RUKA 8

Te Tamāhine a Hairuha me te Wahine i Whakapā ki te Kākahu o Īhu

40 Ā, i a Īhu i hoki ai, ka koa te mano, i te tatari katoa hoki rātou ki a ia. 41 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi tangata, ko Hairuha te ingoa, he ranga­tira nō te whare kara­kia. Ā, takoto ana ki ngā wae­wae o Īhu, ka īnoi ki a ia kia tomo ki tōna whare. 42 Kotahi tāna tamā­hine, he hua­tahi kei te tekau mā rua ōna tau, nā, e whaka­hemo­hemo ana.

Nā, i tōna haere­nga atu, ka popō ngā mano ki a ia. 43 Nā, tērā tētahi wahine e mate ana i te pākaru­hanga toto, tekau mā rua ngā tau, ā, poto katoa tōna oranga ki ngā rata, kīhai rawa i taea te whaka­ora e tētahi. 44 Ka haere ia i muri i a ia, ka pā ki te tāniko o tōna kākahu; ā, mutu iho te rere o ōna toto. 45 Nā, ka mea a Īhu, "Ko wai tēnei kua pā nei ki ahau?"

Ā, nō ka whaka­kāhore katoa, ka mea a Pita rātou ko ōna hoa, "E kara, e pipiri ana ngā mano ki a koe, e tute­tute ana."

46 Otirā, i mea a Īhu, "Ehara, kua pā tētahi ki ahau; e mōhio ana ahau, kua puta atu he mana i ahau." 47 Ā, nō te kite­nga o te wahine kīhai ia i ngaro, haere wiri ana, takoto ana i tōna aro­aro, kōrero­tia ana e ia ki a ia i te aro­aro o te iwi katoa te take i pā ai ia ki a ia, me te hohoro o tōna oranga. 48 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "E kō, nā tōu whaka­pono koe i ora ai; haere mārie."

49 I a ia anō e kōrero ana, ka haere mai tētahi i te whare o te ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, ka mea ki a ia, "Kua mate tāu tamā­hine; kaua e whaka­raru­raru i te Kai­whaka­ako."

50 Otiia, i te rongo­nga o Īhu, ka whaka­hoki ki a ia, ka mea, "Kaua e mataku; ko te whaka­pono ia kia whaka­pono, ā, ka ora ia."

51 Ā, i tōna tomo­kanga ki te whare, kīhai tētahi i tukua e ia kia tapoko, ko Pita anake, ko Hēmi, ko Hoani, me te pāpā rāua ko te whaea o te kōtiro. 52 E tangi ana rātou katoa, e auē ana mōna. Nā, ka mea ia, "Kaua e tangi; kāhore ia i mate, engari e moe ana."

53 Ā, kata­ina iho ia e rātou, i mōhio hoki rātou kua mate ia. 54 Otirā, ka mau ia ki tōna ringa, ka karanga, ka mea, "E kō, e ara." 55 Nā, hoki mai ana tōna wairua, ā, whaka­tika tonu ake ia. Nā ka whaka­hau­tia e ia kia hoatu he kai māna. 56 Ā, mīharo tonu ōna mātua; nā, ka whaka­tūpato ia i a rātou kia kaua e kōrero­tia taua mea­tanga ki tētahi.