Ngā Mahi 18 - Te Kawenata Hou

I Koroniti

¹ Muri iho i ēnei mea ka haere atu a Paora i Atene, ka tae ki Koriniti.

² Nā, ka kite ia i tētahi Hūrai ko Akuira te ingoa, i whānau ki Ponoto, he mea tae hou mai i Itari, rāua ko tāna wahine, ko Pirihira; kua whaka­haua hoki e Karau­ria kia haere atu ngā Hūrai katoa i Roma. Ā, ka haere ia ki a rāua,

³ ā, nō te mea kotahi tā rātou mahi, ka noho ia ki a rāua ka mahi rātou; he tui tēneti hoki tā rāua mahi.

⁴ Nā, ka kōrero­rero ia i roto i te whare kara­kia i ngā hāpati katoa, e tohe ana ki ngā Hūrai rātou ko ngā Kariki.

⁵ Nō te taenga mai ia o Hira rāua ko Tīmoti i Makeronia, ka tākare te ngākau o Paora, ka whaka­puaki ki ngā Hūrai ko Īhu te Karaiti.

⁶ Heoi, i a rātou ka whaka­tika, ka kohu­kohu, ka ruia e ia ōna kākahu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Hei runga i ō koutou māte­nga ō koutou toto; ka mā ahau. Ko tēnei ka haere ahau ki ngā tauiwi.”

⁷ Nā, ka haere atu ia i reira, ka tomo ki te whare o tētahi tangata, ko Taituha Hutuha te ingoa, he tangata kara­kia ki te Atua; ko tōna whare i tata tonu ki te whare kara­kia.

⁸ Nā, ka whaka­pono a Kirihipu, te ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, me tōna whare katoa ki te Ariki; he toko­maha hoki ngā Koriniti, i a rātou ka rongo, i whaka­pono, i iri­iria hoki.

⁹ Ā, ka kōrero moe­moeā te Ariki ki a Paora i te pō, “Kaua e wehi, engari me kōrero, kei noho puku;

¹⁰ kei a koe hoki ahau, e kore hoki tētahi tangata e pā ki a koe, e hoatu i te kino ki a koe. He nui hoki āku tāngata i tēnei pā.”

¹¹ Nā, kotahi te tau e ono marama i noho ai ia i reira, i whaka­ako ai i te kupu a te Atua i roto i a rātou.

¹² Nā, i a Kario e noho ana hei kāwana mō Akāia, kotahi tonu whaka­tikanga o ngā Hūrai ki a Paora, ā, kawea ana ia ki te nohoa­nga whaka­wā,

¹³ ka mea, “E kukume ana tēnei i ngā tāngata ki tētahi kara­kia ki te Atua e poka kē ana i tā te ture.”

¹⁴ Ā, e mea tonu ana te māngai o Paora ki te puaki, ka mea a Kario ki ngā Hūrai, “E ngā Hūrai, me­he­mea ko tētahi hanga hē, ko tētahi mahi kino rānei, he tika kia āta whaka­rongo ahau ki a koutou.

¹⁵ Ko tēnei he totohe kōrero, he mea ki ngā ingoa, ki tā koutou ture, kei a koutou te whaka­aro; e kore hoki ahau e pai kia waiho ahau hei kai­whaka­wā mō ēnā mea.”

¹⁶ Nā, peia atu ana rātou e ia i te nohoa­nga whaka­wā.

¹⁷ Nā, ka mau ngā Kariki katoa ki a Hotene, ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, ā, whiua ana ia i mua o te nohoa­nga whaka­wā. Heoi, kīhai a Kario i whaka­aro ki tētahi o ēnei mea.

Te Hokinga ki Anatioka

¹⁸ Ā, ka maha ngā rā i noho ai a Paora, ka poro­poro­aki ia ki ngā tēina, ā, rere ana ki Hīria, rātou ko Pirihira ko Akuira. He mea more­more tōna ūpoko i Kenekerea; he kī tau­rangi hoki nāna.

¹⁹ Ā, ka tae rātou ki Epeha, ka mahue rāua i a ia ki reira. Ko ia i tomo ki te whare kara­kia, kōrero­rero ai ki ngā Hūrai.

²⁰ Ā, i tā rātou mea­tanga kia roa atu te wā e noho ai ia ki a rātou, kīhai ia i whaka­ae.

²¹ Heoi, poro­poro­aki ana ki a rātou, ka mea, “E hoki mai anō ahau ki a koutou, ki te pai te Atua.” Ā, rere atu ana ia i Epeha.

²² Ā, nō ka ū ia ki Hiha­ria, ka haere atu ka oha ki te hāhi, ā, haere ana ki Anatioka.

²³ Ā, roa­roa iho ki reira, ka haere, ā, hāere­erea mārie­tia ana e ia te whenua Karatia, o Pirikia, me te whakaū i ngā ākonga katoa.

Ko Aporo kei Epeha kei Koriniti

²⁴ Nā, ka haere mai tētahi Hūrai ki Epeha, ko Aporo te ingoa, i whānau ki Arēhānaria, he pū kōrero, he tangata kaha ki ngā karaipi­ture.

²⁵ I whaka­akona tēnei tangata ki te ara o te Ariki; he tangata ia e toko tonu ake ana te ngākau, ka kōrero ia, tika tonu hoki tāna whaka­ako i ngā mea mō Īhu; heoi anō, tāna i mātau ai ko te iri­iri a Hoani.

²⁶ Ka anga ia ka kōrero nui i roto i te whare kara­kia. Nō te rongo­nga o Akuira rāua ko Pirihira ki a ia, ka mau rāua ki a ia, ka āta whaka­atu ki a ia i te ara o te Atua.

²⁷ Ā, nō ka mea ia kia haere ki Akāia, ka tau­tokona ia e ngā tēina, ā, ka tuhi­tuhi rātou ki ngā ākonga kia whaka­manu­hiri­tia ia e rātou. Ā, nō tōna taenga atu, ka whaka­kaha­ngia e ia te hunga i meinga nei e te aroha noa kia whaka­pono.

²⁸ Kaha rawa hoki tāna whawhati i tā ngā Hūrai i roto i te hui­hui; whaka­atu­ria ana e ia tā ngā karaipi­ture mō Īhu, ko te Karaiti ia.