(b) Ko te mea kē atu e whakaatu ana. 4. Whakaahuatanga o Hiruharama. (a) Te temepara (me te pūnaha wai). (b) Te kawa. (c) Te pā nui. (d) Te tāone. (e) Te whenua tuawhenua. 5. Te poroporoaki a Ereatara. 6. Te whakamārama a Ereatara mō te ture (he whakaaro nui hohonu tēnei). 7. Te pōwhiri. 8. Te hakari (72 ngā pātai me ngā whakautu). 9. Te whakamāoritanga o te Pukapuka. Upoko 1
Te Reta a Arisetia WHAKATAKI I roto i te reta a Aristeas, tētahi o ngā whakaoranga tino rongonui me te tawhito o tēnei kohinga, kua roa tātou e haere mai ana i a Ātama rāua ko Īwa, he tawhiti rawa atu i te Waipuke. E whakaatu ana tēnei tuhinga i te māia o te tangata, kua nohoia anō te Ao e ngā iwi kaha e noho ana i roto i te whakahīhī me te ataahua. Ka pānui koe i konei mō te kaituhi pukapuka nui tuatahi - a Ptolemy Philadelphus. E hiahia ana ia ki te kohikohi ki tana whare pukapuka i Alexandria "ngā pukapuka katoa o te ao." Hei whakamutunga, i roto i tana hiahia ki te tiki i tētahi mahi nui - arā, ngā Ture Hūrai - ka hokohoko ia i te 100,000 herehere mō taua pukapuka. Koinei pea te utu nui rawa atu i utua mō tētahi mahi kotahi. He take rerekē tēnei mō te mutunga o te Herehere Nui. I puta ngā kaupapa o tēnei kōrero i te wā e ora ana a Kuini rongonui a Arsinoe, i mate i te tau 270 BC. Kāore i te tino mārama te rā i tuhia ai. He mea tino whakamere, he mea oraora hoki ngā kōrero taipitopito o te oranga o te kooti, me te matapaki i ngā raruraru pāpori o taua wā. He mea rerekē te kitenga i te kīngi me āna manuhiri e takaro ana i ngā pātai me ngā whakautu i a rātou e kai hakari ana. Ko te hanganga o tēnei mahi mimiti penei: 1. Te whakatapua o te pukapuka ki a Philocrates. 2. Ngā mahi tuatahi: (a) Te whakaaro a te Kaiwhakahaere Pukapuka kia tukuna ngā herehere Hūrai hei utu mō tētahi pukapuka. (b) Te whakaoranga. (c) Te reta a Philadelphus ki a Eleazar. (d) Te whakautu. (e) Ngā ingoa o te komiti i whakatūria hei whakamāori i te pukapuka. 3. Whakaahuatanga o ngā koha a te kingi: (a) Te tēpu (koinei pea te taonga tino rawe kua hangaia).
I te wā o te Herehere o ngā Hūrai ki Ihipa, ka whakaatu a Ptolemy Philadelphus i a ia anō ko ia te tangata tuatahi i aroha ki ngā pukapuka. E hiahia ana ia kia noho ngā pukapuka katoa o te ao ki roto i tana whare pukapuka; kia riro mai ai i a ia ngā Ture a Mohi, ka tuku ia ki te hokohoko i ngā herehere 100,000 mō taua mahi, me te karanga, "He tino taonga iti tēnei!" 1 Nā te mea kua kohia e au ngā rauemi mō tētahi hītori whakamiharo o taku haerenga ki a Ereatara te Tohunga Nui o ngā Hūrai, ā, nā te mea hoki, e Philocrates, i te mea kāore koutou e ngaro i te whai wāhi ki te whakamahara i ahau, kua penapena nui koutou i te whiwhinga o tētahi kōrero mō ngā kaupapa me te whāinga o taku misioni, kua ngana ahau ki te tuhi mārama i te take mā koutou, nā te mea e kite ana ahau he aroha tūturu tō koutou ki te ako, he āhuatanga tino nui o te tangata - kia ngana tonu ki te 'tāpiri atu ki tana taonga mātauranga me ngā whiwhinga' ahakoa mā te ako i te hītori, mā te whai wāhi atu rānei ki ngā kaupapa. 2 Mā tēnei tikanga, mā te tango i ngā mea tino rangatira ki roto i a ia, ka whakatūria te wairua ki te parakore, ā, kua u tōna whāinga ki te karakia, te whāinga tino rangatira o ngā mea katoa, ka whakamahia e ia tēnei hei aratohu tino tika, ā, ka whiwhi i tētahi kaupapa tuturu. 3 Nā tōku aroha ki te whai i te mātauranga whakapono i ārahi i ahau ki te haere ki te karere ki te tangata kua whakahuatia ake nei e au, i tino whakanuia ia e ōna ake tāngata whenua me ētahi atu, mō tōna ngākau pai me tōna rangatiratanga, ā, i a ia anō ngā tuhinga tino nui ki ngā Hūrai i tōna ake whenua me ngā whenua kē hei whakamārama i te ture atua, nā te mea kua tuhia ā rātou ture ki runga i ngā pepa hiako me ngā reta Hūrai. 4 Kātahi ahau ka tīmata i tēnei karere me te hihiri, i te tuatahi i kitea e au he wā ki te inoi ki te kīngi mō ngā herehere Hūrai i haria mai i Hūria ki Īhipa e te matua o te kīngi, i te wā i riro tuatahi ai i a ia tēnei tāone, ā, i raupatutia hoki e ia te whenua o Īhipa. 5 He mea tika kia kōrerotia atu e au tēnei kōrero ki a koe, nā te mea e tino whakapono ana ahau, nā tōu ngākau ki te tapu, me tōu aroha ki ngā tāngata e noho ana i runga i te ture tapu, ka nui ake tōu whakarongo ki te kōrero e whakaaro ana ahau ki te whakatakoto atu, nā te mea kua tae mai koe i te motu nei ki a mātou, ā, e hiahia ana koe ki te whakarongo ki ngā mea katoa e whakapakari ana i te wairua. 6 I tētahi wā anō hoki i mua, i tukuna atu e ahau ki a koe tētahi tuhinga o ngā meka i whakaaro ahau he mea tika kia