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Ka Pānuitia te Whānautanga o Īhu

26 Nā, i te ono o ngā marama ka tonoa a Kapariera, te ana­hera, e te Atua ki tētahi pā o Kariri, ko Nahareta te ingoa, 27 ki tētahi wāhina i tau­mau­tia mā tētahi tangata, ko Hōhepa te ingoa, nō te whare o Rāwiri; ko te ingoa o te wāhina ko Meri. 28 Nā, ko tōna haere­nga ki roto, ki a ia, ka mea, "Tēnā koe, e te wahine kua manako­hia nei; kei a koe te Ariki, ko koe te manaaki­tia i roto i ngā wāhine."

30 Nā, ka mea te ana­hera ki a ia, "Kei wehi koe, e Meri; kua pai­ngia hoki koe e te Atua. 31 Nana, tērā koe e hapū, ka whānau he tama, ā, ka huaina e koe tōna ingoa ko Īhu. 32 Ka nui ia, ka kīa hoki ko te Tama a te Runga Rawa; ā, ka hoatu ki a ia e te Ariki, e te Atua, te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōna pāpā. 33 Hei kīngi hoki ia mō te whare o Hākopa ake ake; e kore anō e mutu tōna ranga­tira­tanga."

Te Whānautanga o Īhu

18 Nā, ko te whānautanga tēnei o Īhu Karaiti; he mea taumau a Meri, tōna whaea, mā Hōhepa, ā, i te mea kīanō rāua i tata noa ki a rāua, ka kitea kua hapū ia i te Wairua Tapu.

Te Waiata Whakawhetai a Meri

46 Ā, ka mea a Meri,

"Ka whaka­nui tōku wairua i te Ariki; 47 e hari ana tōku wairua ki te Atua, ki tōku Kai­whaka­ora; 48 mōna i ti­tiro ki te iti o tāna pono­nga;

tā te mea hoki kātahi ahau ka kīa e ngā whaka­tupu­ranga katoa

e haere ake nei, he wahine hari. 49 He nui hoki ngā mahi a te Mea Kaha ki ahau.

He tapu hoki tōna ingoa; 50 he mahi tohu tāna ki te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia,

ki tēnei whaka­tupu­ranga, ki tēnei whaka­tupu­ranga.

51 Kua whaka­puta­ina he kaha e ia, arā e tōna ringa;

nāna te hunga whaka­kake i marara ai, i te whaka­aro o ō rātou ngākau.

52 Kua whaka­takā e ia ngā piriniha i ō rātou torōna,

ā, whaka­tei­tei­tia ake ana te hunga iti.

53 Kua whaka­kīa e ia te hunga mate hia­kai ki ngā mea pai;

kua tonoa kautia atu te hunga taonga.

54 Kua tau­tokona e ia a Īharaira, tāna pono­nga,

he whaka­mahara hoki ki tāna mahi tohu.

55 Ki a Āperahama rātou ko tāna whānau ake tonu atu,

pērā hoki me tāna i kōrero ai ki ō tātou mātua."

4 I haere atu anō a Hōhepa i Kariri, i te pā, i Nahareta, ki Hūria, ki te pā o Rāwiri, ko Pēterehema te ingoa; nō te mea nō te whare ia, nō te kāwei o Rāwiri. 5 Kia tuhi­tuhia ai rāua ko tāna wahine taumau, ko Meri, e hapū ana ia. 6 Ā, i a rāua i reira, ka rite ngā rā e whānau ai ia. 7 Nā, ka whānau tāna mātā­mua, ā, takaia ana e ia ki ngā kākahu, ka whaka­takoto­ria ki te takoto­ranga kai mā ngā kararehe; nō te mea kāhore he wāhi mō rātou i te whare.

19 Ko Meri ia i āta rongoā i ēnei mea katoa, me te whaka­aro­aro i roto i tōna ngākau.

34 Nā, ka manaaki a Himiona i a rāua, ā, ka mea ki tōna whaea, ki a Meri, "Nana, ka waiho tēnei tama hei taka­nga, hei aranga, mō te tini o te tangata i roto i a Īharaira; hei tohu hoki e kōrero­tia kino­tia. 35 Āe rā, ka tika atu anō te hoari, ā, puta noa i tōu ake wairua, e hura­hia ai ngā whaka­aro o ngā ngākau maha."

48 Ā, nō ka kite rāua i a ia, ka tino mīharo; ka mea tōna whaea ki a ia, "E tama, he aha koe i pēnei ai ki a māua? Nā, pōuri noa iho māua ko tōu pāpā, i a māua i rapu nei i a koe."

49 Ka mea ia ki a rāua, "He aha kōrua i rapu ai i ahau? Kīhai kōrua i mahara kia noho ahau i te whare o tōku Matua?" 50 Heoi, kīhai rāua i mātau ki te kupu i kōrero­tia rā e ia ki a rāua.

51 Nā, ka haere tahi atu ia me rāua ka tae ki Nahareta, ka ngohe­ngohe ia ki a rāua. Ko tōna whaea ia i rongoā i ēnei kupu katoa i roto i tōna ngākau.

3 Ā, i te paunga o te wāina, ka mea te whaea o Īhu ki a ia, "Kāhore ā rātou wāina."

4 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "E tai, he aha tāku ki a koe? Kāhore anō kia taea noatia tōku hāora."

5 Ka mea tōna whaea ki ngā kai­mahi, "Ko tāna e mea ai ki a koutou, meatia."

25 Nā, i te taha o te rīpeka o Īhu tōna whaea e tū ana, rātou ko te teina o tōna whaea, ko Meri wahine a Kereopa, ko Meri Makarini. 26 Ā, nō te kite­nga o Īhu i tōna whaea, i te ākonga hoki i aroha ai ia e tū tahi ana, ka mea ia ki tōna whaea, "E tai, Nana, tāu tama!"

27 Kātahi, ia ka mea ki taua ākonga, "Nā, tōu whaea!" Ā, nō taua hāora ka mau taua ākonga i a ia ki tōna whare.

Ko te Whaea rātou ko ngā Tēina o Īhu

31 Ā, ko te taenga mai o ōna tēina rātou ko tōna whaea, ka tū i waho, ka tono tāngata mai ki a ia, ki te karanga i a ia. 32 E noho ana hoki te mano i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, ā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Nā, tōu whaea me ōu tēina kei waho, e rapu ana i a koe."

33 Nā, ka whaka­hoki ia ki a rātou, ka mea, "Ko wai tōku whaea, ko wai hoki ōku tēina?" 34 Nā, ka tiro­tiro ia ki te hunga e noho ana i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, ka mea, "Nā, tōku whaea, ōku tēina! 35 Ki te meatia hoki e tētahi tā te Atua i pai ai, hei teina ia ki ahau, hei tua­hine, hei whaea."

55 Ehara ianei tēnei i te tama a te kāmura? He teka ianei ko Meri te ingoa o tōna whaea? Ko Hēmi hoki rātou ko Hōhepa, ko Haimona, ko Hūrā, ōna tēina? 56 Me ōna tuāhine, kāhore ianei rātou katoa i a tātou nei? Nō hea rā ēnei mea katoa a tēnei tangata?"

14 Ko ēnei katoa kotahi tonu te whaka­aro i ū ai ki te īnoi, ki te kara­kia, me ngā wāhine; me te whaea o Īhu, me Meri; me ōna tēina.