Te Whakangārahu ki a Īhu
1 Ā, ka mutu ēnei kupu katoa a Īhu, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, 2 "E mātau ana koutou kia rua ake rā ko te Kapenga, ā, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata kia rīpekatia."
3 Nā, ka whakamine ngā tohunga nui, ngā karaipi, me ngā kaumātua o te iwi, ki te whare o te tohunga nui, ko Kaiapa te ingoa, 4 ka whakatakoto tikanga nanakia e mau ai a Īhu, e whakamatea ai. 5 Otirā, i mea rātou, "Kauaka i te hākari, kei ngangau te iwi."
Ka Whakawahia a Īhu i Petani
6 Nā, i a Īhu i Petani i te whare o Haimona repera, 7 ka haere mai tētahi wahine ki a ia me te pouaka kōhatu, kī tonu i te hinu kakara utu nui, ā, ringihia ana ki runga ki tōna mātenga, i a ia e noho ana ki te kai. 8 Nō te kitenga ia o āna ākonga, ka riri, ka mea, "Hei aha tēnei maumau? 9 He nui hoki te utu me i hokona tēnei hinu kakara, ka hoatu ki te hunga rawakore."
10 Ā, i mōhio a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, "He aha tā koutou e whakapāwerawera i te wahine nei? He mahi pai hoki tāna i mea nei ki ahau. 11 Kei a koutou tonu hoki te hunga rawakore i ngā wā katoa; tēnā ko ahau e kore e noho tonu ki a koutou. 12 I ringihia ai hoki tēnei hinu kakara ki tōku tinana, he mea mō tōku tanumanga. 13 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko ngā wāhi o te ao katoa e kauwhautia ai tēnei rongopai, ka kōrerotia anō tā tēnei wahine i mea ai, hei whakamahara ki a ia."
Ka Whakaae a Hūrā ki te Tuku i a Īhu
14 Kātahi, ka haere tētahi o te tekau mā rua, ko Hūrā Ikariote te ingoa, ki ngā tohunga nui, 15 ka mea, "He aha tā koutou e pai ai kia hōmai ki ahau, ā, māku ia e tuku ki a koutou?" Ā, ka pāunatia e rātou e toru tekau hiriwa ki a ia. 16 Ā, nō reira mai anō ia i rapu ai i te wā pai e tukua ai ia.
Ka Kainga e Īhu te Kapenga i te Taha i Āna Ākonga
17 Nā, i te rā tuatahi o te Taro Rēwenakore, ka haere ngā ākonga ki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko hea tāu e pai ai kia takā e mātou te Kapenga hei kai māu?"
18 Nā, ka mea ia, "Haere ki te pā, ki a mea, ka kī atu ki a ia, ‘E mea ana te Kaiwhakaako, Ka tata tōku tāima; hei a koe mātou ko āku ākonga mea ai i te Kapenga.’ "
19 Ā, meatia ana e ngā ākonga tā Īhu i whakarite ai ki a rātou; takā ana e rātou te Kapenga.
20 Ka ahiahi, ka noho ia me te tekau mā rua. 21 Ā, i a rātou e kai ana, ka mea ia, "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, mā tētahi o koutou ahau e tuku."
22 Ā, pōuri noa iho rātou, ka anga, ka kōrero takitahi ki a ia, "Ko ahau rānei, e te Ariki?"
23 Ā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, "Ko te tangata, e toutou tahi nei ō māua ringa ki te rīhi, māna ahau e tuku. 24 E haere ana hoki te Tama a te tangata, e pērā ana me te mea i tuhituhia mōna. Otiia, auē te mate mō te tangata e tukua ai te Tama a te tangata! He pai mō taua tangata me i kaua ia e whānau."
25 Kātahi a Hūrā, tōna kaituku, ka oho ake, ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, ko ahau rānei?"
Anō rā ko ia ki a ia, "Kua kōrerotia nā e koe."
Te Hapa a te Ariki
26 Ā, i a rātou e kai ana, ka mau a Īhu ki te taro, ā, ka mutu te whakapai, ka whawhati. Ka hoatu ki ngā ākonga, ka mea, "Tangohia, kainga; ko tōku tinana tēnei."
27 Nā, ka mau ia ki te kapu, ā, ka mutu te whakawhetai, ka hoatu ki a rātou, ka mea, "Inumia tētahi wāhi o tēnei e koutou katoa. 28 Ko ōku toto hoki ēnei, ko o te kawenata hou, e whakahekea ana mō te tini, hei murunga hara.