1 Nā, kua tata ngā rā o Rāwiri e mate ai; ā, ka ako ia i tāna tama, i a Horomona, ka mea: 2 "E haere ana tēnei ahau i te ara o te whenua katoa. Nā, kia kaha, whakatāne, 3 ā, kia mau ki te whakahau a Ihowā, a tōu Atua, kia haere i āna ara, kia mau ki āna tikanga, ki āna whakahau, ki āna whakaritenga, ki āna whakaaturanga, ki ngā mea kua oti te tuhituhi ki te ture a Mohi, kia tika ai tāu i ngā mea katoa e mea ai koe, i ngā wāhi katoa e tahuri ai koe. 4 Kia mana ai i a Ihowā tāna kupu i kōrero ai ia mōku, i mea ai: ‘Ki te tūpato āu tamariki ki tō rātou ara, ki te whakapaua katoatia ō rātou ngākau, ō rātou wairua, ki te haere i tōku aroaro i runga i te pono, e kore e whakakorea, e ai ki tāna, tētahi tangata māu mō te torōna o Īharaira.’

5 "Nā, e mōhio ana hoki koe ki tā Ioapa tama a Teruia i mea ai ki ahau, ki tāna i mea ai ki ngā rangatira ope tokorua o Īharaira, ki a Āpanēre tama a Nere, ki a Amaha tama a Iētere, i patua rā e ia, ā, whakahekea ana ngā toto o te whawhai i te wā o te rangimārie, whakahekea ana ngā toto o te whawhai ki tōna whītiki i tōna hope, ki ōna hū i ōna waewae. 6 Nā, kia rite tāu e mea ai ki tāu i mātau ai, ā, kaua e tukua tōna upoko hina kia heke atu ki te rua i runga i te rangimārie.

7 "Kia puta ia tōu aroha ki ngā tama a Paratirai Kireari, kia uru hoki rātou ki te hunga e kai ana ki tāu tēpu; i pērā hoki rātou, i whakatau ki ahau i tōku rerenga i tōu tuakana, i a Apohārama.

8 "Nā, kei a koe nā a Himei tama a Kera o Pineamine, o Pahurimi, tērā i kanga rā ki ahau, kino atu te kanga, i te rā i haere ai ahau ki Mahanaima. Otiia, i haere mai ki ahau ki raro, ki Horano ki te whakatau i ahau, ā, oatitia ana a Ihowā e ahau ki a ia, i mea ahau, ‘E kore ahau e whakamate i a koe ki te hoari.’ 9 Nā, kaua ia e meinga he harakore, he tangata mōhio hoki koe, ā, e mātau ana ki tāu e mea ai ki a ia; engari kia heke tōna upoko hina ki te rua i runga i te toto."

10 Nā, moe ana a Rāwiri ki ōna mātua, ā, tanumia ana ki te pā o Rāwiri. 11 Ko ngā rā i kīngi ai a Rāwiri ki a Īharaira, e whā tekau tau; e whitu ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Heperona, e toru tekau mā toru anō ngā tau i kīngi ai ki Hiruhārama. 12 Nā, noho ana a Horomona i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōna pāpā, ā, ū rawa tōna kīngitanga.

13 Nā, ka haere a Aronia tama a Hākiti ki a Patehēpa whaea o Horomona. Ā, ka mea tērā, "I haere mai rānei koe i runga i te pai?"

Ā, ka mea ia, "I runga anō i te pai." 14 Ā, i mea anō ia, "He kupu tāku ki a koe."

Ā, ka mea tērā, "Kōrero."

15 Nā, ka mea ia, "E mōhio ana koe, i ahau te kīngitanga, i anga mai anō ngā kanohi o Īharaira katoa ki ahau hei kīngi; heoi kua kauparea kētia nei te kīngitanga, ā, riro ana i tōku teina: nōna hoki, nā Ihowā mai. 16 Nā, kotahi tēnei tono āku ki a koe; kaua e whakakāhoretia tāku."

Ā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "Kōrero."

17 Nā, ka mea ia, "Tēnā, kōrero ki a Kīngi Horomona, e kore hoki ia e whakakāhore ki tāu, kia hōmai e ia a Āpihaka Hunami hei wahine māku."

18 Nā, ka mea a Patehēpa, "E pai ana, me kōrero tāu e ahau ki te kīngi."

19 Heoi, haere ana a Patehēpa ki a Kīngi Horomona ki te kōrero ki a ia i tā Aronia, ā, whakatika ana te kīngi ki te whakatau ki a ia, piko ana ki a ia, ā, ka noho iho anō ki tōna torōna. Ā, ka meinga e ia kia whakatūria he torōna mō te whaea o te kīngi, ā, noho ana tērā ki tōna ringa matau.

20 Kātahi ka mea ia, "Kotahi tēnei mea iti hei tononga māku ki a koe; kaua tāku e whakakāhoretia."

Ā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Tonoa, e tōku whaea; e kore hoki ahau e whakakāhore ki tāu."

21 Ā, ka mea tērā, "Kia hoatu a Āpihaka Hunami hei wahine mā tōu tuakana, mā Aronia."

22 Nā, ka whakahoki a Kīngi Horomona, ka mea ki tōna whaea, "He aha i tonoa ai e koe a Āpihaka Hunami mā Aronia? Tonoa anō hoki te kīngitanga mōna; ko ia hoki tōku tuakana; mōna, mō Apiātara tohunga, mō Ioapa tama a Teruia."

23 Kātahi ka oatitia a Ihowā e Kīngi Horomona, ka mea, "Kia meatia mai tēnei e te Atua ki ahau, me tētahi atu mea anō, mehemea ehara i te kupu whakamate mōna anō tēnei i kōrerotia nei e Aronia. 24 Tēnā rā, e ora ana a Ihowā i whakapūmau nei i ahau, i whakanoho nei i ahau ki te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōku pāpā, i mea nei hoki i tētahi whare mōku, i te pērā me tāna i kōrero ai, ko āianei pū mate ai a Aronia."

25 Nā, ka tonoa e Kīngi Horomona a Penaia tama a Iehoiara, ā, rere ana tērā ki runga ki a ia, nā, kua mate.

26 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki te tohunga ki a Apiātara, "Haere ki Anatoto, ki āu māra; e tika ana hoki te mate mōu. Otiia, e kore ahau e whakamate i a koe i tēnei rā, nō te mea nāu i mau te āka a te Ariki, a Ihowā, i mua i a Rāwiri, i tōku pāpā, i mate anō hoki koe i ngā mate katoa o tōku pāpā."

27 Heoi, peia ana a Apiātara e Horomona i te mahi tohunga ki a Ihowā; kia tutuki ai te kupu a Ihowā i kōrero ai ki Hiro mō te whare o Eri.

28 Nā, ka tae te rongo ki a Ioapa; i anga hoki a Ioapa ki te whai i a Aronia, engari kāhore i tahuri ki a Apohārama. Nā, rere ana a Ioapa ki te tapenākara o Ihowā, kei te pupuri i ngā haona o te āta. 29 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Kīngi Horomona, "Kua rere a Ioapa ki te tapenākara o Ihowā, nā, kei te taha o te āta."

Kātahi ka ungā a Penaia tama a Iehoiara e Horomona, ā, ka mea ia, "Haere, e rere ki runga i a ia."

30 Nā, ka tae a Penaia ki te tapenākara o Ihowā; ka mea ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a te kīngi, ‘Puta mai ki waho!’ "

Anō rā ko tērā, "Kāhore, engari kia mate ahau ki konei."

Nā, ka whakahokia te kōrero e Penaia ki te kīngi; i mea ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ioapa, ko tāna tēnei i whakahoki ai ki ahau."

31 Anō rā ko te kīngi ki a ia, "Meatia tāna i kōrero ai; rere atu ki runga ki a ia, ka tanu i a ia; kia whakakāhoretia atu ai e koe i ahau, i te whare hoki o tōku pāpā, ngā toto i whakahekea noatia e Ioapa. 32 Ā, ka whakahokia iho e Ihowā ōna toto ki runga anō ki tōna mātenga, nāna hoki i rere ki runga i ngā tāngata tokorua, ki ngā tāngata e tika ake ana, e pai ake ana i a ia, ā, patua iho ki te hoari, kīhai anō hoki tōku pāpā, a Rāwiri i mōhio, arā ki a Āpanēre tama a Nere, ki te rangatira o te ope o Īharaira, rāua ko Amaha tama a Iētere, rangatira o te ope o Hūrā. 33 Heoi, ka hoki iho ō rāua toto ki runga ki te mātenga o Ioapa, ki runga anō ki te mātenga o ōna uri ā ake ake; ki a Rāwiri ia, rātou ko ōna uri, ko tōna whare, ko tōna torōna, ka mau tā Ihowā rongo ā ake ake."

34 Nā, ko te haerenga o Penaia tama a Iehoiara ki runga, ā, rere ana ki runga ki a ia, whakamatea iho; ā, tanumia iho ia ki tōna whare, ki te koraha. 35 Ā, meinga ana e te kīngi a Penaia tama a Iehoiara hei rangatira ope i muri i a ia; i meinga e te kīngi a Hāroko tohunga hei whakakapi mō Apiātara.

36 Nā, ka tono tāngata te kīngi ki te karanga i a Himei, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Hangā he whare mōu ki Hiruhārama, hei reira noho ai; kaua hoki e haere atu i reira ki hea, ki hea. 37 Ko ā te rā hoki e puta ai koe ki waho, e whiti ai i te awa i Kitirono, kia tino mōhio koe, ko te mate kau mōu; hei runga anō i tōu mātenga ōu toto."

38 Nā, ka mea a Himei ki te kīngi, "He pai tēnā kupu; ka pēnā tāu pononga, me tā tōku ariki, me tā te kīngi i kōrero mai nā." Nā, he maha ngā rā i noho ai a Himei ki Hiruhārama.

39 Ā, i te mutunga o ngā tau e toru ka tahuti ngā pononga tokorua a Himei ki a Ākihi tama a Maaka kīngi o Kāta, ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Himei, "Nanā, ko āu pononga tērā, kei Kāta." 40 Nā, ko te whakatikanga o Himei, whakanohoia ana tana kāihe, ā, haere ana ki Kāta, ki a Ākihi, ki te rapu i āna pononga; heoi haere ana a Himei, ā, kawea ana mai e ia āna pononga i Kāta.

41 Nā, ka kōrerotia ki a Horomona, i haere atu a Himei i Hiruhārama ki Kāta, ā, kua hoki mai anō. 42 Nā, ka tono tāngata te kīngi ki te karanga i a Himei, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Kāhore ianei koe i whakaoatitia e ahau ki a Ihowā, me tāku whakaatu anō ki a koe, me tāku kī atu anō, ‘Ko te rā e puta ai koe ki waho, e haere ai ki hea rānei, ki hea rānei, kia tino mōhio koe, ko te mate kau mōu?’ I mea mai anō koe ki ahau, ‘He pai te kupu i rongo ai ahau.’ 43 He aha rā koe tē pupuri ai i te oati a Ihowā, i te whakahau i whakahaua ai koe e ahau?"

44 I mea anō te kīngi ki a Himei, "E mōhio ana koe, e mōhio ana anō tōu ngākau, ki te kino katoa, ki tāu i mea ai ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri. Nā, ka whakahokia nei e Ihowā tōu kino ki runga ki tōu mātenga. 45 Ka manaakitia ia a Kīngi Horomona, ka pūmau tonu anō te torōna o Rāwiri i te aroaro o Ihowā ā ake ake."

46 Heoi, ka whakahau te kīngi ki a Penaia tama a Iehoiara, haere ana tērā ki waho, rere ana ki runga ki a ia, nā, kua mate.

Nā, kua pūmau te kīngitanga i te ringa o Horomona.