Kenehi 26

Te Tinihanga a Apīmereke e Īhaka

1 Nā, ka matekai te whenua, hāunga te matekai tuatahi i puta mai i ngā rā o Āperahama. Ā, ka haere a Īhaka ki a Apīmereke, kīngi o ngā Pirihitini, ki Kerara. 2 Nā, ka puta mai a Ihowā ki a ia, ka mea, "Kaua e haere ki raro, ki Īhipa; e noho ki te whenua e kōrero ai ahau ki a koe. 3 E noho i tēnei whenua, ā, ka tata ahau ki a koe, ka manaaki hoki i a koe; ka hoatu nei hoki e ahau ēnei whenua katoa ki a koutou ko ōu uri, ā, ka whakapūmautia te oati i oati ai ahau ki a Āperahama, ki tōu pāpā. 4 Ā, ka whakanuia e ahau ōu uri kia pērā me ngā whetū o te rangi, ka hoatu hoki e ahau ēnei whenua katoa ki ōu uri; ā, mā tōu uri ka manaakitia ai ngā iwi katoa o te whenua; 5 nō te mea i rongo a Āperahama ki tōku reo, i mau ki āku ako, ki āku whakahau, ki āku tikanga, ki āku ture."

6 Nā, ka noho a Īhaka i Kerara. 7 Ā, ka ui ngā tāngata o taua wāhi ki tāna wahine, ā, ka mea ia, "Ko tōku tuahine ia," i wehi hoki ia, te mea ai, "Ko tāku wahine," i mea hoki, "Kei patua ahau e ngā tāngata o tēnei wāhi mō Ripeka, he ātaahua hoki ia ki te titiro atu."

8 Ā, ka maha ōna rā ki reira, ka titiro atu a Apīmereke, kīngi o ngā Pirihitini, i te matapihi, ā, ka kite, nā, ko Īhaka e tākaro ana ki a Ripeka, ki tāna wahine.