Hoani 7 - Te Kawenata Hou

Ko Īhu me ōna Tēina

¹ I muri i ēnei mea ka hāere­ere a Īhu i Kariri; kāhore hoki ia i pai ki te hāere­ere i Hūria, e rapu ana hoki ngā Hūrai kia whaka­matea ia.

² Nā, kua tata te hākari a ngā Hūrai, te Hākari Whare Wharau.

³ Nā, ka mea ōna tēina ki a ia, “Haere atu i konei, anga atu ki Hūria, kia kite ai hoki āu ākonga i āu mahi e mahi nei koe.

⁴ E kore hoki tētahi tangata e mea huna i tētahi mea, ki te whai ia kia ara tōna ingoa. Ki te mea koe i ēnei mea, kia kite te ao i a koe.”

⁵ (Ko ōna tēina tonu hoki kīhai i whaka­pono ki a ia.)

⁶ Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Kāhore anō kia taea noatia tōku tāima; ko tō koutou tāima ia kei ngā wā katoa.

⁷ E kore e āhei kia kino te ao ki a koutou; engari ka kino ki ahau, nō te mea e whaka­atu­ria ana e ahau te kino o āna mahi.

⁸ Haere koutou ki tēnei hākari; e kore ahau e haere wawe ki tēnei hākari; kāhore hoki tōku tāima kia āta rite noa.”

⁹ Ā, ka mutu tēnei kōrero āna ki a rātou, ka noho tonu ia ki Kariri.

Ko Īhu i te Hākari Wharau

¹⁰ Ā, nō ka riro ōna tēina ki te hākari, ka haere anō hoki ia, ehara i te mea whaka­kite nui, engari i tū-ā-huna.

¹¹ Heoi, i rapu ngā Hūrai i a ia i te hākari, i mea, “Kei hea ia?”

¹² He nui hoki te kōrero kō­muhu­muhu mōna i roto i te mano. Ko ētahi i mea, “He tangata pai ia,” ko ētahi i mea, “Kāhore, engari e whaka­pōhēhē ana ia i te iwi.”

¹³ Heoi, kīhai i rahi te kōrero a tētahi tangata mōna, he wehi ki ngā Hūrai.

¹⁴ Nā, i waenga­nui o te hākari, ka haere a Īhu ki roto ki te teme­para whaka­ako ai.

¹⁵ Ā, ka mīharo ngā Hūrai, ka mea, “Nā te aha i hua ai te mōhio o tēnei tangata, ehara nei hoki ia i te mea whaka­ako?”

¹⁶ Ka whaka­hoki a Īhu ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ehara i te mea nāku ake tāku e whaka­ako nei, engari, nā tōku kai­tono mai.

¹⁷ Ki te pai tētahi tangata ki te mea i tāna e pai ai, e mātau ia ki te whaka­ako­ranga, nā te Atua rānei, he kōrero nāku ake rānei.

¹⁸ Ko te tangata nāna ake tāna kōrero, e whai ana ia i tōna ake korōria; tēnā ki te whai tētahi i te korōria o tōna kai­tono, e pono ana ia, ā, kāhore ōna hē.

¹⁹ He teka ianei nā Mohi te ture i hoatu ki a koutou, ā, kāhore e whaka­ritea te ture e tētahi o koutou? He aha koutou ka whai nei kia whaka­matea ahau?”

²⁰ Nā, ka whaka­hoki te mano ka mea, “He rēwera tōu! Ko wai te whai ana kia whaka­matea koe?”

²¹ Ka whaka­hoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kotahi āku mahi i mahi ai, ā, e mīharo­tia ana e koutou katoa.

²² I hōmai e Mohi te kotinga ki a koutou (ehara anō ia i te mea nā Mohi ake, engari nā ngā tūpuna), e kokoti ana hoki koutou i te tangata i te hāpati.

²³ Ki te kotia te tangata i te hāpati, kei taka­hia te ture a Mohi; e riri ana oti koutou ki ahau, mōku i whaka­ora rawa i te tangata i te hāpati?

²⁴ Kaua e waiho te whaka­wā i runga i tā te kanohi, engari kia tika tā koutou whaka­wā.”

Ko Ia te Karaiti?

²⁵ Me i reira ka mea ētahi o ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, “Ehara oti tēnei i a ia e whāia nei e rātou kia whaka­matea?

²⁶ Nā, māia tonu tāna kōrero, ā, kāhore ā rātou kupu ki a ia. E tino mātau ana rānei ngā ranga­tira, ko te Karaiti pū tēnei?

²⁷ Otiia, e mātau ana tātou ki te wāhi i puta mai ai tēnei; tēnā ka tae mai a te Karaiti, kāhore he tangata e mātau ki te wāhi e puta mai ai ia.”

²⁸ Nā, ka karanga a Īhu i te teme­para i a ia e whaka­ako ana, ka mea, “E mātau ana koutou ki ahau, e mātau ana anō ki te wāhi i haere mai ai ahau. Ehara i ahau ake tāku haere mai, engari, e pono ana te kai­tono mai i ahau; kāhore nei koutou i mātau ki a ia.

²⁹ E mātau ana ahau ki a ia; i puta mai hoki ahau i a ia, nāna anō ahau i tono mai.”

³⁰ Ā, i whai rātou kia hopu­kia ia; otiia, kīhai i pā te ringa o tētahi ki a ia, kāhore hoki tōna hāora i taka noa.

³¹ Ā, he toko­maha o te mano whaka­pono ki a ia, i mea, “Ka tae mai a te Karaiti, tērā rānei e maha atu āna mere­kara e mea ai i a tēnei e mea nei?”

Ka Tonoa atu ngā Kaitiaki kia Hopu i a Īhu

³² I rongo ngā Parihi i te mano e kōrero­rero ana i ēnei mea mōna; nā, ka tonoa mai e ngā Parihi rātou ko ngā tohu­nga nui he kātipa ki te hopu i a ia.

³³ Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “He iti noa ake te wāhi e noho ai ahau ki a koutou, kātahi ahau ka haere ki tōku kai­tono mai.

³⁴ Tērā koutou e rapu i ahau, heoi, e kore koutou e kite; e kore hoki koutou e āhei te haere ake ki te wāhi e noho ai ahau.”

³⁵ Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a rātou anō, “E haere oti te tangata nei ki hea, e kore ai e kitea e tātou? E haere oti ia ki ngā manene i roto i ngā Kariki, ako ai i ngā Kariki?

³⁶ He kī aha tēnei e kī nei ia, ‘Tērā koutou e rapu i ahau, ā, e kore e kite. E kore hoki koutou e āhei te haere ake ki te wāhi e noho ai ahau’?”

Ngā Awa o te Wai Ora

³⁷ I te rā whaka­mutu­nga, i te rā nui o te hākari, ka tū a Īhu, ka karanga, ka mea, “Ki te mate­wai tētahi, haere mai ia ki ahau, kia inu.

³⁸ Ki te whaka­pono tētahi ki ahau, ka rite ki tā te karaipi­ture, ‘Ka rere mai ngā wai ora i roto i tōna kōpū.’ ”

³⁹ I kōrero­tia tēnei e ia mō te Wairua, meāke nei riro i te hunga e whaka­pono ana ki a ia; kāhore anō hoki te Wairua Tapu kia hōmai noa; nō te mea kīanō a Īhu i whaka­korōria­tia noatia.

He Wehenga i Waenganui i ngā Tāngata

⁴⁰ Ko ētahi o te mano i tō rātou rongo­nga i tēnei kupu, i mea, “He pono ko te Poro­piti tēnei.”

⁴¹ Ka mea ētahi, “Ko te Karaiti tēnei.” Ko ētahi i mea, “E puta mai rānei a te Karaiti i Kariri?

⁴² Kāhore koia te karaipi­ture i mea, e puta mai a te Karaiti i te uri o Rāwiri, i Pēterehema, i te kāinga i noho ai a Rāwiri?”

⁴³ Nā, ka waiho ia hei take wehe­wehe­nga mā te mano.

⁴⁴ Ko ētahi o rātou i mea kia hopu­kia ia; otirā, kīhai i pā ngā ringa o tētahi ki a ia.

Te Whakapono kore o ngā Rangatira Hūrai

⁴⁵ Nā, ko te taenga atu o ngā kātipa ki ngā tohu­nga nui rātou ko ngā Parihi; ka mea atu ēnei ki a rātou, “He aha ia tē kawea mai ai e koutou?”

⁴⁶ Ka whaka­hokia e ngā kātipa, “Kāhore rawa he tangata i rite āna kōrero ki a tēnei.”

⁴⁷ Nā, ka whaka­hokia tā rātou e ngā Parihi, “Kua tini­hanga­tia anō hoki koutou?

⁴⁸ Kua whaka­pono koia tētahi o ngā ranga­tira, o ngā Parihi rānei ki a ia?

⁴⁹ Ko tēnei hunga ia e kore nei e mātau ki te ture, ka oti rātou te kanga.”

⁵⁰ Ka mea a Nikorima ki a rātou, tērā i haere mai rā ki a ia i mua, ko ia hoki tētahi o rātou,

⁵¹ “Ka whaka­hē­ngia rānei te tangata e tō tātou ture, i te mea kāhore anō i whaka­rongo noa ki a ia, i mātau hoki ki tāna mahi?”

⁵² Nā, ka whaka­hoki rātou, ka mea ki a ia, “Ko koe hoki tētahi nō Kariri? Tēnā rapua, ka kite koe, kāhore kia ara noa tētahi poro­piti i Kariri.”

⁵³ Nā, hoki ana rātou ki tōna whare, ki tōna whare.