Gênesis 39

7 Ā, i muri i ēnei mea, ka anga ngā kanohi o te wahine a tōna ariki ki a Hōhepa; ā, ka mea ia, "Takoto tāua."

8 Ā, ka whakakāhore ia, ka mea hoki ki te wahine a tōna ariki, "Nā, e kore tōku ariki e mōhio ko te aha kei ahau i roto i te whare, kua hōmai nei hoki e ia āna mea katoa ki tōku ringa; 9 kāhore tētahi i roto i tēnei whare e nui ake i ahau; kāhore anō hoki i kaiponuhia e ia tētahi mea ki ahau, ko koe anake, nō te mea ko tāna wahine koe. Nā, me pēhea e mahi ai ahau i tēnei kino nui, e hara ai ki te Atua?" 10 Heoi, kōrero noa ia ki a Hōhepa i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, ā, kīhai ia i rongo ki a ia, kia takoto tahi rāua, kia noho tahi rāua.

11 Nā, i taua wā ka haere a Hōhepa ki te whare ki te mahi i tāna mahi; ā, kāhore tētahi o ngā tāngata o te whare i reira i roto i te whare. 12 Nā, ka hopukia ia e ia, arā tōna kākahu, ka mea, "Takoto tāua." Nā, ka whakarērea e ia tōna kākahu ki tōna ringa, ā, rere ana, puta ana ki waho.