Ngā Mahi 26 - Paipera Tapu 2012

Tā Pāora Tohe i te Aroaro o Akaripa

¹ Nā, ko te meatanga a Akaripa ki a Pāora, “E āhei ana koe kia kōrero i āu kōrero.” Kātahi, ka totoro te ringa o Pāora, ā, ka kōrero ia:

² “He koa ngā ngākau tēnei ki ahau, e Kīngi Akaripa, kia kōrerotia e ahau ki a koe āianei ngā mea katoa e whakawākia nei ahau e ngā Hūrai;

³ he mōhio rawa hoki koe ki ngā ritenga katoa, ki ngā tautohe hoki anō a ngā Hūrai; nā reira, kia pai koe ki te whakarongo mārie ki ahau.

⁴ “Ko tāku whakahaere mai o tōku tamarikitanga, nō te tīmatanga mai rā anō i roto i tōku iwi, i Hiruhārama hoki, e mōhio ana ngā Hūrai katoa.

⁵ Mōhio tonu rātou ki ahau ō mua iho, me i pai rātou ki te whakaatu; ko tāku mahi, i whai i tā te tītorehanga pakeke rawa o tō tātou karakia, i tā te Parihi.

⁶ Tēnei ahau te tū nei i konei, te whakawākia nei mō te tūmanako ki te mea i kōrerotia e te Atua i mua ki ō tātou mātua.

⁷ E tūmanako nei ō tātou iwi kotahi tekau mā rua kia uru ki tēnei, i a rātou e mahi tonu nei ki te Atua i te ao, i te pō. Ko tēnei e tūmanakohia atu nei e te kīngi, te mea e whakawākia nei ahau e ngā Hūrai.

⁸ He aha rawa kia kore e whakaponohia e koutou, ki te mea ka whakaara ake te Atua i te hunga mate?

⁹ “Ko ahau nei, i whakaaro ahau kia maha tonu ngā mea e mahia e ahau hei pēhi mō te ingoa o Īhu o Nahareta.

¹⁰ Āe, i meinga anō tēnei e ahau ki Hiruhārama; he tokomaha anō te hunga tapu i uakina e ahau ki ngā whare herehere, he mea tuku mai hoki ngā tikanga nā ngā tohunga nui ki ahau; ā, i te whakamatenga i a rātou, i whakaae ahau kia pērātia rātou.

¹¹ He maha anō āku whiunga i a rātou i roto i ngā whare karakia katoa, i meinga anō rātou e ahau kia kohukohu; heoi, haurangi noa iho ahau ki a rātou, whāia ana e ahau, ā taea noatia ngā pā o tawhiti.”

Ka Kōrero a Pāora mō tōna Huringa ki te Whakapono

¹² “Nāwai ā, i ahau e haere ana ki Ramahiku, me ngā tikanga, me te kupu whakaae a ngā tohunga nui,

¹³ i te poutūmārōtanga, e te kīngi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he mārama i te rangi e tīaho ana ki ahau, ki ōku hoa haere anō, tērā atu i te mārama o te rā.

¹⁴ Heoi, hinga ana mātou katoa ki te whenua, ka rongo ahau i te reo e kōrero ana ki ahau, nō ngā Hiperu anō hoki te reo, e mea ana, ‘E Haora, e Haora, he aha tāu e whakatoi nei i ahau? Ehara tāu te whana ki ngā koikoi.’

¹⁵ Anō rā ko ahau, ‘Ko wai koe, e te Ariki?’ Ka mea ia, ‘Ko Īhu ahau e whakatoia nei e koe.

¹⁶ Otirā, whakatika, e tū ōu waewae ki runga. Ko te mea tēnei i puta ai ahau ki a koe, kia meinga koe hei kaimahi, hei kaiwhakaatu mō ngā mea i kite nei koe, mō ngā mea anō e kitea ai ahau e koe.

¹⁷ Ka whakaorangia koe i te iwi, i ngā tauiwi, ka tonoa nei koe e ahau ki a rātou,

¹⁸ hei whakatitiro i ō rātou kanohi, hei whakatahuri i a rātou i te pōuri ki te mārama, i te kaha o Hātana ki te Atua, kia whiwhi ai rātou ki te murunga hara, ki tētahi wāhi anō i roto i te hunga ka oti te whakatapu i runga i te whakapono ki ahau.’ ”

Ka Kōrero a Pāora mō āna Mahi

¹⁹ “Nō reira, kīhai ahau i whakatuturi, e Kīngi Akaripa, ki tō te rangi kitenga.

²⁰ Heoi, i kōrero ahau ki te hunga i Ramahiku i te tuatahi, ā, i Hiruhārama, ki te whenua katoa anō o Hūria, ki ngā tauiwi hoki, kia rīpenetā, kia tahuri ki te Atua, me te mahi anō i ngā mahi tika o te rīpenetā.

²¹ Nō reira ngā Hūrai i hopu ai i ahau i te temepara, i whai ai ki te whakamate i ahau.

²² Heoi, ka āwhinatia mai ahau e te Atua, ka tū tonu nei ahau, ā, mohoa noa nei, me te kōrero ki te iti, ki te rahi, kāhore āku kupu kē ake i tā ngā poropiti rātou ko Mohi i mea ai meāke puta:

²³ arā ko te Karaiti kia mate, ko ia te mātāmua o te aranga o te hunga mate, māna anō e whakapuaki te mārama ki te iwi, ki ngā tauiwi.”

²⁴ I a ia e kōrero ana i ēnei mea, nui atu te reo o Petuha ki te karanga, “E Pāora, he haurangi koe; nā te nui o tāu kōrero pukapuka i haurangi ai koe!”

²⁵ Anō rā ko ia, “Kāhore ōku haurangi, e Petuha, e te tangata pai rawa; engari he pono, he whai whakaaro, āku kupu e whakapuaki nei.

²⁶ E mātau ana hoki te kīngi ki ēnei mea, i māia ai ahau ki te kōrero ki a ia. E mea ana hoki ahau, kāhore tētahi o ēnei mea i ngaro i a ia; kīhai hoki tēnei mea i mahia i te kokonga.

²⁷ E whakapono ana rānei koe ki ngā poropiti, e Kīngi Akaripa? E mea ana ahau, tēnei koe te whakapono nei.”

²⁸ Anō rā ko Akaripa ki a Pāora, “Wāhi iti kua riro atu ahau ki tāu, ki tā te Karaiti tikanga.”

²⁹ Nā, ko te meatanga a Pāora, “Pai tonu kia īnoi ahau ki te Atua kia kaua e iti, engari kia tino nui, kia kaua anō e waiho i tōu kotahi, engari, kia tino rite ki ahau te hunga katoa e whakarongo nei ki ahau ināianei; ko ēnei mekameka ia kia kore.”

³⁰ Nā, ka whakatika te kīngi, me te kāwana, me Pereniki, me te hunga i noho tahi rātou.

³¹ Nā, i a rātou ka wehe kē, ka kōrerorero ki a rātou anō, ka mea, “Kāhore he hanga a tēnei tangata e tika ai te mate, te here rānei.”

³² Kātahi, ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, “Ka tukua tēnei tangata kia haere, me i kaua ia te karanga ki a Hīhā.”