Mateus 15

Te Whakapono o tētahi Wahine

21 Ā, ka haere atu a Īhu i reira, ka anga ki ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona. 22 Nā, ko te haerenga mai i aua wāhi o tētahi wahine, he Kanaani, ka karanga ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Ariki e te Tama a Rāwiri, kia aroha ki ahau; ko tāku tamāhine e ngaua kinotia ana e te rēwera."

23 Ā, kāhore āna kupu i whakahoki ai ki a ia. Nā, ka haere mai āna ākonga, ka tohe ki a ia, ka mea, "Tonoa kia haere; e karanga ana hoki i muri i a tātou."

24 Otirā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, "Heoi, ngā mea i tonoa mai ai ahau, ko ngā hipi ngaro o te whare o Īharaira."

25 Ka haere tonu mai tērā, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Ariki, kia puta tōu whakaaro ki ahau."

26 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, "Ehara i te tika kia tangohia te taro a ngā tamariki, kia makā mā ngā kurī."

27 Ka mea tērā, "Āe rā, e te Ariki, e kai ana anō ngā kurī i ngā kongakonga e ngahoro iho ana i te tēpu a ō rātou rangatira."

28 Kātahi ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, "E tai, nui atu tōu whakapono; waiho i tāu i pai ai." Ā, ora ake tāna tamāhine i taua wā pū anō.