Āmoho 7 - Paipera Tapu 2012

He Māwhitiwhiti, he Ahi, me te Aho Paramu

¹ Ko tā te Ariki, ko tā Ihowā tēnei i whakaatu ai ki ahau: Nanā, i hangā e ia he māwhitiwhiti i te tīmatanga o te pihinga ake o tō muri tupu; nanā, ko tō muri tupu ia i muri iho i ā te kīngi tapahanga.

² Nā, ka poto te tarutaru o te whenua te kai, ka mea ahau, “E te Ariki, e Ihowā, tēnā rā, murua te hē. Mā te aha oti a Hākopa ka ara ai? He iti nei hoki ia!”

³ I puta kē tō Ihowā whakaaro mō tēnei: “E kore e meatia,” e ai tā Ihowā.

⁴ Ko tā te Ariki, ko tā Ihowā tēnei i whakakite ai ki ahau: Nā, kua karangatia e te Ariki, e Ihowā, he whawhai, he mea ahi, ā, ka pau te rire nui, ā, ka mea kia kainga te whenua.

⁵ Nā, ka mea ahau, “Kāti rā, e te Ariki, e Ihowā! Mā te aha oti a Hākopa ka ara ai? He iti nei hoki ia!”

⁶ I puta kē tō Ihowā whakaaro mō tēnei; “E kore anō tēnei e meatia,” e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.

⁷ I whakakitea tēnei e ia ki ahau: nā, ko te Ariki e tū ana i runga i te taiepa, he mea paramu ki te aho, me te aho paramu i tōna ringa.

⁸ Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki ahau, “Ko te aha e kitea ana e koe, e Āmoho?” Anō rā ko ahau, “He aho paramu.” Kātahi te Ariki ka kī mai, “Nanā, ka iri i ahau he aho paramu i waenganui i tāku iwi, i a Īharaira; e kore e whakarērea noatia iho tā rātou e ahau ā muri ake nei.

⁹ Ā, ka ururuatia ngā wāhi tiketike o Īhaka, ka tūheatia ngā wāhi tapu o Īharaira; ka whakatika atu anō ahau, me te hoari ki te whare o Ieropoama.”

Ka Amuamu a Amatia ki te Kīngi

¹⁰ Nā, ka unga tāngata a Amatia tohunga o Pētēre ki a Ieropoama kīngi o Īharaira hei kī atu, “Kua whakatakotoria e Āmoho he hē mōu i roto i te whare o Īharaira; kāhore e taea e tēnei whenua te waha āna kupu katoa.

¹¹ Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Āmoho, ‘Ka mate a Ieropoama i te hoari, ā, ka whakaraua rawatia atu a Īharaira i tō rātou oneone.’ ”

¹² I mea anō a Amatia ki a Āmoho, “E te matakite, haere, e rere ki te whenua o Hūrā, ki reira kai ai i te taro māu, ki reira poropiti ai.

¹³ Engari kāti tāu poropiti ki Pētēre; ko tō te kīngi wāhi tapu hoki ia, he whare hoki nō te kīngitanga.”

¹⁴ Nā, ka whakahoki a Āmoho ka mea ki a Amatia, “Ehara ahau, i te poropiti, ehara anō i te tama nā te poropiti; engari he kaitiaki kāhui ahau, he kaikikini hikamora.

¹⁵ I tīkina ake hoki ahau e Ihowā i te mea e whai ana i ngā hipi, i kī mai anō a Ihowā ki ahau, ‘Haere, poropiti ki tāku iwi, ki a Īharaira.’

¹⁶ Nā, whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā. E mea nā koe, ‘Kaua e poropiti ki a Īharaira, kei māturuturu iho anō tētahi kupu āu hei whakahē mō te whare o Īhaka.’

¹⁷ Nō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, ‘Tērā tāu wahine e kairau i roto i te pā, ā, ka hinga āu tama me āu tamāhine i te hoari, ka wehewehea tōu oneone, mea rawa ki te aho; ka mate koe i runga i te oneone poke, ka whakaraua rawatia atu hoki a Īharaira i tōna oneone.’ ”