Ngā Mahi 22 - Te Kawenata Hou

¹ “E ōku tuā­kana, e ōku mātua, whaka­rongo ki tēnei kōrero āku ki a koutou.”

² Ā, ka rongo rātou ko te reo Hiperu tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou, kātahi ka mutu rawa te kīkī. Ā, ka mea ia:

³ “He Hūrai ahau, i whānau ki Tarahu o Kiri­kia, i whaka­tupu­ria i roto i tēnei pā ki ngā wae­wae o Kamariera, i āta whaka­akona ki te tino tikanga o te ture o ngā mātua, i uaua anō ahau mō te Atua, i pēnā me koutou katoa ināia­nei.

⁴ Ā, whaka­toia ana e ahau ngā tāngata o tēnei Tikanga, tae ana ki te mate; herea ana e ahau ngā tāne me ngā wāhine, ā, tukua ana ki ngā whare here­here.

⁵ Mā te tohu­nga, nui tēnei kōrero āku e whaka­tika, mā te hui­hui hoki o ngā kaumātua katoa. I riro mai hoki i ahau ā rātou puka­puka ki ngā tēina, ā, haere ana ahau ki Ramahiku, kia herea, kia āra­hina mai hoki te hunga o reira ki Hiruhārama kia whaka­mamae­tia.”

Ka Kōrero a Paora mō tōna Huringa ki te Whakapono

⁶ “Nā, i ahau e haere ana, e whaka­tata ana ki Ramahiku, i te pou­tū­mārō­tanga, ka whiti whaka­rere mai ki ahau he mārama nui nō te rangi.

⁷ Ā, hinga ana ahau ki te whenua, ka rangona he reo e mea ana ki ahau, ‘E Haora, e Haora, he aha tāu e whaka­toi nei i ahau?’

⁸ Nā, ka whaka­hokia e ahau, ‘Ko wai koe, e te Ariki?’ Ka mea ia ki ahau, ‘Ko Īhu ahau o Nahareta, e whaka­toia nei e koe.’

⁹ I kite anō ōku hoa i te mārama, otirā kīhai i rongo i te reo ōna i kōrero ki ahau.

¹⁰ Ka mea ahau, ‘Me aha ahau, e te Ariki?’ Ka mea te Ariki ki ahau, ‘Whaka­tika, haere ki Ramahiku; ā, ka kōrero­tia ki a koe i reira ngā mea katoa kua whaka­ritea kia meinga e koe.’

¹¹ Heoi, i te mea kāhore ahau i kite, nā te korōria hoki o taua mārama, ka āra­hina-ā-ringa­tia ahau e ōku hoa haere, ka tae ki Ramahiku.

¹² “Nā, ko tētahi tangata, ko Anania, he tangata kara­kia, i rite tonu nei ki tā te ture āna mahi, ā, e kōrero­tia paitia ana e ngā Hūrai katoa e noho ana i reira.

¹³ Haere mai ana ia ki ahau, ā, tū ana i tōku taha, ka mea mai ki ahau, ‘E tōku teina, e Haora, ti­tiro ake!’ Ā, i taua hāora anō ka ti­tiro ahau ki a ia.

¹⁴ I mea anō ia, ‘Nā te Atua o ō tātou mātua koe i whiri­whiri, kia mātau ki tāna e pai ai, kia kite i a te Tika, kia rongo hoki i te reo o tōna māngai.

¹⁵ Nō te mea ko koe hei kai­whaka­atu māna ki ngā tāngata katoa, mō ngā mea i kite ai, i rongo ai koe.

¹⁶ Nā, he aha tāu e whaka­roa nei? Whaka­tika, kia iri­iria koe, kia horoia ōu hara, me te karanga anō ki te ingoa o te Ariki.’ ”

Te Karangatanga a Paora kia Kauwhau ki ngā Tauiwi

¹⁷ “Ā, nō tōku hoki­nga mai ki Hiruhārama, i ahau e īnoi ana i roto i te teme­para, ka puta te ngākau mata­kite ki ahau,

¹⁸ ā, ka kite ahau i a ia e mea ana mai ki ahau, ‘E āhua, kia hohoro te haere atu i Hiruhārama; e kore hoki rātou e tango i tāu kōrero mōku.’

¹⁹ Nā, ko tāku mea­tanga, ‘E te Ariki, e mātau ana rātou, he kai­here­here ahau, he kai­whiu i roto i ngā whare kara­kia, i te hunga i whaka­pono ki a koe.

²⁰ Ā, i te whaka­heke­nga o ngā toto o tōu kai­whaka­atu, o Tepene, i reira ahau e tū ana, e whaka­ae ana, e tiaki ana hoki i ngā kākahu o ōna kai­whaka­mate.’

²¹ Nā, ko tāna mea­tanga ki ahau, ‘Haere. Ka ungā hoki koe e ahau ki tawhiti ki ngā tauiwi.’ ”

²² Ā, whaka­rongo ana rātou ki a ia taea noatia tēnei kupu, nā, ka hāmama rātou, ka mea, “Whaka­matea atu te korokē nei i runga i te whenua! E kore hoki e pai kia ora ia.”

²³ Heoi, i a rātou e karanga ana, e ruke­ruke ana i ō rātou kākahu, e ākiri ana i te puehu ki te rangi.

²⁴ Ka whaka­hau te ranga­tira kia kawea ia ki te pā, ka mea kia whiua, kia uia; kia mātau ai ia ki te mea i pēnei ai rātou te karanga ki a ia.

²⁵ Ā, ka oti ia te here e rātou ki ngā here, ka mea a Paora ki te kene­turio e tū ana i reira, “He mea tika rānei kia whiua e koutou te tangata, he tangata nō Roma, i te mea kāhore anō i mau noa tōna hē?”

²⁶ Ā, nō te rongo­nga o te kene­turio, ka haere, ka kōrero ki te ranga­tira mano, ka mea, “He aha tāu e mea ai? Nō Roma hoki te tangata nei.”

²⁷ Nā, ka haere mai te ranga­tira mano, ka mea ki a ia, “Kōrero mai ki ahau, nō Roma koe?” Ka mea ia, “Āe.”

²⁸ Nā, ka whaka­hoki te ranga­tira mano, “Nā te moni nui i whi­whi ai ahau ki tēnei taonga, hei tangata whenua nō Roma.” Ka mea a Paora, “Ko ahau i whānau tonu nō Roma.”

²⁹ Nā whaka­rērea tonu­tia iho ia e te hunga e mea ana ki te ui ki a ia; i mataku hoki te ranga­tira mano, tōna rongo­nga nō Roma ia, mōna hoki i here i a ia.

Ko Paora kei mua o te Rūnanga

³⁰ Nā, i te aonga ake ka mea ia kia mātau ki te tikanga, ki te mea i whaka­wā­kia ai ia e ngā Hūrai, ka wewete i ōna here, ka whaka­hau kia haere mai ngā tohu­nga nui, me tō rātou rū­nanga katoa, ā, āra­hina iho ana a Paora, whaka­tū­ria ana ki tō rātou aro­aro.