Ekoruhe 2

Te Whānautanga o Mohi

1 Nā, ka haere tētahi tangata o te whare o Rīwai, ka tango i tētahi tamāhine a Rīwai hei wahine. 2 Ā, ka hapū te wahine, ka whānau he tāne; ā, ka kitea he tamaiti pai, e toru ngā marama i hunā ai ia e ia. 3 Ā, tē āhei ia te huna tonu i a ia, ka tango ia i tētahi āka kākaho mōna, pani rawa ki te uku, ki te ware, ā, whaowhina ana te tamaiti ki roto; whakatakotoria iho ki roto ki ngā wīwī i te pareparenga o te awa. 4 Ā, tū ana i tawhiti tōna tuahine, kia kite e ahatia rānei ia.

5 Nā, ko te haerenga iho o te tamāhine a Parao ki te awa, ki te horoi; ko āna kōtiro hoki e haere ana i te taha o te awa. Ā, ka kite ia i te āka i roto i ngā wīwī, ka ngare i tāna kōtiro ki te tiki. 6 Ā, nō tāna hurahanga ake, ka kite i te tamaiti; nā, ka tangi te tamaiti. Ā, ka aroha ia ki a ia, ka mea, "Nō ngā tamariki a ngā Hiperu tēnei."

7 Kātahi ka mea tōna tuahine ki te tamāhine a Parao, "Kia haere ahau ki te karanga i tētahi wahine whakangote o ngā Hiperu ki a koe hei whakangote māu i te tamaiti?"

8 Ā, ka kī te tamāhine a Parao ki a ia, "Haere." Ā, haere ana te kōtiro, karanga ana i te whaea o te tamaiti. 9 Ā, ka mea te tamāhine a Parao ki a ia, "Tangohia te tamaiti nei, whakangotea māku, ā, māku e hoatu he utu ki a koe." Nā, tango ana te wahine i te tamaiti, ā, whakangotea ana e ia. 10 Ā, ka nui te tamaiti, ka kawea e ia ki te tamāhine a Parao, ā, ka waiho ia hei tama māna. Ā, huaina iho e ia tōna ingoa ko Mohi; i mea hoki, "Nō te mea i tōia ake ia e ahau i roto i te wai."