Lucas 1

Ka Pānuitia te Whānautanga o Īhu

26 Nā, i te ono o ngā marama ka tonoa a Kapariera, te ana­hera, e te Atua ki tētahi pā o Kariri, ko Nahareta te ingoa, 27 ki tētahi wāhina i tau­mau­tia mā tētahi tangata, ko Hōhepa te ingoa, nō te whare o Rāwiri; ko te ingoa o te wāhina ko Meri. 28 Nā, ko tōna haere­nga ki roto, ki a ia, ka mea, "Tēnā koe, e te wahine kua manako­hia nei; kei a koe te Ariki, ko koe te manaaki­tia i roto i ngā wāhine."

29 Otirā he nui tōna oho ki taua kupu, ka whaka­aro­aro ki te tikanga o tēnei oha­tanga. 30 Nā, ka mea te ana­hera ki a ia, "Kei wehi koe, e Meri; kua pai­ngia hoki koe e te Atua. 31 Nana, tērā koe e hapū, ka whānau he tama, ā, ka huaina e koe tōna ingoa ko Īhu. 32 Ka nui ia, ka kīa hoki ko te Tama a te Runga Rawa; ā, ka hoatu ki a ia e te Ariki, e te Atua, te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōna pāpā. 33 Hei kīngi hoki ia mō te whare o Hākopa ake ake; e kore anō e mutu tōna ranga­tira­tanga."

34 Nā, ka mea a Meri ki te ana­hera, "E pēhea­tia tēnei, kāhore nei hoki ahau e mōhio ki te tāne?"

35 Nā, ka whaka­hoki te ana­hera, ka mea ki a ia, "Ka tae te Wairua Tapu ki runga ki a koe, ka tau­maru­maru iho te kaha o te Runga Rawa ki runga ki a koe; nō reira hoki ka kīa te mea e whānau mai he tapu, ko te Tama a te Atua. 36 Nā, ko tōu whanau­nga, ko Erihāpeti, kua hapū hoki ia i tōna rūruhi­tanga, he tama; ā, ko te ono tēnei o ngā marama ki a ia, i kīa rā he pākoko. 37 Kāhore hoki he kupu i ahu mai i te Atua i kore e whai mana!"

38 Anō rā ko Meri, "Inā, te pono­nga a te Ariki; kia pērā­tia ahau me tāu i kōrero ai." Ā, mawehe atu ana te ana­hera i a ia.