Hoani 4 - Te Kawenata Hou

Ko Īhu me te Wahine o Hamaria

¹ Ā, nō ka mōhio te Ariki, kua rongo ngā Parihi, ko ngā ākonga a Īhu i mea ai, i iri­iri ai, he toko­maha atu i a Hoani.

² (He ahakoa rā ehara i a Īhu nāna i iri­iri, nā āna ākonga ia.)

³ Ka mahue a Hūria i a ia, ā, hoki ana anō ki Kariri.

⁴ Nā, ko te ara mōna i tika nā Hamaria.

⁵ Ā, ka haere ia ki tētahi pā o Hamaria, ko Haika te ingoa, e pātata ana ki te wāhi i hoatu e Hākopa ki tāna tama, ki a Hōhepa.

⁶ Kei reira hoki te puna a Hākopa. Nā, kua nge­nge a Īhu i te haere­nga, heoi noho ana ia ki te taha o te puna, ā, meāke ko te ono o ngā hāora.

⁷ Ka haere mai tētahi wahine o Hamaria ki te utu wai. Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Hōmai he wai mōku.”

⁸ (Kua riro hoki āna ākonga ki te pā, ki te hoko kai.)

⁹ Nā, ko te mea­tanga a te wahine o Hamaria ki a ia, “He aha koe, he Hūrai nā koe, ka tono mai ai i te wai i ahau, he wahine nei ahau nō Hamaria?” (Kāhore hoki e tātata ana ngā Hūrai ki ngā Hamari.)

¹⁰ Ka whaka­hoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “Me i mātau koe ki tā te Atua e hōmai ai, ki tēnei hoki e mea nei ki a koe, ‘Hōmai he wai mōku,’ pēnei kua tono koe ki a ia, ā, kua hoatu e ia te wai ora ki a koe.”

¹¹ Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E kara, kāhore āu mea hei utu wai, he hōhonu anō te puna. Nō hea tēnā wai ora āu?

¹² He nui oti koe i tō mātou matua, i a Hākopa, i hōmai ai te puna ki a mātou, inu ana ia i konei, rātou ko āna tama­riki, me āna kararehe?”

¹³ Ka whaka­hoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “E mate anō i te wai te tangata e inu ana i tēnei wai;

¹⁴ tēnā ko te tangata e inu ana i te wai e hoatu e ahau ki a ia, e kore ia e mate i te wai ā ake ake. Engari, te wai e hoatu e ahau ki a ia, hei puna wai tēnā i roto i a ia e pupū ake ana, ā te ora tonu rā anō.”

¹⁵ Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E kara, hōmai ki ahau tēnei wai, kei mate ahau i te wai, kei haere mai hoki ki konei rawa utu ai.”

¹⁶ Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Tīkina, karanga­tia tō tahu, ka hoki mai ai.”

¹⁷ Ka whaka­hoki te wahine, ka mea, “Kāhore āku tahu.” Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “He kōrero tika tāu, ‘Kāhore āku tahu’;

¹⁸ inā hoki kua toko­rima āu tahu, ko ia i a koe nei ehara i te tahu nāu. He pono tēnei kōrero āu.”

¹⁹ Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E kara, e kite ana ahau he poro­piti koe.

²⁰ I kara­kia ō mātou mātua i runga i tēnei maunga; ā, e mea ana koutou, Ko Hiruhārama te wāhi e tika ai te kara­kia.”

²¹ Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “E tai, whaka­pono ki ahau, meāke puta te wā, e kore ai koutou e kara­kia ki te Matua i runga i tēnei maunga, e kore anō i Hiruhārama.

²² Kāhore koutou e mōhio ki tā koutou e kara­kia nei; e mātau ana mātou ki tā mātou e kara­kia nei; nō ngā Hūrai nei hoki te ora.

²³ Otirā, meāke puta te wā, ā, tēnei anō, e kara­kia ai ngā kai­karakia pono ki te Matua i runga i te wairua, i te pono; e rapu ana hoki te Matua ki te pērā hei kara­kia ki a ia.

²⁴ He Wairua te Atua; me kara­kia hoki ngā kai­karakia ki a ia i runga i te wairua, i te pono.”

²⁵ Ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “E mātau ana ahau kei te haere mai te Mīhaia,” (e kīa nei ko te Karaiti). “Ka tae mai ia, māna ngā mea katoa e kōrero ki a tātou.”

²⁶ Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ko ahau anō ia e kōrero nei ki a koe.”

²⁷ Nā, ka puta i reira āna ākonga, ka mīharo ki tāna kōrero­tanga ki te wahine; heoi, kīhai tētahi i mea, “He aha tāu e rapu? He aha koe ka kōrero ai ki a ia?”

²⁸ Nā, ka whaka­rērea e te wahine tāna ipu, ā, haere ana ki te pā, ka mea ki ngā tāngata,

²⁹ “Haere mai, kia kite i te tangata i kōrero­tia mai ai ki ahau ngā mea katoa i mea ai ahau. Ehara rānei tēnei i a te Karaiti?”

³⁰ Ka puta rātou ki waho o te pā, ā, ka ahu mai ki a ia.

³¹ I taua takiwā anō ka tohe ngā ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Kai­whaka­ako, e kai rā.”

³² Otirā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “He kai anō tāku hei kai māku, kāhore koutou e mātau.”

³³ Nā, ka mea ngā ākonga tētahi ki tētahi, “I kawea mai rānei e tētahi he kai māna?”

³⁴ Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Ko tāku kai tēnei, ko te mea i tā tōku kai­tono e pai ai, kia whaka­otia hoki tāna mahi.”

³⁵ E kore ianei koutou e mea, “Kia whā atu ngā marama, ā, ka taea te kotinga? Nana, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kia ara ake ō koutou kanohi, ti­tiro ki ngā māra; kua mā noa ake; ko te kotinga tēnei.

³⁶ Ka whi­whi te kai­kokoti ki te utu, ka kohia anō hoki e ia ngā hua mō te ora tonu; kia hari tahi ai te kairui rāua ko te kai­kokoti.

³⁷ Nā, konei hoki i pono ai taua kī, ‘E rui ana tētahi, e kokoti ana tētahi.’

³⁸ I tonoa koutou e ahau ki te kokoti i te mea kīhai i mahia e koutou. He tangata kē nāna i mahi, ā, kua uru koutou ki ā rātou mahi.”

³⁹ Ā, he toko­maha ngā Hamari o taua pā i whaka­pono ki a ia, mō te kī a te wahine i mea rā, “I kōrero­tia mai e ia ki ahau ngā mea katoa i mea ai ahau.”

⁴⁰ Ā, nō ka tae ngā Hamari ki a ia, ka mea kia noho ia ki a rātou; ā, e rua ngā rā i noho ai ia ki reira.

⁴¹ Nā, hira noa ake ngā tāngata i whaka­pono, he mea hoki nā tāna kupu.

⁴² I mea anō ki te wahine, “Ehara i te mea nā tāu kupu i whaka­pono ai mātou ināia­nei; kua rongo nei hoki mātou ake, ā, ka mātau, ko te Karaiti pū tēnei, ko te Kai­whaka­ora o te ao.”

Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu te Tama a tētahi Rangatira

⁴³ Ka pahure aua rā e rua, ka tūria atu e ia i reira, ā, haere ana ki Kariri.

⁴⁴ Ko Īhu tonu hoki nāna te kī, kāhore he hōnore o te poro­piti i tōna kāinga ake.

⁴⁵ Heoi, i tōna taenga ki Kariri, ka whaka­manu­hiri­tia, ia e ngā tāngata o Kariri, i kite hoki rātou i ngā mea katoa i meatia e ia ki Hiruhārama i te hākari; i haere hoki rātou ki te hākari.

⁴⁶ Ā, ka tae anō a Īhu ki Kana o Kariri, ki te wāhi i meatia ai e ia te wai hei wāina. Nā, ko tētahi tangata a te kīngi, kei Kaperenauma tāna tama e mate ana.

⁴⁷ Ā, nō ka rongo ia kua tae mai a Īhu i Hūria ki Kariri, ka haere ki a ia, ka īnoi ki a ia kia haere ia ki te whaka­ora i tāna tama; meāke hoki marere.

⁴⁸ Nā, ko te mea­tanga a Īhu ki a ia, “Ki te kāhore koutou e kite i ngā tohu, i ngā mere­kara, e kore rawa koutou e whaka­pono.”

⁴⁹ Ka mea te tangata a te kīngi ki a ia, “E te Ariki, haere iho i te mea kāhore anō kia mate noa tāku tama­iti”.

⁵⁰ Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Haere; kua ora tāu tama.” Nā, whaka­pono ana te tangata ki te kupu i kōrero­tia e Īhu ki a ia, ā, haere ana.

⁵¹ Ā, i a ia e haere ana, ka tūtaki āna pono­nga ki a ia, ka kōrero, “Kua ora tāu tama­iti.”

⁵² Nā, ka ui ia ki a rātou ki te hāora i mātūtū ake ai ia. Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nō­nanahi, nō te whitu o ngā hāora, i mutu ai tōna kā.”

⁵³ Nā, ka mōhio te pāpā, ko te tino hāora ia i mea ai a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua ora tāu tama.” Ā, whaka­pono ana ia, rātou ko tōna whare katoa.

⁵⁴ Ko te rua anō tēnei o ngā mere­kara i meatia e Īhu, i muri i tōna haere­nga i Hūria ki Kariri.