Ruka 8

He Kōtiro Whakahemohemo me te Wahine Māuiui

40 Ā, i a Īhu i hoki ai, ka koa te mano, i te tatari katoa hoki rātou ki a ia. 41 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi tangata, ko Hairuha te ingoa, he rangatira nō te whare karakia. Ā, takoto ana ki ngā waewae o Īhu, ka īnoi ki a ia kia tomo ki tōna whare. 42 Kotahi tāna tamāhine, he huatahi kei te tekau mā rua ōna tau, nā, e whakahemohemo ana.

Nā, i tōna haerenga atu, ka popō ngā mano ki a ia. 43 Nā, tērā tētahi wahine e mate ana i te pākaruhanga toto, tekau mā rua ngā tau, ā, poto katoa tōna oranga ki ngā rata, kīhai rawa i taea te whakaora e tētahi. 44 Ka haere ia i muri i a ia, ka pā ki te tāniko o tōna kākahu; ā, mutu iho te rere o ōna toto.

45 Nā, ka mea a Īhu, "Ko wai tēnei kua pā nei ki ahau?"

Ā, nō ka whakakāhore katoa, ka mea a Pita rātou ko ōna hoa, "E kara, e pipiri ana ngā mano ki a koe, e tutetute ana."

46 Otirā, i mea a Īhu, "Ehara, kua pā tētahi ki ahau; e mōhio ana ahau, kua puta atu he mana i ahau."

47 Ā, nō te kitenga o te wahine kīhai ia i ngaro, haere wiri ana, takoto ana i tōna aroaro, kōrerotia ana e ia ki a ia i te aroaro o te iwi katoa te take i pā ai ia ki a ia, me te hohoro o tōna oranga. 48 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "E kō, nā tōu whakapono koe i ora ai; haere mārie."

49 I a ia anō e kōrero ana, ka haere mai tētahi i te whare o te rangatira o te whare karakia, ka mea ki a ia, "Kua mate tāu tamāhine; kaua e whakararuraru i te Kaiwhakaako."

50 Otiia, i te rongonga o Īhu, ka whakahoki ki a ia, ka mea, "Kaua e mataku; ko te whakapono ia kia whakapono, ā, ka ora ia."

51 Ā, i tōna tomokanga ki te whare, kīhai tētahi i tukua e ia kia tapoko, ko Pita anake, ko Hēmi, ko Hoani, me te pāpā rāua ko te whaea o te kōtiro. 52 E tangi ana rātou katoa, e auē ana mōna. Nā, ka mea ia, "Kaua e tangi; kāhore ia i mate, engari e moe ana."

53 Ā, kataina iho ia e rātou, i mōhio hoki rātou kua mate ia. 54 Otirā, ka mau ia ki tōna ringa, ka karanga, ka mea, "E kō, e ara." 55 Nā, hoki mai ana tōna wairua, ā, whakatika tonu ake ia. Nā, ka whakahautia e ia kia hoatu he kai māna. 56 Ā, mīharo tonu ōna mātua; nā, ka whakatūpato ia i a rātou kia kaua e kōrerotia taua meatanga ki tētahi.