga ki te kakaho, ka hoatu kia inumia e ia. 49 Ka mea ētahi, Kati, kia kite tātou e haere mai rānei a Iraia ki te whakaora i a ia. 50 Nā, ka karanga anō a Ihu, he nui te reo, ā, tuku atu ana i tōna wairua. 51 Nā, ka pakaru te arai o te whare tapu i waenganui, mai i runga ki raro: ka ru te whenua, ka pakaru ngā toka; 52 Ā, tuwhera kau ngā urupā; ā, he maha ngā tinana o te hunga tapu kua moe i ara ake; 53 Ā, i muri i tōna aranga mai, ka puta mai i roto i ngā urupā, ka tomo ki te pā tapu, ā, ka puta ki te tini. 54 Nā, i te kitenga o te keneturio, rātou ko ōna hoa tiaki i a Ihu, i te rū whenua, me ngā mea i meatia, nui atu tō rātou wehi, ka mea, He pono ko te Tama tēnei a te Atua. 55 Ā, he tokomaha ngā wāhine i reira e mātakitaki mai ana i tawhiti, i aru mai i a Ihu i Kariri, e mahi ana ki a ia: 56 I roto i a rātou a Meri Makarini, a Meri whaea o Hemi rāua ko Hōhe, me te whaea hoki o ngā tama a Heperi.

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57 Nā, ka ahiahi, ka haere mai tētahi tangata whai rawa o Arimatia, ko Hohepa te ingoa, he ākonga anō hoki ia nā Ihu: 58 I haere ia ki a Pirato, a tonoa ana e ia te tinana o Ihu. Na ka whakahau a Pirato kia hoatu te tinana. 59 Nā, ka tangohia e Hohepa te tinana, ā, takaia ana e ia ki te kakahu rinena ma. 60 Ā, whakatakotoria ana ki roto ki tana urupā hou, i keria e ia ki roto ki te kamaka: ā, whakataka ana e ia tētahi kōhatu nui ki te kūaha o te urupā, ā, haere ana. 61 Ā, i reira a Meri Makarini, me tētahi atu Meri, e noho ana i te ritenga atu o te urupā. 62 Na, i te aonga ake, i te ra i muri i te takanga o te hakari, ka huihui nga tohunga nui me nga Parihi ki a Pirato, 63 Ka mea, E te Ariki, e mahara ana mātou ki te meatanga a taua tangata tinihanga i a ia e ora ana, Kia toru ngā rā ka ara ahau. 64 Nā reira whakahaua kia tiakina te urupā a tae noa ki te toru o ngā rā, kei haere mai āna ākonga i te pō, ka tahae i a ia, ka mea ki te iwi, Kua ara ia i te hunga mate: nō reira kino atu i te tuatahi te hē whakamutunga. 65 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, He kaitiaki anō ā koutou: haere, kia mau te tūru o te whare. 66 Nā, haere ana rātou, ā, whakaukia ana te urupā, hiritia ana te kōhatu, me te whakatū anō i tētahi kaitiaki. Matiu 28 1 I te mutunga o te hapati, i te mea ka tata te puao te rā tuatahi o te wiki, ka haere a Meri Makarini me tera Meri kia kite i te urupā. 2 Nā, i puta mai he rū nui: i heke iho hoki te anahera a te Ariki i te rangi, a haere mai ana, whakataka atu ana e ia te kohatu i te kuwaha, a noho ana i runga. 3 Ko tōna āhua me te mea he uira, ā, ko tōna kākahu he mā me te mea he hukarere: 4 Ā, wiri ana ngā kaitiaki i te wehi ki a ia, ka rite ki te hunga mate. 5 Nā, ka whakahoki te anahera, ka mea ki ngā wāhine, Kaua e mataku: e mātau ana hoki ahau e rapu ana kōrua i a Ihu i ripekatia. 6 Kāore ia i konei: kua ara ia, kua pērā i tāna i mea ai. Haere mai, tirohia te wāhi i takoto ai te Ariki. 7 Haere hohoro, korerotia ki ana akonga kua ara ia i te hunga mate; a, nana, kei te haere ia i mua i a koutou ki Kariri; ko reira koutou kite ai i a ia: nana, kua korerotia e ahau ki a koutou. 8 Nā, hohoro tonu tā rāua haere atu i te urupā, me te wehi, me te hari nui, ā, oma ana ki te kōrero ki āna ākonga. 9 Ā, i a rāua e haere ana ki te kōrero ki āna ākonga, nā, ka tūtaki a Ihu ki a rāua, ka mea, “ Kia ora koutou.” Nā, ka haere mai rāua, ka pupuri i ōna waewae, ka koropiko ki a ia. 10 Kātahi ka mea a Ihu ki a rātou, Kaua e mataku: haere, ki atu ki ōku teina kia haere ki Kariri, ā, ka kite rātou i ahau i reira. 11 Ā, i a rātou e haere ana, nā, ka haere mai ētahi o ngā kaitiaki ki te pā, ka kōrero ki ngā tohunga nui i ngā mea katoa i meatia. 12 Ā, i te mutunga o tā rātou huihui me ngā kaumātua, ka runanga, ka hoatu e rātou he moni nui ki ngā hōia, 13 Ka mea, Me ki atu e koutou, I haere mai ana akonga i te po, a tahaetia ana ia i a matou e moe ana. 14 Ā, ki te tae tēnei ki ngā taringa o te kāwana, mā mātou ia e whakatenatena, ā, ka whakaorangia koutou. 15 Nā ka tangohia e rātou te moni, ā, meatia ana e rātou ngā mea i whakaakona ai rātou: ā, kei te kōrerotia tonutia tēnei kupu e ngā Hūrai a taea noatia tēnei rā. 16 Nā, ka haere ngā ākonga tekau mā tahi ki Kariri, ki te maunga i whakaritea e Ihu ki a rātou. 17 Ā, i tō rātou kitenga i a ia, ka koropiko ki a ia: ko ētahi ia i ruarua. 18 Na ka haere mai a Ihu, ka korero ki a ratou, ka mea, Kua tukua mai ki ahau te mana katoa i te rangi, i te whenua.

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19 Nā reira haere koutou, whakaakona ngā iwi katoa, iriiria rātou i runga i te ingoa o te Matua, o te Tama, o te Wairua Tapu: 20 Akona rātou kia mau ki ngā mea katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki a koutou: nā, kei a koutou tonu ahau, ā tae noa ki te mutunga o te ao. Āmene.

Rongopai a Maka Maka 14 1 Na, i muri i ngā rā e rua ko te hakari o te kapenga me te taro rewenakore: na ka rapu ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi i tētahi tinihanga e hopukia ai ia, e whakamatea ai. 2 I mea rātou, Kaua i te rā hakari, kei ngangau te iwi. 3 Ā, i a ia i Petani i te whare o Haimona repera, e noho ana ki te kai, ka haere mai tētahi wahine me tētahi pouaka kohatu, kī tonu i te hinu kakara nara, he mea utu nui; ā, wahia ana e ia te pouaka, ringihia ana ki runga ki tōna matenga. 4 Ā, i riri ētahi i roto i a rātou anō, i mea, Hei aha tēnei maumau o te hinu kakara? 5 Me i hokona atu hoki tēnei mea, neke atu i te toru rau pene, nā, ka hoatu ki te hunga rawakore. Ā, ka amuamu rātou ki a ia. 6 Nā, ka mea a Ihu, Waiho atu i a ia; he aha koutou ka whakararuraru ai i a ia? he mahi pai tāna i mea ai ki ahau. 7 Kei a koutou tonu hoki te hunga rawakore, ā, i ngā wā katoa e pai ai koutou ka taea e koutou te mahi pai ki a rātou: ko ahau ia e kore e noho tonu ki a koutou. 8 Kua mahia e ia te mea e taea e ia: kua whakawahia e ia i mua toku tinana mo te tanumanga. 9 He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko nga wahi katoa e kauwhautia ai tenei rongopai puta noa i te ao, ka korerotia ano tenei mea i mea ai ia, hei whakamahara ki a ia. 10 Nā, ka haere a Hūrā Ikariote, tētahi o te tekau mā rua, ki ngā tohunga nui, ki te tuku i a ia ki a rātou. 11 Ā, nō ka rongo rātou, ka hari, ka whakaae kia hoatu he moni ki a ia. Nā ka rapu ia i te huarahi watea e tukua ai ia. 12 Ā, i te rā tuatahi o te taro rewenakore, i te wā e patua ai te kapenga, ka mea āna ākonga ki a ia, Kei hea koe e pai ai kia haere mātou ki te taka i te kapenga hei kai māu? 13 Nā ka tonoa e ia ētahi o āna ākonga tokorua, ka mea ki a rāua, Haere ki te pā, ā ka tūtaki ki a kōrua tētahi tangata e mau ana i te hāka wai: haere i muri i a ia. 14 Ā, ko te wāhi e tomo ai ia, me mea atu ki te rangatira o te whare, E mea ana te Kaiwhakaako, Kei hea te rūma manuhiri, e kai ai māua ko aku ākonga i te kapenga? 15 Ā, māna e whakaatu ki a kōrua he rūma nui i runga, kua oti te whariki, te whakapai: me taka e kōrua ki reira mā tātou. 16 Na haere ana āna ākonga, ā, tae ana ki te pā, ka kite i tāna i kōrero ai ki a rāua: ā, taka ana e rāua te kapenga. 17 Ā, i te ahiahi ka haere mai ia me te tekau mā rua. 18 A i a rātou e noho ana, e kai ana, ka mea a Ihu, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko tetahi o koutou, e kai tahi nei māua, mana ahau e tuku. 19 Nā ka tīmata rātou te pouri, ka mea takitahi ki a ia, Ko ahau koia? ā ka mea tētahi, Ko ahau koia? 20 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, Ko tētahi ia o te tekau mā rua, e toua tahi nei māua ki te rihi. 21 E haere ana te Tama a te tangata, e ai ki te mea i tuhituhia mona: otiia aue te mate mo te tangata e tukua ai te Tama a te tangata! he pai mo taua tangata me i kaua ia e whanau. 22 Ā, i a rātou e kai ana, ka mau a Ihu ki te taro, ā, ka whakapai, ka whawhati, ka hoatu ki a rātou, ka mea, Tangohia, kainga: ko tōku tinana tēnei. 23 Nā ka mau ia ki te kapu, ā, ka mutu te whakawhetai, ka hoatu ki a rātou: ā ka inumia e rātou katoa. 24 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Ko ōku toto tēnei, ko te kawenata hou, e ringihia ana mō te tini. 8


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25 He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, E kore ahau e inu i te hua o te waina, kia tae ra ano ki taua ra e inumia houtia ai e ahau i te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 26 Ā, nō ka mutu tā rātou himene, ka haere rātou ki Maunga Oriwa. 27 Nā, ka mea a Ihu ki a rātou, Ka hē koutou katoa ki ahau i tēnei pō: kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, Ka patua e ahau te hepara, ā, ka whakamararatia ngā hipi. 28Otira i muri i toku aranga mai, ka haere ahau i mua i a koutou ki Kariri. 29 Nā, ka mea a Pita ki a ia, Ahakoa ka hē te katoa, ko ahau ia, e kore. 30 Ā, ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, Ko akuanei, i tēnei pō anō, i te mea kāore anō kia rua ngā tangihanga o te tikaokao, ka toru āu whakakahoretanga i ahau. 31 Heoi ka tino kaha rawa tana kōrero, Ahakoa mate tahi tāua, e kore ahau e whakakahore i a koe. I pera ano te kōrero a rātou katoa. 32 Ā, ka tae rātou ki tētahi wāhi, ko Kehemane te ingoa: nā ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, E noho koutou ki konei, kia inoi ahau. 33 Na ka mau ia ki a Pita ratou ko Hemi, ko Hoani, a ka timata te miharo, te taimaha; 34 Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Kei te tino pouri toku wairua, tata ki te mate: noho koutou i konei, kia mataara. 35 Na ka haere ia ki mua tata atu, ka takoto ki te whenua, ka inoi, mehemea e taea, kia pahemo atu i a ia taua haora. 36 Nā ka mea ia, E Apa, e Pā, ka taea e koe ngā mea katoa; tangohia atu tēnei kapu i ahau: otiia kaua e waiho taku e pai ai, engari ko tau e pai ai. 37 Na ka haere mai ia, ka rokohanga atu e moe ana ratou, a ka mea ki a Pita, E Haimona, kei te moe koe? E kore ianei e taea e koe te mataara kia kotahi haora? 38 Kia mataara, me te inoi, kei uru koutou ki te whakamatautauranga. He hihiko te wairua, ko te kikokiko ia he ngoikore. 39 Na ka haere atu ano ia, ka inoi, me te whakahua i aua kupu ano. 40 Ā, i tōna hokinga mai anō, ka rokohanga atu e ia e moe ana rātou, (he taimaha hoki ō rātou kanohi,) kāore hoki rātou i mōhio ki tā rātou e whakahoki atu ai ki a ia. 41 Nā, ko te toru o ōna haerenga mai, ka mea ki a rātou, Moe tonu, okioki: heoi anō, kua tae te hāora; nāna, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata ki ngā ringa o te hunga hara. 42 Whakatika, kia haere tātou; nana, kua tata te kaituku i ahau. 43 Ā, i a ia e kōrero ana, ka puta mai a Hūta, tētahi o te tekau mā rua, me te tini o te tangata, me āna hoari, me āna patu, i ahu mai i ngā tohunga nui, i ngā karaipi, i ngā kaumātua. 44 Kua hoatu hoki e te kaituku i a ia tētahi tohu ki a rātou, i mea ia, Ko taku tangata e kihi ai, ko ia tēnā; hopukia ia, ka arahina atu kia mau. 45 Nā, i tōna taenga mai, ka haere tonu atu ia ki a ia, ka mea, E te Kaiwhakaako, e te Kaiwhakaako; ā, kihi ana i a ia. 46 Nā ka mau ō rātou ringa ki a ia, ka hopukina ia. 47 Nā, ka unuhia e tētahi o te hunga e tū ana i reira tana hoari, ā, patua iho e ia te pononga a te tino tohunga, tapahia ana tōna taringa. 48 Nā ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a rātou, He tahae ahau i haere mai ai koutou me ngā hoari me ngā patu, ki te hopu i ahau? 49 I a koutou ahau e whakaako ana i te temepara i ia rā, i ia rā, ā, kihai koutou i hopu i ahau: otira kua whakaritea kia rite ngā karaipiture. 50 Nā, whakarērea ana ia e rātou katoa, oma ana. 51 Nā, ka aru mai tētahi taitama i a ia, he kakahu rinena tōna i takai ai ki tōna tinana tu tahanga; ā, ka hopukina ia e rātou. 52 Nā, ka whakarērea e ia te kakahu rinena, ā, oma tahanga atu ana i a rātou. 53 Ā, ka arahina atu e rātou a Ihu ki te tino tohunga: ā, i huihui mai ki a ia ngā tino tohunga katoa, ngā kaumātua me ngā karaipi.

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54 Ā, i aru atu a Pita i a ia i tawhiti, tae noa ki roto ki te whare o te tino tohunga: ā, noho ana ia me ngā kaimahi, whakamahana ana i a ia i te taha o te ahi. 55 Nā, i rapu ngā tohunga nui me te runanga katoa i te kōrero mō Ihu, kia whakamatea ai ia; heoi, kāore i kitea. 56 He tokomaha hoki i whakapae teka mōna, otiia kihai i rite ā rātou kōrero. 57 Ā, ka whakatika ētahi, ka whakapae teka ki a ia, ka mea, 58 I rongo mātou i a ia e mea ana, Ka whakangaromia e ahau tēnei whare tapu i hanga nei e te ringa, ā, i roto i ngā rā e toru ka hanga e ahau tētahi atu, ehara i te mea i hanga e te ringa. 59Otiia kihai i rite ta ratou korero. 60 Nā ka whakatika te tino tohunga i waenganui, ka ui ki a Ihu, ka mea, Kāore āu kupu whakahoki? he aha tā ēnei e whakapae nei mōu? 61 Heoi, kāore ia i whakarongo puku, kāore hoki i whakahoki kupu. Ka ui anō te tino tohunga ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, Ko koe rānei a te Karaiti, te Tama a te Mea Whakapaingia? 62 Ka mea a Ihu, Ko ahau ia: a ka kite koutou i te Tama a te tangata e noho ana i te ringa matau o te kaha, e haere mai ana i roto i nga kapua o te rangi. 63 Kātahi ka haehae te tino tohunga i ōna kākahu, ka mea, Hei aha atu mā tātou ētahi kaiwhakaatu? 64 Kua rongo koutou i tana kohukohu: e pēhea ana ō koutou whakaaro? Nā, ka whakataua ia e rātou katoa kia tika kia mate. 65 Kātahi ka anga ētahi ka tuwha ki a ia, ka hipoki i tōna mata, ka kuru i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, Poropiti mai: ā, ka pakia ia e ngā kaimahi ki ō rātou ringa. 66 Ā, i a Pita i raro i te whare kingi, ka haere mai tētahi o ngā kōtiro a te tino tohunga: 67 Ā, i tōna kitenga i a Pita e pāinaina ana, ka titiro atu ia ki a ia, ka mea, I a Ihu o Nahareta anō hoki koe. 68 Otira ka whakakahore ia, ka mea, Kahore ahau i te matau, kahore hoki i te marama ki tau e korero mai nei. Na ka haere ia ki waho ki te whakamahau: a ka tangi te tikaokao. 69 Ā, ka kite anō tetahi kōtiro i a ia, ka anga ka kōrero ki te hunga e tū tata ana, Ko tētahi tēnei o rātou. 70 Ā, ka whakakahore anō ia. Ā, muri tata iho ka mea anō te hunga e tū tata ana ki a Pita, He pono ko koe tētahi o rātou; nō Kariri hoki koe, ā, e rite ana tō reo ki tāu e kōrero nei. 71 Katahi ia ka timata te kanga, te oati, ka mea, Kahore ahau e matau ki tena tangata e korero nei koutou. 72 Ā, ko te tuarua o ngā tangihanga o te tikaokao. Nā ka mahara a Pita ki te kupu i kōrero ai a Ihu ki a ia, E kore e rua ngā tangihanga o te tikaokao, ka toru āu whakakahoretanga i ahau. Ā, i a ia e whakaaro ana ki tēnā, ka tangi ia. Maka 15 1 Ā, i te atatu tonu, ka runanga ngā tohunga nui, ngā kaumātua, ngā karaipi, me te runanga katoa, ā, ka herea e rātou a Ihu, ka arahina atu, ka tukua ki a Pirato. 2 Nā ka ui a Pirato ki a ia, Ko koe rānei te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai? Ā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a ia, Koia anō tāu e kōrero nei. 3 He maha ngā mea i whakapaea ai ia e ngā tohunga nui; heoi kāhore āna kupu whakahoki. 4 Nā ka ui anō a Pirato ki a ia, ka mea, Kāore āu kupu whakahoki? Tirohia te tini o ngā mea e whakapaea nei koe e rātou. 5 Heoi kāhore a Ihu i whakahoki atu; nō reira i miharo ai a Pirato. 6 Nā, i taua hakari ka tukua e ia ki a rātou tētahi herehere, ko tā rātou e inoi ai. 7 I reira tetahi tangata, ko Parapa te ingoa, e here tahi ana me te hunga i whakakeke, he hunga i patu tangata i te ngangaretanga. 8 Nā ka karanga te mano, ka anga ka tono ki a ia kia meatia e ia tana i mea ai ki a ratou i mua. 9 Nā, ka whakahoki a Pirato ki a rātou, ka mea, E pai ana rānei koutou kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou te Kingi o ngā Hūrai?

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10 I mōhio hoki ia nā te hae i tukua ai ia e ngā tohunga nui. 11 Otirā, ka whakaohokia e ngā tohunga nui te mano, kia tukua e ia a Parapa ki a rātou. 12 Nā ka whakahoki anō a Pirato, ka mea ki a rātou, He aha rā tā koutou e hiahia ai kia meatia e ahau ki tēnei tangata e huaina nei e koutou ko te Kingi o ngā Hūrai? 13 Ā, ka karanga anō rātou, Ripekatia ia. 14 Nā, ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, He aha rā te kino i meatia e ia? Heoi nui atu tā rātou karanga, Ripekatia ia. 15 Nā, i te mea i hiahia a Pirato kia whakamanawareka i te mano, ka tukua e ia a Parapa ki a rātou, ā, ka oti a Ihu te whiu, ka tukua kia ripekatia. 16 Nā, ka arahina ia e ngā hōia ki te whare tira, e kiia nei ko te Whare Pāretoria; ā, karangarangatia ana te ope katoa. 17 Ā, ka whakakakahuria ia ki te kākahu papura, ā, ka whiria he karauna tataramoa, ka potaea ki tōna māhunga. 18 Nā ka anga rātou ka oha ki a ia, Tena koe, e te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai! 19 Ā, patua ana e rātou tōna māhunga ki te kakaho, tuwha ana ki a ia, ā, piko ana ō rātou turi, koropiko ana ki a ia. 20 Ā, nō ka mutu tā rātou tawai ki a ia, ka tangohia te papura i a ia, ka whakakakahuria ōna kākahu ki a ia, ā, arahina ana ia ki waho kia ripekatia. 21 Nā ka meinga e rātou tētahi tangata e tika ana nā reira, a Haimona nō Hairini, e haere mai ana i te whenua, ko ia te matua o Arehanera rāua ko Rupuha, kia amo i tōna ripeka. 22 Ā, ka arahina ia e rātou ki te wāhi o Korokota, ko tōna tikanga ina whakamaoritia, Ko te wāhi o te angaanga. 23 Ā, ka hoatu e rātou he waina ki a ia kia inumia, he mea whakaranu ki te maira: heoi kihai ia i tango. 24 Ā, i te mea kua ripekatia ia e rātou, ka wehewehea ōna kākahu, ka maka rota ki runga i a rātou, kia kitea ai ko tēhea te mea e riro i ia tangata, i ia tangata. 25 Nā, ko te toru o ngā hāora, ā, ka ripekatia ia e rātou. 26 Ā, ko te tuhituhinga i whakapaea ai ia i tuhituhia ki runga, KO TE KINGI O NGĀ HURAI. 27 Ā, tokorua ngā tahae i ripekatia ngātahitia me ia; ko tētahi ki matau, ko tētahi ki maui. 28 Ā, ka rite te karaipiture, e mea nei, I taua ia me te hunga hara. 29 Ā, ko te hunga e haereere ana i reira ka tawai ki a ia, ka ruru i ō rātou māhunga, ka mea, Āe, ko koe ka whakahoro nei i te whare tapu, ka hanga nei anō i roto i ngā rā e toru, 30 Whakaorangia koe, heke iho i te ripeka. 31 Waihoki ko ngā tohunga nui ka tawai, rātou ko ngā karaipi, ka mea tetahi ki tetahi, Ko ētahi atu i whakaorangia e ia; e kore e taea e ia te whakaora i a ia anō. 32 Tukua a te Karaiti, te Kingi o Iharaira, kia heke iho i te ripeka inaianei, kia kite ai tātou, kia whakapono ai. Ā, ko te hunga i ripekatia ngatahitia me ia, i tawai ki a ia. 33 Ā, nō te ono o ngā hāora, ka pōuri te whenua katoa, tae noa ki te iwa o ngā hāora. 34 Ā, i te iwa o ngā hāora ka karanga a Ihu, he nui te reo, ka mea, Eroi, Eroi, rama hapakatani? ko te tikanga tēnei, E tōku Atua, e tōku Atua, he aha koe i whakarērea ai ahau? 35 Ā, i te rongonga o ētahi o te hunga e tū ana i reira, ka mea, Nana, e karanga ana ia i a Iraia. 36 Nā ka oma tetahi, ka whakaki i tētahi hautai ki te winika, ka whakanoho ki te kākaho, ka hoatu kia inumia e ia, ka mea, Kati; kia kite tātou me kore a Iraia e haere mai ki te tango i a ia ki raro. 37 Nā, ka karanga a Ihu, he nui te reo, ā, hemo ake. 38 Ā, ka haehaea te arai o te temepara i waenganui, mai i runga ki raro. 39 Ā, te kitenga o te keneturio, e tū ana i tōna ritenga atu, i tana karanga nui, me tana tukunga i tōna wairua, ka mea ia, He pono ko te Tama a te Atua tēnei tangata. 40 I reira hoki ētahi wāhine e matakitaki ana mai i tawhiti: i roto i a rātou a Meri Makarini, a Meri whaea o Hemi te mea iti, rāua ko Hōhe, me Haromi;

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41 (Arā hoki, i aru rātou i a ia, i a ia i Kariri, i mahi mea māna;) me ētahi atu wāhine tokomaha i haere tahi mai me ia ki Hiruharama. 42 Nā, ka ahiahi, i te mea ko te rā takanga, ara ko te rā i mua atu i te hapati, 43 Ka haere mai a Hohepa o Arimatia, he rangatira runanga, he tangata whai ingoa hoki, e tatari ana ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua; a ka haere maia ki a Pirato, ka tono i te tinana o Ihu. 44 Ā, miharo ana a Pirato, ki tōna matenga kē: ā, ka karangatia e ia te keneturio, ka ui ki a ia, mēnā kua mate kē ia. 45 Ā, nō ka mōhio ia ki te keneturio, ka hoatu e ia te tinana ki a Hohepa. 46 Nā ka hokona e ia he rinena pai, ka tangohia iho ia e ia, ā, takaia ana ki te rinena, ka whakatakotoria ki roto i te urupā i haua ki te kamaka, ā, hurihia ana e ia tētahi kōhatu ki te kūaha o te urupā. 47 I kite a Meri Makarini rāua ko Meri whaea o Hōhi i te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia. Maka 16 1 Ā, nō te pahemotanga o te hapati, ka hokona he mea kakara e Meri Makarini, e Meri whaea o Hemi, e Haromi, kia haere ai rātou ki te whakawahi i a ia. 2 Nā, i te atatu o te rā tuatahi o te wiki, ka haere rātou ki te urupā i te putanga mai o te rā. 3 Ā, ka mea rātou ki a rātou anō, Mā wai tātou e whakataka te kōhatu i te kūaha o te urupā? 4 Ā, i tō rātou tirohanga atu, ka kite kua hurihia te kōhatu: he mea nui whakaharahara hoki. 5 Ā, i tō rātou tomonga ki te urupā, ka kite rātou i tētahi taitama e noho ana i te taha matau, he kākahu ma tōna: nā ka mataku rātou. 6 Nā ka mea ia ki a rātou, Kaua e mataku: e rapu ana koutou i a Ihu o Nahareta i ripekatia: kua ara ia; kāore ia i konei: tirohia te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia. 7 Engari haere, korerotia atu ki ana akonga, ki a Pita hoki, kei te haere ia i mua i a koutou ki Kariri: ko reira koutou kite ai i a ia, e ai ki tana i mea ai ki a koutou. 8 Nā, hohoro tonu tā rātou haere atu i te urupā, ā, oma ana i te urupā; i wiri hoki rātou, i miharo: kihai hoki i kōrero ki tētahi tangata; i mataku hoki rātou. 9 Nā, i tōna aranga ake i te atatu o te rā tuatahi o te wiki, ka puta tuatahi ia ki a Meri Makarini, i peia nei e ia ētahi rewera e whitu i roto i a ia. 10 Na ka haere ia, ka korero ki te hunga i noho tahi me ia i mua, i a ratou e pouri ana, e tangi ana. 11 Ā, i tō rātou rongonga kua ora ia, kua kitea hoki e ia, kāore rātou i whakapono. 12 Muri iho i ēnei mea ka puta ia i tētahi atu āhua ki ētahi atu o rātou tokorua, i a rāua e haere ana ki te whenua. 13 Na ka haere ratou, ka korero ki etahi atu; heoi kihai ratou i whakapono ki a ratou. 14 Muri iho ka puta ia ki te tekau ma tahi, i a ratou e noho ana ki te kai, a riria iho e ia to ratou whakaponokore, me te pakeke o te ngakau, mo ratou kihai i whakapono ki te hunga i kite i a ia i muri i tona aranga mai. 15 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Haere koutou ki te ao katoa, kauwhautia te rongopai ki ngā mea hanga katoa. 16 Ko ia e whakapono ana, ā, ka iriiria, ka whakaorangia; ko ia ia e kore e whakapono, ka whakataua te he ki a ia. 17 Ā, ka whai i ēnei tohu te hunga e whakapono ana; ka pei rewera rātou i runga i tōku ingoa; ka kōrero rātou i ngā reo hou; 18 Ka tango ake rātou i ngā nakahi; ā, ki te inu rātou i tētahi mea whakamate, e kore rātou e pāngia; ka pa ō rātou ringa ki te hunga mate, ā ka ora rātou. 19 Nā, i te mutunga o tana kōrerotanga ki a rātou, ka tangohia atu ia ki te rangi, ā, noho ana ki te ringa matau o te Atua. 20 Nā, haere ana rātou, kauwhau ana i ngā wāhi katoa, me te mahi tahi anō te Ariki me rātou, me te whakau i te kupu ki ngā tohu e whai ana. Āmene.

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Rongopai a Ruka Ruka 22 1 Nā, kua tata te hakari taro rewenakore, e kiia nei ko te Kapenga. 2 Ā, ka rapu ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi ki te pēhea e whakamatea ai ia e rātou; i wehi hoki rātou i te iwi. 3 Na ka tomo a Hatana ki roto i a Hura, ko Ikariote te ingoa, no te tekau ma rua ia. 4 Ā, ka haere ia, ka kōrero ki ngā tohunga nui me ngā rangatira, me pēhea e tukua ai ia e ia ki a rātou. 5 Ā, ka hari rātou, ka whakaae kia hoatu he moni ki a ia. 6 Nā ka whakaae ia, ka rapu i te wā pai hei tuku i a ia ki a rātou i te mea e ngaro atu ana te mano. 7 Nā, ka tae mai te rā o te taro rewenakore, i tika ai kia patua te kapenga. 8 Nā ka tonoa e ia a Pita rāua ko Hoani, ka mea, Haere, taka te kapenga mā tātou, kia kai ai tātou. 9 Nā ka mea rātou ki a ia, Kei hea koe e pai ai kia taka e māua? 10 Ka mea ia ki a rāua, Nā, ina tomo kōrua ki te pā, ka tūtaki mai tētahi tangata ki a kōrua e mau ana i te hāka wai; e aru kōrua i a ia ki te whare e tomo ai ia. 11 Ka mea atu kōrua ki te rangatira o te whare, E mea ana te Kaiwhakaako ki a koe, Kei hea te rūma manuhiri, e kai ai māua ko aku ākonga i te kapenga? 12 Ā, māna e whakaatu ki a kōrua he rūma nui i runga, kua oti te whariki: me taka e kōrua ki reira. 13 Na haere ana raua, a rokohanga atu ana, rite tonu ki tana i korero ai ki a raua: a taka ana e raua te kapenga. 14 Ā, ka tae te hāora, ka noho ia, rātou ko ngā apotoro tekau mā rua. 15 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Nui atu tōku hiahia kia kai tahi tātou i tēnei kapenga i mua i tōku mamaetanga: 16 Ko taku kupu hoki tenei ki a koutou, E kore ahau e kai i tenei a muri ake nei, kia tino rite ra ano i te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 17 Nā ka mau ia ki te kapu, ka whakawhetai, ka mea, Tangohia tēnei, tuwhaina ma koutou: 18 Ko taku kupu hoki tenei ki a koutou, E kore ahau e inu i te hua o te waina, kia tae mai ra ano te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 19 Nā ka mau ia ki te taro, ka whakawhetai, ka whawhati, ka hoatu ki a rātou, ka mea, Ko tōku tinana tēnei e hoatu ana mō koutou: meinga tēnei hei whakamahara ki ahau. 20 I peratia anō hoki te kapu, i muri i te hapa, i mea ia, Ko te kawenata hou tēnei kapu i runga i ōku toto, e ringihia nei mō koutou. 21 Engari, tirohia mai, kei ahau nei te ringa o te kaituku i ahau, kei te tēpu. 22 E haere ana hoki te Tama a te tangata, e ai ki te mea i whakaritea: otiia, aue te mate mo te tangata e tukua ai ia! 23 Nā ka anga rātou ka rapu ki a rātou anō, ko wai o rātou e mea i tēnei mea. 24 Ā, i ara anō hoki he tautohe i roto i a rātou, ko wai o rātou e kiia ko te tangata nui rawa. 25 Nā ka mea ia ki a rātou, Ko ngā kīngi o ngā Tauiwi e whakarangatira ana ki a rātou; ko te hunga e whai mana ana ki runga i a rātou e kiia ana he hunga atawhai. 26Engari kaua koutou e pena: engari ko te mea nui o koutou, kia rite ki te mea iti; ko te tino tangata, kia rite ki te kaimahi. 27 Ko wai hoki te mea nui, ko ia e noho ana ki te kai, ko ia rānei e mahi ana? ehara ianei i te mea e noho ana ki te kai? engari kei roto ahau i a koutou i te mea e mahi ana. 28 Ko koutou te hunga i noho tahi me ahau i aku whakamatautauranga. 29 Ā, ka whakarite ahau i tētahi rangatiratanga mō koutou, i te pera me tā tōku Matua i whakarite ai mōku; 30 Kia kai ai koutou, kia inu ai ki taku tēpu i tōku rangatiratanga, kia noho ai hoki ki runga ki ngā torona, e whakawa ai i ngā iwi tekau mā rua o Iharaira. 31 Nā, ka mea te Ariki, E Haimona, e Haimona, na, kua inoi a Hātana kia riro kōrua, kia tataritia ai kōrua e ia, kia rite ki te witi. 13


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32 Otiia kua inoi ahau mou, kia kaua e ngoikore tou whakapono: a, ki te tahuri koe, whakakahangia ou teina. 33 Nā ka mea ia ki a ia, E te Ariki, e pai ana ahau kia haere tahi māua ki te whare herehere, ki te mate hoki. 34 Ā, ka mea ia, Ko taku kupu tēnei ki a koe, e Pita, e kore te tikaokao e tangi i tēnei rā, ā, ka toru āu whakakahoretanga i tōu mōhio ki ahau. 35 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, I taku tononga i a koutou, kāhore he pēke moni, kāhore he putea, kāhore he hu, i hapa rānei koutou i tetahi mea? Ka mea rātou, Kāhore rawa. 36 Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, “ Engari ko tēnei, ko te tangata he pēke moni tāna, me mauria e ia, me tana putea anō hoki; ko ia hoki kāhore āna hoari, me hoko e ia tōna kākahu, ka hoko mai i tētahi.” 37 Ko taku kupu hoki tenei ki a koutou, ko te mea kua oti te tuhituhi, kia rite i ahau, ara, I taua ia ki roto ki te hunga hara: kua oti hoki nga mea moku. 38 Nā ka mea rātou, E te Ariki, na, e rua ēnei hoari. Nā ka mea ia ki a rātou, Kati rā. 39 Na ka puta atu ia, ka haere ki Maunga Oriwa, ko tana tikanga hoki tera; me te aru ano ana akonga i a ia. 40 Ā, i tōna taenga ki taua wāhi, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Me inoi kei uru koutou ki te whakamātautau. 41 Na ka mawehe atu ia i a ratou, kei te matara o te kohatu kotahi te matara, a ka tuturi ona turi, ka inoi, 42 E mea ana, E Pa, ki te pai koe, tangohia atu tenei kapu i ahau: otira kaua e meatia taku e pai ai, engari tau. 43 Ā, ka puta mai tētahi anahera i te rangi ki a ia, e whakakaha ana i a ia. 44 Ā, i te mamae nui o tōna ngākau, ka nui haere tōna inoi: ko tōna kakawa ka rite ki te pata toto e turuturu iho ana ki te whenua. 45 Na ka ara ake ia i te inoi, a ka tae ki ana akonga, rokohanga atu e moe ana ratou i te pouri, 46 Nā ka mea ia ki a rātou, He aha koutou ka moe ai? Whakatika ki te inoi, kei uru koutou ki te whakamātautau. 47 I a ia e kōrero ana, nā, he mano, ko Hura te ingoa, ko tētahi o te tekau mā rua, e haere ana i mua i a rātou, ā, ka whakatata ia ki a Ihu ki te kihi i a ia. 48 Nā, ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, E Hūrā, he kihi tāu e tuku ai i te Tama a te tangata? 49 Ā, i te kitenga o te hunga i tōna taha i ngā mea e meatia ana, ka mea rātou ki a ia, E te Ariki, me patu rānei mātou ki te hoari? 50 Nā, ka patua e tētahi o rātou te pononga a te tohunga nui, tapahia ana tōna taringa matau. 51 Nā ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea, Kati ra i konei. Nā ka pā ia ki tōna taringa, ā ka ora ia. 52 Katahi ka mea a Ihu ki nga tohunga nui, ki nga rangatira o te temepara, ki nga kaumatua hoki, i haere mai ki a ia, I haere mai koutou me nga hoari me nga patu, me te mea he tahae koutou? 53 I ahau e noho ana i a koutou i te temepara i ia rā, i ia rā, kāore koutou i totoro mai ō koutou ringa ki ahau; ko tō koutou ia hāora tēnei, ko te mana hoki o te pōuri. 54 Nā ka hopukina ia e rātou, ka arahina atu, ka kawea ki te whare o te tino tohunga. Ā, i aru mai a Pita i tawhiti. 55 Ā, nō ka tahuna e rātou he ahi ki waenganui o te whare, ka noho tahi rātou, ka noho a Pita i waenganui i a rātou. 56 Nā, ka kite tetahi kōtiro i a ia e noho ana i te taha o te ahi, ā, ka titiro matatau atu ki a ia, ka mea, I a ia anō hoki tēnei tangata. 57 Nā ka whakakahore ia ki a ia, ka mea, E ko, kāhore ahau e mōhio ki a ia. 58 Ā, muri tata iho ka kite tētahi atu i a ia, ka mea, Nō rātou hoki koe. Nā ka mea a Pita, E tama, ehara ahau. 59 Ā, me te mea kotahi te haora i muri iho, ka tohe anō tetahi atu, ka mea, He pono i a ia anō hoki tēnei tangata: nō Kariri hoki ia. 60 Ā, ka mea a Pita, E tama, kāhore ahau e mōhio ki tāu e kōrero nei. Ā, i a ia e kōrero ana, ka tangi te tikaokao.

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61 Na ka tahuri te Ariki, ka titiro ki a Pita. A ka mahara a Pita ki te kupu a te Ariki, ki tana meatanga ki a ia, E kore e tangi te tikaokao, ka toru au whakakahoretanga i ahau. 62 Na ka haere atu a Pita ki waho, a nui atu tona tangi. 63 Nā ka taunu ngā kaipupuri o Ihu ki a ia, ka whiu i a ia. 64 Ā, ka hipokina ōna kanohi e rātou, ka pakia tōna mata, ka ui atu ki a ia, ka mea, Poropiti mai, ko wai i papaki i a koe? 65 He maha atu anō hoki ngā kupu kino i kōrerotia e rātou mōna. 66 Ā, i te aonga ake o te rā, ka huihui ngā kaumātua o te iwi, ngā tohunga nui, me ngā karaipi, ā, arahina ana ia ki tō rātou runanga, ka mea, 67 Ko te Karaiti koe? korerotia mai ki a matou. Ano ra ko ia ki a ratou, Ki te mea ahau ki a koutou, e kore koutou e whakapono; 68A ki te ui atu ahau ki a koutou, e kore koutou e whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau, e kore ano hoki e tukua ahau kia haere. 69 Ā muri ake nei ka noho te Tama a te tangata ki te ringa matau o te mana o te Atua. 70 Nā, ka mea rātou katoa, Ko koe rānei te Tama a te Atua? Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, E mea ana koutou ko ahau ia. 71 Nā ka mea rātou, Hei aha atu he kaiwhakaatu mā tātou? Kua rongo nei hoki tātou i tana mangai. Ruka 23 1 Kātahi ka whakatika te mano katoa, ā, arahina ana ia ki a Pirato. 2 Nā ka anga rātou ka whakapae i a ia, ka mea, Kua mau i a mātou tēnei tangata e whakaputa ke ana i te iwi, e mea ana kia kaua e hoatu te takoha ki a Hiha, e mea ana ko ia te Karaiti, te Kingi. 3 Nā ka ui a Pirato ki a ia, ka mea, Ko koe rānei te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai? Nā ka whakahoki ia ki a ia, ka mea, Koia tāu e kōrero nei. 4 Nā, ko te meatanga a Pirato ki ngā tohunga nui, ki te iwi hoki, Kāore au i kite i tētahi he o tēnei tangata. 5 Ā, nui atu tā rātou tohe, ka mea, E whakaohooho ana ia i te iwi, e whakaako ana puta noa i Hūria, mai i Kariri, ā tae noa mai ki konei. 6 I te rongonga o Pirato i Kariri, ka ui ia, No Kariri ranei taua tangata? 7 Ā, i tōna mōhiotanga nō te rangatiratanga o Herora ia, ka tonoa ia e ia ki a Herora, i Hiruharama hoki ia i taua wā. 8 Ā, i te kitenga o Herora i a Ihu, nui atu tōna hari; kua roa hoki ia e hiahia ana kia kite i a ia, he maha hoki ngā mea i rangona e ia mōna; ā, i tumanako ia kia kite i tētahi merekara e meatia ana e ia. 9 Nā, he maha ngā kupu i pātai ai ia ki a ia; heoi, kāhore kau he kupu i whakahokia e ia. 10 Nā, tū ana ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi, kaha rawa atu hoki tā rātou whakapae ki a ia. 11 Nā, ka whakahawea a Herora rātou ko āna hōia ki a ia, ka tawai ki a ia, ā, ka whakakakahuria ia ki te kākahu whakapaipai, ka whakahokia atu ki a Pirato. 12 I taua rangi anō ka houhia te rongo a Pirato rāua ko Herora: i mua hoki he mauahara rāua. 13 Nā, ka karangatia e Pirato ngā tohunga nui, ngā rangatira, me te iwi, 14 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, Kua kawea mai nei e koutou tēnei tangata ki ahau, me te mea nei kei te kukume ke ia i te iwi: ā, ka oti nei ia te uiui e ahau i tō koutou aroaro, kāore au i kite i tētahi he o tēnei tangata i roto i ngā mea i whakapaea nei e koutou ki a ia. 15 Kāore, kāore anō hoki a Herora: nāku hoki ia i tono mai ki a tātou; ā, kāore rawa he mea i meatia ki a ia e tika ai kia mate. 16 Nā, me whiu ia e ahau, ka tuku atu ai. 17 (Me tuku hoki e ia tetahi ki a ratou i te hakari.) 18 Nā, ka karanga katoa rātou, ka mea, Whakamatea tēnei tangata, tukua mai a Parapa ki a mātou. 19 (I maka ia ki te whare herehere mō te tutu i puta i roto i te pa, mō te kohuru hoki.) 20 Nā, i te mea i hiahia a Pirato kia tukua a Ihu, ka kōrero anō ia ki a rātou. 21 Heoi ka karanga rātou, ka mea, Ripekatia ia, ripekatia.

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22 Ka mea atu ia ki a rātou, ko te toru o ngā meatanga, He aha rā te kino i meatia e ia? Kāore anō i kitea e ahau he take e mate ai ia: māku ia e whiu, ka tuku atu ai. 23 Heoi nui atu ō rātou reo i te tohe, e tono ana kia ripekatia ia: ā, riro ana i a rātou te reo o rātou me ngā tohunga nui. 24 Nā ka whakatau a Pirato kia meatia tā rātou i tono ai. 25 Nā, ka tukua e ia ki a rātou te tangata i maka ki te whare herehere mō te tutu, mō te kohuru, ko tā rātou hoki i tono ai; heoi tukua ana e ia a Ihu ki tā rātou i pai ai. 26 Ā, i a rātou e ārahi ana i a ia, ka mau rātou ki tētahi tangata nō Hairini, ki a Haimona, e haere mai ana i te whenua, ā, whakatakotoria ana ki a ia te ripeka, kia amohia i muri i a Ihu. 27 Ā, he nui te hui i aru i a ia, me ngā wāhine hoki e tangi ana, e aue ana ki a ia. 28 Nā ka tahuri a Ihu ki a rātou, ka mea, E ngā tamāhine o Hiruharama, kaua e tangi ki ahau, engari me tangi ki a koutou anō, ki ā koutou tamariki hoki. 29 Nā, tērā e puta ngā rā e mea ai rātou, Ka hari te hunga pakoko, me ngā kōpū kāore i whānau, me ngā ū kāore i ngotea. 30 Ko reira rātou ka tīmata ai te mea ki ngā maunga, Hinga iho ki runga ki a mātou; ki ngā pukepuke hoki, Taupokina mātou. 31 Ki te meatia hoki ēnei mea e rātou ki te rākau kaimata, ko te aha ka meatia ki te rākau maroke? 32 Ā, tokorua atu anō hoki ētahi atu tāngata mahi kino, i arahina tahitia me ia kia whakamatea. 33 Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki te wāhi e kiia nei ko te Kawakawa, ka ripekatia ia e rātou ki reira, me aua kaimahi kino, tētahi ki matau, tētahi ki maui. 34 Nā, ka mea a Ihu, E Pā, murua ō rātou hara; kāhore hoki rātou e mōhio ki tā rātou e mea nei. Ā, wehewehea ana e rātou ōna kākahu, maka ana ki te rota. 35 Me te tū tonu o te iwi e matakitaki ana. Ko ngā rangatira hoki i tawai ki a ia, i mea, Ko ētahi atu i whakaorangia e ia; māna ia e whakaora, ki te mea ko te Karaiti ia, ko te whiriwhiri a te Atua. 36 Ā, ka tawai ngā hōia ki a ia, ka haere mai ki a ia, ka kawe mai i te winika ki a ia, 37 Ka mea, Ki te mea ko koe te kingi o nga Hurai, whakaorangia koe. 38 Ā, i tuhituhia ki runga ake i a ia tētahi tuhinga, he reo Kariki, he reo Latina, he reo Hiperu, KO TE KINGI TĒNEI O NGĀ HURAI. 39 Nā, ko tētahi o ngā kaimahi kino i whakairia rā i kohukohu ki a ia, i mea, Ki te mea ko te Karaiti koe, whakaorangia koe, māua hoki. 40 Nā, ka riri tetahi ki a ia, ka mea, Kāore koe e wehi ki te Atua, kei roto nei hoki koe i te mate kotahi? 41 He tika hoki tā tāua; ka whiwhi hoki tāua ki te utu e tika ana mō ā tāua mahi: ko tēnei ia, kāhore āna mahi he. 42 Nā ka mea ia ki a Ihu, E te Ariki, kia mahara ki ahau ina tae mai koe ki tōu rangatiratanga. 43 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, Koianei koe ka noho ai ki ahau ki Pararaiha. 44 Nā, kua tata ki te ono o ngā hāora, ā, ka pōuri te whenua katoa, tae noa ki te iwa o ngā hāora. 45 Nā ka pōuri te rā, ā ka pakaru te arai o te temepara i waenganui. 46 Ā, ka karanga a Ihu, he nui te reo, ka mea, E Pa, ka tukua atu e ahau toku wairua ki ōu ringa: ā, ka mutu tana kōrero, ka hemo ia. 47 Ā, i te kitenga o te keneturio i taua mea, ka whakakororia ia i te Atua, ka mea, He pono he tangata tika tēnei. 48 Ā, ko te hunga katoa i huihui mai ki taua mātakitaki, i tō rātou kitenga i ngā mea i meatia, ka papaki i ō rātou uma, ā, hoki ana. 49 Ā, ko te hunga katoa i mōhio ki a ia, me ngā wāhine i aru mai i a ia i Kariri, i tū mai i tawhiti, e mātakitaki ana i ēnei mea. 50 Nā, tera tetahi tangata, ko Hohepa tōna ingoa, he kaunihera; he tangata pai, he tangata tika: 51 (Kāore ia i whakaae ki tā rātou whakaaro, ki tā rātou mahi;) nō Arimatia ia, he pā nō ngā Hūrai: ā, e tatari ana ia ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua.

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52 I haere taua tangata ki a Pirato, ā, tonoa ana e ia te tinana o Ihu. 53 Nā, ka tangohia iho e ia, ā, takaia ana ki te rinena, ka whakatakotoria ki roto i te urupā i haua ki te kōhatu, kāore anō kia takotoria he tangata ki reira. 54 Nā, ko te rā takanga taua rā, ā, kua tata te hapati. 55 Ā, ko ngā wāhine i haere tahi mai me ia i Kariri, i aru mai i muri, ā, kite ana i te urupā, me te whakatakotoranga o tōna tinana. 56 Nā ka hoki rātou, ka taka i ngā mea kakara me ngā hinu kakara; ā, okioki ana i te hapati, i runga i te ture. Ruka 24 1 Nā, i te rā tuatahi o te wiki, i te atatu rawa, ka haere mai rātou ki te urupā, me te mau mai i ngā mea kakara kua mahia nei e rātou, me ētahi atu anō hoki. 2 Ā, rokohanga atu e rātou kua hurihia te kōhatu i te urupā. 3 Ā, tomo ana rātou ki roto, kāore i kitea te tinana o te Ariki, o Ihu. 4 Ā, i a rātou e pōhēhē ana ki tēnei mea, nā, tokorua ngā tāngata e tū ana i ō rātou taha, kanapa tonu ngā kākahu. 5 Ā, i a rātou e mataku ana, e piko ana ō rātou mata ki te whenua, ka mea rāua ki a rātou, He aha koutou ka rapu ai i te tangata ora i roto i te hunga mate? 6 Kāhore ia i konei, engari kua ara: kia mahara ki tāna i mea ai ki a koutou i a ia anō i Kariri, 7 I mea ia, Kua takoto te tikanga kia tukua te Tama a te tangata ki nga ringa o te hunga hara, kia ripekatia, a i te toru o nga ra ka ara. 8 Na ka mahara ratou ki ana kupu, 9 Ā, hoki mai ana i te urupā, ka kōrero i ēnei mea katoa ki te tekau mā tahi, ki ērā atu katoa anō hoki. 10 Ko Meri Makarini rātou ko Hoana, ko Meri whaea o Hemi, me ētahi atu wāhine i noho tahi me rātou, ngā kaikōrero i ēnei mea ki ngā apotoro. 11 Ā, ko te āhua o ā rātou kupu ki tā rātou whakaaro he kōrero noa iho, ā, kihai rātou i whakapono ki a rātou. 12 Katahi ka whakatika a Pita, ka oma ki te urupa: a, ko tona pikonga iho ka kite i nga kakahu rinena anake e takoto ana; a haere ana ia me te miharo i roto i a ia ki taua mea i meatia. 13 Nā, tokorua o rātou e haere ana i taua rā ki tētahi kāinga, ko Emauha te ingoa, e ono tekau pāronga te tawhiti i Hiruharama. 14 Ā, ka kōrero rāua tetahi ki tetahi mō ēnei mea katoa i meinga. 15 Ā, i a rāua e kōrero ana, e whakaaroaro ana, ka whakatata mai a Ihu, a haere tahi ana me rāua. 16 I puritia hoki ō rātou kanohi, i kore ai rātou e mōhio ki a ia. 17 Nā ka mea ia ki a rāua, He aha ēnei kōrero e kōrero nei kōrua ki a kōrua, i a kōrua e haere ana, e pouri ana? 18 Nā ka whakahoki tetahi o rātou, ko Kereopa te ingoa, ka mea ki a ia, Ko koe anake te manene i Hiruharama, ā, kāore koe i mōhio ki ngā mea kua meinga nei ki reira i ēnei rā? 19 Nā ka mea ia ki a rātou, He aha ngā mea? Ka mea rātou ki a ia, Mō Ihu o Nahareta, he poropiti ia, he mana tana mahi, tana kupu, i te aroaro o te Atua, o te iwi katoa hoki: 20 Ā, ki tōna tukunga i a ia e ngā tohunga nui, e ō mātou rangatira hoki, kia whakataua ki te mate, ā, i ripekatia hoki ia. 21 I tumanako ia mātou ko ia te kaiwhakaora i a Iharaira: ā, i tua atu i ēnei mea katoa, ko te toru tēnei o ngā rā mai i te meatanga o ēnei mea. 22 Āe, i miharo mātou ki ētahi wāhine o mātou, i haere wawe mai ki te urupā; 23 Heoi, i te korenga i kitea tōna tinana, ka hoki mai rātou, ka mea, i kitea hoki e rātou he putanga anahera, e mea ana kei te ora ia. 24 I haere atu hoki ētahi o ō mātou hoa ki te urupā, ā, rokohanga atu, rite tonu ki tā ngā wāhine i kōrero ai: engari kihai ia i kitea e rātou.

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25 Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a rāua, “ Aue te hunga kuware, te hunga ngākau puhoi ki te whakapono ki ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e ngā poropiti! 26 Kīhai ianei i tika kia mamae a te Karaiti i ēnei mea, kia tomo ki tōna korōria? 27 Na ka timata ia ki a Mohi, ki ta nga poropiti katoa, ka whakaaturia ki a ratou nga mea mona i roto i nga karaipiture katoa. 28 Ā, ka tata rātou ki te kāinga i haere atu ai rātou: nā, ka mea ia me te mea e haere tonu ana ia. 29 Nā, ka tohe rāua ki a ia, ka mea, E noho ki a māua: kua ahiahi hoki, kua heke te rā. Ā, ka tomo ia ki roto ki a rāua, ka noho ki reira. 30 Ā, i a ia e noho tahi ana me rātou ki te kai, ka mau ia ki te taro, ka whakapai, ka whawhati, ā, hoatu ana ki a rātou. 31 Nā ka kite ō rāua kanohi, ā ka mōhio rāua ki a ia; ā ngaro atu ana ia i ō rāua kanohi. 32 Ā, ka mea rāua tetahi ki tetahi, Kāore ianei ō tāua ngākau i mura i roto i a tāua, i a ia e kōrero ana ki a tāua i te ara, e whakaatu ana i ngā karaipiture ki a tāua? 33 Nā ka whakatika rāua i taua haora anō, ka hoki ki Hiruharama, ā, rokohanga atu kua huihui te tekau mā tahi me ō rātou hoa, 34 E mea ana, Kua ara te Ariki, kua puta ki a Haimona. 35 Nā ka kōrerotia e rāua ngā mea i meatia i te ara, me tō rāua mōhiotanga ki a ia i te whatiwhatinga taro. 36 Ā, i a rātou e kōrero ana i ēnei mea, ka tū a Ihu i waenganui i a rātou, ka mea ki a rātou, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou. 37 Otirā, i mataku rātou, i wehi hoki, i mahara hoki he wairua tā rātou i kite ai. 38 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, He aha koutou ka pororaru ai? he aha hoki ka puta ake ai ngā whakaaroaro i roto i ō koutou ngākau? 39 Tirohia mai ōku ringa me ōku waewae, ko ahau tonu tēnei: whāwhā mai ki ahau, kia kite ai koutou; kāhore hoki he kikokiko, he wheua rānei o te wairua, pērā i ōku e kitea nei e koutou. 40 Ā, nō tana kōrerotanga i ēnei mea, ka whakakitea e ia ki a rātou ōna ringa me ōna waewae. 41 A, i a rātou kāore anō kia whakapono i te hari, ā, e miharo ana, ka mea ia ki a rātou, He kai tā koutou i konei? 42 Ā, ka hoatu e rātou ki a ia tētahi wahi ika tunutunu, me tētahi honikoma. 43 Nā ka tangohia e ia, ā kainga ana e ia i tō rātou aroaro. 44 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Ko ngā kupu ēnei i kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou, i ahau e noho tahi ana me koutou, me whakarite ngā mea katoa kua oti te tuhituhi ki roto i te ture a Mohi, ki roto hoki i ngā poropiti, ki roto hoki i ngā waiata, mōku. 45 Kātahi ka whakatuwheratia e ia ō rātou hinengaro, kia mātau ai rātou ki ngā karaipiture, 46 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, Ko te mea tēnei i tuhituhia, ko te tikanga hoki kia mamae a te Karaiti, kia ara anō hoki i te hunga mate i te toru o ngā rā: 47 Kia kauwhautia hoki te ripeneta me te murunga hara i runga i tōna ingoa ki ngā iwi katoa, mai i Hiruharama e tīmata ai. 48 Ko koutou hoki ngā kaiwhakaatu mō ēnei mea. 49 Nā, ka tukua atu e ahau ki a koutou te mea i korerotia i mua e toku Matua: otiia e noho koutou ki te pa o Hiruharama, kia whiwhi ra ano koutou ki te kaha i runga. 50 Ā, arahina ana rātou e ia ki waho, ki Petani, ā, ka ara ake ōna ringa, ka manaaki i a rātou. 51 Ā, i a ia e manaaki ana i a rātou, ka mawehe atu ia i a rātou, ka kahakina atu ki te rangi. 52 Nā ka koropiko rātou ki a ia, ā hoki ana ki Hiruharama me te hari nui: 53 Ā, noho tonu ana rātou i te temepara, me te whakamoemiti ki te Atua. Āmene.

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Rongopai a Hoani Hoani 18 1 Ka mutu ēnei kupu a Ihu, ka haere ia, rātou ko āna ākonga, ki tāwāhi o te awaawa o Kerono. He kāri kei reira, ā, ka tomo atu ia, rātou ko āna ākonga ki reira. 2 I mōhiotia anō hoki taua wāhi e Hūrā, e te tangata e tukua ana ia: he maha hoki ngā haerenga o Ihu ki reira rātou ko āna ākonga. 3 Nā, ka tangohia e Hūta tētahi rōpū me ngā kaimahi i te aroaro o ngā tohunga nui me ngā Parihi, ka haere mai ki reira me ngā rama, me ngā rama, me ngā patu. 4 Nā, i te mea i matau a Ihu ki nga mea katoa e pa ki a ia, ka puta atu ia, ka mea ki a ratou, Ko wai ta koutou e rapu nei? 5 Ka whakahokia e rātou ki a ia, Ko Ihu o Nahareta. Ka mea a Ihu ki a rātou, Ko ahau ia. Ā, i tū tahi hoki a Hūrā, te kaituku i a ia, i a rātou. 6 Nā, i tana kōrerotanga ki a rātou, Ko ahau ia, hoki whakamuri ana rātou, hinga ana ki te whenua. 7 Nā ka pātai anō ia ki a rātou, Ko wai tā koutou e rapu nei? Ka mea rātou, Ko Ihu o Nahareta. 8 Ka whakahokia e Ihu, Kua mea atu ahau ki a koutou, ko ahau ia: ki te mea ko ahau ta koutou e rapu nei, tukua enei kia haere: 9 Kia rite ai te kupu i korerotia e ia, Kahore tetahi o te hunga i homai e koe ki ahau i ngaro. 10 Nā, he hoari tā Haimona Pita, unuhia ana e ia, ā, patua iho e ia te pononga a te tohunga nui, tapahia ana tōna taringa matau. Ko Maraku te ingoa o te pononga. 11 Ka mea a Ihu ki a Pita, Whakahokia tō hoari ki te takotoranga: ko te kapu i homai nei e toku Matua ki ahau, kaua ianei ahau e inu? 12 Katahi ka hopukina a Ihu e te ope taua, e te rangatira ratou ko nga katipa o nga Hurai, a hereherea ana ia, 13 Ā, ka arahina ia e rātou ki a Anaha i te tuatahi; ko ia hoki te hungawai o Kaiapa, ko te tohunga nui i taua tau. 14 Nā, ko Kaiapa tēnei nāna i whakatakoto te whakaaro ki ngā Hūrai, he pai ke ki te mate te tangata kotahi mō te iwi. 15 Ā, ka aru a Haimona Pita i a Ihu, me tētahi atu akonga: i mōhiotia taua akonga e te tohunga nui, ā, ka tomo tahi rāua ko Ihu ki te whare o te tohunga nui. 16 Ko Pita ia i tū i te kuwaha i waho. Kātahi ka puta atu taua akonga i mōhiotia e te tino tohunga, ka kōrero ki te kaitiaki tatau, ā, arahina ana a Pita ki roto. 17 Nā, ko te meatanga a te kōtiro tiaki tatau ki a Pita, Ehara ianei koe i tētahi o ngā ākonga a tēnei tangata? Ka mea ia, Ehara. 18 Nā, i reira ngā pononga me ngā katipa e tū ana, kua tahu hoki i te kapura waro; he makariri hoki; ā, e whakamahana ana rātou i a rātou anō: ko Pita hoki e tū tahi ana me rātou, e whakamahana ana i a ia anō. 19 Nā, ka ui te tino tohunga ki a Ihu mō āna ākonga, mō tāna ako. 20 Ka whakahoki a Ihu ki a ia, I kōrero mārama ahau ki te ao; i whakaako tonu ahau i roto i te whare karakia, i roto hoki i te temepara, i te wahi e huihui ai nga Hurai; kahore hoki aku kupu i roto i te mea ngaro. 21 He aha koe ka ui mai ai ki ahau? ui atu ki te hunga i rongo ki taku i mea ai ki a ratou: nana, e mohio ana ratou ki taku i korero ai. 22 Ā, i tana kōrerotanga i ēnei mea, ka papaki tetahi o ngā katipa i tū i reira i a Ihu ki te nikau o tōna ringa, ka mea, E pena ana koe ki te tohunga nui? 23 Ka whakahokia e Ihu ki a ia, Ki te mea he kino taku korero, whakaaturia te kino: ki te mea ia he pai, he aha koe i papaki ai i ahau? 24 Nā, ka tukua hereheretia ia e Anaha ki a Kaiapa, ki te tino tohunga. 25 Nā, i te tū a Haimona Pita, i te whakamahana i a ia anō. Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, Ehara ianei koe i tētahi o āna ākonga? Ka whakakahore ia, ka mea, Ehara. 19


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26 Ka mea tetahi o ngā pononga a te tohunga nui, he whanaunga nona te taringa i tapahia e Pita, Kihai ianei ahau i kite i a koe i te kari, korua ko ia? 27 Nā ka whakakahore anō a Pita: ā tangi tonu iho te tikaokao. 28 Kātahi ka arahina a Ihu e rātou i a Kaiapa ki te whare whakawa: he atatu hoki; ko rātou ia kihai i tomo ki te whare whakawa, kei poke rātou, engari kia kai ai rātou i te kapenga. 29 Nā, ka puta atu a Pirato ki a rātou, ka mea, He aha tā koutou whakapae ki tēnei tangata? 30 Ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea ki a ia, Me i ehara ia i te tangata hara, e kore mātou e tuku i a ia ki a koe. 31 Nā, ko te meatanga a Pirato ki a rātou, Tangohia atu ia, whakawakia kia rite ki tā koutou ture. Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a ia, Kāore e tika kia whakamatea tetahi tangata e mātou: 32 Kia rite ai te kupu a Ihu i korerotia e ia, hei whakaatu i te mate e mate ai ia. 33 Kātahi ka tomo anō a Pirato ki te whare whakawa, ka karanga i a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, Ko koe rānei te Kingi o ngā Hūrai? 34 Ka whakahokia e Ihu ki a ia, Nāu ake anō tēnei kupu, nā ētahi atu rānei i kōrero ki a koe mōku? 35 Ka mea a Pirato, He Hūrai koia ahau? Nā tō iwi ake, nā ngā tohunga nui hoki koe i tuku mai ki ahau: i aha koe? 36 Ka whakahokia e Ihu, Ehara tōku rangatiratanga i tēnei ao: mehemea nō tēnei ao tōku rangatiratanga, kua whawhai aku pononga, kei tukua ahau ki ngā Hūrai: ko tēnei ia ehara tōku rangatiratanga i konei. 37 Nā, ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, He kingi koe? Ka whakahokia e Ihu, E mea ana koe he kingi ahau. Ko te mea tēnei i whānau ai ahau, ā, ko te mea hoki tēnei i haere mai ai ahau ki te ao, kia whakaatu ahau i te pono. Ko te tangata katoa nō te pono e whakarongo ana ki tōku reo. 38 Ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, He aha te pono? Ā, i tana kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka haere anō ia ki waho ki ngā Hūrai, ka mea ki a rātou, Kāore au i kite i tētahi he o tēnei tangata. 39Otiia he ritenga tā koutou, kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou tetahi tangata i te kapenga: e pai ana ranei koutou kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou te Kingi o nga Hurai? 40 Kātahi rātou ka karanga katoa, ka mea, Kaua tēnei tangata, engari ko Parapa. Nā, he tahae a Parapa. Hoani 19 1 Kātahi ka mau a Pirato ki a Ihu, ka whiu i a ia. 2 Ā, ka whiria e ngā hōia he karauna tataramoa, ka pōtaea ki tōna māhunga, ā, whakakakahuria ana ia ki te kākahu papura. 3 Nā ka mea rātou, “Tēnā koe, e te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai!” ā, ka pakia ia e rātou ki ō rātou ringa. 4 Ka haere anō a Pirato ki waho, ka mea ki a rātou, “Na, tēnei ahau te ārahi atu nei i a ia ki a koutou, kia mōhio ai koutou kāore au i kite i tētahi he ōna.” 5 Nā, ka puta mai a Ihu ki waho, me te karauna tataramoa i runga, me te kakahu papura. Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Na, te tangata nei! 6 Ā, i te kitenga o ngā tohunga nui me ngā kātipa i a ia, ka karanga rātou, ka mea, Ripekatia ia, ripekatia. Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Tangohia ia e koutou, ripekatia: kāore hoki ahau i kite i tētahi he ōna. 7 Ka whakahokia e ngā Hūrai ki a ia, He ture tō mātou, ā, ki tā mātou ture he mea tika kia mate ia, nā te mea i mea ia ko te Tama ia a te Atua. 8 Nō te rongonga o Pirato i tēnei kupu, nui rawa tōna wehi; 9 Ka hoki anō ia ki te whare whakawa, ka mea ki a Ihu, No hea koe? Heoi, kāore a Ihu i whakahoki kupu ki a ia. 10 Na ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, E kore ianei koe e korero ki ahau? kahore koe e mohio kei ahau te mana ki te ripeka i a koe, kei ahau ano te mana ki te tuku i a koe kia haere? 11 Ka whakahokia e Ihu, Kāore rawa he mana āu ki ahau, me i kore i homai ki a koe i runga: koia te nui rawa o te hara o te kaituku i ahau ki a koe.

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12 Nā, i reira anō ka whai a Pirato kia tukua ia kia haere: heoi ka karanga ngā Hūrai, ka mea, Ki te tukua tēnei tangata e koe, ehara koe i te hoa o Hiha: ki te mea ko te tangata e kīngi ana i a ia anō he tangata, he whakahē tāna i a Hiha. 13 Nō te rongonga o Pirato i tēnei kōrero, ka arahina e ia a Ihu ki waho, ā, noho ana ki runga i te nohoanga whakawa, ki te wāhi e kiia nei ko te Whariki, engari ko Kāpata i te reo Hiperu. 14 Ko te takanga ia o te kapenga, tata ki te ono o nga haora: a ka mea ia ki nga Hurai, Nana, to koutou kingi! 15 Nā, ka karanga rātou, Whakamatea ia, whakamatea ia, ripekatia. Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Kia ripekatia rānei e ahau tō koutou Kīngi? Ka whakahoki ngā tohunga nui, Kāore he kīngi o mātou, ko Hiha anake. 16 Nā reira ka tukua ia e ia ki a rātou kia ripekatia. Nā ka mau rātou ki a Ihu, ka arahina atu. 17 Ā, i a ia e amo ana i tōna ripeka, ka haere ia ki te wāhi e kiia nei ko te wāhi o te angaanga, ko Korokota tōna ingoa i te reo Hiperu: 18 I ripekatia ia e rātou ki reira, me ētahi atu tokorua, kotahi ki tetahi taha, kotahi ki tetahi taha, ko Ihu ki waenganui. 19 Nā, tuhituhia ana e Pirato tētahi ingoa, whakapiritia ana ki te ripeka. Ko te tuhituhi tēnei, KO IHU O NĀHARETA, KO TE KINGI O NGĀ HURAI. 20 Ā, he tokomaha ngā Hūrai i pānui i tēnei taitara: i tata hoki ki te pā te wāhi i ripekatia ai a Ihu: ā, i tuhituhia taua mea ki te reo Hiperu, ki te reo Kariki, ki te reo Rōmana. 21 Nā, ka mea ngā tohunga nui o ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, Kaua e tuhituhia, Ko te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai; engari, i mea ia, Ko ahau te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai. 22 Ka whakahoki a Pirato, Ko taku i tuhituhi ai, kua tuhituhia e ahau. 23 Ā, i te mutunga o te ripekanga a Ihu e ngā hōia, ka mau rātou ki ōna kākahu, ka wehea kia whā ngā wāhanga, ki ia hōia he wāhanga; me tōna koti anō hoki: kāore he tuitui o te koti, he mea whatu mai i runga a puta noa. 24 Nā ka mea rātou tetahi ki tetahi, Kaua e haehaetia, engari me maka rota kia kitea ai ko wai te tangata: kia rite ai te karaipiture e mea nei, I wehewehea ōku kākahu mo rātou, ā, i maka rota hoki mō tōku kākahu. Nā reira ngā hōia i mea ai i ēnei mea. 25 Nā, i te taha o te ripeka o Ihu tōna whaea e tū ana, rātou ko te tuahine o tōna whaea, ko Meri te wahine a Kereopa, ko Meri Makarini hoki. 26 Ā, no te kitenga o Ihu i tōna whaea, me te akonga hoki i arohaina e ia e tū tahi ana, ka mea ia ki tōna whaea, E tai, nana, tau tama! 27 Kātahi ia ka mea ki te ākonga, “ Na, tō whaea!” Ā, nō taua haora anō ka mau taua ākonga i a ia ki tōna ake whare. 28 Muri iho i tēnei, ka mōhio a Ihu kua oti ngā mea katoa, ā, hei whakaritenga mō te karaipiture, ka mea ia, He mate wai tōku. 29 Nā, i reira tētahi oko kī tonu i te winika: ā, ka whakakiia e rātou tētahi hautai ki te winika, ka whakanohoia ki runga ki te hihopa, ka hoatu ki tōna mangai. 30 Ā, nō te inumanga o Ihu i te winika, ka mea ia, Kua oti: ā, ka piko tōna matenga, ka tukua tōna wairua. 31 Nā, i te mea ko te takanga ia, kia kaua ai e waiho ngā tinana ki runga i te ripeka i te hapati (he rā nui hoki taua hapati), ka inoi ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato kia whatiia ō rātou waewae, kia tangohia atu hoki. 32 Na ka haere mai ngā hōia, ka whati i a rātou ngā waewae o te tuatahi, me o te tuarua i ripekatia ngatahitia me ia. 33 I tō rātou taenga mai ia ki a Ihu, ka kite kua mate ia, kihai i whatiia e rātou ōna waewae: 34 Engari i werohia tōna taha e tētahi o ngā hōia ki te tao, ā, puta tonu mai he toto, he wai. 35 Ā, ko te tangata i kite, ko ia te kaiwhakaatu, he pono hoki tana whakaatu: e mōhio ana hoki ia he pono tana kōrero, kia whakapono ai koutou. 36 I meatia hoki enei mea, kia rite ai te karaipiture, E kore tetahi iwi ona e whatiia. 37 E mea ana anō tētahi atu karaipiture, Ka titiro rātou ki a ia i werohia e rātou.

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38 Muri iho i ēnei mea, ka inoi a Hohepa o Arimatia ki a Pirato kia tangohia e ia te tinana o Ihu: he akonga ia nā Ihu, otiia he mea huna i te wehi i ngā Hūrai, ā, ka whakaae a Pirato. Nā reira i haere mai ai ia, ka tango i te tinana o Ihu. 39 I haere mai anō hoki a Nikorima, i haere mai rā ki a Ihu i te pō i mua, me te mau mai anō i te maira me te aroe i konatunatua, kia kotahi rau pauna te taumaha. 40 Nā, ka tangohia e rātou te tinana o Ihu, ā, takaia ana ki ngā kakahu rinena me ngā mea kakara, ko tā ngā Hūrai tikanga hoki tēnā mō te tanu. 41 Nā, i te wāhi i ripekatia ai ia, he māra; ā, i roto i te māra tētahi urupā hou, kāore anō kia takotoria he tangata ki reira. 42 Nā reira i whakatakotoria ai a Ihu ki reira, nā te mea he rā takatū mō ngā Hūrai; he tata hoki te urupā. Hoani 20 1 I te rā tuatahi o te wiki ka haere a Meri Makarini ki te urupā i te atatu, i te mea e pōuri tonu ana, ā ka kite i te kōhatu kua tangohia atu i te urupā. 2 Nā ka oma ia, ka haere ki a Haimona Pita rāua ko te akonga i arohaina e Ihu, ka mea ki a rāua, Kua tangohia e rātou te Ariki i te urupā, ā, kāre mātou e mōhio ki te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia e rātou. 3 Na ka haere atu a Pita, me taua akonga, ka haere ki te urupa. 4 Ā, oma tahi ana rāua: otiia i hohoro atu te akonga i a Pita, ko ia anō kua tae wawe ki te urupā. 5 Ā, piko iho ana ia, titiro atu ana ki roto, ka kite i ngā takai rinena e takoto ana; heoi kīhai ia i tomo ki roto. 6 Na ka haere mai a Haimona Pita i muri i a ia, a tomo ana ki te urupa, ka kite i nga kakahu rinena e takoto ana. 7 Me te tauera i takaia ai tōna matenga, kihai i takoto tahi me ngā kakahu rinena, he mea takai motuhake ia ki tētahi wāhi i tahaki. 8 Katahi ka tomo atu hoki tera atu akonga, i tae wawe mai nei ki te urupa, a kite ana, whakapono ana. 9 Kiano hoki rātou i mōhio ki te karaipiture, me ara ake ia i te hunga mate. 10 Na hoki ana ngā ākonga ki tō rātou kāinga. 11 Ko Meri ia i tū i waho i te urupā e tangi ana: a i a ia e tangi ana, ka piko iho ia, ka titiro ki roto ki te urupā. 12 Ka kite ia i ngā anahera tokorua, he mā ngā kākahu, e noho ana, ko tētahi ki te matenga, ko tētahi ki ngā waewae, i te wāhi i takoto ai te tinana o Ihu. 13 Ka mea rāua ki a ia, E tai, he aha koe i tangi ai? Ka mea ia ki a rāua, Nā te mea kua tangohia atu tōku Ariki e rātou, ā, kāre ahau e mōhio ki te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia. 14 Ā, nō tana kōrerotanga i ēnei mea, ka tahuri whakamuri ia, ka kite i a Ihu e tū ana, otiia kihai i mōhio ko Ihu ia. 15 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, E tai, he aha koe i tangi ai? Ko wai tau e rapu nei? I whakaaro ia ko te kaimahi māra ia, ā, ka mea ki a ia, E te Ariki, ki te mea kua mauria mai ia e koe i konei, korerotia mai ki ahau te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia, ā, māku ia e tango atu. 16 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, E Meri. Ka tahuri ia, ka mea ki a ia, E Raponi; ko te tikanga tenei, E te Kaiwhakaako. 17 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Kaua e pa ki ahau; kahore nei hoki ahau i kake ki toku Matua: engari haere ki oku teina, ka mea atu ki a ratou, Ka kake ahau ki toku Matua, ki to koutou Matua: ki toku Atua, ki to koutou Atua. 18 Haere ana a Meri Makarini, korero ana ki nga akonga kua kite ia i te Ariki, kua korerotia hoki e ia enei mea ki a ia. 19 I taua ahiahi, i te rā tuatahi o te wiki, i te mea e kati ana ngā tatau o te wāhi i huihui ai ngā ākonga i te wehi i ngā Hūrai, ka haere mai a Ihu, ka tū i waenganui, ka mea ki a rātou, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou.

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20 Ā, nō ka kōrerotia e ia tēnei, ka whakakitea e ia ōna ringa me tōna taha ki a rātou. Nā, ka hari ngā ākonga i tō rātou kitenga i te Ariki. 21 Kātahi ka mea anō a Ihu ki a rātou, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou: i tonoa mai ahau e tōku Matua, ka pena anō taku tono i a koutou. 22 Ā, i tana kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka whakaha ia ki a rātou, ka mea ki a rātou, Kia riro i a koutou te Wairua Tapu: 23 Ki tā koutou e muru ai i ngā hara a ētahi, ka murua rātou; ā, ki tā koutou e pupuri ai i ngā hara a ētahi, ka puritia anō. 24 Ko Tamati ia, tētahi o te tekau mā rua, ko Ririmu tōna ingoa, kāore i a rātou i te taenga mai o Ihu. 25 Nā, ka mea atu ētahi atu ākonga ki a ia, Kua kite mātou i te Ariki. Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Ki te kore ahau e kite i te tohu o ngā whao i ōna ringa, e kuhu hoki i tōku matihao ki te tohu o ngā whao, e kuhu hoki i tōku ringa ki tōna taha, e kore rawa ahau e whakapono. 26 Ā, i muri i ngā rā e waru, kei roto anō āna ākonga, rātou ko Tāmati: ka haere mai a Ihu, i te mea kua kati ngā tatau, ka tū ki waenganui, ka mea, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou. 27 Kātahi ia ka mea ki a Tamati, Totoro mai tō matihao, tirohia ōku ringa; totoro mai hoki tō ringa, ka kuhu ki tōku taha: kaua e whakateka, engari me whakapono. 28 Nā ka whakahoki a Tamati, ka mea ki a ia, E tōku Ariki, e tōku Atua. 29 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, E Tamati, nā te mea kua kite koe i ahau, i whakapono ai koe: ka koa te hunga kahore nei i kite, a kua whakapono. 30 He maha atu anō ngā tohu i meatia e Ihu i te aroaro o āna ākonga, kāore nei i tuhituhia ki tēnei pukapuka: 31 Otirā kua tuhituhia ēnei, kia whakapono ai koutou ko Ihu te Karaiti, ko te Tama a te Atua; kia whiwhi ai hoki koutou ki te ora i runga i tōna ingoa, ina whakapono. Hoani 21 1 Muri iho i ēnei mea ka whakakite a Ihu i a ia ki ngā ākonga i te moana o Taipiria; ko tāna whakakitenga tēnei. 2 I reira a Haimona Pita, a Tamati, ko Ririmu tōna ingoa, a Natanaera o Kana o Kariri, me ngā tama a Heperi, me ētahi atu akonga tokorua. 3 Ka mea a Haimona Pita ki a rātou, Ka haere ahau ki te hī ika. Ka mea rātou ki a ia, Ka haere tahi tātou. Haere ana rātou, eke ana ki te kaipuke; ā, i taua pō kāore i mau he ika i a rātou. 4 Nā, ka puao te ata, ko Ihu e tū ana i te takutai: otiia kihai ngā ākonga i mōhio ko Ihu ia. 5 Nā, ko te meatanga a Ihu ki a rātou, E tama mā, he kai ā koutou? Ka whakahokia e rātou ki a ia, Kāore. 6 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “ Maka te kupenga ki te taha matau o te kaipuke, ā ka mau i a koutou.” Nā, ka maka e rātou, ā, kāore i taea te kukume i te tini o ngā ika. 7 Kātahi ka mea te ākonga i arohaina e Ihu ki a Pita, Ko te Ariki. Ā, nō te rongonga o Haimona Pita ko te Ariki, ka whitikiria e ia tōna kākahu (e tū tahanga ana hoki ia), ā, ka rere ki te moana. 8 Ā, ka haere mai ngā ākonga i runga i te poti iti; (kāore hoki i tawhiti atu i uta, me te mea e rua rau whatianga te tawhiti,) e kukume ana i te kupenga me ngā ika. 9 Nō tō rātou taenga ki uta, ka kite rātou i te kapura waro i reira, me ngā ika e takoto ana i runga, me te taro. 10 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Homai etahi o nga ika kua mau na i a koutou. 11 Na ka piki a Haimona Pita ki runga, ka kumea te kupenga ki uta, ki tonu i nga ika nunui, kotahi rau e rima tekau ma toru: a ahakoa te tini, kihai i pakaru te kupenga. 12 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Haere mai ki te kai. A kihai tetahi o nga akonga i maia ki te ui ki a ia, Ko wai koe? i mohio hoki ko te Ariki ia. 13 Na ka haere mai a Ihu, ka tango i te taro, a hoatu ana ki a ratou, me te ika ano hoki. 14 Ko te toru tēnei o ngā whakakitenga a Ihu ki āna ākonga, i muri i tōna aranga ake i te hunga mate.

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15 Ā, ka mutu tā rātou kai, ka mea a Ihu ki a Haimona Pita, E Haimona, tama a Hona, nui atu rānei tōu aroha ki ahau i ēnei? Ka mea ia ki a ia, Ae, e te Ariki; e mōhio ana koe e aroha ana ahau ki a koe. Ka mea ia ki a ia, Whangaia aku reme. 16 Ka mea anō ia ki a ia, ko te rua o ngā meatanga, E Haimona, tama a Hona, e aroha ana koe ki ahau? Ka mea ia ki a ia, Ae, e te Ariki; e mōhio ana koe e aroha ana ahau ki a koe. Ka mea ia ki a ia, Whangaia aku hipi. 17 Ka mea atu ia ki a ia, ko te toru o ngā meatanga, E Haimona, tama a Hona, e aroha ana koe ki ahau? Ka pouri a Pita mō tana meatanga ki a ia, ko te toru o ngā meatanga, E aroha ana koe ki ahau? Ka mea atu ia ki a ia, E te Ariki, e mōhio ana koe ki ngā mea katoa; e mōhio ana koe e aroha ana ahau ki a koe. Ka mea atu a Ihu ki a ia, Whangaia aku hipi. 18 He pono, he pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, I tou tamarikitanga, i whitiki koe i a koe, i haere ki tau wahi i pai ai: tena ka koroheke koe, ka totoro ou ringa, a ma tetahi atu koe e whitiki, ka kawe ki te wahi e kore ai koe e pai. 19 I kōrerotia tēnei e ia, hei tohu i te mate e whakakororia ai ia i te Atua. Ā, nō ka mutu tēnei kōrero āna, ka mea ia ki a ia, Haere mai i muri i ahau. 20 Nā, ka tahuri a Pita, ka kite i te akonga i arohaina e Ihu e aru ana; ko tera hoki i whakawhirinaki ki tona uma i te hapa, i mea ra, E te Ariki, ko wai te tangata e tuku i a koe? 21 A, i te kitenga o Pita i a ia, ka mea ki a Ihu, E te Ariki, e aha ra tenei tangata? 22 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Ki te pai ahau kia noho ia kia tae mai ra ano ahau, hei aha mau? haere mai i muri i ahau. 23 Nā, ka puta atu tēnei kōrero ki ngā teina, e kore taua akonga e mate: otiia kāore a Ihu i mea ki a ia, E kore ia e mate; engari, Ki te pai ahau kia noho ia kia tae mai rā anō ahau, hei aha māu? 24 Ko te akonga tēnei e whakaatu nei i ēnei mea, ko ia hoki te kaituhituhi o ēnei mea: ā e mōhio ana mātou he pono tana whakaatu. 25 He tini atu anō hoki ngā mea i mea ai a Ihu, me i tuhia katoatia, e mea ana ahau, e kore e taea e te ao nei te whai wāhi mō ngā pukapuka e tuhia. Āmene.

Ngā Mahi a ngā Apotoro Ngā Mahi 1

1 Ko te pukapuka tuatahi tēnei, e Tiopira, mō ngā mea katoa i tīmata ai a Ihu ki te mahi, ki te whakaako. 2 Tae noa ki te rā i tangohia atu ai ia, i muri i tana whakaakoranga, ara i te Wairua Tapu, ki ngā apotoro i whiriwhiria e ia: 3 I whakakitea hoki ia e ia ki a rātou i a ia e ora ana i muri i tōna whakamamaetanga, he maha ngā tohu kore e taea te whakahē, e whā tekau ngā rā i kitea ai ia e rātou, i kōrero ai hoki i ngā mea o te rangatiratanga o te Atua: 4 Ā, i a ia e huihui tahi ana me rātou, ka whakahau ia i a rātou kia kaua e haere atu i Hiruharama, engari kia tatari ki te mea i whakaaria mai e te Matua, i rongo ai koutou ki ahau. 5 I iriiri hoki a Hoani ki te wai; ko koutou ia, e kore e maha ngā rā e haere ake nei, ka iriiria ki te Wairua Tapu. 6 Nō reira, i a rātou e huihui ana, ka ui rātou ki a ia, ka mea, E te Ariki, e whakahokia mai rānei e koe te rangatiratanga ki a Iharaira i tēnei wā? 7 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Ehara i te mea mā koutou te mōhio ki ngā wā, ki ngā wā rānei, kua whakaritea e te Matua māna ake te mana. 8 Engari ka riro i a koutou te mana, ina tae mai te Wairua Tapu ki runga ki a koutou: a hei kaiwhakaatu koutou moku i Hiruharama, i Huria katoa, i Hamaria hoki, a tae noa ki te pito whakamutunga o te ao. 9 Ā, nō ka mutu tana kōrero i ēnei mea, i a rātou e titiro ana, ka tangohia atu ia, ā, nā te kapua ia i kopaki atu i ō rātou tirohanga. 10 Ā, i a rātou e titiro matatau atu ana ki te rangi, i a ia e kake ana, nā, tokorua ngā tāngata e tū ana i tō rātou taha, he mā ngā kākahu; 11 E mea ana, E ngā tāngata o Kariri, he aha koutou i tū ai, e titiro atu ana ki te rangi? ko tēnei Ihu kua tangohia atu i a koutou ki te rangi, ka hoki mai anō ia me ia i kite atu ai koutou i a ia e haere ana ki te rangi.

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Te Rongopai a Nikorima Upoko 1 1 I haere a Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa, ko Hāma, ko Tātama, ko Kamariera, ko Hūrai, ko Rīwai, ko Napatarima, ko Arehanara, ko Kuiha, me ētahi atu Hūrai, ki a Pirato mō Ihu, me te whakapae i a ia mō ngā hara kino maha. 2 Ā, ka mea, E whakapono ana mātou ko Ihu te tama a Hohepa te kāmura, he whenua whānau nā Meri, ā, e kī ana ia ko ia te Tama a te Atua, he kīngi hoki; ā, ehara i te mea koia anake, engari e ngana ana ki te whakakore i te hapati, me ngā ture a ō tātou tūpuna. 3 Ka whakahoki a Pirato, He aha te mea e whakapuakina ana e ia? ā, he aha te mea e ngana ana ia ki te whakakore? 4 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a ia, He ture tā mātou e ārai ana i te whakaora i te rā hapati; engari e whakaora ana ia i te kopa, i te turi, i te pararutiki, i te matapo, i te repera, i te hunga i uruhia e ngā rewera, i taua rā ki ngā mahi kino. 5 Ka whakahoki a Pirato, Me pēhea e taea ai e ia tēnei mahi kino? Ka whakahoki rātou, He tohunga makutu ia, ā, nā te rangatira o ngā rewera tana peinga rewera; nō reira ka ngohengohe ngā mea katoa ki a ia. 6 Nā, ko te meatanga a Pirato, Ehara te pei rewera i te mea na te wairua poke, engari na te kaha o te Atua. 7 Ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, Ka inoi atu mātou ki a koe, e te Ariki, kia karangatia ia ki tōu aroaro, kia whakarongo mai hoki koe ki a ia. 8 Kātahi ka karanga a Pirato i tētahi karere, ka mea ki a ia, Me pēhea te kawe mai o te Karaiti ki konei? 9 Kātahi ka haere atu te karere, ā, i tōna mōhio ki a te Karaiti, ka koropiko ki a ia; ā, ka wherahia e ia te koroka i tōna ringa ki te whenua, ka mea, E te Ariki, haere mai ki runga i tēnei, ka tomo mai; e karanga ana hoki te kāwana ki a koe. 10 I te kitenga o ngā Hūrai i tā te karere i mea ai, ka karanga rātou (ki a ia) ki a Pirato, ka mea, He aha koe te karanga ai i a ia mā te pere, kaua mā te karere?—I te kitenga hoki o te karere i a ia, ka koropiko ki a ia, ā, ka whariki i te koroka i tōna ringa ki te whenua ki tōna aroaro, ka mea ki a ia, E te Ariki, e karanga ana te kāwana i a koe. 11 Kātahi ka karanga a Pirato i te karere, ka mea atu, He aha koe i pēnei ai? 12 Ka whakahoki te karere, I tō tononga mai i ahau i Hiruharama ki a Arehanera, ka kite ahau i a Ihu e noho ana i runga i te kaihe uha, he āhua kino, ā, ka karanga ngā tamariki a ngā Hiperu, Hohana, me te pupuri i ngā manga rākau i ō rātou ringa. 13 Ko ētahi i whariki i ō rātou kākahu ki te ara, i mea, Whakaorangia mātou, e te tangata i te rangi; kia whakapaingia ia e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki. 14 Katahi ka karanga te Hurai ki te anahera, ka mea, I karanga nga tamariki a nga Hiperu i te reo Hiperu; a me pehea koe, he Kariki nei, i matau ai ki te reo Hiperu? 15 Ua parau maira te vea ia ratou, na ô maira, Ua ui atu vau i te hoê ati Iuda, na ô atura, Eaha teie e pii hua nei te mau tamarii i te reo Hebera? 16 Ā, i whakamārama mai ia ki ahau, i mea, E karanga ana rātou, Hosana, ko tōna whakamaoritanga ko, E te Ariki, whakaorangia ahau; e te Ariki, whakaorangia ahau. 17 Nā, ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, He aha koutou ka whakaatu ai i ngā kupu a ngā tamariki, arā, i a koutou e noho puku ana? He aha te he o te anahera? Ā, kāhore ana rātou i whakarongo puku. 18 Katahi ka mea te kawana ki te karere, Haere, kia kaha ki te tiki i a ia ki konei. 19 Haere atu ana te karere, ka mea, E te Ariki, tomo mai, e karangatia ana koe e te kawana. 20 Ā, i a Ihu e haere ana i runga i ngā kara, i te hunga e mau ana i ngā kara, ka piko iho ngā pito o aua kara, ka koropiko ki a ia. 21 Nā reira ka nui haere te karanga a ngā Hūrai ki ngā kara.

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22 Nā, ka mea a Pirato ki ngā Hūrai, E mōhio ana ahau kāore koutou e pai ki te piko noa o ngā kara ki a Ihu; he aha rā koutou ka karanga ai ki ngā kara, me te mea kua piko, kua karakia? 23 Ka mea rātou ki a Pirato, I kite mātou i ngā kara e piko ana, e karakia ana ki a Ihu. 24 Kātahi ka karangatia e te kāwana ngā kara, ka mea ki a rātou, He aha koutou i pēnei ai? 25 I mea ngā kara ki a Pirato, He iwi tauiwi mātou katoa, ā, e karakia ana ki ngā atua i roto i ngā temepara; ā, me pēhea rā mātou e whakaaro ai ki te karakia ki a ia? Ko ngā kara anake i puritia e mātou i ō mātou ringa, ā, ka piko rātou, ka karakia ki a ia. 26 Nā, ka mea a Pirato ki ngā rangatira o te whare karakia, Whiriwhiria mai ētahi tāngata kaha, me pupuri hoki e rātou ngā kara, kia kite ai tātou mēnā ka piko rātou. 27 Nā, ka rapua e ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai he tekau mā rua o ngā kaumātua kaha rawa, mātau rawa, ā, ka meinga rātou kia mau ki ngā kara, ā, ka tū rātou ki te aroaro o te kāwana. 28 Kātahi ka mea a Pirato ki te karere, Tangohia a Ihu ki waho, ā, whakahokia mai ia ki roto mā te ara anō. Ā, ka puta atu a Ihu rāua ko te karere i te whare whakawa. 29 Nā, ka karangatia e Pirato ngā kara i mau i mua i ngā kara, ā, ka oati ia ki a rātou, me i kore rātou e mau i ngā kara i te ara i tomo mai ai a Ihu, ka tapahia e ia ō rātou māhunga. 30 Kātahi ka whakahau te kāwana i a Ihu kia hoki mai anō. 31 Ā, ka mahi te anahera i tāna i mea ai i mua, ka inoi nui ki a Ihu kia kakahuria e ia tōna kākahu, kia haere hoki i runga i taua kākahu, ā, ka haere ia i runga i taua kākahu, ka tomo ki roto. 32 Ā, i te taenga atu o Ihu ki roto, ka piko iho ngā kara, ka koropiko ki a ia, pērā i mua. Upoko 2 1 Nō te kitenga o Pirato i tēnei, ka wehi ia, ā, me te mea ka whakatika ake i tōna nohoanga. 2 Ā, i a ia e mea ana kia whakatika, ka unga tangata mai tana wahine, e tū ana i tawhiti, ki a ia, ka mea, Kaua e aha ki taua tangata tika; he maha hoki oku mamae mōna i roto i te moemoea i tenei po. 3 I te rongonga o ngā Hūrai i tēnei, ka mea rātou ki a Pirato, Kāore ianei mātou i mea atu ki a koe, He tohunga makutu ia? Nā, kua meinga e ia tō wahine kia moemoeā. 4 Katahi ka karangatia a Ihu e Pirato, ka mea ki a ia, Kua rongo koe i ta ratou e whakapae nei mou, a kahore koe e whakahoki kupu mai? 5 Ka whakahoki a Ihu, Me i kore i a rātou te kaha ki te kōrero, e kore e taea e rātou te kōrero: engari nā te mea kei ia tangata, kei ia tangata tōna ake arero, kia mōhio ai rātou ki te kōrero i te pai, i te kino rānei. 6 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, ka mea ki a Ihu, He aha tā mātou e titiro atu ai? 7 Tuatahi, e mōhio ana mātou ki tēnei mōu, i whānau mai koe i te moepuku; tuarua, nā te mea i whānau mai koe i patua ai ngā pēpi ki Peterehema; tuatoru, i rere tō pāpā me tō whaea, a Meri, ki Ihipa, nā te mea kāore i taea e rāua te whakawhirinaki ki tō rāua iwi. 8 Ko ētahi o ngā Hūrai i tū tata atu, i kōrero pai ake, Kāore e taea e mātou te kī i whānau ia i te moepuku; engari e mōhio ana mātou i taumautia tōna whaea, a Meri, ki a Hohepa, nō reira ehara i te moepuku tōna whānautanga. 9 Nā, ka mea a Pirato ki ngā Hūrai i mea i whānau ia i te moepuku, Ehara tēnei i te pono o tāu kōrero, i te mea he taumau tā rātou, e ai ki tā rātou e whakaatu nei, nō tō koutou iwi. 10 Ka mea atu a Ana rāua ko Kaiapa ki a Pirato, Me titiro ki tēnei ope tangata katoa e karanga ana, i whānau ia i te moepuku, ā, he tohunga makutu ia; ko te hunga ia e whakakahore ana i whānau ia i te moepuku, ko āna tāngata whakapono, ko āna akonga. 11 Ka whakahoki a Pirato ki a Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa, Ko wai ngā porohiraiti? Ka whakahoki rātou, Ko ngā tamariki rātou a ngā tauiwi, ehara nei i te Hūrai, engari he akonga nā ia. 12 Kātahi ka whakahoki a Ereatara, rātou ko Āteria, ko Ānatia, ko Hemi, ko Kara, ko Hamuera, ko Ihaka, ko Pinehaha, ko Kirihipu, ko Ākaripa, ko Anaha, ko Hūta, Ehara mātou i te hunga whakapono ki te whakapono, engari he tamariki nā ngā Hūrai, ā, e kōrero pono ana mātou, ā, i reira mātou i te wā i taumautia ai a Meri.

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13 Kātahi ka kōrero a Pirato ki te tekau mā rua i kōrero i tēnei, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko taku kupu tēnei ki a koutou i runga i te ora o Hiha, kia pono tā koutou kōrero mēnā i whānau ia i te moepuku, ā, kia pono ngā mea i kōrerotia e koutou.” 14 Ka whakahoki rātou ki a Pirato, He ture tā mātou, e kore ai mātou e oati, he hara hoki: me oati rātou ki te ora o Hiha, ehara i te mea e rite ana ki tā mātou i kōrero ai, ā, ka pai mātou kia whakamatea. 15 Kātahi ka mea a Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa ki a Pirato, E kore aua tāngata tekau mā rua e whakapono e mōhio ana mātou he whānau kino ia, he tohunga makutu hoki, ahakoa e kī ana ia ko ia te tama a te Atua, he kingi hoki: he mea tino tawhiti rawa atu tēnei i a mātou e whakapono ana, ā, e wiri ana mātou ki te whakarongo. 16 Na ka whakahau a Pirato i te katoa kia haere ki waho, engari ko te tekau ma rua anake i mea ehara ia i te moepuku, me Ihu kia mawehe atu i tawhiti, ka mea ki a ratou, He aha nga Hurai i hiahia ai kia whakamatea a Ihu? 17 Ka whakahoki rātou ki a ia, E riri ana rātou, nā te mea i whakaora ia i te hapati. Ka mea a Pirato, E whakamatea rānei ia e rātou mō te mahi pai? Ka mea rātou ki a ia, Ae, e te Ariki. Upoko 3 1 Na ka ki tonu a Pirato i te riri, ka puta atu i te whare whakawa, ka mea ki nga Hurai, Ka karanga ahau i te ao katoa hei kaiwhakaatu, kahore ahau i kite i tetahi he o tenei tangata. 2 Ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, Me i ehara ia i te tangata kino, kua kore mātou e kawe mai i a ia ki a koe. 3 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Tangohia ia e koutou, whakawakia ki tā koutou ture. 4 Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai, Kāore e tika kia whakamatea tetahi tangata e mātou. 5 Ka mea a Pirato ki ngā Hūrai, Nā koutou te ture, nā reira kaua e patu tangata, ehara i ahau. 6 Ka hoki anō ia ki te whare whakawa, ka karanga i a Ihu anake, ka mea ki a ia, Ko koe rānei te kingi o nga Hurai? 7 Nā ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a Pirato, Nāu ake anō tēnei kōrero, nā ngā Hūrai rānei i kōrero mōku ki a koe? 8 Ka whakahoki a Pirato, ka mea ki a Ihu, He Hūrai koia ahau? Kua tukua koe e te iwi katoa, e ngā rangatira hoki o ngā Hūrai ki ahau. I aha koe? 9 Ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea, Ehara toku rangatiratanga i tenei ao: mehemea no tenei ao toku rangatiratanga, kua whawhai aku pononga, a kahore ahau e tukua ki nga Hurai: tena ko tenei ehara toku rangatiratanga i konei. 10 Ka mea a Pirato, He kingi koe? Ka whakahokia e Ihu, Kua mea mai koe he kingi ahau: koia ahau i whanau ai, koia hoki ahau i haere mai ai ki te ao: koia hoki ahau i haere mai ai, hei kaiwhakaatu i te pono; e whakarongo ana hoki ki toku reo te hunga katoa no te pono. 11 Ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, He aha te pono? 12 Ka mea a Ihu, Nō te rangi te pono. 13 Nā ka mea a Pirato, Nā reira, kāore te pono i runga i te whenua. 14 Ka mea a Ihu ki a Pirato, Whakaponohia kei te whenua te pono i roto i te hunga, ina whiwhi rātou ki te mana whakatau, e whakahaerehia ana e te pono, ā, e whakatau tika ana. Upoko 4 1 Kātahi ka waiho a Ihu e Pirato ki te whare whakawa, ka haere ki waho ki ngā Hūrai, ka mea, Kāore au i kite i tētahi he o Ihu. 2 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a ia, Heoi i mea ia, E taea e au te whakahoro i te whare tapu o te Atua, ā, i roto i ngā rā e toru ka hanga anō e ahau. 3 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, He aha te momo temepara e kōrerotia nei e ia? 4 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a ia, Ko taua mea i hanga e Horomona i ngā tau e whā tekau mā ono, i mea ia kia whakangaromia, ā, kia toru ngā rā ka hanga e ia.

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5 Ka mea anō a Pirato ki a rātou, Kāore ahau i te hara i te toto o taua tangata: mā koutou ia e titiro. 6 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a ia, Hei runga i a mātou, i ā mātou tamariki hoki ōna toto. Nā, ka karangatia e Pirato ngā kaumātua, ngā karaipi, ngā tohunga, me ngā Riwaiti, ā, ka mea puku atu ki a rātou, Kaua e pena; kāore au i kite i tētahi mea i roto i tō koutou hara mōna, mō tana whakaora i te hunga mate, mō tana takahi i te hapati, e tika ai kia mate. 7 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā tohunga me ngā Riwaiti ki a Pirato, E ora ana a Hiha, ki te mea he tangata kohukohu tetahi, ka tika kia mate ia; ko tēnei ia kua kohukohu ki te Ariki. 8 Nā, ka whakahau anō te kāwana i ngā Hūrai kia haere atu i te whare whakawa; ā, ka karanga i a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, Me aha koe e ahau? 9 Ka whakahoki a Ihu ki a ia, Meatia kia rite ki te mea i tuhituhia. 10 Ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, He aha te mea i tuhituhia? 11 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Kua poropititia e Mohi ratou ko nga poropiti toku mamae me toku aranga. 12 I te rongonga o ngā Hūrai i tēnei, ka riri rātou, ka mea ki a Pirato, He aha koe ka kore ai e whakarongo ki te kohukohu a tēnei tangata? 13 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Ki te mea he kohukohu tā koutou ki ēnei kupu, mauria ia, arahina atu ki tō koutou whare whakawa, whakawakia hoki i runga i tā koutou ture. 14 Ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, E mea ana tā mātou ture, me whiu ia kia toru tekau mā iwa ngā whiu, engari ki te pēnei tana kohukohu ki te Ariki, me aki ia ki te kohatu. 15 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Me he mea he kohukohu tāna kōrero, me whakamātau koutou i a ia i runga i tā koutou ture. 16 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, E mea ana tā mātou ture kia kaua e whakamatea tetahi tangata: e hiahia ana mātou kia ripekatia ia, nā te mea e tika ana kia mate ia i te ripeka. 17 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Kāore e tika kia ripekatia ia: engari me whiu ia, ka tono atu kia haere. 18 Nā, i te kitenga o te kāwana i te iwi i reira, me ngā Hūrai, ka kite ia i te tini o ngā Hūrai e tangi ana, ā, ka mea ia ki ngā tohunga nui o ngā Hūrai, Kāore te iwi katoa e hiahia ana kia mate ia. 19 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, “Ko te mea tēnei i haere mai ai mātou ko te iwi katoa ki konei, kia mate ia.” 20 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, He aha ia ka mate ai? 21 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, Nā te mea e whakaatu ana ia ko ia te Tama a te Atua, he Kīngi hoki. Upoko 5 1 Nā, i tū a Nikorima, he Hūrai, i te aroaro o te kāwana, ka mea, “He inoi tēnei ki a koe, e te kaiwhakawā tika, kia tukua ahau kia kōrero i ētahi kupu torutoru.” 2 Ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, Kōrerotia. 3 Ka mea a Nikorima, I kōrero ahau ki ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, ki ngā karaipi, ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā Riwaiti, ki te mano katoa o ngā Hūrai, i roto i tō rātou runanga, He aha tā koutou e mea ai ki tēnei tangata? 4 He tangata ia kua mahi i ngā merekara whai hua, whakahīhī hoki, kāore anō kia mahia e te tangata i te ao i mua, e kore anō hoki e mahi. Tukua ia kia haere, kaua e whara i a ia; ki te mea nō te Atua ia, ka mau tonu āna merekara (āna whakaora merekara); ki te mea ia nō te tangata, ka memeha noa iho. 5 Nā, i te tononga a te Atua ki Ihipa, i mahi a Mohi i ngā merekara i whakahaua e te Atua ki a ia, i te aroaro o Parao, te kingi o Ihipa; ā, ahakoa i mahi ngā tohunga makutu o taua whenua, a Hāne rāua ko Hāmipere, mā ā rāua mahi makutu i ngā merekara i mahia e Mohi, kāore i taea e rātou te mahi i ana mahi katoa; 6 Ehara hoki i te mea nā te Atua ngā merekara i mahia e ngā tohunga makutu, e mōhio ana koutou, e ngā Karaipi, e ngā Parihi; engari ko te hunga nāna i mahi, me te hunga katoa i whakapono ki aua merekara, i mate. 7 Nā, tukua tēnei tangata kia haere; nā te Atua hoki ngā merekara e whakapae nei koutou mōna; kāore hoki ia e tika kia mate. 8 Nā ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a Nikorima, Ko tāna akonga koe, ā, e kōrero ana koe mōna?

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9 Ka mea a Nikorima ki a rātou, He akonga anō hoki te kāwana ki a ia, ā, e kōrero ana ia mōna? Kāore ianei a Hiha i whakanoho i a ia ki taua tūranga teitei? 10 I te rongonga o ngā Hūrai i tēnei, ka wiri rātou, ka tetea ō rātou niho ki a Nikorima, ka mea ki a ia, Kia riro i a koe tana whakaakoranga hei pono, kia whiwhi hoki koe i tō tūranga ki a te Karaiti! 11 Ka whakahoki a Nikorima, Āmene; ka tangohia e ahau tana whakaakoranga, me taku wahi hoki ki a ia, e ai ki tāu i kōrero mai ai. 12 Kātahi ka whakatika tētahi atu Hūrai, ka tono kia whakaaetia e te kāwana kia whakarongo ki a ia mō ētahi kupu. 13 Nā, ka mea te kāwana, Kōrerotia tāu e whakaaro ai. 14 Ā, ka mea ia, E toru tekau mā waru tau ahau e takoto ana i te taha o te puna hipi i Hiruharama, e mamae ana i raro i te mate nui, e tatari ana ki te whakaoranga e puta mai ana i te taenga mai o te anahera, nāna i whakaoho te wai i tētahi wā; ā, ko te tangata i tomo tuatahi ki roto i te pokarekarenga o te wai, i ora i tōna mate katoa. 15 Ā, i te kitenga o Ihu i ahau e ngoikore ana i reira, ka mea ia ki ahau, E pai ana koe kia ora? Nā ka whakahoki ahau, E te Ariki, kāhore āku tangata hei tuku i ahau ki te puna kaukau, ina pōrearea te wai. 16 Nā ka mea ia ki ahau, Whakatika, tangohia ake tō moenga, haere. Ā, ora tonu ake ahau, na tangohia ake ana e ahau tōku moenga, haere ana. 17 Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, E te Ariki, e te Kāwana, pātai atu ki a ia ko tēhea te rā i whakaorangia ai ia i tōna mate. 18 Ka mea te tangata hauā, Ko te hapati. 19 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a Pirato, Kāore ianei mātou i mea, nā te rangatira o ngā rēwera i whakaora ai ia i te hapati, ā, i pei rēwera ai i te rēwera? 20 Kātahi ka puta mai tētahi atu Hūrai, ka mea, He matapo ahau, e rongo ana i ngā reo, engari kāore i kite i tētahi: ā, i a Ihu e haere ana, ka rongo ahau i te mano e haere ana, ā ka ui ahau, He aha tērā? 21 I mea mai rātou ki ahau kei te haere atu a Ihu: kātahi ahau ka karanga, ka mea, E Ihu, e te Tama a Rawiri, kia aroha ki ahau. Na ka tū ia, ka mea kia arahina mai ahau ki a ia, ka mea ki ahau, He aha tau e hiahia nei? 22 Ka mea ahau, E te Ariki, kia kite ahau. 23 Ka mea ia ki ahau, Titiro mai. Ā, i reira tonu ka titiro ahau, ā, i aru ahau i a ia, me te hari, me te whakawhetai. 24 I haere mai anō tētahi atu Hūrai, ka mea, He repera ahau, ā, i whakaorangia ahau e ia i tana kupu anake, i mea mai, E pai ana ahau, kia ma koe: ā, i taua wā tonu ka ma toku repera. 25 Ā, ka puta mai tētahi atu Hūrai, ka mea, He piko ahau, ā, i whakatikaia ahau e ia i tana kupu. 26 Nā, ka mea tētahi wahine, ko Veronika te ingoa, Tekau mā rua ngā tau i pāngia ai ahau e te pakaru toto, ā, ka pā ahau ki te remu o ōna kākahu, ā, mutu tonu iho te pakaru o ōku toto. 27 Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai, He ture tā mātou, e kore e whakaaetia te wahine hei kaiwhakaatu. 28 Ā, i muri i ērā atu mea, ka mea tētahi atu Hūrai, I kite ahau i a Ihu e karangatia ana ki tētahi marena, rātou ko āna ākonga, ā, i kore he waina i Kana o Kariri; 29 Ā, i te paunga o te waina, ka whakahau ia i ngā pononga kia whakakīia ngā ipu e ono i reira ki te wai, ā, ka whakakīia e rātou kia pū rawa, ā, ka manaakitia e ia, ka hurihia te wai hei waina, ā, ka inu te iwi katoa, i miharo ki tēnei merekara. 30 Ā, ka tū ake tētahi atu Hūrai, ka mea, I kite ahau i a Ihu e whakaako ana i roto i te whare karakia i Kaperenauma: ā, i roto i te whare karakia tētahi tangata he rewera tōna; ā ka karanga ia, ka mea, Waiho ahau; he aha tā mātou ki a koe, e Ihu o Nahareta? I haere mai koe ki te whakangaro i a mātou? E mōhio ana ahau ko koe te Mea Tapu a te Atua. 31 Nā ka riria ia e Ihu, ka mea, Kati te whakarongo, e te wairua poke, puta mai i roto i te tangata. Ā, puta tonu mai ana ia i roto i a ia, kāore hoki i aha i a ia. 32 I kōrerotia anō hoki ēnei mea e tētahi Parihi; I kite ahau i te tini o te tangata e haere mai ana ki a Ihu i Kariri, i Huria, i te taha moana, me ngā whenua maha e tata ana ki Horano, ā, he tini ngā mate i haere mai ki a ia, ā, whakaorangia ana rātou katoa e ia.

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33 Ā, i rongo ahau i ngā wairua poke e karanga ana, e mea ana, Ko koe te Tama a te Atua. Ā, i tino whakatūpato a Ihu i a rātou kia kaua ia e whakakitea e rātou. 34 Muri iho i tēnei ka mea tētahi atu, ko Keneturi tōna ingoa, I kite ahau i a Ihu i Kaperenauma, ā ka inoi ahau ki a ia, ka mea, E te Ariki, kei te whare taku pononga e takoto ana, he pararutiki. 35 Ā, ka mea a Ihu ki ahau, Ka haere ahau ki te whakaora i a ia. 36 Nā, ka mea ahau, E te Ariki, kāore ahau e tika kia tomo mai koe ki raro i tōku tuanui; engari kia puaki noa mai te kupu, ā, ka ora taku pononga. 37 Nā ka mea a Ihu ki ahau, Haere; kia rite ki tōu whakapono, kia pērātia koe. Ā, ora ake taku pononga i taua wā anō. 38 Kātahi ka mea tētahi rangatira, He tama tāku kei Kaperenauma, e tata mate ana: ā, i taku rongonga kua tae mai a Ihu ki Kariri, ka haere ahau, ka inoi ki a ia kia haere mai ia ki tōku whare, kia whakaorangia taku tama; kua tata mate hoki ia. 39 Ka mea mai ia ki ahau, Haere; kua ora tau tama. 40 Ā, ora ake taku tama i taua wā anō. 41 Haunga ēnei, he tokomaha atu anō hoki o ngā Hūrai, o ngā tāne, o ngā wāhine, i karanga, i mea, He pono ko te Tama ia a te Atua, e whakaora nei i ngā mate katoa mā tana kupu anake, ā, e ngohengohe katoa ana ngā rewera ki a ia. 42 I mea anō ētahi o rātou, Kāore e puta mai tēnei mana i tētahi atu, engari i te Atua anake. 43 Ka mea a Pirato ki ngā Hūrai, He aha ngā rewera te ngohengohe ai ki ā koutou rata? 44 I mea ētahi o rātou, E kore e puta te mana o te pei i ngā rewera ki te kore e puta mai i te Atua. 45 Ko ētahi i mea ki a Pirato, i whakaarahia e ia a Raharuhi i te hunga mate, i muri i tōna rā e whā i roto i te urupā. 46 I te rongonga o te kāwana i tēnei, ka wiri ia, ka mea ki te mano tini o ngā Hūrai, He aha te pai o tā koutou whakaheke toto harakore? Upoko 6 1 Kātahi ka karangatia e Pirato a Nikorima, me te tekau mā rima o ngā tāngata i mea nei kāore a Ihu i whānau i te moepuku, ka mea ia ki a rātou, Me aha ahau? Tērā hoki te ngangau kei roto i te iwi. 2Ka mea rātou ki a ia, Kāore mātou e mōhio: mā rātou e titiro ki te hunga e whakaoho ana i te ngangau. 3 Nā ka karangatia anō e Pirato te mano, ka mea ki a rātou, E mōhio ana koutou he ritenga tā koutou, kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou tētahi herehere i te hakari o te kapenga: 4He herehere rongonui tāku, he kaikōhuru, ko Parapa tōna ingoa, me Ihu, e huaina nei ko te Karaiti, kāhore nei i kitea e ahau he aha i mate ai ia: ko wai rā o rāua e pai ana kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou? 5 Ka karanga katoa rātou, ka mea, Tukua a Parapa ki a mātou. 6 Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, Me aha rā ahau ki a Ihu, e huaina nei ko te Karaiti? 7 Ka whakahoki rātou katoa, Me ripeka ia. 8 Ka karanga anō rātou, ka mea ki a Pirato, Ki te tukua tēnei tangata e koe, ehara ianei koe i te hoa o Hiha? Nā te mea kua whakakitea e ia ko ia te Tama a te Atua, he kingi hoki. Otirā, e pai ana rānei koe kia kingi ia, kaua ko Hiha? 9 Nā, ka kī tonu a Pirato i te riri, ka mea ki a rātou, He iwi whakakeke tonu tō koutou iwi, ā, e whakakeke tonu ana koutou ki te hunga e mahi ana i ā koutou? 10 Ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai, Ko wai rā te hunga i mahi pai ki a mātou? 11 Nā, ka whakahoki a Pirato ki a rātou, “Nā tō koutou Atua koutou i whakaora i te pononga uaua a ngā Ihipiana, ā, nāna koutou i kawe ki tāwāhi i te Moana Whero me te mea he whenua maroke, ā, nāna koutou i whāngai ki te koraha ki te mana me te kikokiko o te koitareke, ā, i whakaputa wai mai i te toka, ā, i homai he ture ki a koutou i te rangi: 12 I whakapataritari rawa koutou i a ia i nga ara katoa, i hiahia hoki ki tetahi kuao kau whakarewa ma koutou, i koropiko ki taua mea, i patu whakahere ki taua mea, a i mea, Ko ou atua enei, e Iharaira, nana nei koe i kawe mai i te whenua o Ihipa.

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13 Nā reira i anga ai tō koutou Atua ki te whakangaro i a koutou; heoi i inoi a Mohi mō koutou, a i whakarongo tō koutou Atua ki a ia, a murua ana e ia tō koutou he. 14 I muri iho ka riri koutou ki a Mohi raua ko Arona, ā, ka mea kia patua ā koutou poropiti, i a rāua e rere ana ki te tapenakara; ā, i amuamu tonu koutou ki te Atua, ki āna poropiti hoki. 15 Nā, i tōna whakatikanga ake i tōna nohoanga whakawa, ka mea kia haere ki waho: heoi ka karanga katoa ngā Hūrai, Ka whakaae mātou ko Hiha te kingi, ehara i a Ihu. 16 I tōna whānautanga mai, ka haere mai ngā māngai, ka hoatu he taonga ki a ia: ā, i te rongonga o Herora, ka nui tōna mataku, ā, ka mea kia whakamatea ia. 17 Nō te rongonga o tōna pāpā i tēnei, ka oma ia me ia rāua ko tōna whaea, ko Meri, ki Ihipa. Nō te rongonga o Herora kua whānau ia, ka mea ia kia whakamatea ia; nā reira i tono tangata ai ia, ā, ka patua ngā tamariki katoa i Peterehema, me ngā rohe katoa o reira, i te hunga e rua tau te pakeke, me raro iho hoki. 18 Nō te rongonga o Pirato i tēnei kōrero, ka wehi ia; ā, i a ia e whakahau ana i te whakarongo puku i roto i te mano e ngangau ana, ka mea ia ki a Ihu, He kingi koe? 19 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai katoa ki a Pirato, Ko ia te tangata i whaia e Herora kia whakamatea. 20 Nā, ka mau a Pirato ki te wai, ka horoi i ōna ringa i te aroaro o te mano, ka mea, Kāhore ahau i te hara i te toto o tēnei tangata tika: mā koutou ia e titiro. 21 Ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai, ka mea, Hei runga i a mātou, i ā mātou tamariki hoki ōna toto. 22 Kātahi ka whakahau a Pirato kia arahina mai a Ihu ki tōna aroaro, ā ka mea atu ia ki a ia i ēnei kupu: 23 Kua whakapaea koe e tō iwi ake e mea ana i a koe hei kingi; nō reira, ko ahau, ko Pirato, ka whakatau i a koe kia whiua kia rite ki ngā ture a ngā kāwana o mua; kia herea koe i te tuatahi, kātahi ka whakairihia ki runga i te ripeka i te wāhi e mauheretia ana koe i nāianei; me ētahi atu tangata hara tokorua hoki kei a koe, ko Dimas rāua ko Gestas ō rāua ingoa. Upoko 7 1 Na ka puta atu a Ihu i te whare karakia, ratou ko nga tahae tokorua i haere tahi me ia. 2 Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki te wāhi e kiia nei ko Korokota, ka tangohia e rātou ōna kākahu, ka whitikiria ia ki te rinena, ka whakatakotoria he karauna tataramoa ki tōna māhunga, ā, ka whakanohoia he kakaho ki tōna ringa. 3 Ā, i pērā anō hoki tā rātou mahi ki ngā tahae tokorua i ripekatia ngatahitia me ia, a Timas ki tōna ringa matau, me Gestas ki tōna ringa maui. 4 Nā, ka mea a Ihu, E Pā, murua ō rātou hara; kāhore hoki rātou e mōhio ki tā rātou e mea nei. 5 Ā, wehewehea ana ōna kākahu e rātou, ā, maka ana ki te rota mō tōna kākahu. 6 I reira tonu te iwi e tū ana, ko ngā tohunga nui me ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai i tawai ki a ia, i mea, I whakaorangia e ia ētahi atu, me whakaora e ia i a ia anō, ki te taea e ia; ki te mea ko ia te Tama a te Atua, me heke iho ia i te ripeka. 7 I tawai hoki ngā hōia ki a ia, ka tango i te winika me te kawa, ka hoatu kia inumia e ia, ka mea ki a ia, Ki te mea ko koe te kingi o ngā Hūrai, whakaorangia koe. 8 Kātahi ka mau a Ronginu, he hōia, ki te tao, ka werohia tōna taha, ā, puta tonu mai he toto, he wai. 9 Nā, tuhituhia ana e Pirato te ingoa ki runga i te ripeka, he reo Hiperu, he reo Latina, he reo Kariki hoki, arā, KO TE KINGI TĒNEI O NGĀ HURAI. 10 Nā, ka mea tētahi o ngā tahae tokorua i ripekatia tahitia me Ihu, ko Kesta tōna ingoa, ki a Ihu, Ki te mea ko te Karaiti koe, whakaorangia koe, māua hoki. 11 Nā, ko te tahae i ripekatia ki tōna ringa matau, ko Rima tōna ingoa, ka riri ki a ia, ka mea, Kāore koe e wehi i te Atua, e te Atua, e te tangata kua whakataua nei ki tēnei whiu? He tika, he tika hoki te utu mō ā mātou mahi; ko tēnei Ihu ia, he aha tāna mahi kino? 12 Ā, nō muri iho i tēnei ka ngunguru ia, ka mea ia ki a Ihu, E te Ariki, kia mahara ki ahau ina tae mai koe ki tōu rangatiratanga.

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13 Ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, Ko tenei ra koe noho ai ki ahau ki Pararaiha. Upoko 8 1 Nā, kua tata ki te ono o ngā hāora, ā, ka pōuri te mata o te whenua katoa, tae noa ki te iwa o ngā hāora. 2 Ā, i te mea e pōuri ana te rā, nā, kua pakaru te arai o te whare tapu mai i runga ki raro; ā, kua pakaru ngā toka, kua tuwhera ngā urupā, ā, he tokomaha ngā tinana o te hunga tapu kua moe i ara ake. 3 Ā, tata ki te iwa o ngā hāora ka karanga a Ihu, he nui te reo, ka mea, Hely, Hely, rama Zabakthani? ko tōna tikanga tēnei, E tōku Atua, e tōku Atua, he aha koe i whakarērea ai i ahau? 4 Ā, muri iho i ēnei mea, ka mea a Ihu, E Pā, ka tukua atu e ahau tōku wairua ki ōu ringa: ā, i te mutunga o tēnei kupu, ka hemo ia. 5 Ā, i te kitenga o te keneturio i a Ihu e karanga ana, me te mea kua hemo, ka whakakororia ia i te Atua, ka mea, He pono he tangata tika tenei. 6 Ā, ko te hunga katoa e tū ana i reira, nui atu tō rātou ohorere i te kitenga; ā, ka whakaaroaro ki aua mea i tupu, ka patuki ki ō rātou uma, ā, hoki ana ki te pā o Hiruharama. 7 Haere ana te keneturio ki te kāwana, kōrerotia ana ki a ia ngā mea katoa i tupu; 8 Ā, i tōna rongonga i ēnei mea katoa, nui atu tōna pouri; 9 Nā, ka karangatia e ia ngā Hūrai, ka mea ki a rātou, Kua kite koutou i te merekara o te rā e pōuri ana, me ērā atu mea i puta, i a Ihu e mate ana? 10 Nō te rongonga o ngā Hūrai, ka mea rātou ki te kāwana, “Ko te pōuri o te rā i tū i runga i te tikanga.” 11 Ko te hunga katoa ia i mōhio ki a te Karaiti, i tū mai i tawhiti, me ngā wāhine i aru mai i a Ihu i Kariri, e mātakitaki ana i ēnei mea katoa. 12 Nā, ko tētahi tangata nō Arimatia, ko Hohepa te ingoa, he ākonga anō ia nā Ihu, engari kāore i tino kitea, i te wehi i ngā Hūrai; ā, ka haere mai ki te kāwana, ka inoi ki te kāwana kia tukua ia kia tangohia te tinana o Ihu i te ripeka. 13 Ā, ka tukua ia e te kāwana. 14 Nā ka haere mai a Nikorima, me te mau mai i te maira me te aroe, he mea whakaranu, kia kotahi rau pauna te taimaha: a ka tangohia iho a Ihu i te ripeka me te roimata, ka takai ki ngā kakahu rinena me ngā mea kakara, ko tā ngā Hūrai tikanga mō te tanu. 15 Ā, whakatakotoria ana ia ki roto ki tētahi urupā hou, i hanga e Hohepa, i haua ki roto i tētahi kamaka, kāhore anō kia takotoria tētahi tangata ki reira; ā, whakataka ana e rātou tētahi kōhatu nui ki te kuwaha o te urupā. Upoko 9 1 I te rongonga o ngā Hūrai hē kua tono a Hōhepa kia tanumia te tinana o Ihu, ka rapua e rātou a Nikorima; me aua tāngata tekau mā rima i whakaatu i mua i te Kāwana, kāore a Ihu i whānau mai i te moepuku, me ētahi atu tāngata pai i mahi pai ki a ia. 2 Nā, i a rātou katoa e huna ana i te wehi i ngā Hūrai, ka puta ko Nikorima anake ki a rātou, ka mea, Me pēhea e taea ai e ēnei tāngata te tomo ki te whare karakia? 3 Ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai ki a ia, “Engari, he aha koe i maia ai ki te tomo ki te whare karakia, he hoa piripono koe nō te Karaiti? Kia rite tōu wāhi ki a ia i te ao kē.” 4 Ka whakahoki a Nikorima, Āmene; kia pērā anō, kia whiwhi tahi māua ki tōna rangatiratanga. 5 Waihoki, i tōna taenga ki ngā Hūrai, ka mea ia ki a rātou, He aha koutou i riri ai ki ahau, mōku i tono ai i te tinana o Ihu o Pirato? Nana, kua whakatakotoria ia e ahau ki roto i taku urupā, kua takaihia ki te rinena ma, kua whakatakotoria hoki he kōhatu ki te kuwaha o te urupā.

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6 I tika taku mahi ki a ia; engari i hē tā koutou mahi ki taua tangata tika, i a koutou e ripeka ana i a ia, e hoatu ana he winika ki a ia, e karaunatia ana ia ki ngā tataramoa, e haehae ana i tōna tinana ki ngā whiu, e inoi ana kia whakahekea te hara o ōna toto ki runga ki a koutou. 7 I te rongonga o ngā Hūrai i tēnei, ka ohorere rātou, ā, ka hopukina a Hohepa e rātou, ka whakahau kia puritia ia i mua i te hapati, kia puritia hoki i reira kia taka rā anō te hapati. 8 Nā ka mea rātou ki a ia, Whakina mai ō hara; kāore hoki i te tika kia tukinotia koe i tēnei wā, kia tae rā anō ki te rā tuatahi o te wiki. E mōhio ana mātou e kore koe e tika kia tanumia; engari ka hoatu e mātou ōu kikokiko ki ngā manu o te rangi, ki ngā kararehe o te whenua. 9 Ka whakahoki a Hohepa, He rite tonu taua kōrero ki te kōrero a Koriata whakakake, i whakahe nei i te Atua ora i tana kōrero kino ki a Rawiri. E mōhio ana ia koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā kaiwhakaako, i mea te Atua i roto i te poropiti, Nāku te rapu utu, ā, ka utua e ahau ki a koutou te kino kotahi e rite ana ki tā koutou i whakawehi mai ai ki ahau. 10 Ko te Atua i whakairihia e koe ki te ripeka, e kaha ana ki te whakaora i ahau i roto i ō ringaringa. Ka hoki mai ō kino katoa ki a koe. 11 I te horoinga hoki o te kāwana i ōna ringa, ka mea ia, Kāore ahau i te hara i te toto o tēnei tangata tika. Nā, ka whakahoki koutou, ka karanga, Hei runga i a mātou ōna toto, i ā mātou tamariki hoki. Kia rite ki tā koutou i kī mai ai, kia ngaro koutou ake ake. 12 I te rongonga o ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai i ēnei kupu, nui atu tō rātou riri; ā, ka hopukina a Hōhepa, ka maka ki roto i tētahi rūma kahore he matapihi; ā, ka hiritia e rātou te tatau, ka hiritia hoki te raka. 13 Nā, ka whakatūria e Ana rāua ko Kaiapa he kaitiaki ki reira, ā, ka kōrero tahi rāua me ngā tohunga me ngā Riwaiti, kia huihui katoa rātou i muri i te hapati, ā, ka whakatakoto whakaaro rāua mō te mate e whakamatea ai a Hohepa. 14 Nō te otinga o tēnei, ka whakahau ngā rangatira, a Ana rāua ko Kaiapa, kia arahina mai a Hohepa. Upoko 10 1 I te rongonga o te whakaminenga katoa i tēnei, ka miharo rātou, ka miharo hoki, i te kitenga i te hiri kotahi i runga i te raka o te rūma, ā, kāore i kitea a Hohepa. 2 Nā, ka haere atu a Ana rāua ko Kaiapa, ā, i a rātou katoa e miharo ana ki te rironga atu o Hohepa, ka kōrero tetahi o ngā hōia, he kaitiaki i te urupā o Ihu, i roto i te whakaminenga. 3 I a rātou e tiaki ana i te urupā o Ihu, ka puta he rū whenua; ā ka kite mātou i tētahi anahera a te Atua e huri atu ana i te kōhatu o te urupā, ā, noho ana i runga; 4 Ā, ko tōna mata, me te mea he uira, ko tōna kākahu me te mea he hukarere; ā, i te wehi, ka rite mātou ki te hunga mate. 5 Ā, i rongo mātou i tētahi anahera e mea ana ki ngā wāhine i te urupā o Ihu, Kaua e mataku; e mōhio ana ahau e rapu ana koutou i a Ihu i ripekatia; kua ara ia, pērā i tana i kōrero ai. 6 Haere mai kia kite i te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia; haere tonu, korerotia ki ana akonga kua ara ia i te hunga mate, a ka haere ia i mua i a koutou ki Kariri; ko reira koutou kite ai i a ia, e ai ki tana i korero ai ki a koutou. 7 Kātahi ka karangatia e ngā Hūrai ngā hōia katoa e tiaki ana i te urupā o Ihu, ka mea ki a rātou, Ko wai aua wāhine i kōrerotia nei e te anahera? He aha koutou te hopu ai i a rātou? 8 Ka whakahoki ngā hōia, ka mea, Kāore mātou e mōhio ko wai ngā wāhine; i tua atu i tēnā kua rite mātou ki te hunga mate i te wehi, ā, me pēhea rā e taea ai e mātou te hopu i aua wāhine? 9 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a rātou, E ora ana a Ihowā, kāore mātou e whakapono ki a koutou. 10 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā hōia, ka mea ki ngā Hūrai, I kite nei koutou, i rongo nei hoki i a Ihu e mahi ana i aua merekara maha, ā, kāore koutou i whakapono ki a ia, me pēhea rā koutou ka whakapono ai ki a mātou? He tika tā koutou kī, E ora ana te Ariki, e ora ana hoki te Ariki. 11 Kua rongo mātou kua herea e koutou a Hohepa, te tangata nāna i tanu te tinana o Ihu, ki roto i tētahi rūma, i raro i tētahi raka i hiritia; ā, i tō koutou whakatuwheratanga, kāore ia i kitea i reira.

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12 Kātahi ka kawea mai e koutou a Hohepa i whakanohoia e koutou ki te whare herehere, ā, mā mātou a Ihu i tiakina e mātou i roto i te urupā. 13 Ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai, ka mea, Mā mātou a Hohepa e whakaputa, ko koutou ia ko Ihu? Engari kei tōna ake pā o Arimatia a Hohepa. 14 Ka whakahoki ngā hōia, Mehemea kei Arimatia a Hohepa, ā, kei Kariri a Ihu, kua rongo mātou i te anahera e kōrero ana ki ngā wāhine. 15 I te rongonga o ngā Hūrai, ka wehi, ka mea tetahi ki tetahi, Ki te whakakitea ēnei mea e te marea, ka whakapono katoa ki a Ihu. 16 Nā ka kohikohia e rātou he moni nui, ka hoatu ki ngā hōia, ka mea, Me kī atu koutou ki te iwi, i haere mai ngā ākonga a Ihu i te pō, i a koutou e moe ana, ā, tahaetia ana te tinana o Ihu; ā, ki te rongo a Pirato te kāwana i tēnei, mā mātou ia e whakakī, e whakaora i a koutou. 17 Nā reira i tango ai ngā hōia i te moni, ā, i mea i runga i te ako a ngā Hūrai ki a rātou; ā, horapa atu ana tā rātou kōrero ki roto i te iwi. 18 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi tohunga, a Pinehaha, me tētahi kaiako a Āta, me tētahi Riwaiti, ko Akeu te ingoa, i Kariri ki Hiruharama, ā, ka kōrero ki ngā tohunga nui, ki te hunga katoa hoki i roto i ngā whare karakia, ka mea, 19 Kua kite mātou i a Ihu, i ripekatia e koutou, e kōrero ana ki ana akonga tekau ma tahi, e noho ana i waenganui i a ratou i Maunga Oriwa, e mea ana ki a ratou, 20 Haere atu ki te ao katoa, kauwhautia te Rongopai ki ngā iwi katoa, iriiria rātou i runga i te ingoa o te Matua, o te Tama, o te Wairua Tapu: ko te tangata e whakapono ana, e iriiria ana, ka whakaorangia. 21 Ā, i tana kōrerotanga i ēnei mea ki āna ākonga, ka kite mātou i a ia e piki ana ki te rangi. 22 I te rongonga o ngā tohunga nui, o ngā kaumātua, me ngā Riwaiti i ēnei mea, ka mea rātou ki ēnei tāngata tokotoru, Whakakororiatia te Atua o Iharaira, whaki atu hoki ki a ia, mēnā he pono aua mea, e kī nei koutou kua kite, kua rongo. 23 Ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea, E ora ana te Ariki o ō mātou mātua, te Atua o Āperahāma, te Atua o Īhaka, te Atua o Hākopa, pērā i tā mātou rongonga i a Ihu e kōrero ana ki āna ākonga, me tā mātou kitenga i a ia e piki ana ki te rangi, pērā anō tā mātou kōrero i te pono ki a koutou. 24 Ā, ka whakahoki atu ngā tāngata tokotoru, ka mea, me te tāpiri atu i ēnei kupu, Ki te kore mātou e whakaae ki ngā kupu i rongo ai mātou i a Ihu e kōrero ana, me tana kitenga i a ia e piki ana ki te rangi, ka hara mātou. 25 Nā, ka whakatika tonu ake ngā tohunga nui, me te pupuri i te pukapuka o te ture, ka karanga i ēnei tāngata, ka mea, Kaua rawa koutou e kōrero anō i ngā mea i kōrerotia e koutou mō Ihu. 26 Ā, i hoatu e rātou he moni nui ki a rātou, ā, i tonoa atu hoki ētahi atu hei hoa mō rātou, hei arahi i a rātou ki tō rātou ake whenua, kia kore ai rātou e noho ki Hiruharama. 27 Nā, ka huihui katoa ngā Hūrai, ā, ka puta te āwangawanga nui, ka mea, He aha tēnei mea whakamiharo kua meatia nei ki Hiruharama? 28 Nā, ka whakamarie a Ana rāua ko Kaiapa i a rāua, ka mea, He aha tātou ka whakapono ai ki ngā hōia i tiaki i te urupā o Ihu, i a rātou e kī ana, nā te anahera i huri te kōhatu i te kūaha o te urupā? 29 Nā āna ake akonga pea tēnei i kōrero, i hoatu hoki he moni kia pērā ai tā rātou kōrero, ā, nā rātou anō i tango te tinana o Ihu. 30 Haunga tēnei, whakaarohia tēnei, kāore he mihi e taea te hoatu ki ngā tāngata iwi kē, nā te mea i tangohia e rātou he moni nui i a mātou, ā, kua whakaaturia mai e rātou ki a mātou i runga i ngā tohutohu i hoatu e mātou ki a rātou. Me pono rātou ki a mātou, me ngā ākonga rānei a Ihu. Upoko 11 1 Katahi ka whakatika a Nikorima, ka mea, He tika ta koutou korero, e nga tama a Iharaira, kua rongo koutou ki ta aua tangata tokotoru i oati ai i te ture a te Atua, i mea ra, Kua kite matou i a Ihu e korero ana ki ana akonga i runga i Maunga Oriwa, a i kite matou i a ia e piki ana ki te rangi.

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2 E whakaakona ana hoki e te karaipiture i tangohia atu a Iraia poropiti ki te rangi; ā, i te pātaitanga a ngā tama a ngā poropiti ki a Eriha, Kei hea tō tātou matua, a Iraia? Ka mea ia ki a rātou, kua tangohia atu ia ki te rangi. 3 Na ka mea ngā tama a ngā poropiti ki a ia, "Tērā pea kua kahakina ia e te wairua ki tētahi o ngā maunga o Iharaira; tera pea ka kitea ia e tātou i reira." Na ka tono rātou i a Eriha, ā, e toru ngā rā i haereere ai ia me rātou, ā, kihai i kitea. 4 Nā, whakarongo mai, e ngā tama a Iharaira, kia tonoa e tātou ētahi tāngata ki ngā maunga o Iharaira, kei kahakina atu a Ihu e te wairua, ā, tera pea ka kitea ia e tātou i reira, ā, ka makona tātou. 5 Ā, i pai te whakaaro o Nikorima ki te iwi katoa; ā, ka tonoa atu e rātou ētahi tāngata hei rapu i a Ihu, engari kāore i kitea: ā, ka hoki mai rātou, ka mea, I haereerea e mātou a Ihu, engari kāore i kitea, engari kua kitea e mātou a Hohepa i tōna pā, i Arimatia. 6 I te rongonga o ngā rangatira, me te iwi katoa, ka hari rātou, ā, ka whakamoemiti ki te Atua o Iharaira, mō te kitenga o Hohepa, i puritia nei e rātou ki roto i te rūma, ā, kihai i kitea. 7 Ā, nō te mea ka huihui nui rātou, ka mea ngā tohunga nui, Me pēhea tātou e kawe mai ai i a Hohepa ki a tātou kia kōrero ki a ia? 8 Nā ka mau rātou ki tētahi pepa, ka tuhituhi ki a ia, ka mea, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe, me tō whānau katoa. E mōhio ana mātou kua hara mātou ki te Atua, ki a koe hoki. Kia pai koe ki te toro mai ki a mātou, ki ōu mātua, i tino miharo hoki mātou ki tō putanga mai i te whare herehere. 9 E mōhio ana mātou he whakaaro kino tā mātou i whakatakoto ai mōu, ā, nā te Ariki koe i tiaki, ā, nā te Ariki tonu koe i whakaora i a mātou mahi. Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe, e Hohepa, e te tangata whai mana i roto i te iwi katoa. 10 Ā, ka whiriwhiria e rātou ētahi o ngā hoa o Hohepa, tokowhitu, ka mea atu ki a rātou, Ki te tae atu koutou ki a Hohepa, oha atu ki a ia i runga i te rangimārie, me te tuku atu hoki i tēnei reta ki a ia. 11 Nō reira, i te taenga mai o ngā tāngata ki a Hohepa, ka mihi atu rātou ki a ia me te rangimārie, ā, ka hoatu e rātou te pukapuka ki a ia. 12 Ā, i te kitenga o Hohepa i te pukapuka, ka mea ia, Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, te Atua, nāna nei ahau i whakaora i te ringa o Iharaira, i kore ai e taea e rātou te whakaheke i ōku toto. Kia whakapaingia te Atua, nāna nei ahau i tiaki i raro i ōu pakau. 13 Na ka kihi a Hohepa i a raua, a ka kawea raua e ia ki tona whare: a i te aonga ake ka eke a Hohepa ki runga ki tana kaihe, a haere tahi ana me raua ki Hiruharama. 14 Ā, i te rongonga o ngā Hūrai katoa i ēnei mea, ka haere rātou ki te whakatau i a ia, ka karanga, ka mea, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe, e te matua, e Hohepa. 15 Ā, ka mea ia, Kia tau te pai ki te iwi katoa i a Ihowa. 16 Ā, ka kihi rātou katoa i a ia; ā, ka mauria ia e Nikorima ki tōna whare, kua oti i a ia te taka he hakari nui. 17 Nā, i te aonga ake, i te mea he rā takanga, ka mea a Anaha, rātou ko Kaiapa, ko Nikorima, ki a Hohepa, Whakiia te hara ki te Atua o Iharaira, ā, whakahokia mai ki a mātou ngā pātai katoa e pātai atu ai mātou ki a koe; 18 Nui atu hoki tō mātou pouri mō tō tanumanga i te tinana o Ihu; ā, i tō mātou raka i a koe ki roto i tētahi rūma, kāore koe i kitea e mātou; ā, i mataku mātou i reira tonu, ā tae noa mai ki tēnei wā ka puta mai koe ki waenganui i a mātou. Nā, korerotia mai ki a mātou i te aroaro o te Atua ngā mea katoa i tupu. 19 Na ka whakahoki a Hohepa, ka mea, I tukua ahau e koutou ki te whare herehere i te ra o te takanga kai, a tae noa ki te ata. 20 I ahau e tū ana i te inoi i waenganui pō, ka karapotia te whare e ngā anahera tokowhā; ā, ka kite ahau i a Ihu, he rite ki te kanapa o te rā, ka hinga ahau ki raro ki te whenua i te wehi. 21 Engari ka hopu a Ihu i toku ringa, ka hapainga ake ahau i te whenua, ā ka tauhiuhia te tomairangi ki runga ki ahau; engari ka murua e ia toku mata, ka kihi i ahau, ka mea mai ki ahau, Kaua e wehi, e Hohepa; titiro mai ki ahau, ko ahau hoki tenei.

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22 Kātahi ahau ka titiro atu ki a ia, ka mea, E Raboni Iraia! Ka whakahoki ia ki ahau, Ehara ahau i a Iraia, engari ko Ihu o Nahareta, ko tōna tinana i tanumia e koe. 23 Ka mea ahau ki a ia, Whakakitea mai ki ahau te urupā i whakatakotoria ai koe e ahau. 24 Kātahi ka mau a Ihu ki tōku ringa, ka ārahi i ahau ki te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia e ahau, ā, ka whakakitea mai e ia ki ahau ngā kakahu rinena, me te tauera i takaia e ahau ki tōna matenga. Kātahi ahau ka mōhio ko Ihu ia, ā, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, Kia whakapaingia ia e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki. 25 Nā, ka mau anō a Ihu i tōku ringa, ka ārahi i ahau ki Arimatia ki tōku whare, ka mea mai ki ahau, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe; kaua ia e haere atu i tōu whare, kia tae rā anō ki te whā tekau o ngā rā; engari me haere ahau ki aku ākonga. Upoko 12 1 Ā, i te rongonga o ngā tohunga nui i ēnei mea katoa, ka miharo rātou, ka hinga ō rātou mata ki te whenua, me te mea he tupapaku, ka karanga tetahi ki tetahi, ka mea, He aha tēnei tohu whakamiharo kua meatia nei ki Hiruharama? E mōhio ana mātou ki te matua tāne me te whaea o Ihu. 2 Nā, ka mea tētahi Riwaiti, He tokomaha ōku whanaunga, he hunga karakia, e tuku patunga tapu ana, e tahunga tinana ana ki te Atua o Iharaira i roto i te temepara, me te inoi hoki. 3 Ā, ka hiki ake te tino tohunga, a Himiona, i a ia ki ōna ringa, ka mea ia ki a ia, E te Ariki, ka tukua tāu pononga kia haere i runga i te rangimārie, ka rite ki tāu i kōrero ai: kua kite nei hoki ōku kanohi i tāu whakaoranga, i whakaritea nei e koe ki te aroaro o te iwi katoa; he māramatanga hei whakamārama i ngā Tauiwi, hei kororia hoki mō tāu iwi, mō Iharaira. 4 I manaaki hoki a Himiona i a Meri te whaea o Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, Ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe mo taua tamaiti; kua whakaritea ia hei hinganga, hei aranga ake mo te tini, hei tohu hoki e whakahengia. 5 Āe, ka werohia anō hoki tōu ake wairua e te hoari, ā, ka hurahia ngā whakaaro o ngā ngākau maha. 6 Kātahi ka mea ngā Hūrai katoa, Me tono atu tātou ki aua tāngata tokotoru, i mea nei rātou i kite i a ia e kōrero ana ki āna ākonga i Maunga Oriwa. 7 I muri i tēnei, ka pātai rātou ki a rātou he aha tā rātou i kite ai; ā, ka whakahoki ngātahi rāua, I te aroaro o te Atua o Iharaira, ka whakaae mātou, i kite mārama mātou i a Ihu e kōrero ana ki āna ākonga i Maunga Oriwa, e piki ana ki te rangi. 8 Kātahi ka arahina rāua e Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa ki ngā wāhi motuhake, ka uiuia rāua ki a rāua anō; ā, ka whakaae tahi rāua ki te pono, ka mea, Kua kite rāua i a Ihu. 9 Kātahi ka mea a Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa, "E mea ana tā mātou ture, Mā te mangai o ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua, tokotoru rānei, ka u ai ngā kupu katoa." 10 Engari he aha tā tātou i kōrero ai? I whakamanawareka a Enoka manaakitanga ki te Atua, ā, i haria ia e te kupu a te Atua; ā, e mōhiotia ana te urupā o Mohi manaakitanga. 11 Engari i tukuna a Ihu ki a Pirato, i whiua, i karaunatia ki ngā tataramoa, i tuwhaina, i werohia ki te tao, i ripekatia, i mate ki runga i te ripeka, ā, i tanumia, ā, ko tōna tinana i tanumia e te tangata whakahīhī a Hohepa ki roto i tētahi urupā hou, ā, i whakaatu ia i kite ia i a ia e ora ana. 12 Ā, i tua atu i ēnei tāngata, i kī rātou i kite rātou i a ia e kōrero ana ki āna ākonga i Maunga Oriwa, e piki ana ki te rangi. 13 Nā, ka whakatika ake a Hōhepa, ka mea ki a Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa, “He tika rawa kia miharo kōrua kua rongohia kōrua kua ora a Ihu, kua kake atu ki te rangi.” 14 He mea whakamiharo rawa ia, ehara i te mea ko ia anake ka ara ake i te hunga mate, engari ka whakaarahia anō hoki e ia ētahi atu i roto i ō rātou urupā, kua kitea nei e te tini i Hiruharama. 15 Ā, whakarongo mai ki ahau: I mōhio tātou katoa ki a Himiona, te tino tohunga, nāna i awhi a Ihu i a ia e tamariki ana i roto i te temepara. 16 Tokorua ngā tama a tēnei Himiona, ā, i reira mātou katoa i tō rāua matenga, i tō rāua tangihanga. 17 Haere rā, tirohia ō rātou urupā; kua tuwhera hoki ēnei, kua ara anō hoki: kei te tāone o Arimatia rātou, e mahi tahi ana i ngā mahi karakia.

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18 He pono, kua rongo ētahi i te tangi o ō rātou reo i roto i te inoi, engari kāore rātou e kōrero ki tētahi, engari kei te noho wahangu tonu rātou me te mea kua mate. 19 Engari, haere mai, kia haere tātou ki a rātou, kia whakaute, kia tūpato hoki ki a rātou. Ā, ki te taea e tātou te oati i a rātou, tera pea ka kōrerotia mai e rātou ētahi o ngā mea ngaro o tō rātou aranga mai. 20 I te rongonga o ngā Hūrai i tēnei, nui atu tō rātou hari. 21 Kātahi ka haere a Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa, ko Nikorima, ko Hohepa, ko Kamariera ki Arimatia, engari kāore i kitea i roto i ō rāua urupā; heoi i a rāua e haereere ana i te pa, ka herea rāua ki runga i ō rāua turi i a rāua e karakia ana: 22 Nā, ka mihi atu rātou ki a rātou me te whakaute me te ngākau whakaute ki te Atua, ā, ka kawea rātou ki te whare karakia i Hiruharama: ā, i te mea kua kati ngā tatau, ka mauria te pukapuka o te ture a te Ariki, 23 Ā, ka hoatu e rātou ki ō rātou ringa, ka oati rātou ki te Atua, ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o Iharaira, nāna nei i kōrero ki ō tātou tūpuna i runga i te ture, i ngā poropiti hoki, i mea ia, Ki te whakapono koutou ki a ia, nāna koutou i whakaara ake i te hunga mate, ko Ihu ia, korerotia mai ki a mātou tā koutou i kite ai, me te āhua hoki i whakaarahia ai koutou i te hunga mate. 24 I te rongonga i ēnei mea, ka wiri a Harinu rāua ko Rēnetiu, ngā tama tokorua a Himiona, ā, ka ohorere rāua, ka aue; i te wā anō ka titiro ake rāua ki te rangi, ka tohu i te ripeka ki ō rāua maihao ki ō rāua arero. 25 Nā, ka mea tonu rātou, Homai he pepa ki tēnā, ki tēnā o mātou, ā, mā mātou e tuhituhi ki a koutou ngā mea katoa i kitea e mātou. Nā, ka noho rātou, ka tuhituhi, ka mea, Upoko 13 1 E te Ariki, e Ihu, e te Matua, ko koe te Atua, te aranga mai me te oranga o te hunga mate, tukua mai kia whakapuakina e mātou āu mea ngaro, i kitea e mātou i muri i te matenga, nō tōu ripeka; kua oatitia hoki mātou ki tōu ingoa. 2 Nāu hoki i ārai i ō pononga kia kaua e whakapuaki i ngā mea ngaro, i mahia e tōu mana atua i te reinga. 3 I tō tātou nohoanga tahitanga me ō tātou mātua ki te hōhonutanga o te reinga, i te pōuriuri, kātahi ka puta te tae o te rā, he rite ki te koura, ā, he māramatanga papura nui e whakamārama ana i te wāhi. 4 I taua wā tonu, ka hari a Ātama, te matua o te tangata katoa, me ngā tupuna me ngā poropiti katoa, ka mea, Ko taua māramatanga te pūtake o te māramatanga mutunga kore, nāna nei i oati ki te kawe i a tātou ki te māramatanga mutunga kore. 5 Kātahi ka karanga a Ihaia te poropiti, ka mea, Ko te māramatanga tēnei o te Matua, o te Tama hoki a te Atua, e ai ki taku poropititanga, i ahau e ora ana i runga i te whenua. 6 Ko te whenua o Hepurona, me te whenua o Napatari i tera taha o Horano, he iwi i haereere i te pouri, i kite i te marama nui; a ki te hunga i noho i te rohe o te atarangi o te mate, kua ara te marama. Na kua tae mai ia, kua whakamarama i a tatou, i noho nei i te mate. 7 Ā, i a mātou e hari ana i te māramatanga i whiti mai ki runga i a mātou, ka puta mai tō mātou matua, a Himiona, i waenganui i a mātou, ka mihi ki te whakaminenga katoa, ka mea, Kia whakakororiatia te Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti, te Tama a te Atua. 8 I hikitia ia e ahau i roto i ōku ringa, i ahau e tamariki ana i roto i te temepara, ā, i te mea i whakaohokia ia e te Wairua Tapu, ka mea ahau ki a ia, ka whakaae, 1 Kua kite nei ōku kanohi i tāu whakaoranga, i whakaritea nei e koe ki te aroaro o te iwi katoa, he māramatanga hei whakamārama i ngā Tauiwi, hei kororia hoki mō tō iwi, mō Iharaira. 9 I te rongonga o te hunga tapu katoa i te hohonutanga o te reinga i tēnei, nui atu te hari. 10 Muri iho ka puta mai tetahi, he rite ki te moke iti, ā, ka pātai katoa ki a ia, Ko wai koe? 11 Ka whakahoki ia, Ko ahau te reo o tetahi e karanga ana i te koraha, ko Hoani Kaiiriiri, ko te poropiti hoki a te Runga Rawa, i haere i mua i tona taenga mai ki te whakapai i tona ara, ki te homai i te matauranga ki tana iwi mo te murunga hara.

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12 Ā, ko ahau, ko Hoani, i taku kitenga i a Ihu e haere mai ana ki ahau, i te mea e whakaohokia ana e te Wairua Tapu, ka mea ahau, Nana, te Reme a te Atua, nana, ko ia e tango atu ana i nga hara o te ao. 13 Ā, i iriiria ia e ahau ki te awa o Horano, ā, i kite ahau i te Wairua Tapu e heke iho ana ki runga ki a ia i roto i te āhua o te kūkupa, ā, i rongo ahau i te reo i te rangi, e mea ana, Ko taku Tama aroha tēnei, ko ia taku i tino ahuareka ai. 14 Nā, i ahau e haere ana i mua i a ia, i heke iho ahau ki konei ki te whakamōhio atu ki a koutou, ka toro mai te Tama a te Atua ki a tātou, ā, ka rite ki te puaotanga o te ata i runga, ka tae mai ki a tātou, e noho nei i te pōuri me te atarangi o te mate. Upoko 14 1 I te rongonga o te tangata tuatahi, o tō tātou matua, o Ātama, i ēnei mea, i iriiria a Ihu ki Horano, ka karanga ia ki tana tama, ki a Heta, ka mea, 2 Kōrerotia ki ā koutou tama, ki ngā tupuna me ngā poropiti, ngā mea katoa i rongo ai koutou i a Mikaera, te anahera nui, i taku tononga i a koutou ki ngā kūaha o Pararaiha, kia inoi ki te Atua kia whakawahia e ia tōku mahunga i ahau e mate ana. 3 Kātahi ka whakatata atu a Heta ki ngā tupuna me ngā poropiti, ka mea, Ko ahau, e Heta, i ahau e inoi ana ki te Atua i ngā kūaha o Pararaiha, ka kite ahau i te anahera a te Ariki, a Mikaera i puta mai ki ahau, e mea ana, I tonoa mai ahau e te Ariki ki a koe; kua whakaritea ahau hei rangatira mō ngā tinana tangata. 4 Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe, e Heta, kaua e inoi ki te Atua me te tangi, kaua hoki e inoi ki a ia mō te hinu o te rākau o te aroha hei whakawahi i tōu matua, i a Ātama, mō tōna mamae o te mahunga; 5 Nā te mea e kore e taea e koe te whiwhi i tēnei mea tae noa ki te rā me ngā wā whakamutunga, arā, kia pahemo rā anō ngā tau e rima mano e rima rau. 6 Ko reira a te Karaiti, te Tama aroha rawa a te Atua, ka haere mai ki te whenua ki te whakaara anō i te tinana tangata o Ātama, ā, i taua wā anō ka whakaara anō i ngā tinana o te hunga mate, ā, ina tae mai ia ka iriiria ia ki Horano: 7 Kātahi ka whakawahia e ia ki te hinu o tōna aroha te hunga katoa e whakapono ana ki a ia; ā, ka mau tonu te hinu o tōna aroha ki ngā whakatupuranga o muri mai, mō te hunga ka whānau i te wai, i te Wairua Tapu, ki te ora tonu. 8 Ā, i taua wā ka heke iho te Tama tino atawhai a te Atua, a Karaiti Ihu, ki te whenua, ka kawea mai e ia tō tātou matua, a Ātama, ki Pararaiha, ki te rākau o te aroha. 9 I te rongonga o ngā tupuna me ngā poropiti katoa i ēnei mea katoa i a Heta, nui atu tō rātou hari. Upoko 15 1 I a te hunga tapu katoa e hari ana, ka mea a Hatana, te rangatira me te kāpene o te mate, ki te rangatira o te reinga, 2 Kia rite ki te manaaki i a Ihu o Nahareta, i whakamanamana nei ko ia te Tama a te Atua, heoi he tangata i wehi i te mate, i mea, Kei te pouri toku wairua, tata ki te mate. 3 Haunga ia, he maha ngā whara i mahia e ia ki ahau, ki te tini hoki o ētahi atu; ko te hunga i meinga e ahau kia matapo, kia kopa, me te hunga i whakamamaetia e ahau ki ngā rewera maha, i whakaorangia e ia ki tana kupu; āe, ko te hunga i kawea mai e ahau kia mate ki a koe, ka tangohia atu e ia i a koe mā te kaha. 4 Nā, ka whakahoki te rangatira o te reinga ki a Hātana, Ko wai rā taua rangatira kaha rawa, engari he tangata e wehi ana i te mate? 5 Kei raro hoki i tōku mana ngā rangatira katoa o te ao, i pehia ai rātou e koe ki raro, ki tōu mana. 6 Otirā, ki te mea he kaha rawa tōna i roto i tōna āhua tangata, ka whakaū pono ahau ki a koe, he mana nui rawa ia i roto i tōna āhua atua, ā, kāore he tangata e kaha ki te whakahē i tōna mana. 7 Nā reira, i tana meatanga i wehi ia i te mate, i whakaaro ia ki te hopu i a koe, ā, ka pōuri koe ake ake.

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8 Kātahi ka whakahoki a Hātana, ka mea ki te rangatira o te reinga, He aha koe i ruarua ai, i wehi ai hoki ki te tango i a Ihu o Nahareta, i tō hoa whawhai, i tōku hoki? 9 Ko ahau ia, i whakamatautauria ia e ahau, i whakaohokia hoki e ahau oku kaumatua, nga Hurai, ki te hae, ki te riri ki a ia? 10 I whakakoi ahau i te tao hei whakaora i tōna mamae; i whakaranua e ahau te au me te winika, ā, i whakahaua e ahau kia inumia e ia; i whakaritea e ahau te ripeka hei ripeka i a ia, me ngā whao hei wero i ōna ringa me ōna waewae; ā, kua tata tōna matenga, ka kawea mai ia e ahau ki konei, kia ngohengohe ki a koe, ki ahau hoki. 11 Kātahi ka whakahoki te rangatira o te reinga, ka mea, I kī mai koe ki ahau ināianei tonu, i tangohia kahatia e ia te hunga mate i ahau. 12 Ko te hunga i puritia ki konei tae noa ki te wā e ora anō ai rātou ki te whenua, i tangohia atu i konei, ehara i te mea nā ō rātou ake mana, engari nā ngā inoi i tukuna ki te Atua, ā, i tangohia rātou e tō rātou Atua Mana Kaha Rawa i ahau. 13 Ko wai rā a Ihu o Nahareta, nāna nei i tango te hunga mate i ahau, me te kore inoi ki te Atua? 14 Ko ia pea te tangata nāna i tango atu i ahau a Raharuhi, i muri i tōna matenga e whā ngā rā, ā, i piro, i pirau hoki, ā, i a ia ahau e noho ana i te tinana o te tupapaku, heoi nāna ia i whakaora anō mā tōna mana. 15 Nā ka whakahoki a Hātana, ka mea ki te rangatira o te reinga, Ko taua tangata tonu, ko Ihu o Nahareta. 16 A, no te rongonga o te rangatira o te reinga, ka mea ia ki a ia, He kupu tenei naku ki a koe kia whakaoatitia koe e ahau i runga i te mana o au, o au hoki, kia kaua ia e kawea mai ki ahau. 17 I toku rongonga hoki i te mana o tana kupu, ka wiri ahau i te wehi, a ohorere ana te hunga kino katoa i ahau. 18 Kāore i taea e mātou te pupuri i a Rāhari, engari i wiri ia i a ia anō, ā, me ngā tohu katoa o te kino, ka haere tonu atu ia i a mātou; ā, ko te oneone tonu i takoto ai te tinana o Rāhari, i peia ora tonu ia. 19 Ā, e mōhio ana ahau inaianei ko ia te Atua Kaha Rawa e taea ai ēnei mea, he mana tōna rangatiratanga, he mana hoki tōna āhua tangata, ko ia te Kaiwhakaora o te tangata. 20 Nō reira, kaua e kawea mai tēnei tangata ki konei, māna hoki e tuku kia haere noa te hunga katoa e puritia ana e au i raro i te whakaponokore, e herea ana hoki ki ngā mekameka o ō rātou hara, ā, māna rātou e ārahi ki te ora tonu. Upoko 16 1 I a Hātana rāua ko te rangatira o te reinga e kōrero ana i ēnei mea tetahi ki tetahi, kātahi ka puta he reo, he rite ki te whatitiri, ki te haruru o ngā hau e pupuhi ana, e mea ana, Kia ara ō koutou kūaha, e ngā rangatira; kia ara ake koutou, e ngā kūaha onamata, ā, ka tomo mai te Kīngi o te Kororia. 2 I te rongonga o te rangatira o te reinga i tēnei, ka mea ia ki a Hātana, Haere atu i ahau, haere atu i ōku nohoanga; ki te mea he toa kaha koe, whawhai ki te Kīngi o te Kororia. Engari he aha tāu mahi ki a ia? 3 Ā, peia ana ia e ia i roto i ōna nohoanga. 4 Nā, ka mea te rangatira ki ana āpiha kino, Katia ngā kūaha parahi o te nanakia, whakauia hoki ki ngā tutaki rino, kia toa hoki te whawhai, kei riro herehere tātou. 5 Nā, i te rongonga o te hunga tapu katoa i tēnei, ka kōrero rātou me te reo riri nui ki te rangatira o te reinga: 6 Whakatuwheratia ōu tatau kia tomo mai ai te Kīngi o te Kororia. 7 Ā, ka karanga te poropiti atua a Rawiri, ka mea, Kāore ianei ahau i poropiti i ahau e noho ana i te whenua, i mea, Aue, me whakamoemiti te tangata ki a Ihowa mo tona atawhai, mo ana mahi whakamiharo ki nga tama a te tangata! 8 Kua wahia hoki e ia ngā tatau parahi, kua tapahia hoki ngā tutaki rino. Nā tō rātou kino i hopukia ai rātou e ia, nā tō rātou hē hoki i tukinotia ai rātou.

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9 I muri iho i tēnei ka kōrero tetahi atu poropiti, a Ihaia tapu, i te ara kotahi ki te hunga tapu katoa, Kāore ianei ahau i poropiti tika ki a koutou i ahau e ora ana i runga i te whenua? 10 Ka ora te hunga mate, ka ara ake te hunga i roto i ō rātou urupā, ka koa te hunga i runga i te whenua: no te mea ko te tomairangi o Ihowa hei whakaora i a rātou. 11 Ā, i tētahi atu wāhi ka mea ahau, E te mate, kei hea tō wikitoria? E te mate, kei hea tō wero? 12 I te rongonga o te hunga tapu katoa i ēnei mea i kōrerotia e Ihaia, ka mea rātou ki te rangatira o te reinga, Whakatuwheratia ō kūaha, tangohia atu ō tutaki rino; kua herea hoki koe ināianei, ā, kāore he mana. 13 Kātahi ka puta he reo nui, me te mea he haruru whatitiri, e mea ana, Kia ara ō koutou tatau, e ngā rangatira; kia ara ake koutou, e ngā tatau o te reinga, ā ka tomo te Kingi o te kororia ki roto. 14 I te rongonga o te rangatira o te reinga i taua reo anō, ka karanga anō ia me te mea kāore ia i te mōhio, Ko wai te Kingi o te Kororia? 15 Ka whakahoki a Rawiri ki te rangatira o te reinga, ka mea, E mārama ana ahau ki ngā kupu a taua reo, nā te mea i kōrerotia e ahau i roto i tōna wairua. Nā, ka rite ki taku i kōrero ai i runga ake nei, ko taku kupu tēnei ki a koe, e te Ariki, e te kaha, e te mana nui, e te Ariki, e te mana nui i te whawhai: ko ia te Kīngi o te Kororia, ko ia hoki te Ariki i te rangi, i te whenua; 16 Kua titiro iho ia ki raro ki te whakarongo ki te aue a te hunga herehere, ki te tuku i te hunga kua whakaritea mo te mate. 17 Nā, e te rangatira poke, piro hoki o te reinga, whakatuwheratia ō tatau, kia tomo ai te Kīngi o te Kororia; ko ia hoki te Ariki o te rangi me te whenua. 18 I a Rawiri e kōrero ana i ēnei mea, ka puta mai te Ariki nui i roto i te āhua o te tangata, ā, ka whakamārama i ngā wāhi i pōuriuri i mua. 19 Ā, wahia ana e ia ngā mekameka kihai i taea te whati i mua; ā, nā tōna mana kahakore i tirotiro ai ia i te hunga e noho ana i te pōuri kerekere i te kino, i te atarangi o te mate i te hara. Upoko 17 1 I te rongonga o te Mate Whakarihariha me ana rangatira nanakia i ēnei mea, ka mau te wehi i roto i ō rātou kingitanga, i te kitenga i te māramatanga o te māramatanga, 2 Ā, ka puta whakarere mai a te Karaiti i roto i ō rātou kāinga; nā reira ka karanga rātou, ka mea, Kua herea mātou e koe; te āhua nei kei te whakaaro koe kia whakararuraru mātou i te aroaro o te Ariki. 3 Ko wai koe, kāore nei he tohu pirau, engari ko te āhua kanapa e tohu ana i tōu nui, engari kāore koe e aro atu ana ki tēnā? 4 Ko wai koe, e te tangata kaha, e te tangata ngoikore, e te tangata nui, e te tangata iti, he hōia noa iho, e taea te whakahau i roto i te āhua o te pononga, pērā i te hōia noa? 5 Ko te Kīngi o te Kororia, kua mate, kua ora, ahakoa i whakamatea i runga i te ripeka? 6 Nā wai i takoto mate ki te urupā, ā, kua heke ora mai ki a tātou, ā, i tōu matenga i wiri ai ngā mea ora katoa, i oho ai ngā whetū katoa, ā, kua riro i a koe tō herekoretanga i roto i te hunga mate, ā, kua whakararuraru i a tātou ope? 7 Ko wai koe, e tuku nei i ngā herehere i herea e te hara taketake, ā, e whakahoki mai ana i a rātou ki tō rātou herekoretanga o mua? 8 Ko wai koe, e hora nei i te māramatanga kororia, tapu hoki ki runga i te hunga i whakamatapotia e te pōuri o te hara? 9 Waihoki, i pāngia ngā rīhiona rewera katoa e te wehi nui, ā, me te tino mataku, ka karanga rātou, ka mea, 10 Nō hea koe, e Ihu Karaiti, he tangata mana nui, he tangata kororia, he tangata kanapa, kāore he ira, he tangata parakore, kāore he hara? Nā te mea ko te ao o raro rawa, i raro i a mātou tae noa mai ki tēnei wā, ā, nō reira mātou i whiwhi takoha ai, kāore anō kia tukuna mai he tangata mate pēnei ki a mātou i mua, kāore anō hoki kia tukuna mai he koha pēnei ki ngā rangatira o te reinga.

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11 Ko wai rā koe, e tomo mai nei ki roto i ō tātou kāinga me te maia, ā, kāore koe e wehi ki te whakawehi i a tātou ki ngā whiu nui rawa atu, engari e ngana ana hoki koe ki te whakaora i ētahi atu katoa i ngā mekameka e mau nei tātou i a rātou? 12 Ko koe pea taua Ihu, i kōrerotia nei e Hātana ki tō tātou rangatira, nā te matenga o te ripeka i tata ai koe te whiwhi ki te mana o te mate. 13 Kātahi ka takahia e te Kīngi o te Kororia te mate, ka hopukina te rangatira o te reinga, ka tangohia tōna mana katoa, ā, ka haria tō tātou matua o te whenua, a Ātama, ki tōna kororia. Upoko 18 1 Kātahi ka hopukina a Hātana e te rangatira o te reinga, ā, me te tohu nui, ka mea atu ki a ia, E te rangatira o te whakangaromanga, te kaituhi o te hinganga me te peinga o Perehepura, te tawai a ngā anahera a te Atua, e whakariharihangia ana e te hunga tika katoa! He aha koe i mea ai i tēnei mahi? 2 I ripekatia e koe te Kīngi o te Kororia, ā, nā tōna whakangaromanga i homai ai e koe he kupu whakaari mō ngā painga nui ki a mātou, engari i rite koe ki te kuware, kāore i te mōhio ki tāu mahi. 3 Nā, tirohia hoki, kua peia e Ihu o Nahareta, me te kanapa o tōna atuatanga kororia, ngā mana whakamataku katoa o te pōuri me te mate; 4 Kua wahia e ia ō tātou whare herehere mai i runga ki raro, kua tukuna ngā herehere katoa, kua tukuna te hunga katoa i herea, ā, ko te hunga katoa i aue i mua i te taumaha o ō rātou whakamamae kua tawai mai ki a tātou, ā, kua rite tātou ki te hinga i ā rātou inoi. 5 Kua pehia ō tātou mana karakiakore, ā, kāore he wāhanga o te tangata e toe ana i raro i ō tātou mana, engari i tētahi atu ringa, kei te whakahē maia katoa rātou i a tātou; 6 Ahakoa i mua, kāore te hunga mate i maia ki te whakahihi ki a tātou, ā, kāore hoki i taea e rātou te harikoa i tētahi wā, i a rātou e herehere ana. 7 E Hātana, e te rangatira o te hunga kino katoa, e te matua o te hunga karakiakore me te hunga kua whakarērea, he aha koe ka whakamātau ai i tēnei mahi, i te mea kua kore rawa he tumanako mō te whakaoranga me te ora i roto i ō tātou herehere i mua? 8 Inaianei ia, kāhore tetahi o rātou e aue ana, kāhore hoki he roimata e puta mai ana i ō rātou mata. 9 E te rangatira a Hātana, e te kaitiaki nui o ngā rohe o te reinga, ko ō painga katoa i riro mai i a koe i te rākau tapu, me te ngaronga o Pararaiha, kua ngaro i a koe i te rākau o te ripeka; 10 Ā, i mutu katoa tō hari i taua wā, i te wā i ripekatia ai e koe a Ihu Karaiti, te Kīngi o te Kororia. 11 Kua mahi koe i tetahi mea e kore e tika mōu ake, mōku hoki, e kitea ana e koe i roto i ngā whakamamaetanga nunui me ngā whiu mutunga kore e tata nei koe te pā ki a koe. 12 E Hātana, e te rangatira o ngā kino katoa, e te pūtake o te mate, e te pūtake o ngā whakapehapeha katoa, me i tuatahi koe ki te uiui i ngā hara kino a Ihu o Nahareta, kātahi ka kitea e koe kāore he hara i tika mōna kia mate. 13 He aha koe i whakamātau ai, kāore he take, kāore hoki he tika, ki te ripeka i a ia, ā, i kawe mai ai koe i tētahi tangata harakore, tika ki tō mātou rohe, ā, i ngaro ai i a koe ngā tāngata hara katoa, ngā tāngata karakiakore, ngā tāngata hē o te ao katoa? 14 I a te rangatira o te reinga e kōrero ana ki a Hātana, ka mea te Kīngi o te Kororia ki a Perehepura, te rangatira o te reinga, E Hātana, ka noho te rangatira ki raro i tō mana ake ake, hei whakakapi mō Ātama me āna tama tika, nōku nei. Upoko 19 1 Kātahi ka totoro te ringa o Ihu, ka mea, Haere mai ki ahau, e aku hunga tapu katoa, i hanga nei i roto i tōku āhua, i whakahengia e te rākau hua rāhui, e te rewera me te mate; 2 Nohoia i runga i te rakau o taku ripeka; kua hinga te rewera, te rangatira o tenei ao, kua hinga hoki te mate. 3 Kātahi ka huihui te hunga tapu katoa i raro i te ringa o te Atua Runga Rawa; ā ka hopukina e te Ariki, e Ihu, te ringa o Ātama, ka mea ki a ia, Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe, me ō uri tika katoa, nōku nei.

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4 Kātahi ka tūohu a Ātama ki ngā waewae o Ihu, ka kōrero ki a ia me te roimata, me te reo whakaiti, me te reo nui, ka mea, 5 Ka whakanui ahau i a koe, e Ihowa, nau hoki ahau i hapai ake, a kihai i meinga oku hoariri kia hari ki ahau. E Ihowa, e toku Atua, i karanga ahau ki a koe, a kua ora ahau i a koe. 6 E Ihowa, nau i whakaputa ake toku wairua i te reinga; nau ahau i whakaora kei heke ki te poka. 7 Waiata ki a Ihowā, e āna tāngata tapu katoa, whakawhetai atu hoki ki tōna ingoa tapu. He iti nei hoki te wā e mau ai tōna riri; engari he ora kei tōna atawhai. 8 Waihoki, ka takoto te hunga tapu katoa ki ngā waewae o Ihu, ka mea kotahi te reo, Kua tae mai koe, e te Kaiwhakaora o te ao, ā, kua oti i a koe ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e koe i roto i te ture me āu poropiti tapu. 9 Nāu i hoko te hunga ora ki tō ripeka, ā, kua heke iho koe ki a mātou, kia whakaorangia ai mātou e koe i te reinga, mā tō mana hoki i te mate. 10 E te Ariki, i te mea kua whakatūria e koe ngā kara o tōu korōria ki te rangi, ā, kua whakatūria e koe te tohu o tōu whakaoranga, ara tōu ripeka ki te whenua; waihoki, e te Ariki, whakatūria te tohu o tōu wikitoria ki te reinga, kia kore ai e taea e te mate te mahi i muri iho. 11 Kātahi ka totoro mai te ringa o te Ariki, ka tohu i te ripeka ki a Ātama, ki tana hunga tapu katoa hoki. 12 Ā, ka hopukina e ia te ringa matau o Ātama, ka piki atu ia i te reinga, me te hunga tapu katoa o te Atua i aru i a ia. 13 Kātahi ka karanga maia te poropiti kingi, a Rawiri, ka mea, 1 Waiatatia ki a Ihowa he waiata hou; he mahi whakamiharo hoki ana; na tona ringa matau, na tona ringa tapu hoki i riro ai te wikitoria. 14 Kua whakakitea e Ihowa tana whakaoranga, kua whakapuakina e ia tona tika ki te aroaro o nga tauiwi. 15 Ā, ka whakahoki te mano tini o te hunga tapu, ka mea, Kia whakanuia e te hunga tapu katoa tēnei honore, Āmene, Whakamoemititia a Ihowā. 16 Muri iho, ka karanga te poropiti a Hapakuka 3, ka mea, I haere koe ki te whakaora i tō iwi, ara ki te whakaora i tō iwi. 17 Ā, ka mea te hunga tapu katoa, 4 Kia whakapaingia ia e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki; nā te Ariki hoki tātou i whakamārama. Ko tō tātou Atua tēnei ake ake; ka kingi ia ki runga i a tātou ake ake, Āmene. 18 Waihoki ko ngā poropiti katoa i kōrero i ngā mea tapu mōna, i aru hoki i te Ariki. Upoko 20 1 Kātahi ka pupuri te Ariki i a Ātama i te ringa, ka tukua ia ki a Mikaera te tino anahera; ā, ka arahina rātou e ia ki Pararaiha, ki tonu i te aroha me te kororia; 2 Ā, ka tūtaki ki a rāua ētahi tāne tino kaumātua, ā, ka pātai atu ngā tāngata tapu ki a rāua, Ko wai kōrua, kāore anō kia noho tahi kōrua ki te reinga, ā, kua whakatakotoria ō kōrua tinana ki Pararaiha? 3 Ka whakahoki tetahi o rātou, ka mea, Ko ahau a Enoka, i whakanekehia e te kupu a te Atua: ā, ko tēnei tangata kei ahau nei, ko Iraia te Tihipi, i whakanekehia i roto i te hariata ahi. 4 I konei mātou i mua, kāore anō kia pā ki te mate, engari kua tata mātou te hoki mai i te taenga mai o te Anatikaraiti, me ngā tohu me ngā merekara atua, ki te whawhai ki a ia, ā, kia patua mātou e ia ki Hiruharama, ā, kia tangohia oratia anō mātou ki ngā kapua, i muri i ngā rā e toru me te hawhe. 5 I a Enoka tapu rāua ko Iraia e kōrero ana i tēnei, ka puta mai tētahi atu tangata, he āhua pōuri tōna, e amo ana i te tohu o te ripeka i runga i ōna pokohiwi. 6 Ā, i te kitenga o te hunga tapu katoa i a ia, ka mea rātou ki a ia, Ko wai koe? E rite ana hoki tōu mata ki tō te tahae; ā, he aha koe ka amo ai i te ripeka ki runga i ōu pokohiwi? 7 Nā ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, He tika tāu kōrero; he tahae hoki ahau i mua, ā, i mahi i ngā mahi kino katoa i runga i te whenua. 8 Nā ngā Hūrai ahau i ripeka tahi me Ihu; ā, i kite ahau i ngā mea whakamiharo i tupu i te hanganga i te ripekanga o te Ariki, o Ihu.

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9 Ā, i whakapono ahau ko ia te Kaihanga o ngā mea katoa, ko ia hoki te Kīngi Kaha Rawa; ā, i inoi ahau ki a ia, i mea, E te Ariki, kia mahara mai koe ki ahau ina tae mai koe ki tōu rangatiratanga. 10 I whakarongo tonu mai ia ki taku inoi, ā, ka mea mai ki ahau, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, ko tēnei rā koe ka noho tahi māua ki Pararaiha. 11 Ā, ka homai e ia tēnei tohu ripeka ki ahau, me te mea, Kawea tēnei, ka haere ki Pararaiha; ā, ki te kore te anahera e whakaae ki a koe, whakakitea atu te tohu ripeka ki a ia, me te mea atu ki a ia: Nā Ihu Karaiti kua ripekatia nei ahau i tono mai ki konei ki a koe. 12 I taku mahi i tēnei, ā, i taku kōrerotanga i ēnei mea katoa ki te anahera, te kaitiaki o Pararaiha, ā, i tana rongonga i aua mea, ka whakatuwheratia e ia ngā tatau, ka whakaurua ahau, ā, ka whakanohoia ahau ki te taha matau o Pararaiha, 13 E mea ana, Noho ki konei mō tētahi wā poto, kia tomo mai rā anō a Ātama, te matua o te tangata katoa, me āna tama katoa, ko rātou ngā pononga tapu, ngā pononga tika a Ihu Karaiti, i ripekatia. 14 I te rongonga i tēnei kōrero katoa a te tahae, ka mea ngā tupuna katoa me te reo kotahi, Kia whakapaingia koe, e te Atua Kaha Rawa, te Matua o te pai mutunga kore, me te Matua o ngā tohu aroha, i whakaatu nei i tēnei atawhai ki te hunga hara ki a ia, ā, i kawe mai i a rātou ki te aroha o Pararaiha, ā, i whakanoho i a rātou ki waenganui i āu kai nui, wairua hoki, ki te oranga wairua, tapu hoki. Āmene. Upoko 21 1 Ko ngā mea ngaro tapu, tapu hoki ēnei i kitea, i rangona hoki e mātou. Kāore mātou, a Charinus rāua ko Lenthius e whakaaetia kia whakapuaki i ngā mea ngaro kē atu a te Atua, e ai ki tā te anahera a Mikaera i whakahau ai ki a mātou, 2 I mea ia, Ka haere koutou me ōku teina ki Hiruharama, ka inoi tonu hoki, ka whakapuaki, ka whakakororia i te aranga mai o Ihu Karaiti, nāna hoki koutou i whakaara ake i te hunga mate i te wā kotahi me ia anō. 3 Kaua hoki koutou e kōrero ki tētahi tangata, engari me noho noa iho, kia tae rā anō ki te wā e tukua ai e te Ariki kia kōrerotia e koutou ngā mea ngaro o tōna atuatanga. 4 I whakahau mai anō a Mikaera, te anahera nui, kia haere mātou ki tāwāhi o Horano, ki tētahi whenua pai, momona hoki, kei reira te tini o te hunga kua ara tahi mai i te hunga mate hei tohu mō te aranga mai o te Karaiti. 5 E toru noa iho ngā rā i tukua mai ai i te hunga mate, i ara ake nei ki te whakanui i te kapenga o tō tātou Ariki me ō tātou mātua, hei whakaatu hoki i tā tātou whakaaturanga mō te Karaiti te Ariki, ā, kua iriiria tātou ki te awa tapu o Horano. Ā, ināianei kāore rātou e kitea e tetahi. 6 Ko tā te Atua tēnei i tuku mai kia kōrerotia atu e mātou ki a koutou; tukua atu ki a ia te whakamoemiti me te whakahonore, me te ripeneta, ā, ka tohungia koutou e ia. Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou i te Ariki, i te Atua, i a Ihu Karaiti, te Kaiwhakaora o tātou katoa. Āmene, Āmene, Āmene. 7 Ā, i muri i tā rātou tuhituhinga, ā, ka tuhia ki ngā pepa e rua, ka hoatu e Hārinu tāna i tuhituhi ai ki ngā ringa o Anaha, o Kaiapa, o Kamariera. 8 Waihoki, i hoatu e Lenthius tana i tuhituhi ai ki ngā ringa o Nikorima rāua ko Hohepa; ā, i taua wā tonu ka puta ke rāua hei āhua mā rawa, ā, kāore i kitea anō. 9 Engari i kitea he tino ōrite tā rātou i tuhituhi ai, arā, kāore he reta i nui ake, i iti iho rānei i tētahi atu. 10 I te rongonga o te whakaminenga katoa o ngā Hūrai i ēnei whanaunga miharo katoa o Charinus rāua ko Lenthius, ka mea rātou tetahi ki tetahi, He pono nā te Atua ēnei mea katoa i mahi, ā, kia whakapaingia te Ariki, a Ihu, ake ake, Āmene. 11 Ā, haereere ana rātou me te manukanuka nui, me te wehi, me te wiri, me te papaki i ō rātou uma, a hoki ana ki tōna kāinga, ki tōna kāinga. 12 Nā, ko ēnei mea katoa i kōrerotia e ngā Hūrai i roto i ō rātou whare karakia mō Ihu, ka korerotia tonutia e Hohepa rāua ko Nikorima ki te kāwana.

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13 Nā ka tuhituhia e Pirato ēnei mea katoa, ka whakarārangitia ki roto i ngā pukapuka o tōna whare whakawa. Upoko 22 1 Muri iho i ēnei mea ka haere a Pirato ki te temepara o ngā Hūrai, ka huihui mai i ngā rangatira katoa, i ngā karaipi, i ngā kaiwhakaako o te ture, ā, ka tomo tahi rātou ki te whare karakia o te temepara. 2 Ā, ka whakahau kia kati ngā tatau katoa, ka mea atu ia ki a rātou, Kua rongo ahau kei a koutou tētahi pukapuka nui i roto i tēnei temepara; nō reira, ka mea atu ahau kia kawea mai ki ahau. 3 Ā, i te taenga mai o te pukapuka nui, i haria e ngā minita tokowhā o te temepara, he mea whakapaipai ki te koura me ngā kōhatu utu nui, ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou katoa, Ka oati ahau ki a koutou i te ingoa o te Atua o ō koutou Matua, nāna nei i hanga, i whakahau hoki kia hanga tēnei temepara, kia kaua e huna e koutou te pono i ahau. 4 E mātau ana koutou ki ngā mea katoa kua oti te tuhituhi ki roto i taua pukapuka; nā, korerotia mai ki ahau inaianei, mēnā kua kitea e koutou i roto i ngā Karaipiture tētahi mea mō taua Ihu i ripekatia e koutou, me te wā o te ao i tika ai ia kia haere mai; whakaaturia mai ki ahau. 5 Kātahi ka oati a Anaha rāua ko Kaiapa, ka mea rātou ki ō rātou hoa katoa kia puta ki waho o te whare karakia. 6 Ā, ka kati rātou i ngā kūaha o te temepara me te whare karakia, ka mea ki a Pirato, Kua meinga mātou e koe kia oati, e te Kaiwhakawā, mō te hanganga o tēnei temepara, kia whakapuakina ki a koe te mea pono, te mea tika. 7 I muri i tā mātou ripeka i a Ihu, kāore mātou i mōhio ko ia te Tama a te Atua, engari i whakaaro ia nā te mahi makutu āna merekara i mahi ai, ka karangatia e mātou he huihuinga nui ki tēnei temepara. 8 Ā, i a mātou e whakaaroaro ana tetahi ki tetahi mō ngā merekara i mahia e Ihu, ka kitea e mātou he tokomaha ngā kaiwhakaatu o tō mātou ake whenua, i kī mai kua kite rātou i a ia e ora ana i muri i tōna matenga, ā, i rongo rātou i a ia e kōrero ana me āna ākonga, i kite hoki i a ia e piki ana ki te tihi o ngā rangi, e tomo ana ki roto; 9 Ā, i kite mātou i ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua, nō rāua ngā tinana i whakaarahia ake e Ihu i te hunga mate, nā rāua i kōrero mai ki a mātou ngā mea maha i mahia e Ihu i roto i te hunga mate, he pukapuka tuhituhi kei ō mātou ringaringa mō ēnei mea. 10 Ā, he tikanga tā mātou i ia tau, i ia tau, kia whakatuwhera i tēnei pukapuka tapu ki mua i te whakaminenga, kia rapu ai i te whakaaro o te Atua i reira. 11 Ā, i kitea e mātou i roto i te tuatahi o ngā pukapuka e whitu tekau, i reira a Mikaera te anahera nui e kōrero ana ki te tama tuatoru a Ātama te tangata tuatahi, he kōrero i muri i ngā tau e rima mano e rima rau, ka tae mai a te Karaiti te Tama aroha a te Atua ki te whenua, 12 Ā, i whakaaroaro anō mātou, ko ia pea te Atua o Iharaira i kōrero ki a Mohi, Me hanga e koe te aaka o te whakaaturanga; kia rua whatianga me te hawhe te roa, kia kotahi whatianga me te hawhe te whānui, kia kotahi whatianga me te hawhe te teitei. 13 Mā ēnei whatīti e rima me te hawhe mō te hanganga o te āka o te Kawenata Tawhito, i kite mātou, i mōhio hoki i roto i ngā tau e rima mano me te hawhe (kotahi mano) tau, ka haere mai a Ihu Karaiti i roto i te āka, i te tapenakara rānei o te tinana; 14 Nō reira, e whakaatu ana ā tātou karaipiture ko ia te tama a te Atua, ko te Ariki, ko te Kīngi o Iharaira. 15 Ā, i muri i tōna mamaetanga, i miharo ō mātou tohunga nui ki ngā tohu i mahia e ia, i whakatuwherahia e mātou taua pukapuka hei rapu i ngā whakatupuranga katoa tae noa ki te whakatupuranga o Hohepa rāua ko Meri te whaea o Ihu, i te whakaaro he uri ia nō Rawiri; 16 Ā, i kitea e mātou te kōrero o te hanganga, me te wā i hanga ai e ia te rangi me te whenua, me te tangata tuatahi, a Ātama, ā, mai i reira tae noa ki te waipuke, e rua mano e rua rau tekau mā rua tau. 17 Mai i te waipuke ki a Āperahāma, e iwa rau mā rua. Mai i Āperahāma ki a Mōhi, e whā rau mā toru tekau. Mai i a Mōhi ki a Tāwiri te kīngi, e rima rau mā tekau.

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18 Ā, mai i a Rawiri ki te whakaraunga ki Papurona, e rima rau tau. Ā, mai i te whakaraunga ki Papurona ki te whakakitenga mai o te Karaiti, e whā rau tau. 19 Ko te tapeke o ngā mea katoa e rima mano me te hawhe (he mano). 20 Nō reira, e kitea ana ko Ihu i ripekatia e tātou, ko Ihu Karaiti te Tama a te Atua, te Atua pono, te Atua Kaha Rawa. Āmene.

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