MĀKA 5

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

21 Ā, nō te whiti­nga atu anō o Īhu ki tāwāhi i runga i te kai­puke, he nui te tangata i hui­hui ki a ia; i te taha anō ia o te moana. 22 Nā, ko te haere­nga mai o tētahi o ngā ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, ko Hairuha tōna ingoa; ka kite i a ia, ka takoto ki ōna wae­wae, 23 he nui tāna īnoi ki a ia, ka mea, "Ko tāku tamā­hine nohi­nohi kei te whaka­hemo­hemo! Kia haere ake koe ki te whaka­pā i ōu ringa ki a ia kia ora ai, ā, ka ora."

24 Nā, haere tahi ana rāua; he tini hoki te tangata i aru i a ia, popō tonu ki a ia.

25 Nā, ko tētahi wahine e mate ana i te pākaru­hanga toto, ka tekau mā rua ngā tau. 26 He maha ngā mea­tanga a ngā rata toko­maha ki a ia, hemo noa āna rawa katoa, tē mātūtū ake tētahi wāhi, heoi, kake haere ana te mate. 27 Ā, nō tōna rongo­nga ki a Īhu, ka haere i muri i roto i te mano, ā, pā ana ki tōna kākahu. 28 I mea hoki, "Ahakoa pā kau ahau ki ōna kākahu, ka ora ahau."

29 Ā, mimiti tonu ake te puna o ōna toto; nō ka mahara a roto o tōna tinana kua ora ia i te mate. 30 Nā, mōhio tonu a Īhu kua puta he mana i roto i a ia, ka tā­huri­huri i roto i te mano, ka mea, "Ko wai tēnei kua pā nei ki ōku kākahu?"

31 Ka mea āna ākonga ki a ia, "E kite ana koe i te mano e popō nei ki a koe, ā, e mea ana koe, ‘Ko wai tēnei kua pā mai ki ahau?’ "

32 Heoi, tiro­tiro ana ia kia kite i te wahine i mea nei i tēnei mea. 33 Nā, ka haere mai te wahine me te wehi, me te wiri, i mahara hoki ki te mea i meatia ki a ia, ā, takoto ana ki tōna aro­aro, kōrero­tia katoa­tia ana e ia te tikanga ki a ia. 34 Anō rā, ko Īhu ki a ia, "E kō, nā tōu whaka­pono koe i ora ai; haere mārie, kia ora koe i tōu mate."

35 I a ia anō e kōrero ana, ka haere mai ētahi o ngā tāngata a te ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, ka mea, "Kua mate tāu tamā­hine. Hei aha ake māu te whaka­raru­raru i te Kai­whaka­ako?"

36 Otirā, kāhore a Īhu i aro ki te kupu i kōrero­tia, ka mea atu ki te ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, "Kaua e wehi, ko te whaka­pono ia kia whaka­pono." 37 Ā, kīhai tētahi tangata i tukua kia haere tahi me ia, ko Pita anake, ko Hēmi, ko Hoani teina o Hēmi. 38 Ā, nō te taenga atu ki te whare o te ranga­tira o te whare kara­kia, ka kite ia i te nga­ngau, i te nui hoki o te tangi, o te auē a ētahi. 39 Ā, i tōna tomo­kanga ki roto, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "He aha koutou ka nga­ngau ai, ka tangi ai? Kāhore te kōtiro i mate, engari e moe ana."

40 Nā, kata­ina iho ia e rātou. Heoi, ka oti katoa te pei ki waho, ka mau ia ki te pāpā, ki te whaea o te kōtiro, rātou ko ōna hoa, ka tomo ki te wāhi i takoto ai te kōtiro. 41 Nā, ka mau ia ki te ringa o te kōtiro, ka mea ki a ia, "Tarita kumi!" ko tōna whaka­māori­tanga tēnei, "E kō, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe, e ara!"

42 Nā, whaka­tika tonu ake te kōtiro, ā, haere ana; kotahi tekau mā rua hoki ōna tau. Nā, ko te tino mīharo­tanga i mīharo ai rātou. 43 Ā, he nui tāna whaka­tūpato i a rātou, kia kaua tēnei e mōhio­tia e tētahi tangata; ka kī kia hoatu he kai māna.