Ngā Mahi 13 - Te Kawenata Hou

Ka Whiriwhiria, ka Tonoa ko Pānapa rāua ko Haora

¹ Nā, tērā ētahi poro­piti me ētahi kai­whaka­ako i Anatioka, i te hāhi i reira, ko Pānapa, ko Himiona i huaina nei ko Nikera, ko Rukiu nō Hairini, ko Manaena, he mea whaka­tupu ngā­tahi nei rāua ko Herora teta­raki, me Haora.

² Ā, i a rātou e kara­kia ana ki te Ariki, e noho­puku ana, ka mea te Wairua Tapu, “Motu­hia mai ki ahau a Pānapa rāua ko Haora ki te mahi i karanga­tia ai rāua e ahau.”

³ Nā, ka mutu tā rātou noho­puku me te īnoi, ā, ka popoki iho i ō rātou ringa ki a rāua ka tonoa atu rāua kia haere.

I Kaiperu

⁴ Nā, ka tonoa nei rāua e te Wairua Tapu, ka haere ki Herukia; ā, rere atu ana i reira ki Kai­peru.

⁵ Nā, i a rāua i Harami, ka kauwhau­tia e rāua te kupu a te Atua i roto i ngā whare kara­kia o ngā Hūrai. I a rāua anō a Hoani hei kai­mahi.

⁶ Ā, nō tō rātou pu­tanga i te motu katoa ki Papaho, ka kitea tētahi tangata mākutu, he poro­piti teka, he Hūrai, ko Paraīhu te ingoa.

⁷ I te tino kāwana ia, i a Herekiu Paora; he tangata mahara a Herekiu. Ā, karanga­tia ana e ia a Pānapa rāua ko Haora, ā, ka whai kia rongo i te kupu a te Atua.

⁸ Otirā, i tau­tohe ki a rāua a Erima te kai­mākutu, ko te whaka­māori­tanga hoki tēnei o tōna ingoa, i mea kia tahuri kē te tino kāwana i te whaka­pono.

⁹ Otirā, ko Haora, e huaina nei anō ko Paora, kī tonu i te Wairua Tapu, i whaka­mau i ōna kanohi ki a ia,

¹⁰ ā, i mea, “E te tangata kī tonu i te tini­hanga, i ngā tini mahi poka­noa, e te tama a te rēwera, hoa­riri o ngā mahi tika katoa, e kore ianei e mutu tāu whaka­puta kē i ngā ara tika a te Ariki?

¹¹ Nana, āia­nei pā ai te ringa o te Ariki ki a koe, ka matapō­tia koe, e kore e kite i te rā ā taka noa tētahi wā.” Nā, taka tonu iho ki a ia he kohu, he pōuri; ā, hāere­ere noa ia ki te rapu kai­ārahi mōna.

¹² Ā, nō te kite­nga o te tino kāwana i taua mea­tanga, ka whaka­pono ia, i mīharo hoki ki te ako a te Ariki.

I Anitioka o Pihiria

¹³ Nā, ka rere atu a Paora rātou ko ōna hoa i Papaho, ka ū ki Pereka i Pamapu­ria. Ā, whaka­rere ana a Hoani i a rāua, hoki ana ki Hiruhārama.

¹⁴ Ko rāua ia haere atu ana i Pereka, tae tonu atu ki Anatioka i Pihi­ria, ā, tomo ana ki te whare kara­kia i te rā hāpati, noho ana.

¹⁵ Ā, ka mutu te kōrero­tanga o te ture, o ngā poro­piti, ka tono tāngata ngā ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia ki a rāua, ka mea, “E hoa mā, ki te mea he kupu whaka­ako tā kōrua ki te hunga nei, kōrero­tia.”

¹⁶ Nā, ka tū a Paora ki runga, ka tā­whiri tōna ringa, ka mea: “E ngā tāngata o Īharaira, e te hunga e wehi ana ki te Atua, whaka­rongo mai.

¹⁷ Nā, te Atua o tēnei iwi, o Īharaira i whiri­whiri ō tātou mātua, ā, whaka­nuia ana e ia tēnei iwi, i a rātou e noho manene ana i te whenua o Īhipa, i runga tonu anō te ringa i āra­hina mai ai rātou e ia i reira.

¹⁸ Nā, me te mea e whā tekau ngā tau i whaka­manawa­nui ai ki tō rātou āhua i te koraha.

¹⁹ Ā, ka whitu ngā iwi ka ngaro i a ia i te whenua o Kanaana, ka hoatu e ia ki a rātou tō rātou whenua hei whenua pūmau, mō ngā tau me te mea e whā rau e rima tekau.

²⁰ “Ā muri iho i ēnei mea, ka hoatu e ia ki a rātou he kai­whaka­wā, taea noatia a Hamuera poro­piti.

²¹ Ā muri iho ka tono rātou ki tētahi kīngi; ā, hoatu ana e te Atua ki a rātou a Haora, tama a Kihi, he tangata nō te pū o Pineamine, ā, e whā tekau ngā tau.

²² Ā, ka oti ia te whaka­taka, ka whaka­ara­hia ake e ia a Rāwiri hei kīngi mō rātou; i whaka­atu­ria hoki ia e ia, i kōrero­tia, ‘Kua kitea e ahau a Rāwiri tama a Hehe, he tangata e whaka­ae­tia ana e tōku ngākau; ka meatia e ia ngā mea katoa e pai ai ahau.’

²³ He uri nō tēnei tangata tā te Atua i hōmai ai ki a Īharaira, he Kai­whaka­ora, ko Īhu, hei whaka­rite i te mea i kōrero­tia ai i mua.

²⁴ Nō mua tata anō hoki i tōna haere­nga mai te kauwhau­tanga a Hoani i te iri­iri rīpe­netā, ki te iwi katoa o Īharaira.

²⁵ Ā, ka tutuki a Hoani ki tōna tutuki­tanga, ka mea ia, ‘Ko wai koia ahau ki tō koutou whaka­aro? Ehara rā ahau i a ia. Engari, tērā te haere mai ana tētahi i muri i ahau, ko ōna hū e kore ahau e tau hei wewete.’

²⁶ “E ōku tuā­kana, e ngā tama o te kāwei o Āperahama, e te hunga i roto i a koutou e wehi ana ki te Atua, kua hōmai te kupu o tēnei ora kia whaka­pua­kina ki a tātou.

²⁷ Nā, ko te hunga e noho ana Hiruhārama, me ō rātou ranga­tira, i te mea kīhai rātou i mōhio ki a ia, ki ngā reo rānei o ngā poro­piti e kōrero­tia ana i ngā hāpati katoa, nā rātou i whaka­rite aua reo, i a rātou i tuku i a ia ki te mate.

²⁸ Ahakoa kīhai i kitea e rātou he mea e mate ai ia, ka tohe rātou ki a Pirato kia whaka­matea ia.

²⁹ Ā, nō ka rite i a rātou ngā mea katoa i tuhi­tuhia mōna, tango­hia iho ana ia i te rākau, whaka­takoto­ria ana ki roto ki te urupā.

³⁰ Heoi, nā te Atua ia i whaka­ara ake i te hunga mate.

³¹ Ā, he maha ngā rā i kitea ai ia e te hunga i haere tahi i a ia i Kariri ki Hiruhārama, ko rātou nei ngā kai­whaka­atu mōna ki te iwi.

³² Nā, he kauwhau tēnei nā māua ki a koutou i te rongo­pai, i kōrero­tia i mua ki ngā mātua,

³³ arā, kua mana tēnei i te Atua, hei mea mā ā tātou tama­riki, i a ia whaka­ara nei i a Īhu; ko te mea hoki tēnā i tuhi­tuhia i te rua o ngā waiata: ‘Ko tāku Tama koe; nō nāia­nei koe whaka­tupu­ria ai e ahau.’

³⁴ Ko tāna kōrero anō tēnei mōna whaka­ara­hia nei e ia i te hunga mate, tē hoki anō ki te pirau i muri iho: ‘Ka hoatu e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea tapu, ngā manaaki­tanga pono o Rāwiri.’

³⁵ Koia hoki ia i mea ai i tētahi atu waiata: ‘E kore koe e tuku i tāu Mea Tapu kia kite i te pirau.’

³⁶ Ko Rāwiri hoki i mahi i tā te Atua i pai ai i tōna whaka­tupu­ranga anō, ā, moe iho, whaka­takoto­ria ana ki ōna mātua, kite ana i te pirau.

³⁷ Ko tēnei ia i whaka­ara­hia ake nei e te Atua, kīhai ia i kite i te pirau.

³⁸ Nā, kia mōhio koutou, e ōku tuā­kana, nā tēnei tangata te muru­nga hara e kauwhau­tia nei ki a koutou.

³⁹ Māna hoki ngā tāngata katoa e whaka­pono ana, ka whaka­tikaia ai i ngā mea katoa, e kore nei koutou e whaka­tikaia i runga i tā Mohi ture.

⁴⁰ Nā, kia mahara, kei pā ki a koutou te mea i kōrero­tia rā e ngā poro­piti:

⁴¹ ‘Ti­tiro mai, e te hunga whaka­hāwea, ka mīharo ai, ā, whaka­ngaro­mia iho! Ka mahia hoki e ahau he mahi i ō koutou rā, he mahi e kore e whaka­pono­hia e koutou, ki te whaka­pua­kina e te tangata ki a koutou!’ ”

⁴² Nā, i a rātou e puta ana ki waho, ka tohe rātou kia kauwhau­tia anō aua kupu ki a rātou i tō muri iho hāpati.

⁴³ Heoi, ka pākaru­karu te hui­hui, he toko­maha ngā Hūrai me ngā poro­hira­iti kara­kia i aru i a Paora rāua ko Pānapa, ā, ka kōrero rāua ki a rātou, ka ako kia mau tonu rātou ki te aroha noa o te Atua.

⁴⁴ Nā, i tō muri iho hāpati ka hui­hui mai te pā, me te mea ko rātou katoa, ki te whaka­rongo ki te kupu a te Atua.

⁴⁵ Nō te kite­nga ia o ngā Hūrai i te hui­hui, ka kī rātou i te hae, ka whaka­kāhore ki ngā mea i kōrero­tia e Paora, ka whaka­teka, ka kohu­kohu.

⁴⁶ Kātahi a Paora rāua ko Pānapa ka kōrero māia atu, ka mea: “I takoto te tikanga kia mātua kōrero­tia te kupu a te Atua ki a koutou. Nā, ka peia nei e koutou, ka whaka­aro koutou e kore koutou e tau mō te ora tonu, nā, ka tahuri atu nei māua ki ngā tauiwi.

⁴⁷ I pēnei hoki te ako a te Ariki ki a mātou: ‘Kua waiho koe e ahau hei mārama ki ngā tauiwi, kia ai koe hei oranga puta noa i ngā pito o te whenua.’ ”

⁴⁸ Nā, i te rongo­nga o ngā tauiwi, ka hari, ka whaka­korōria i te kupu a te Ariki; ka whaka­pono anō te hunga i rite mō te ora tonu.

⁴⁹ Ā, pakū ana te kupu a te Ariki puta noa i taua whenua.

⁵⁰ Otirā, i whaka­oho­kia e ngā Hūrai ngā wāhine kara­kia, ranga­tira, me ngā tāngata nunui o te pā, ā, ara ana i a rātou he whaka­toi mō Paora rāua ko Pānapa, peia ana rāua i ō rātou wāhi.

⁵¹ Heoi, ruia atu ana e rāua te puehu o ō rāua wae­wae ki a rātou, ā, haere ana ki Ikoniuma.

⁵² Nā, kī tonu ngā ākonga i te hari, i te Wairua Tapu.