Mahi 16:16-34

I te Whare Herehere i Piripai

16 Nā, i a mātou e haere ana ki te wāhi īnoi, ka tūtaki ki a mātou tētahi kōtiro, he wairua mata­kite nei tōna, he nui te utu i riro i a ia mā ōna ranga­tira, i a ia e poro­piti ana. 17 Ka whai ia i a mātou ko Paora, ka karanga, ka mea, "He pono­nga ēnei tāngata nā te Atua, nā te Runga Rawa, e whaka­pua­kina ana e rātou te ara o te ora ki a koutou." 18 Nā, he maha ngā rā i mea ai ia tēnei. Otiia, ka hōhā a Paora, ka tahuri, ka mea ki te wairua, "Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe i runga i te ingoa Īhu Karaiti, puta mai i roto i a ia." Puta mai ana i taua hāora anō.

19 Otirā, nō te kite­nga o ōna ranga­tira kua kore he mahi­nga moni mā rātou, ka mau ki a Paora rāua ko Hira, ka tōia ki te kāinga hoko ki ngā ranga­tira. 20 Ā, ka oti rāua te mau ki ngā kai­whaka­wā, ka mea, "Ko ēnei tāngata he Hūrai nei, e tino whaka­raru­raru ana i tō tātou pā, 21 e whaka­pua­kina ana hoki e rāua he rite­nga e kore nei e tika kia whaka­ae­tia, kia mahia e tātou, e ngā tāngata o Roma." 22 Nā, ko te whaka­tikanga o te mano ki a rāua.

Ka huhua ō rāua kākahu e ngā kai­whaka­wā, ka mea kia whiua ki te rākau. 23 Ā, ka maha ō rāua whiu­nga e rātou, ka makā rāua ki te whare here­here, ka tohu­tohu­tia te kai­tiaki here­here, kia mau tāna pupuri i a rāua. 24 Nō te riro­nga i a ia o taua kupu, ka makā rāua e ia ki te whare here­here i roto rawa, ka whaka­ūria ō rāua wae­wae ki te rākau.

25 Nā, i waenga­nui pō ka īnoi a Paora rāua ko Hira, ka waiata atu ki te Atua, me te whaka­rongo anō ngā here­here ki a rāua. 26 Nā, ka pā whaka­rere he rū nui, i ngarue ai ngā tū­ranga o te whare here­here. Ā, puare tonu atu ngā tatau katoa, whaka­koro­koroa ana ngā here­nga o ngā tāngata katoa. 27 Ā, ka oho te kai­tiaki here­here i te moe, ka kite i ngā tatau o te whare here­here e puare ana, nā, ka unu i tāna hoari, ka mea ki te patu i a ia anō, hua noa kua oma ngā here­here. 28 Nā, ka nui te reo o Paora ki te karanga, ka mea, "Kauaka tētahi mea kino e meatia ki a koe; ina tonu hoki mātou katoa."

29 Ā, karanga­tia ana e ia he rama, ka rere ki roto, ka haere wiri, ka takoto ki te aro­aro o Paora rāua ko Hira. 30 Ka āra­hina hoki rāua ki waho, ka mea, "E hoa mā, me aha ka ora ai ahau?"

31 Ka mea rāua "Me whaka­pono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu Karaiti, ka ora ai koe, koutou tahi ko tōu whare." 32 Nā, ka kōrero­tia te kupu a te Ariki ki a ia, ki ngā tāngata katoa hoki i roto tōna whare. 33 Ā, ka mauria rāua e ia i taua hāora o te pō, ka horoia ō rāua whiu­nga; nā, iri­iria tonu­tia iho, a ia me āna tāngata katoa. 34 Ā, ka āra­hina rāua e ia ki tōna whare, ka whaka­tū­ria he tēpu kai ki mua i a rāua, ā, nui atu tōna hari, me tōna whare katoa, i te mea kua whaka­pono nei ki te Atua.