Hoani 20

Ka Kitea a Īhu e Meri Makarini

11 Ko Meri ia tū tonu i waho o te urupā tangi ai. Ā, i a ia e tangi ana, ka piko iho ki te urupā. 12 Ka kite i ngā anahera tokorua, he mā ngā kākahu, e noho ana, ko tētahi ki te mātenga, ko tētahi ki ngā waewae, i te wāhi i takoto ai te tinana o Īhu.

13 Ka mea rāua ki a ia, "E tai, he aha tāu e tangi?"

Ka mea ia ki a rāua, "Kua tangohia e rātou tōku Ariki, e kore hoki ahau e mātau ki te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia." 14 Ka pēnei āna kōrero, ka tahuri whakamuri, ka kite i a Īhu e tū ana, otiia, kīhai i mōhio ko Īhu ia.

15 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "E tai, he aha tāu e tangi? Ko wai tāu e rapu?"

Hua noa ia ko te kaingaki kāri, nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a ia, "E mara, ki te mea kua mauria atu ia e koe, kōrerotia ki ahau te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia, ā, māku ia e tango atu."

16 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "E Meri!"

Ka tahuri atu tērā, ka mea ki a ia, "E Rāponi!" Ko te tikanga tēnei, "E te Kaiwhakaako."

17 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Kei pā ki ahau; kīanō hoki ahau i kake noa ki tōku Matua. Engari, haere ki ōku tēina, ka mea atu ki a rātou, ‘Ka kake ahau ki tōku Matua, ki tō koutou Matua; ki tōku Atua, ki tō koutou Atua.’ "

18 Haere ana a Meri Makarini, kōrero ana ki ngā ākonga, "Kua kite ia i te Ariki." Kua kōrerotia hoki e ia ēnei mea ki a ia.