MĀKA 5

Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu tētahi Tangata, he Rēwera ōna

1 Ā, ka whiti rātou ki tāwāhi o te moana, ki te whenua o ngā Kararini. 2 Nā, mahuta kau i te kai­puke, ka tūtaki ki a ia tētahi tangata i puta mai i ngā urupā, he wairua poke tōna. 3 Kei ngā urupā nei tōna nohoa­nga; ā, ahakoa he meka­meka, hore rawa ia i taea e tētahi tangata te here. 4 He maha hoki ōna here­nga ki ngā here wae­wae, ki ngā meka­meka, heoi motu­motu­hia ana e ia ngā meka­meka, monga­monga noa anō ngā here wae­wae. Kīhai tētahi tangata i kaha ki te whaka­mārie i a ia. 5 I ngā urupā tonu ia, i ngā maunga i te pō, i te ao, e hāmama ana, e hae­hae ana i a ia ki te kōhatu.

6 Ā, i tōna kite­nga i a Īhu i tawhiti, oma ana ia, koro­piko ana ki a ia. 7 He nui tōna reo ki te karanga, ka mea, "Ko te aha tāku ki a koe, e Īhu, e te Tama a te Atua, a te Runga Rawa? Ko te Atua tāku whaka­oati mōu, nā, kaua ahau e whaka­mamae­tia." 8 He mea­tanga hoki nāna ki a ia, "Puta mai i tēnei tangata, e te wairua poke."

9 Nā, ka ui ia ki a ia, "Ko wai tōu ingoa?"

Ka whaka­hokia e tērā, ka mea, "Ko Rihiona tōku ingoa; he toko­maha hoki mātou." 10 Ā, he nui tāna īnoi ki a ia kia kaua rātou e tonoa atu i taua whenua.

11 Nā, kei reira, kei ngā maunga, tētahi kāhui poaka e kai ana, tōna tini. 12 Nā, ka īnoi ngā rēwera katoa ki a ia, ka mea, "Tonoa mātou ki ngā poaka, kia tomo mātou ki a rātou." 13 Nā, tukua ana rātou e Īhu. Heoi, ko te pu­tanga o ngā wairua poke, ka tomo ki ngā poaka. Ko te tino rere­nga o te kāhui rā te pari ki te moana, ko te maha kei te rua mano, ā, paremo iho ki te moana.

14 Nā, whati ana ngā kai­whāngai o ngā poaka, ā, kōrero­tia ana ki te pā, ki aua whenua. Nā, ka puta rātou kia kite i taua mea kua meatia nei. 15 Ā, nō tō rātou taenga mai ki a Īhu, ka kite i te tangata i nohoia nei e ngā rēwera, tērā i te rihi­ona, e noho ana, kua oti te whaka­kākahu, kua tika ngā mahara, ka mataku rātou. 16 Ā, ka kōrero­tia ki a rātou, e te hunga i kite, te mea­tanga ki te tangata i ngā rēwera, ki ngā poaka hoki.

17 Nā, ka anga rātou, ka tohe ki a ia kia haere atu i ō rātou wāhi.

18 Ā, nō ka eke ia ki te kai­puke, ka īnoi ki a ia te tangata i ngā rēwera, kia waiho ia hei hoa mōna.

19 Otirā, kīhai a Īhu i tuku i a ia, engari i mea atu ki a ia, "Haere ki tōu whare, ki ōu whanau­nga, ka kōrero ki a rātou i ngā mea nui i meinga e te Ariki ki a koe, i tāna ata­whai­tanga hoki i a koe."

20 Nā, ka haere ia, ka anga, ka kōrero ki Rekaporihi, i ngā mea nunui i mea ai a Īhu ki a ia; ā, mīharo ana ngā tāngata katoa.