1 Nā, ka haere mai ngā Parihi me ngā Haruki, ka whakamātautau ka tono kia whakakitea e ia ki a rātou tētahi tohu i te rangi. 2 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou: "Ka ahiahi, ka mea koutou, ‘He paki; inā he whero te rangi.’ 3 Ā, i te ata, ‘He āwhā āianei; he whero nei te rangi, e tukupū ana.’ E te hunga tinihanga, e mātau ana koutou ki te titiro ki te mata o te rangi; tē taea e koutou ngā tohu o ngā tāima. 4 E rapu tohu ana te whakatupuranga kino, pūremu; ā, heoi anō tohu e hoatu ki a rātou ko te tohu o Hona poropiti."

Nā, whakarērea ana rātou e ia, ā, haere ana.

5 Ā, ka ū ngā ākonga ki tērā taha kua wareware ki te mau taro atu. 6 Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Kia mahara kia tūpato i te rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki."

7 Ā, ka kōrerorero rātou ki a rātou anō, ka mea, "Nō te mea kāhore tātou i mau taro mai."

8 Ā, ka mōhio a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou: "He aha koutou ka kōrerorero ai ki a koutou, e te hunga whakapono iti, nō te mea kīhai i maua mai he taro e koutou? 9 Kīanō koutou i mātau noa, kīanō koutou i mahara ki ngā taro e rima a ngā mano e rima, ki te maha hoki o ngā kete i riro i a koutou? 10 Ki ngā taro hoki e whitu a ngā mano e whā, ki te maha anō o ngā kete i riro i a koutou? 11 He aha koutou tē mātau ai, ehara i te mea mō te taro tāku i mea ai ki a koutou, kia tūpato i te rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki?"

12 Kātahi rātou ka mātau kīhai ia i mea kia tūpato i te rēwena o te taro, engari i te ako a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki.

13 Ka tae a Īhu ki ngā wāhi o Hiharia Piripai, ka ui ia ki āna ākonga, ka mea, "Ko wai rā ahau te Tama a te tangata, ki tā ngā tāngata kī?"

14 Nā, ka mea rātou, "Ki tā ētahi ko Hoani Kaiiriiri; ki tā ētahi ko Irāia; ki tā ētahi ko Heremaia, ko tētahi rānei o ngā poropiti."

15 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Ā, ki tā koutou ko wai ahau?"

16 Nā, ka whakahoki a Haimona Pita, ka mea, "Ko te Karaiti koe, ko te Tama a te Atua ora."

17 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia: "Ka koa koe, e Haimona Parahona; ehara hoki i te kikokiko, i te toto, nāna tēnei i whakakite ki a koe, engari, nā tōku Matua i te rangi." 18 Nā, ko tāku kupu anō tēnei ki a koe, "Ko Pita koe, ā, ka hangā e ahau tāku hāhi ki runga ki tēnei kāmaka; e kore anō e taea taua hāhi e ngā kūwaha o te rēinga. 19 Ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a koe ngā kī o te rangatiratanga o te rangi; ā, ko āu e here ai i te whenua e herea anō i te rangi; ko āu hoki e wewete ai i te whenua e wetekia anō i te rangi."

20 Me i reira ka whakatūpato ia i āna ākonga, kia kaua e kōrerotia e rātou ki te tangata ko te Karaiti ia.

21 Nō reira mai anō, i tīmata ai a Īhu te whakaatu ki āna ākonga, kua takoto te tikanga kia haere ia ki Hiruhārama, ā, he maha ngā mamae e mamae ai ia i ngā kaumātua, i ngā tohunga nui, i ngā karaipi, ā, ka whakamatea ia, ā, hei te toru o ngā rā ka ara.

22 Nā, ka mau a Pita ki a ia, ka anga, ka whakahē ki tāna, ka mea, "Auē! Kauaka, e te Ariki! Kauaka rā tēnei e pā ki a koe."

23 Nā, ka tahuri ia, ka mea ki a Pita, "Haere ki muri i ahau, e Hātana, he tūtukitanga waewae koe ki ahau; kāhore hoki ōu ngākau ki ngā mea a te Atua, engari, ki a te tangata."

24 Kātahi a Īhu ka mea ki āna ākonga: "Ki te mea tētahi kia haere mai ki te whai i ahau, me whakakāhore ia e ia anō, me amo tōna rīpeka, ka aru ai i ahau. 25 Ki te whai hoki tētahi kia ora, ka mate anō ia; ki te mate tētahi, mōna i whakaaro ki ahau, ka kite anō ia i te ora. 26 He aha hoki te pai ki te tangata, ki te riro i a ia te ao katoa, ā, ka kore he ora mōna? He aha hoki tā te tangata e hoatu ai hei utu mōna kia ora? 27 Tēnei ake hoki ka haere mai te Tama a te tangata, rātou ko āna anahera, i runga i te korōria o tōna Matua; ā, ko reira hoatu ai e ia ki tēnei, ki tēnei, te utu o tāna mahi. 28 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Tēnei anō ētahi e tū nei e kore e pāngia e te mate, kia kite rā anō i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i tōna rangatiratanga."