1 Nā, i muri i ēnei mea ka whakaritea e te Ariki ētahi atu e whitu tekau, ā, tonoa ana rātou takirua, takirua, i mua i a ia ki ngā pā katoa, ki ngā wāhi meāke nei ia haere ki reira. 2 I mea anō ia ki a rātou, "He nui te kotinga, ko ngā kaimahi ia he ruarua; nā, īnoi atu ki te Ariki nāna te kotinga, kia tonoa e ia he kaimahi ki tāna kotinga. 3 Haere! Nanā, ka tonoa nei koutou e ahau, ānō he reme ki waenganui o ngā wuruhi. 4 Kaua e mauria he takotoranga moni, kaua he pūtea, kaua he hū; kaua anō e oha atu ki tētahi i te huarahi.

5 "Ki te tomo koutou ki tētahi whare, mātua mea atu, ‘Kia tau te rangimārie ki tēnei whare.’ 6 Ā, ki te mea kei reira te tama a te rangimārie, ka tau tā koutou rangimārie ki a ia; ki te kāhore, e hoki anō ki a koutou. 7 Nā, hei taua whare koutou noho ai, kai ai, inu ai i tā rātou e hōmai ai; ka tika hoki te utu mō te kaimahi. Kaua e hāereere i tēnei whare ki tērā whare.

8 "Ka tomo koutou ki tētahi pā, ā, ka manako rātou ki a koutou, kainga ngā mea e whakatakotoria ana mā koutou. 9 Me whakaora te hunga mate o reira, ka mea ki a rātou, ‘Kua tata ki a koutou te rangatiratanga o te Atua.’ 10 Tēnā, ki te tomo koutou ki tētahi pā, ā, e kore rātou e manako ki a koutou, me haere atu ki ngā huarahi o reira, me kī atu, 11 ‘Nā, ko te puehu o tō koutou pā e piri nei ki a mātou, tēnei ka tahia atu nei e mātou ki a koutou; otirā, kia mōhio koutou ki tēnei, kua tata ki a koutou te rangatiratanga o te Atua.’ 12 Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, engari tō Horoma i taua rā e māmā i tō taua pā."

13 "Auē te mate mōu, e Korahina! Auē te mate mōu, e Petahaira! Me i meatia hoki ki Tāira, ki Hairona ngā merekara kua meatia nei ki a kōrua, kua rīpenetā kē rāua, he taratara hoki te kākahu, me te noho i roto i te pungarehu. 14 Otirā, erangi tō Tāira, tō Hairona i te whakawā e māmā i tō kōrua. 15 Ā, ko koe, e Kaperenauma, tērā koe e ikeike, ā tae noa ki te rangi? Ka whakatakā koe ki te rēinga.

16 "Ki te whakarongo tētahi ki a koutou, e whakarongo ana ia ki ahau; ki te whakakāhore tētahi ki a koutou, e whakakāhore ana ia ki ahau; ki te whakakāhore tētahi ki ahau, e whakakāhore ana ki tōku kaitono mai."

17 Nā, hoki hari ana te whitu tekau, ka mea, "E te Ariki, rongo tonu ngā rēwera nei ki a mātou, he mea nā tōu ingoa!"

18 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, "I kite ahau i a Hātana, me te mea he uira te takanga i te rangi. 19 Nā, ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou he mana e takahi ai koutou i runga i ngā nākahi, i ngā kopiona, i te kaha katoa anō o te hoa whawhai; ā, e kore rawa koutou e mate i tētahi mea. 20 Otirā, kaua e hari ki tēnei, ki ngā wairua ka riro nei ki raro i a koutou; ko tā koutou ia e tino hari ai, ko ō koutou ingoa kua oti te tuhituhi ki te rangi!"

21 I taua wā anō ka hari ia i te Wairua Tapu, ka mea, "Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe, e Pā, e te Ariki o te rangi, o te whenua, kua huna nei hoki e koe ēnei mea i te hunga mātau, i te hunga mahara, ā, whakakitea ana ki ngā kōhungahunga; āe rā, e Pā, i pai hoki te pēnei ki tāu titiro.

22 "Kua oti ngā mea katoa te tuku ki ahau e tōku Matua; e kore anō tētahi e mātau ki te Tama ko wai ia, ko te Matua anake; ko wai rānei te Matua, ko te Tama anake, me te tangata anō hoki e pai ai te Tama kia whakakitea ia."

23 Nā, ka tahuri ia ki ngā ākonga, ka mea puku atu, "Ka hari ngā kanohi e kite ana i ngā mea e kite nei koutou! 24 Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, he tokomaha ngā poropiti me ngā kīngi i hiahia kia kite i ngā mea e kite nei koutou, ā, kāhore i kite; kia rongo anō i ngā mea e rongo nei koutou, ā, kāhore i rongo."

25 Nā, ka whakatika tētahi kaiwhakaako o te ture, ka whakamātautau i a ia, ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, me aha ahau ka whiwhi ai ki te ora tonu?"

26 Ka mea ia ki a ia, "He aha te mea i tuhituhia ki te ture? Ka pēhea tāu kōrero?"

27 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, " ‘Kia whakapaua tōu ngākau, tōu wairua, tōu kaha, tōu hinengaro, ki te aroha ki te Ariki, ki tōu Atua; me aroha hoki ki tōu hoa tata ānō ko koe.’ "

28 Ka mea ia ki a ia, "Ka tika tāu kōrero; meinga tēnei, ā, ka ora koe."

29 Otirā, ka mea ia ki te whakatika i a ia, ka kī atu ki a Īhu, "Ko wai rā tōku hoa tata?"

30 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea, "E haere iho ana tētahi tangata i Hiruhārama ki Heriko, ā, ka tūtaki ki ngā kaipāhua, nā, ka huia ōna e rātou, ka tukitukia ia, ā, haere ana, whakarērea iho ia, me te mea kua mate. 31 Nā, ko tētahi tohunga e haere noa ana i taua ara, ā, i tōna kitenga i a ia, ninihi kē ana nā tahaki. 32 I pēnā hoki tētahi Rīwaiti, tae kau ki taua wāhi, ka haere, ka titiro, ninihi kē ana nā tahaki. 33 Otirā, ko tētahi Hamari e haere ana ki ngā whenua, i te taenga ki a ia, ka kite i a ia, ka aroha. 34 Nā, ka haere, ka takai i ōna patunga, ringihia iho ki te hinu, ki te wāina, ka whakanoho i a ia ki tōna ake kararehe, ā, kawea ana ia ki te whare tira, atawhaitia ana ia. 35 I te aonga ake, i tōna haerenga, ka tangohia e ia e rua ngā pene, hoatu ana ki te tangata i te whare, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Māu ia e tiaki; ā, ki te maha atu āu mea e pau, māku koe e utu ina hoki mai ahau.’

36 "Nā, ki tōu whakaaro, ko wai o tēnei tokotoru te hoa ōna i tūtaki nei ki ngā kaipāhua?"

37 Ka mea ia, "Ko tērā i atawhaitia ai ia."

Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Haere, kia pērā anō tāu mahi."

38 Ā, i tō rātou haerenga atu, ka tomo ia ki tētahi kāinga, nā, ko tētahi wahine ko Māta te ingoa, i whakamanuhiri i a ia ki tōna whare. 39 He teina anō tōna, ko Meri te ingoa. Nā, ka noho tēnei ki ngā waewae o Īhu, whakarongo ai ki tāna kupu. 40 Nā, raruraru noa iho a Māta i te nui o te mahi tuari, ā, haere ana, ka mea, "E te Ariki, he mea noa oti ki a koe kia waiho e tōku teina māku anake te tuari? Nā, kōrero atu kia haere mai ia hei hoa mōku."

41 Ka whakahoki te Ariki, ka mea ki a ia, "E Māta, e Māta, e mānukanuka ana koe, e raruraru ana ki ngā mea maha. 42 Kotahi ia te mea e matea ana; ā, kua whiriwhiria e Meri tēnā wāhi pai, e kore nei e tangohia i a ia."