1 Nā, kei te mate tētahi tangata a Raharuhi o Petani, te kāinga o Meri rāua ko tōna tua­kana, ko Māta. 2 (Ko taua Meri tēnei nāna nei i whaka­wahi te Ariki ki te hinu, i muru hoki i ōna wae­wae ki ōna makawe; ā, he tu­ngāne nōna a Raharuhi i mate nei.) 3 Nā, ka tono tāngata ngā tuā­hine ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Ariki, tēnei kei te mate tāu tangata e aroha nei."

4 I te rongo­nga ia o Īhu, ka mea ia, "Ehara tēnei i te mate e mate rawa ai ia, engari, hei mea mō te korōria o te Atua; mā tēnei hoki ka whai korōria ai te Tama a te Atua."

5 Nā, i aroha a Īhu ki a Māta rāua ko tōna teina, ki a Raharuhi hoki. 6 Ā, nō ka rongo ia ki tōna mate­nga, e rua ōna rā i noho ai ki taua wāhi rā anō. 7 Muri iho i tēnei, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, "Tātou ka haere anō ki Hūria."

8 Ka mea ngā ākonga ki a ia, "E te Kai­whaka­ako, i whai ngā Hūrai i mua tata ake nei kia ākina koe ki te kōhatu; ā, e haere atu ana koe ki reira?"

9 Ka whaka­hokia e Īhu, "He teka ianei tekau mā rua ngā hāora o te rā? I te haere tētahi i te awa­tea, e kore ia e tūtuki, nō te mea e kite ana ia i te mārama o tēnei ao. 10 Tēnā, ka haere tētahi i te pō, ka tūtuki ia, nō te mea kāhore he mārama roto i a ia." 11 Ka kōrero­tia ēnei mea e ia, nā, muri iho ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Kei te moe tō tātou hoa a Raharuhi, otiia, ka haere ahau ki te whaka­ara i a ia i te moe."

12 Nā, ko te mea­tanga a āna ākonga, "E te Ariki, ki te mea kei te moe ia, tērā ia e ora."

13 Kāhore, ko tōna mate­nga tā Īhu i kōrero ai; ko rātou ia i mahara, i kōrero ia mō te takoto­ranga ina moe. 14 Kātahi, ka mea nui a Īhu ki a rātou, "Kua mate a Raharuhi. 15 Ā, e hari ana ahau, he whaka­aro hoki ki a koutou, nōku kāhore i reira, kia whaka­pono ai koutou. Ahakoa rā kia haere tātou ki a ia."

16 Nā, ka mea a Tamati (e huaina nei ko Ririmu) ki ōna hoa ākonga, "Kia haere anō tātou, kia mate tahi me ia."

17 Heoi, i te taenga atu o Īhu, roko­hanga atu kua whā kē ōna rā i roto i te urupā. 18 Nā, e tata ana Petani ki Hiruhārama, kotahi pea tekau mā rima pā­ronga, 19 he toko­maha anō ngā Hūrai i tae ki a Māta rāua ko Meri, ki te whaka­mārie i a rāua mō tō rāua tu­ngāne.

20 Ā, nō te rongo­nga o Māta, tēnā a Īhu te haere mai nā, ka whaka­tau i a ia; ko Meri ia i noho i roto i te whare. 21 Nā, ka mea a Māta ki a Īhu, "E te Ariki, me i konei koe, kīhai i mate tōku tu­ngāne. 22 Heoi, e mātau nei anō ahau, ko tāu e īnoi ai ki te Atua, e hōmai e te Atua ki a koe."

23 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "E ara anō tōu tu­ngāne."

24 Ka mea a Māta ki a ia, "E mātau ana ahau e ara anō ia i te aranga ā te rā whaka­mutu­nga."

25 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Ko ahau te aranga, te ora. Ko ia e whaka­pono ana ki ahau, ahakoa kua mate, e ora anō; 26 e kore anō e mate ake ake ngā tāngata katoa e ora ana, e whaka­pono ana ki ahau. E whaka­pono ana rānei koe ki tēnei?"

27 Ka mea ia ki a ia, "Āe, e te Ariki, e whaka­pono ana ahau, ko te Karaiti koe, ko te Tama a te Atua, e haere mai ana ki te ao."

28 Ā, ka mutu ēnei kōrero āna, ka haere ka karanga puku ki tōna teina, ki a Meri, ka mea, "Kua tae mai te Kai­whaka­ako, e karanga ana hoki ki a koe." 29 Ā, nō ka rongo ia, hohoro tonu te whaka­tika, ā, haere ana ki a ia. 30 (Nā, kāhore a Īhu i tomo noa ki te kāinga; heoi, kei taua wāhi anō ia i tūtaki ai a Māta ki a ia.) 31 I te kite­nga o ngā Hūrai e noho ana ki a ia i roto i te whare, e whaka­mārie ana i a ia, ka hohoro a Meri te whaka­tika, te puta ki waho. Ka aru rātou i a ia, ka mea, "E haere ana ia ki te urupā, ki reira tangi ai."

32 Ā, nō ka tae a Meri ki te wāhi kei reira nei a Īhu, ka kite i a ia, ka takoto ki ōna wae­wae, ka mea ki a ia, "E te Ariki, me i konei koe, kīhai i mate tōku tu­ngāne."

33 Ā, nō ka kite a Īhu i a ia e tangi ana, i ngā Hūrai hoki i haere tahi me ia e tangi ana, ka ngu­nguru ia, arā tōna wairua, ka kōingo. 34 Nā mea, "I whaka­takoto­ria ia e koutou ki hea?"

Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "E te Ariki, haere mai kia kite."

35 Tangi ana a Īhu. 36 Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai, "Nana, tōna aroha ki a ia!"

37 Nā, ka mea ētahi o rātou, "Kāhore rānei i taea e tēnei tangata, nāna nei i whaka­titiro ngā kanohi o te matapō, te mea i tēnei tangata hoki kia kaua e mate?"

38 Nā, ka ngu­nguru anō a Īhu i roto i a ia, ka haere ki te urupā. He ana ia, kua oti te pā ki te kōhatu. 39 Ka mea a Īhu, "Tango­hia atu e koutou te kōhatu."

Ka mea ki a ia a Māta tua­hine o te tū­pā­paku, "E te Ariki, kua piro noa ake ia; ko tōna pō whā hoki tēnei."

40 Anō rā, ko Īhu ki a ia, "Kīhai koia ahau i mea ki a koe, ki te whaka­pono koe, e kite koe i te korōria o te Atua?" 41 Nā, ka tango­hia e rātou te kōhatu i te wāhi i takoto ai te tū­pā­paku. Nā, ka ara ake ngā kanohi o Īhu, ka mea ia, "E Pā, ko tāku whaka­whetai tēnei ki a koe, mōu i whaka­rongo ki ahau. 42 I mahara anō ahau e rongo tonu ana koe ki ahau; heoi, he whaka­aro ki te hunga e tū mai nei i kōrero ai ahau, kia whaka­pono ai rātou, nāu ahau i tono mai." 43 Ā, nō ka pēnei tāna kī, he nui tōna reo ki te karanga, "E Raharuhi, puta mai!" 44 Nā, ko te pu­tanga mai o te tū­pā­paku, he mea here ngā ringa me ngā wae­wae ki ngā tākai; he mea takai tōna mata ki te tauera. Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Wete­kia, tukua kia haere."

45 Nā, he toko­maha ngā Hūrai haere nei ki a Meri, ā, i tō rātou kite­nga i ngā mea i mea ai a Īhu, ka whaka­pono ki a ia. 46 Ko ētahi o rātou i haere ki ngā Parihi, i kōrero ki a rātou i ngā mea i mahia e Īhu. 47 Nā, ka whaka­minea he rū­nanga e ngā tohu­nga nui rātou ko ngā Parihi, ka mea, "Kei te aha tātou nei? He maha hoki ngā mere­kara e meatia nei e tēnei tangata. 48 Ki te pēnei tā tātou tuku i a ia, ka whaka­pono katoa ki a ia; ā, ka haere mai ngā Roma, ka tango i tō tātou kāinga, i tō tātou iwi."

49 Nā, ko tētahi o rātou ko Kaiapa, ko te tohu­nga nui o taua tau, ka mea ki a rātou, "Kāhore koutou e mātau ki tētahi mea. 50 Tē whaka­aro, he pai mō tātou ki te mate te tangata kotahi mō te iwi, ā, kāhore e ngaro te iwi katoa." 51 Nā, ehara tēnei kōrero i te mea nāna ake, engari, ko te tohu­nga nui ia mō tērā tau, heoi, ka poro­piti kia mate a Īhu mō taua iwi. 52 Hāunga anō taua iwi anake, engari, kia whaka­minea kia kotahi ngā tama­riki a te Atua kua marara noa atu.

53 Nō taua rā ake anō, ka rū­nanga rātou kia whaka­matea ia. 54 Koia i mutu ai te haere mata­nui o Īhu i roto i ngā Hūrai. Heoi haere atu ana ia i reira ki te wāhi e tata ana ki te koraha, ki tētahi pā, ko Ēparaima te ingoa, ā, noho ana i reira rātou ko āna ākonga.

55 Nā, kua tata te Kape­nga a ngā Hūrai; he toko­maha hoki i haere atu i taua whenua i mua o te Kape­nga ki Hiruhārama ki te pure i a rātou. 56 Nā, ka rapu rātou i a Īhu ka kōrero­rero ki a rātou anō, i a rātou e tū ana i te teme­para, "E pēhea ana ō koutou whaka­aro? E kore rānei ia e haere mai ki te hākari?" 57 Nā, kua takoto te tikanga a ngā tohu­nga nui rātou ko ngā Parihi, ki te mātau tētahi tangata ki te wāhi e noho ai ia, me whaka­atu, kia hopu­kia ai ia e rātou.