Lucas 7

Ka Whakaora a Īhu i te Pononga a te Āpiha Roma

1 Ā, nō ka mutu ēnei kupu katoa āna, me te whaka­rongo anō te iwi, ka tomo ia ki Kaperenauma. 2 Nā, e mate ana te pono­nga a tētahi kene­turio, meāke marere, ko tāna hoki i mate­nui ai. 3 Ā, nō tōna rongo­nga i a Īhu, ka tonoa mai ki a ia ētahi kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, hei mea ki a ia kia haere ki te whaka­ora i tāna pono­nga. 4 Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki a Īhu, he kaha tā rātou īnoi, ka mea, "He pai te tangata e meatia ai tēnei e koe, 5 E aroha ana hoki ia ki tō tātou iwi, nāna hoki i hanga te whare kara­kia mō mātou."

6 Nā, haere tahi ana a Īhu me rātou. Ā, i a ia kāhore nei i matara i te whare, ka tono te kene­turio i ētahi hoa ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "E te Ariki, kei mau­mau nge­nge noa koe, ehara hoki ahau i te tikanga tangata e haere ake ai koe ki raro i tōku tuanui; 7 koia tē tae ai tōku aro ki te haere atu ki a koe. Engari kia puaki mai tāu kupu, ā, ka ora tāku pono­nga. 8 He tangata hoki ahau e whaka­haua ana, he hōia anō āku hei whaka­hau­nga māku, nā, ka mea ahau ki tēnei, ‘Haere,’ ā, ka haere; ki tētahi atu hoki, ‘Haere mai,’ ā, ka haere mai; ki tāku pono­nga anō hoki, ‘Meatia tēnei,’ ā, ka meatia e ia."

9 Ā, i te rongo­nga o Īhu ki ēnei mea, ka mīharo ki a ia, ka tahuri, ka mea ki te mano e aru ana i a ia, "Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kāhore anō ahau i kite i te whaka­pono hei rite mō tēnei te nui, ahakoa i roto i a Īharaira."

10 Ā, roko­hanga atu e te hunga i tonoa, i tō rātou hoki­nga atu ki te whare, kua ora te pono­nga rā.