Ruka 8 - Te Kawenata Hou

Ngā Wāhine i Haere i te Taha o Īhu

¹ Ā muri tata iho ka hāere­ere anō ia ki ngā pā ki ngā kāinga, ka kauwhau, ka whaka­puaki i te rongo­pai o te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua. I a ia hoki te tekau mā rua,

² me ētahi wāhine kua oti nei te whaka­ora i ngā wairua kino, i ngā ngoi­kore­tanga. Ko Meri (e huaina ana ko Makarini), e whitu nei ngā rēwera i puta mai i roto i a ia,

³ ko Hoana hoki, ko te wahine a Kūha, a te kai­whaka­hau­hau a Herora, me Huhana, me te toko­maha noa atu. Nā rātou i mahi ētahi o ā rātou taonga hei mea mā rātou.

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Kairui

⁴ Nā, ka rahi te hui i mine mai, ā, ka haere mai ki a ia o ia pā, o ia pā, ka kōrero kupu whaka­rite ia:

⁵ “I haere atu te kairui ki te rui i tāna pura­pura; ā, i a ia e rui ana, ka nga­horo ētahi ki te taha o te ara; ā, taka­hia ana ki raro, kainga ake e ngā manu o te rangi.

⁶ Ko ētahi i nga­horo ki runga ki te toka; ko te tupu­nga ake, kua maroke, kāhore hoki he mākūkū.

⁷ Ko ētahi i nga­horo ki roto ki ngā tā­tarā­moa; ā, tupu tahi ana ngā tā­tarā­moa, kōwao­wao­tia iho.

⁸ Ko ētahi i nga­horo ki te one­one pai; tupu ana, tā­taki­rau ngā hua.” Ka mutu ēnei kōrero, ka karanga ia, “Ko ia he tari­nga ōna hei whaka­rongo, kia rongo ia.”

Te Take o ngā Kupu Whakarite

⁹ Nā, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “He aha te tikanga o tēnei kupu whaka­rite?”

¹⁰ Ka mea ia, “Kua hoatu ki a koutou te mātau­ranga ki ngā mea ngaro o te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua; ki ērā atu ia, he whaka­rite ngā kupu. Kia kite ai rātou, ā, e kore e kite, kia rongo ai, ā, kore ake e mātau.”

Ka Whakamārama a Īhu i te Kupu Whakarite o te Kairui

¹¹ “Nā, tēnei te kupu whaka­rite: Ko te pura­pura ko te kupu a te Atua.

¹² Ko ērā i te hua­rahi, ko ngā kai­whaka­rongo; me i reira ka haere mai te rēwera, ka kapo i te kupu i roto i ō rātou ngākau, kei whaka­pono rātou, ā, ka ora.

¹³ Ko ērā i runga i te toka ko te hunga i tango i te kupu me te hari anō i tō rātou rongo­nga. Otirā kāhore ō rātou paki­aka, ka whaka­pono mō te wā poto nei, ā, i te wā o te whaka­mā­tau­tau ka taka atu.

¹⁴ Ko tērā i nga­horo ki roto ki ngā tā­tarā­moa, ko te hunga e whaka­rongo ana, ā, ko te haere­nga atu, ka kōwao­wao­tia e ngā mā­nuka­nuka, e ngā taonga, e ngā whaka­ahua­reka o te ao, ā, hore ake e pakari ō rātou hua.

¹⁵ Ko tērā i te one­one pai, ko te hunga e tika ana, e pai ana te ngākau, i te rongo­nga i te kupu, ka pupuri, ā, hua ana ngā hua i runga i te manawa­nui.”

He Rama i raro o te Oko

¹⁶ “E kore e tahuna te rama e tētahi, e hīpoki­na ki te oko, e waiho rānei i raro i te moenga; engari, ka whaka­tū­ria ki runga ki te tū­ranga, kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana.

¹⁷ “E kore hoki tētahi mea i huna, e mahue te whaka­kite; e kore anō tētahi mea i ngaro, e mahue te mōhio, te puta hoki ki te mārama.

¹⁸ “Nā reira kia tūpato tā koutou whaka­rongo. Ki te whai mea hoki tētahi, ka hoatu anō ki a ia; ki te kāhore he mea a tētahi, ko te mea i mahara ai ia nāna ake, ka tango­hia i a ia.”

Te Whaea me ngā Tēina o Īhu

¹⁹ Nā, ka haere mai ki a ia tōna whaea, me ōna tēina, otirā, kāhore rātou i āhei te tutuki mai ki a ia, i te pipiri o te tangata.

²⁰ Nā, ka kōrero­tia ki a ia, “Ko tōu whaea me ōu tēina te tū mai nei i waho, e mea ana kia kite i a koe.”

²¹ Otirā, ka whaka­hoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko ēnei, e whaka­rongo nei, ā, e mahi nei i te kupu a te Atua, tōku whaea me ōku tēina.”

Ka Whakamarinotia e Īhu tētahi Marangai

²² Nā, i tētahi o aua rā ka eke ia, rātou ko āna ākonga ki te kai­puke, ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Tātou ka whaka­whiti ki tāwāhi o te roto.” Nā, rere ana rātou.

²³ Otirā, i a rātou e rere ana, ka moe ia. Nā, ko te pu­tanga o tētahi hau, he tūpuhi, ki te roto; ā, ka tomo rātou, tata pū te totohu.

²⁴ Nā, ka haere rātou, ka whaka­ara i a ia, ka mea, “E kara, e kara, ka mate tātou!” Nā, ka ara ia, ā, rīria ana e ia te hau, me te ngaru o te moana; ā, mutu iho, nā, kua marino.

²⁵ Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kei hea tō koutou whaka­pono?” Mataku ana rātou, mīharo ana, ka mea ki a rātou anō, “Ko wai rā tēnei, ka tapa nei ki ngā hau, ki te moana, ā, rongo rawa ki a ia?”

Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu tētahi Tangata he Rēwera Ōna

²⁶ Nā, ka tae rātou ki te whenua o ngā Kararini, ki tāwāhi atu o Kariri.

²⁷ Ā, nō tōna haere­nga atu ki uta, ka tūtaki ki a ia he tangata nō te pā, he rēwera ōna, he roa kāhore anō i mau kākahu, kīhai anō i noho i roto i te whare, engari ki ngā urupā.

²⁸ Ā, i tōna kite­nga i a Īhu, ka karanga, ka takoto ki tōna aro­aro, he nui tōna reo ki te mea, “He aha tāku ki a koe e Īhu, e te Tama a te Atua, a te Runga Rawa? Ē, kaua rā ahau e whaka­mamae­tia.”

²⁹ I mea hoki ia ki te wairua poke kia puta i taua tangata. He maha hoki ngā wā i hopu­kia ai ia e ia, e tiaki­na ana hoki ia, he mea here ki ngā meka­meka, ki ngā here wae­wae; heoi, motu­motu­hia ana e ia ngā here, ā, āia ana ia e te rēwera ki te koraha.

³⁰ Nā, ka ui a Īhu ki a ia, “Ko wai tōu ingoa?” Ka mea ia, “Ko Rihiona,” he toko­maha hoki ngā rēwera i tomo ki roto ki a ia.

³¹ Kātahi ka īnoi rātou ki a ia kia kaua rātou e tonoa e ia kia haere ki te hōhonu.

³² Nā, i reira tētahi kāhui poaka maha e kai ana i runga i te maunga; ā, ka īnoi rātou ki a ia kia tukua rātou kia tomo ki aua poaka. Ā, tukua ana rātou.

³³ Ā, ko te pu­tanga o aua rēwera i roto i te tangata, ka tomo ki roto ki ngā poaka, nā, ko te tino rere­nga o te kāhui rā te pari ki te moana, ā, paremo iho.

³⁴ Ā, nō ka kite ngā kai­whāngai i taua mea i meatia, ka whati, ka haere ka kōrero ki te pā, ki aua whenua hoki.

³⁵ Nā, ka haere rātou kia kite i taua mea i meatia, ā, i tō rātou taenga mai ki a Īhu, ka kite i te tangata i puta nei ngā rēwera i roto i a ia, kua oti te whaka­kākahu, kua tika ōna whaka­aro, e noho ana i ngā wae­wae o Īhu, ā, ka mataku rātou.

³⁶ Ā, kōrero­tia ana ki a rātou e te hunga i kite, te whaka­ora­nga o te tangata i ngā rēwera.

³⁷ Nā, ka mea te hui­hui katoa o ngā kāinga pātata o ngā Kararini kia mawehe atu ia i a rātou, i mataku whaka­hara­hara hoki rātou; ā, eke ana ia ki te kai­puke, hoki ana.

³⁸ Otirā, ka īnoi ki a ia te tangata i puta rā ngā rēwera i roto i a ia, kia waiho ia hei hoa mōna. Heoi, ka tono atu a Īhu i a ia, ka mea,

³⁹ “Hoki atu ki tōu whare, kōrero­tia ngā mea nui kua meinga nei e te Atua ki a koe.” Nā, haere ana ia, kōrero­tia ana ki te pā katoa ngā mea nui i mea ai a Īhu ki a ia.

Te Tamāhine a Hairuha me te Wahine i Whakapā ki te Kākahu o Īhu

⁴⁰ Ā, i a Īhu i hoki ai, ka koa te mano, i te tatari katoa hoki rātou ki a ia.

⁴¹ Nā, ka haere mai tētahi tangata, ko Hairuha te ingoa, he ranga­tira nō te whare kara­kia. Ā, takoto ana ki ngā wae­wae o Īhu, ka īnoi ki a ia kia tomo ki tōna whare.

⁴² Kotahi tāna tamā­hine, he hua­tahi kei te tekau mā rua ōna tau, nā, e whaka­hemo­hemo ana. Nā, i tōna haere­nga atu, ka popō ngā mano ki a ia.

⁴³ Nā, tērā tētahi wahine e mate ana i te pākaru­hanga toto, tekau mā rua ngā tau, ā, poto katoa tōna oranga ki ngā rata, kīhai rawa i taea te whaka­ora e tētahi.

⁴⁴ Ka haere ia i muri i a ia, ka pā ki te tāniko o tōna kākahu; ā, mutu iho te rere o ōna toto.

⁴⁵ Nā, ka mea a Īhu, “Ko wai tēnei kua pā nei ki ahau?” Ā, nō ka whaka­kāhore katoa, ka mea a Pita rātou ko ōna hoa, “E kara, e pipiri ana ngā mano ki a koe, e tute­tute ana.”

⁴⁶ Otirā, i mea a Īhu, “Ehara, kua pā tētahi ki ahau; e mōhio ana ahau, kua puta atu he mana i ahau.”

⁴⁷ Ā, nō te kite­nga o te wahine kīhai ia i ngaro, haere wiri ana, takoto ana i tōna aro­aro, kōrero­tia ana e ia ki a ia i te aro­aro o te iwi katoa te take i pā ai ia ki a ia, me te hohoro o tōna oranga.

⁴⁸ Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “E kō, nā tōu whaka­pono koe i ora ai; haere mārie.”

⁴⁹ I a ia anō e kōrero ana, ka haere mai tētahi i te whare o te ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, ka mea ki a ia, “Kua mate tāu tamā­hine; kaua e whaka­raru­raru i te Kai­whaka­ako.”

⁵⁰ Otiia, i te rongo­nga o Īhu, ka whaka­hoki ki a ia, ka mea, “Kaua e mataku; ko te whaka­pono ia kia whaka­pono, ā, ka ora ia.”

⁵¹ Ā, i tōna tomo­kanga ki te whare, kīhai tētahi i tukua e ia kia tapoko, ko Pita anake, ko Hēmi, ko Hoani, me te pāpā rāua ko te whaea o te kōtiro.

⁵² E tangi ana rātou katoa, e auē ana mōna. Nā, ka mea ia, “Kaua e tangi; kāhore ia i mate, engari e moe ana.”

⁵³ Ā, kata­ina iho ia e rātou, i mōhio hoki rātou kua mate ia.

⁵⁴ Otirā, ka mau ia ki tōna ringa, ka karanga, ka mea, “E kō, e ara.”

⁵⁵ Nā, hoki mai ana tōna wairua, ā, whaka­tika tonu ake ia. Nā ka whaka­hau­tia e ia kia hoatu he kai māna.

⁵⁶ Ā, mīharo tonu ōna mātua; nā, ka whaka­tūpato ia i a rātou kia kaua e kōrero­tia taua mea­tanga ki tētahi.