17 Nā, ka whakahoki tētahi i roto i te mano, ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, i kawea mai e ahau tāku tama ki a koe, he wairua reokore tōna. 18 Ā, i ngā wāhi e hopu ai te wairua i a ia, ka tāia iho. Tutū ana te huka, tetēā ana ōna niho, ā, pakoko haere ana: i mea anō ahau ki āu ākonga kia peia ia ki waho; heoi, kīhai i taea e rātou."
19 Nā, ko tāna whakahokinga ki a ia, ka mea, "E te uri whakapono kore, kia pēhea te roa o tōku noho ki a koutou? Kia pēhea te roa o tāku manawanui ki a koutou? Kawea mai ki ahau."
20 Nā, kawea ana mai ia ki a ia. Ā, i tōna kitenga i a ia, nā, haea tonutia iho ia e te wairua; ā, hinga ana ia ki te whenua, ka oke, ka huka.
21 Nā, ka ui ia ki tōna matua, "Ka pēhea te roa o te mea nei ki ia?" Ka mea ia, "Nō te tamarikitanga. 22 He maha āna turakanga i a ia ki te kāpura, ki te wai, kia ngaro ai: otirā ki te taea e koe te aha rānei, arohaina māua, kia puta tōu whakaaro ki a māua."
23 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Ki te taea e koe te whakapono, ka taea ngā mea katoa e te tangata whakapono."
24 Nā, karanga tonu mai te matua o te tama, ka mea, "E whakapono ana ahau, e te Ariki; kia puta tōu whakaaro ki tōku whakapono kore."
25 Ā, nō te kitenga o Īhu i te mano e oma mai ana, ka rīria e ia te wairua poke, ka mea ki a ia, "E te wairua reokore, turi, ko tāku tēnei ki a koe, Puta mai i roto i a ia, kaua anō e tomo ki roto ki a ia ā muri ake nei."
26 Nā, hāmama ana tērā, haehae noa iho ana i a ia, ā, puta ana mai ki waho; nō ka pērā taua tangata me te tūpāpaku, ā, he tokomaha i mea, "Kua mate." 27 Otirā, ka mau a Īhu ki tōna ringa, ka whakaara i a ia, ā, ka whakatika ia.
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