Hoani 1

45 Ka kite a Piripi i a Natanahira, ka mea ki a ia, "Kua kitea e mātou a ia, mōna nei te tuhituhi a Mohi i roto i te ture, tā ngā poropiti hoki, a Īhu o Nahareta te tama a Hōhepa."

46 Nā, ka mea a Natanahira ki a ia, "E puta koia tētahi mea pai i Nahareta?"

Ka mea a Piripi ki a ia, "Haere mai kia kite."

47 Ka kite a Īhu i a Natanahira e haere ana mai ki a ia, ka puaki tāna kupu mōna, "Nā, he tino tangata nō Īharaira, kāhore ōna tinihanga."

48 Ka mea a Natanahira ki a ia, "Nō hea koe i mātau ai ki ahau?"

Ka whakahoki a Īhu ki a ia, ka mea, "I te mea kīanō koe i karangatia e Piripi, i a koe anō i raro i te piki, i kite ahau i a koe."

49 Nā, ka whakahoki a Natanahira, ka mea ki a ia, "E Rapi, ko te Tama koe a te Atua, ko te Kīngi koe o Īharaira!"

50 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, "Nō tāku meatanga ki a koe, ‘I kite ahau i a koe i raro i te piki,’ i whakapono ai koe? Rahi atu i ēnei ngā mea e kitea e koe." 51 I mea anō ia ki a ia, "He pono, he pono tēnei kupu āku ki a koutou, tērā koutou e kite i te rangi e tuwhera ana, i ngā anahera a te Atua e piki ake ana, e heke iho ana ki te Tama a te tangata."