2 Reis 5

Te Whakaoranga a Naamana

1 Nā, ko Naamana, ko te rangatira ope a te kīngi o Hīria, he tangata nui i te aroaro o tōna ariki, e whakanuia ana hoki, nō te mea i waiho ia e Ihowā hei kaihōmai i te wikitōria ki a Hīria. He tangata mārohirohi anō ia, he toa, otiia he repera.

2 Nā, i haere atu ngā torohē a ngā Hīriani, ā, riro pārau ana mai i a rātou tētahi kōtiro iti i te whenua o Īharaira; nā, ka waiho ia hei mahi ki te wahine a Naamana. 3 Nā, ka mea tērā ki tōna rangatira, "Auē! Me i tata tōku ariki ki te poropiti i Hamaria rā! Kātahi anō he kaiwhakaora mō tōna repera."

4 Nā, kua haere tētahi, kua kōrero ki tōna ariki, kua mea, "Anei ngā kōrero a te kōtiro o te whenua o Īharaira." 5 Nā, ka mea te kīngi o Hīria, "Haere mai, haere, me tuku pukapuka ahau ki te kīngi o Īharaira."

Nā, haere ana ia, maua ana hoki i tōna ringa tekau ngā taranata hiriwa, e ono mano ngā hekere kōura, tekau ngā whakarua kākahu. 6 Nā, kawea ana e ia te pukapuka ki te kīngi o Īharaira; ko te kōrero tēnei: "Ka tae atu tēnei pukapuka ki a koe, nā, kua ungā atu e ahau tāku tangata a Naamana ki a koe, kia whakaorangia e koe tōna repera."

7 Ā, i te kōrerotanga a te kīngi o Īharaira i te pukapuka, ka haea e ia ōna kākahu, ka mea, "He atua ianei ahau hei whakamate, hei whakaora, i tono mai ai tēnei tangata ki ahau kia whakaorangia te repera o te tangata?" Nā, kia mōhio koutou, kia kite, e rapu ana ia he take riri ki ahau.

8 Ā, nō te rongonga o Eriha tangata a te Atua kua haea e te kīngi o Īharaira ōna kākahu, nā, ka unga tāngata ia ki te kīngi hei mea: "He aha i haea ai e koe ōu kākahu? Me haere mai ia ki ahau ināianei, ā, ka mōhio ia he poropiti tēnei kei a Īharaira."

9 Heoi, haere ana mai a Naamana, me ana hōiho, me ana hāriata, ā, tū ana i te tatau o te whare o Eriha. 10 Nā, ka ungā he tangata e Eriha ki a ia hei mea, "Haere, kia whitu ngā horoinga ki Horano, ā, ka hoki ōu kikokiko ki a koe, ka mā koe."

11 Otirā, ka riri a Naamana, ka haere, ka mea, "Nanā, i mahara ahau, Tērā ia e puta mai ki ahau, e tū, e karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā, o tōna Atua, ka whakahaere hoki i tōna ringa ki runga ki te wāhi, ā, ka whakaorangia te repera. 12 Ehara ianei a Apāna, a Pārapara, ngā awa o Ramahiku, i te pai atu i ngā wai katoa o Īharaira? Kaua ianei ahau e horoi ki ērā, kia mā ai ahau?" Heoi, tahuri ana ia, ā, haere riri ana.

13 Nā, ka whakatata mai āna tāngata ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, "E tōku pāpā mehemea te poropiti i whai kupu ki a koe kia meatia tētahi mea nui, e kore ianei e meatia e koe? Nā tērā noa ake rānei i a ia ka kī mai ki a koe, ‘Horoi, kia mā ai’?" 14 Kātahi ia ka haere ki raro, ā, ka rukuruku i a ia e whitu ngā rukuhanga ki Horano, pērā me tā te tangata a te Atua i kōrero ai; ā, hoki ana ōna kikokiko, ānō he kikokiko nō te tamaiti nohinohi, ā, kua mā ia.