Ngā Mahi 16

I te Whare Herehere i Piripai

16 Nā, i a mātou e haere ana ki te wāhi īnoi, ka tūtaki ki a mātou tētahi kōtiro, he wairua matakite nei tōna, he nui te utu i riro i a ia mā ōna rangatira, i a ia e poropiti ana. 17 Ka whai ia i a mātou ko Pāora, ka karanga, ka mea, "He pononga ēnei tāngata nā te Atua, nā te Runga Rawa, e whakapuakina ana e rātou te ara o te ora ki a koutou." 18 Nā, he maha ngā rā i mea ai ia tēnei. Otiia, ka hōhā a Pāora, ka tahuri, ka mea ki te wairua, "Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe i runga i te ingoa Īhu Karaiti, puta mai i roto i a ia." Puta mai ana i taua hāora anō.

19 Otirā, nō te kitenga o ōna rangatira kua kore he mahinga moni mā rātou, ka mau ki a Pāora rāua ko Hira, ka tōia ki te kāinga hoko ki ngā rangatira; 20 ā, ka oti rāua te mau ki ngā kaiwhakawā, ka mea, "Ko ēnei tāngata he Hūrai nei, e tino whakararuraru ana i tō tātou pā, 21 e whakapuakina ana hoki e rāua he ritenga e kore nei e tika kia whakaaetia, kia mahia e tātou, e ngā tāngata o Rōma."

22 Nā, ko te whakatikanga o te mano ki a rāua. Ka huhua ō rāua kākahu e ngā kaiwhakawā, ka mea kia whiua ki te rākau. 23 Ā, ka maha ō rāua whiunga e rātou, ka makā rāua ki te whare herehere, ka tohutohutia te kaitiaki herehere, kia mau tāna pupuri i a rāua. 24 Nō te rironga i a ia o taua kupu, ka makā rāua e ia ki te whare herehere i roto rawa, ka whakaūria ō rāua waewae ki te rākau.

25 Nā, i waenganui pō ka īnoi a Pāora rāua ko Hira, ka waiata atu ki te Atua, me te whakarongo anō ngā herehere ki a rāua. 26 Nā, ka pā whakarere he rū nui, i ngarue ai ngā tūranga o te whare herehere; ā, puare tonu atu ngā tatau katoa, whakakorokoroa ana ngā herenga o ngā tāngata katoa. 27 Ā, ka oho te kaitiaki herehere i te moe, ka kite i ngā tatau o te whare herehere e puare ana, nā, ka unu i tāna hoari, ka mea ki te patu i a ia anō, hua noa kua oma ngā herehere. 28 Nā, ka nui te reo o Pāora ki te karanga, ka mea, "Kauaka tētahi mea kino e meatia ki a koe; ina tonu hoki mātou katoa."

29 Ā, karangatia ana e ia he rama, ka rere ki roto, ka haere wiri, ka takoto ki te aroaro o Pāora rāua ko Hira. 30 Ka ārahina hoki rāua ki waho, ka mea, "E hoa mā, me aha ka ora ai ahau?"

31 Ka mea rāua "Me whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu Karaiti, ka ora ai koe, koutou tahi ko tōu whare." 32 Nā, ka kōrerotia te kupu a te Ariki ki a ia, ki ngā tāngata katoa hoki i roto tōna whare. 33 Ā, ka mauria rāua e ia i taua hāora o te pō, ka horoia ō rāua whiunga; nā, iriiria tonutia iho, a ia me āna tāngata katoa. 34 Ā, ka ārahina rāua e ia ki tōna whare, ka whakatūria he tēpu kai ki mua i a rāua, ā, nui atu tōna hari, me tōna whare katoa, i te mea kua whakapono nei ki te Atua.