Hoani 9 - Te Kawenata Hou

Ka Whakaora a Īhu i tētahi Tangata i Matapō nō tōna Whānautanga mai anō

¹ Nā, i a Īhu e haere ana, ka kite ia i tētahi tangata i matapō, nō tōna whānau­tanga mai anō.

² Nā, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Kai­whaka­ako, ko wai i hara, ko tēnei, ko ōna mātua rānei i whānau matapō ai ia?”

³ Ka whaka­hokia e Īhu, “Ehara i te mea ko tēnei kua hara, ko ōna mātua rānei; engari, kia ai ia hei whaka­kite­nga mō ngā mahi a te Atua.

⁴ Me mahi e tātou ngā mahi a tōku kai­tono mai i te mea e ao ana; meāke ko te pō e kore ai e taea he mahi e tētahi tangata.

⁵ I ahau i te ao nei, ko ahau te mārama o te ao.”

⁶ Ka mutu ēnei kōrero āna, ka tūwha ia ki te whenua, ā, poke­pokea ana tētahi paru ki te hūware, pania atu ana te paru ki ngā kanohi o te matapō,

⁷ nā, ka mea ki a ia, “Haere ki te horoi ki te kau­kau­ranga i Hiroama,” ko Tono te whaka­māori­tanga. Nā, haere ana ia, horoi ana, ā, hoki ti­tiro ana mai.

⁸ Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata e noho tata ana, rātou ko ngā tāngata i kite i tōna matapō­tanga i mua, “Ehara ianei tēnei i taua tangata i noho rā, i tono mea rā māna?”

⁹ Ka mea ētahi, “Ko ia tēnei”. Ko ētahi i mea, “Kāhore, engari rite tonu ki a ia te āhua”. Ka mea ia, “Ko ahau rā ia.”

¹⁰ Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, “Nā te aha rā i kite ai ōu kanohi?”

¹¹ Ka whaka­hoki ia ka mea, “Nā te tangata, e huaina nei ko Īhu, i poke­poke he paru, pania ana e ia ki ōku kanohi, ka mea mai ki ahau, ‘Haere ki Hiroama horoi ai.’ Nā, ko tōku haere­nga atu, ko tāku horoi­nga, kite ana ahau.”

¹² Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Kei hea ia?” Ka mea ia, “E kore ahau e mōhio.”

Ka Tirotiro ngā Parihi i te Whakaoranga

¹³ Ka kawea atu ki ngā Parihi taua tangata i matapō i mua rā.

¹⁴ Nā, nō te hāpati i poke­pokea ai e Īhu te paru, i meinga ai ōna kanohi kia kite.

¹⁵ Nā, ka ui anō ngā Parihi ki a ia, ki te pēhea i kite ai ia. Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “I pania e ia he paru ki ōku kanohi, nā, horoi ana ahau, kite ana.”

¹⁶ Nā, ka mea ētahi o ngā Parihi, “Ehara tēnei i te tangata nā te Atua, inā hoki tē whaka­rite ia i te hāpati.” Ka mea ētahi, “Mā te aha e taea ai ēnei mere­kara e te tangata hara?” Nā, ka wehe­wehea rātou.

¹⁷ Ka mea anō rātou ki te matapō, “E pēhea ana koe ki a ia, ki tāna mea­tanga i ōu kanohi kia kite?” Ka mea ia, “He poro­piti ia.”

¹⁸ Heoi, kāhore ngā Hūrai i whaka­pono i matapō taua tangata, kua meinga anō kia kite, karanga­tia noatia e rātou ngā mātua ōna i meinga nei kia kite,

¹⁹ ā, ka ui rātou ki a rāua, ka mea, “Ko tā kōrua tama tēnei, e mea nei kōrua i whānau matapō mai? Nā te aha rā ia i ti­tiro ai ināia­nei?”

²⁰ Ka whaka­hoki ōna mātua ki a rātou, ka mea, “E mōhio ana māua, ko tā māua tama tēnei, i whānau matapō mai anō.

²¹ Ko te mea ia i kite ai ia ināia­nei, kāhore i mōhio­tia e māua; kāhore hoki māua e mōhio nā wai i mea ōna kanohi kia kite. He kaumātua ia; ui atu ki a ia, māna ia e kōrero.”

²² I pēnei ōna mātua, nō te mea i mataku rāua i ngā Hūrai. Kua takoto noa ake hoki tā ngā Hūrai tikanga, nā, ki te whaka­ae tētahi, ko te Karaiti ia, me pei ki waho o te whare kara­kia.

²³ Koia ōna mātua i mea ai, “He kaumātua ia; ui atu ki a ia.”

²⁴ Nā, ka karanga tuarua rātou ki te tangata i matapō i mua rā, ka mea ki a ia, “Hoatu he korōria ki te Atua; e mātau ana mātou he tangata hara tēnei.”

²⁵ Nā, ka whaka­hoki ia, ka mea, “Kāhore ahau e mātau he tangata hara rānei ia; kotahi anō tāku e mātau nei, he matapō ahau i mua, ā, inā kua kite.”

²⁶ Ka mea anō rātou ki a ia, “I aha ia ki a koe? I pēhea­tia ōu kanohi i meinga ai e ia kia kite?”

²⁷ Ka whaka­hokia e ia ki a rātou, “Kua kōrero­tia anō e ahau ki a koutou inā tonu nei, ā, kīhai koutou i whaka­rongo. He aha koutou i hia­hia ai kia rongo anō? E mea ana oti koutou kia meinga hei ākonga māna?”

²⁸ Nā, whaka­hī ana rātou ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko tāna ākonga koe; ko mātou ia he ākonga nā Mohi.

²⁹ E mātau ana mātou i kōrero te Atua ki a Mohi; ko tēnei tangata ia kāhore mātou e mātau ki tōna wāhi i haere mai ai.”

³⁰ Nā, ka whaka­hoki taua tangata, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ha! he mea whaka­mīharo rā tēnei kāhore koutou i mātau ki tōna wāhi i haere mai ai, otirā, kua meinga e ia ōku kanohi kia kite.

³¹ E mātau ana rā tātou, e kore te Atua e whaka­rongo ki ngā tāngata hara; tēnā ki te mea he tangata kara­kia tētahi ki te Atua, he mea i tāna e pai ai, ka whaka­rongo ia ki a ia.

³² Kāhore rawa i rangona nō te tīma­tanga rā anō o te ao, i whaka­tiro­hia e tētahi ngā kanohi o te tangata i whānau matapō.

³³ Ki te mea kīhai i puta mai tēnei tangata i te Atua, e kore e taea e ia tētahi mea.”

³⁴ Nā, ka whaka­hoki rātou, ka mea ki a ia, “I whānau pū koe i roto i ngā hara, ko koe rānei hei whaka­ako i a mātou?” Nā, peia ana ia e rātou ki waho.

Te Matapō Wairuatanga

³⁵ I rongo a Īhu kua oti ia te pei e rātou ki waho; ā, i tōna kite­nga i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, “E whaka­pono ana rānei koe ki te Tama a te Atua?”

³⁶ Ka whaka­hoki ia, ka mea, “Ko wai ia, e te Ariki, kia whaka­pono ai ahau ki a ia?”

³⁷ Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua kite koe i a ia, ko ia hoki tēnei e kōrero nei ki a koe.”

³⁸ Nā, ko tāna mea­tanga, “E te Ariki, e whaka­pono ana ahau.” Nā, koro­piko ana ia ki a ia.

³⁹ Kātahi a Īhu ka mea, “I haere mai ahau ki tēnei ao ki te whaka­rite whaka­wā, he mea e kite ai te hunga kāhore nei i kite; e whaka­matapō­tia ai hoki te hunga e kite ana.”

⁴⁰ Ā, ka rangona ēnei mea e ētahi o ngā Parihi e tū tahi ana me ia, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “E matapō ana anō rānei mātou?”

⁴¹ Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Me i matapō koutou, kāhore ō koutou hara. Tēnā ka mea nā koutou, ‘E kite ana mātou,’ nā, e mau nā tō koutou hara.