RUKA 2

Ka Tāpaea a Īhu i roto i te Temepara

22 Ā, ka rite ngā rā e purea ai te whaea, e whaka­ritea ai te ture a Mohi, ka kawea ia e rātou ki Hiruhārama, kia tāpaea ki te Ariki. 23 Kia pērā­tia me te mea i tuhi­tuhia ki te ture a te Ariki: "Ko ngā tāne katoa e oroko puta mai i te kōpū, e kīa he tapu ki te Ariki." 24 Kia hoatu anō he patu­nga tapu, te mea i kōrero­tia i roto i te ture a te Ariki, kia rua kūkupa, kia rua rānei pī kūkupa.

25 Nā, i Hiruhārama tētahi tangata, ko Himiona te ingoa; he tangata tika, he tangata whaka­aro, e tatari ana ki te whaka­hari­nga o Īharaira, kei runga hoki te Wairua Tapu i a ia. 26 Nā, kua whaka­mahara­tia ia e te Wairua Tapu, e kore ia e kite i te mate, kia kite rā anō ia i tā te Ariki Karaiti. 27 Nā, ka haere ia ki te teme­para, he mea­tanga nā te Wairua; ā, i ngā mātua e mau ana i te tama­iti, i a Īhu, kia meatia ai e rāua ki a ia tā te ture i whaka­rite ai, 28 ka tango ia i a ia ki ōna ringa, ka whaka­pai ki te Atua, ka mea:

29 "Kātahi, e te Ariki, ka tukua tāu pono­nga

kia haere i runga i te rangi­mārie, ka pērā me tāu i kōrero ai.

30 Ka kite nei hoki ōku kanohi i tāu whaka­ora­nga, 31 ka whaka­takoto­ria nei e koe ki te aro­aro o ngā iwi katoa;

32 hei whaka­mārama e kite ai ngā tauiwi,

hei korōria hoki mō tāu iwi, mō Īharaira."

33 Ā, mīharo tonu a Hōhepa rāua ko tōna whaea ki ngā kupu i kōrero­tia mōna. 34 Nā, ka manaaki a Himiona i a rāua, ā, ka mea ki tōna whaea, ki a Meri, "Nana, ka waiho tēnei tama hei taka­nga, hei aranga, mō te tini o te tangata i roto i a Īharaira; hei tohu hoki e kōrero­tia kino­tia. 35 Āe rā, ka tika atu anō te hoari, ā, puta noa i tōu ake wairua, e hura­hia ai ngā whaka­aro o ngā ngākau maha."

36 Ā, tērā hoki tētahi ko Ana, he poro­piti, he tamā­hine nā Panuera, nō te iwi o Āhera; kua kaumātua ia, e whitu ngā tau o tōna wāhina­tanga ake i noho ai i te tāne. 37 He pouaru, kua waru tekau mā whā rawa ōna tau e pērā ana; heoi, kīhai i mahue i a ia te teme­para; he kara­kia tonu tāna, he noho­puku, he īnoi, i te pō, i te ao. 38 Nā, ka tae atu ia i taua hāora anō, ka whaka­whetai ki te Ariki, ā, kōrero­tia ana ia e ia ki te hunga katoa o Hiruhārama e tatari ana ki te whaka­ora­nga.