Lucas 7

Ka Whakaora a Īhu i te Pononga a te Āpiha Rōma

1 Ā, nō ka mutu ēnei kupu katoa āna, me te whakarongo anō te iwi, ka tomo ia ki Kaperenauma. 2 Nā, e mate ana te pononga a tētahi keneturio, meāke marere, ko tāna hoki i matenui ai. 3 Ā, nō tōna rongonga i a Īhu, ka tonoa mai ki a ia ētahi kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, hei mea ki a ia kia haere ki te whakaora i tāna pononga. 4 Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki a Īhu, he kaha tā rātou īnoi, ka mea, "He pai te tangata e meatia ai tēnei e koe, 5 E aroha ana hoki ia ki tō tātou iwi, nāna hoki i hanga te whare karakia mō mātou." 6 Nā, haere tahi ana a Īhu me rātou.

Ā, i a ia kāhore nei i matara i te whare, ka tono te keneturio i ētahi hoa ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "E te Ariki, kei maumau ngenge noa koe, ehara hoki ahau i te tikanga tangata e haere ake ai koe ki raro i tōku tuanui; 7 koia tē tae ai tōku aro ki te haere atu ki a koe. Engari kia puaki mai tāu kupu, ā, ka ora tāku pononga. 8 He tangata hoki ahau e whakahaua ana, he hōia anō āku hei whakahaunga māku, nā, ka mea ahau ki tēnei, ‘Haere,’ ā, ka haere; ki tētahi atu hoki, ‘Haere mai,’ ā, ka haere mai; ki tāku pononga anō hoki, ‘Meatia tēnei,’ ā, ka meatia e ia."

9 Ā, i te rongonga o Īhu ki ēnei mea, ka mīharo ki a ia, ka tahuri, ka mea ki te mano e aru ana i a ia, "Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kāhore anō ahau i kite i te whakapono hei rite mō tēnei te nui, ahakoa i roto i a Īharaira." 10 Ā, rokohanga atu e te hunga i tonoa, i tō rātou hokinga atu ki te whare, kua ora te pononga rā.