1 Nā, i te mea he tokomaha kua anga ki te whakakaupapa i te kōrero o ngā mea kua whakatutukitia nei i waenganui i a tātou. 2 He mea whakarite ki ngā mea i hōmai ki a tātou e te hunga i kite ā-kanohi, i mahi hoki i te kupu. 3 Koia ahau i mahara ai, i te mea kua āta whakatakina iho e ahau ngā mea katoa i te tīmatanga mai, kia tuhituhi whakatepe atu ki a koe, e Tiopira, e te tangata pai rawa, 4 kia mātau ai koe ki te tūturutanga o ngā mea i whakaakona ai koe.

5 Nō mua, nō ngā rā o Herora kīngi o Hūria, tērā tohunga, ko Hakaraia te ingoa, nō te wiki o Āpiata. Ko tāna wahine hoki nō ngā tamāhine a Ārona, ko Erihāpeti tōna ingoa. 6 He hunga tika hoki rāua i te aroaro o te Atua, kāhore he hē o tā rāua haere i runga i ngā kupu ako katoa, i ngā tikanga a te Ariki. 7 Nā, kāhore ā rāua tamariki, he pākoko hoki a Erihāpeti, ā, i taua wā kua maha haere rawa ngā rā o tētahi, o tētahi.

8 Nā, tūpono tonu, i a ia e mahi ana i ā te tohunga mahi i te aroaro o te Atua i te takanga o tāna wiki, 9 e whakarite ana i ngā ritenga a ngā tohunga, ka taka māna te haere ki roto ki te whare tapu o te Ariki, tahu ai i te whakakakara. 10 Nā, i waho te nuinga katoa o te iwi e īnoi ana i te hāora whakakakara.

11 Ā, ka puta mai ki a ia tētahi anahera a te Ariki e tū ana i te taha matau o te āta whakakakara. 12 Nā, ka ohorere a Hakaraia i tōna kitenga i a ia, ā, tau ana te wehi ki a ia. 13 Otirā, ka mea te anahera ki a ia, "Kaua e wehi, e Hakaraia. Kua rangona hoki tāu īnoi, ā, ka whānau i tāu wahine, i a Erihāpeti, he tama māu, ā, ka huaina e koe tōna ingoa ko Hoani. 14 Ā, ka whiwhi koe i te hari me te harakoa; ā, he tokomaha hoki e hari i tōna whānautanga. 15 E nui hoki ia i te aroaro o te Atua. E kore ia e inu i te wāina, i te wai whakahaurangi rānei; ā, ka kī ia i te Wairua Tapu, mai anō o te kōpū o tōna whaea. 16 He tokomaha anō hoki o ngā tama a Īharaira ka whakatahuritia e ia ki te Ariki, ki tō rātou Atua. 17 Ka haere anō ia i tōna aroaro i runga i te wairua, i te mana, o Irāia, hei whakatahuri i ngā ngākau o ngā mātua ki ngā tamariki, i te hunga whakatuturi ki ngā whakaaro o te hunga tika; hei whakarite mō te Ariki i tētahi iwi i āta takā mōna."

18 Nā, ko te meatanga a Hakaraia ki te anahera, "Mā te aha ka mātau ai ahau ki tēnei mea? He koroheke nei hoki ahau, kua maha haere hoki ngā rā o tāku wahine."

19 Nā, ka whakahoki te anahera, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko Kapariera ahau, kei te aroaro o te Atua tōku tūranga; kua tonoa mai hoki ahau ki te kōrero ki a koe ki te whakapuaki i tēnei rongo pai ki a koe. 20 Nanā, ka noho puku koe, kāhore hoki e puta te kōrero i a koe, kia tae mai rā anō te rā e meatia ai ēnei mea, mōu kīhai i whakapono ki āku kupu, ka mana nei i te wā e rite ai."

21 Ā, tatari tonu te iwi ki a Hakaraia, me te mīharo anō i a ia e whakaroa ana i roto i te whare tapu. 22 Ā, i tōna putanga mai ki waho, kīhai ia i āhei te kōrero ki a rātou; ā, ka mōhio rātou kua kite ia i tētahi putanga atua ki a ia i roto i te whare tapu. Hono tonu tāna waitohu ki a rātou me te wahangū anō.

23 Ā, ka rite ngā rā hei minitatanga māna, ka hoki ia ki tōna whare. 24 Nā, muri iho i aua rā ka hapū tāna wahine, a Erihāpeti, ā, e rima ngā marama i whakangaro ai i a ia, ā, i mea ia, 25 "Ko tā te Ariki tēnei i mea ai ki ahau, i ngā rā i titiro mai ai ia, ki te whakamutu i tōku tāwainga i roto i ngā tāngata."

26 Nā, i te ono o ngā marama ka tonoa a Kapariera, te anahera, e te Atua ki tētahi pā o Karirī, ko Nahareta te ingoa, 27 ki tētahi wāhina i taumautia mā tētahi tangata, ko Hōhepa te ingoa, nō te whare o Rāwiri; ko te ingoa o te wāhina ko Meri. 28 Nā, ko tōna haerenga ki roto, ki a ia, ka mea, "Tēnā koe, e te wahine kua manakohia nei; kei a koe te Ariki, ko koe te manaakitia i roto i ngā wāhine."

29 Otirā, he nui tōna oho ki taua kupu, ka whakaaroaro ki te tikanga o tēnei ohatanga. 30 Nā, ka mea te anahera ki a ia, "Kei wehi koe, e Meri; kua paingia hoki koe e te Atua. 31 Nanā, tērā koe e hapū, ka whānau he tama, ā, ka huaina e koe tōna ingoa ko Īhu. 32 Ka nui ia, ka kīia hoki ko te Tama a te Runga Rawa; ā, ka hoatu ki a ia e te Ariki, e te Atua, te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōna pāpā. 33 Hei kīngi hoki ia mō te whare o Hākopa ake ake; e kore anō e mutu tōna rangatiratanga."

34 Nā, ka mea a Meri ki te anahera, "E pēheatia tēnei, kāhore nei hoki ahau e mōhio ki te tāne?"

35 Nā, ka whakahoki te anahera, ka mea ki a ia, "Ka tae te Wairua Tapu ki runga ki a koe, ka taumarumaru iho te kaha o te Runga Rawa ki runga ki a koe; nō reira hoki ka kīia te mea e whānau mai he tapu, ko te Tama a te Atua. 36 Nā, ko tōu whanaunga, ko Erihāpeti, kua hapū hoki ia i tōna rūruhitanga, he tama; ā, ko te ono tēnei o ngā marama ki a ia, i kīia rā he pākoko. 37 Kāhore hoki he kupu i ahu mai i te Atua i kore e whai mana!"

38 Anō rā ko Meri, "Inā, te pononga a te Ariki; kia pērātia ahau me tāu i kōrero ai." Ā, mawehe atu ana te anahera i a ia.

39 Nā, ka whakatika a Meri i aua rā, ā, haere kaikā ana ki te whenua pukepuke ki tētahi pā o Hūrā; 40 ā, ka tomo ki te whare o Hakaraia, ka oha ki a Erihāpeti. 41 Ā, nō te rongonga o Erihāpeti, i te oha a Meri, ka koiri te tamaiti i roto i tōna kōpū; nā, kua kī a Erihāpeti i te Wairua Tapu. 42 Ā, he nui tōna reo ki te karanga, ka mea, "Ka manaakitia koe i roto i ngā wāhine, ka manaakitia anō te hua o tōu kōpū. 43 Nō hea hoki tēnei ki ahau, kia haere mai te whaea o tōku Ariki ki ahau? 44 Nā, pā kau mai te reo o tāu oha ki ōku taringa, ka oho te tamaiti i tōku kōpū i te hari. 45 Ka koa anō ia e whakapono ana, ka whakaritea hoki ngā mea i kōrerotia ki a ia e te Ariki."

46 Ā, ka mea a Meri,

"Ka whakanui tōku wairua i te Ariki;

47 e hari ana tōku wairua ki te Atua, ki tōku Kaiwhakaora;

48 mōna i titiro ki te iti o tāna pononga;

tā te mea hoki kātahi ahau ka kīia e ngā whakatupuranga katoa

e haere ake nei, he wahine hari.

49 He nui hoki ngā mahi a te Mea Kaha ki ahau.

He tapu hoki tōna ingoa;

50 he mahi tohu tāna ki te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia,

ki tēnei whakatupuranga, ki tēnei whakatupuranga.

51 Kua whakaputaina he kaha e ia, arā e tōna ringa;

nāna te hunga whakakake i marara ai, i te whakaaro o ō rātou ngākau.

52 Kua whakatakā e ia ngā piriniha i ō rātou torōna,

ā, whakateiteitia ake ana te hunga iti.

53 Kua whakakīia e ia te hunga mate hiakai ki ngā mea pai;

kua tonoa kautia atu te hunga taonga.

54 Kua tautokona e ia a Īharaira, tāna pononga,

he whakamahara hoki ki tāna mahi tohu.

55 Ki a Āperahama rātou ko tāna whānau ake tonu atu,

pērā hoki me tāna i kōrero ai ki ō tātou mātua."

56 Nā, tata tonu ki te toru marama a Meri e noho ana ki a ia, ā, hoki ana ki tōna whare.

57 Ā, ka rite te tāima o Erihāpeti, e whānau ai; nā, ka whānau he tama. 58 Ā, ka rongo te hunga e noho tata ana, me ōna whanaunga, kua whakanuia e te Ariki tōna aroha ki a ia; nā, ka hari tahi me ia.

59 Ā, i te waru o ngā rā ka haere mai rātou ki te kokoti i te tamaiti; ka mea kia huaina e rātou ko Hakaraia, ko te ingoa o tōna pāpā. 60 Nā, ka whakahoki tōna whaea, ka mea, "Kāhore; engari me hua ia ko Hoani."

61 Nā, ko tā rātou meatanga ki a ia, "Arā, kāhore tēnei ingoa i huaina ki tētahi o ōu whanaunga." 62 Nā, ka ui rātou ki tōna pāpā, he mea waitohu, ko wai tāna e pai ai kia huaina ki a ia.

63 Ka mea ia ki tētahi papa tuhituhi, ā, ka tuhituhi, ka mea, "Ko Hoani hei ingoa mōna." Ā, mīharo ana rātou katoa. 64 Nā, whai reo tonu iho tōna māngai, ka matara tōna arero, ka kōrero ia, ka whakapai ki te Atua. 65 Ā, tau ana te wehi ki te hunga katoa e noho tata ana ki a rātou, ka kōrerotia ēnei mea katoa puta noa i te whenua pukepuke katoa o Hūria. 66 Nā, ka rongoātia ēnei mea e te hunga katoa i rangona ai ki roto ki ō rātou ngākau, ka mea, "He tamaiti aha ianei tēnei?" I a ia hoki te ringa o te Ariki.

67 Nā, kua kī a Hakaraia, tōna pāpā, i te Wairua Tapu, ka poropiti, ka mea:

68 "Kia whakapaingia te Ariki, te Atua o Īharaira!

Kua titiro mai hoki ia, kua hoko i tāna iwi.

69 Kua whakaarahia ake e ia he haona whakaora mō tātou,

i roto i te whare o Rāwiri, o tāna pononga.

70 Ko tāna hoki ia i kōrerotia e te māngai o āna poropiti tapu,

nō te tīmatanga mai anō o te ao;

71 hei whakaora i a tātou i ō tātou hoa whawhai,

i te ringa anō o te hunga katoa e kino ana ki a tātou;

72 hei whakaputa i te mahi tohu ki ō tātou tūpuna,

hei whakamahara ki tāna kawenata tapu.

73 Ki te oati i oati ai ia ki a Āperahama, ki tō tātou tupuna,

74 kia tukua mai e ia ki a tātou

he ora i te ringa o ō tātou hoa whawhai,

kia mahi wehikore tātou ki a ia,

75 i runga i te tapu, i te tika, ki tōna aroaro,

i ngā rā katoa e ora ai tātou.

76 "Ā, ko koe, e tama, ka kīia ko te poropiti a te Runga Rawa.

E haere hoki koe i te aroaro o te Ariki,

hei whakapai i ōna ara;

77 hei whakamātau i tāna iwi ki te ora,

i ō rātou hara e murua ana.

78 He mea hoki nā te aroha, nā te mahi tohu a tō tātou Atua;

nā reira hoki i puta mai ai te pūaotanga o runga ki a tātou,

79 hei whakamārama i te hunga e noho ana i te pōuri,

i te ātārangi hoki o te mate,

hei whakatika i ō tātou waewae ki te huarahi o te rangimārie."

80 Nā, ka tupu taua tamaiti, ā, ka kaha haere tōna wairua; ā, noho ana i ngā koraha, taea noatia te rā e whakakitea ai ia ki a Īharaira.