Ngā Mahi 12

5 Nā, ka puritia a Pita ki roto ki te whare herehere; otiia, kīhai i mutumutu te īnoi a te hāhi ki te Atua mōna.

Te Putanga mai o Pita i te Whare Herehere

6 Ā, nō ka tata a Herora te whakaputa mai i a ia, i taua pō anō e moe ana a Pita i waenganui o ngā hōia tokorua, he mea here ki ngā mekameka e rua; me ngā kaitiaki i mua i te tatau e tiaki ana i te whare herehere. 7 Nā, tū ana tētahi anahera nā te Ariki i tōna taha, ā, tīaho ana te mārama i roto i te rūma. Nā, ka papaki ia i te kaokao o Pita, ka whakaara i a ia, ka mea, "E ara, hohoro!" Ā, marere iho ōna mekameka i ōna ringa.

8 Ka mea atu anō te anahera ki a ia, "Whītiki i a koe, ka here i ōu pārekereke." Ā, meinga ana e ia. Ka mea anō ki a ia, "Kākahuria tōu kākahu, haere mai i muri i ahau." 9 Nā, ka haere ia ki waho, ka aru i a ia; ā, kīhai ia i mahara he pono tā te anahera i mea ai; hua noa he rekanga kanohi tāna i kite ai. 10 Ā, nō ka mahue i a rāua te tuatahi, te tuarua o ngā kaitiaki, ka tae rāua ki te tatau rino i te putanga atu ki te pā; tuwhera noa ana tērā ki a rāua. Puta ana rāua ki waho, haere ana, puta rawa i tētahi ara, mawehe tonu atu te anahera i a ia.

11 Ā, i te hokinga ake o ngā whakaaro o Pita, ka mea ia, "Kātahi ahau ka tino mōhio, kua tono mai te Ariki i tāna anahera, hei tango i ahau i roto i te ringa o Herora, i ngā mea katoa hoki e tāria nei e te iwi o ngā Hūrai."

12 Ā, nō ka whakaaroaro ia ki taua mea, ka haere ia ki te whare o Meri, whaea o Hoani, ko te rua nei o ōna ingoa ko Māka; he tokomaha hoki kua huihui ki reira ki te īnoi.