4 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “E tai, he aha tāku ki a koe? Kāhore anō kia taea noatia tōku hāora.”
5 Ka mea tōna whaea ki ngā kaimahi, “Ko tāna e mea ai ki a koutou, meatia.”
6 Nā, i reira ētahi ipu kōhatu e ono e tū ana, he tikanga nā ngā Hūrai mō te horoi, e rua, e toru ngā mēhua o tētahi, o tētahi, ina kī. 7 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Whakakīa ngā ipu ki te wai.” Ā, whakakīa ana e rātou, pūrena noa. 8 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Tēnā, utuhia, kawea atu ki te rangatira o te hākari.” Ā, kawea ana e rātou. 9 Ā, nō ka whakamātau te rangatira o te hākari i te wai i whakawāinatia, ā, kīhai i mōhio nō hea rānei (ko ngā pononga ia i utuhia ai te wai i mōhio), ka karanga te rangatira o te hākari ki te tāne mārena hou, 10 ka mea ki a ia, “E whakatakotoria ana e ngā tāngata katoa te wāina pai i te tīmatanga; ā, ka roa te inumanga, mō reira te wāina he iti iho nei te pai ko koe ia, kua tohu i te wāina pai mō nāianei.”
11 I meatia tēnei tīmatanga merekara e Īhu ki Kana o Kariri, i whakakitea e ia tōna korōria; ā, whakapono ana āna ākonga ki a ia.
12 Muri iho i tēnei ka haere iho ia ki Kaperenauma, ā, ia, tōna whaea, ōna tēina, me āna ākonga; ā, kīhai i maha ngā rā i noho ai rātou ki reira.
13 Nā, kua tata te Kapenga o ngā Hūrai, ā, ka haere a Īhu ki Hiruhārama. 14 Nā, rokohanga atu e ia i roto i te temepara e noho ana ngā kaihoko kau, hipi, kūkupa, me ngā kaiwhakawhitiwhiti moni. 15 Ā, ka hangā e ia he whiu ki ngā aho nonohi, ka whiua katoatia e ia ki waho i te temepara, ngā hipi, me ngā kau; ringihia ana hoki te moni a ngā kaiwhakawhitiwhiti moni, turakina ake ngā tēpu. 16 I mea anō ia ki ngā kaihoko kūkupa, “Tangohia atu ēnei i konei; aua te whare o tōku Matua e meinga hei whare hokohoko.” 17 Ā, ka mahara āna ākonga ki te mea i tuhituhia, “Ka pau ahau i te aroha ki tōu whare.”
18 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai, ka mea ki a ia, “He aha te tohu e whakakitea ana e koe ki a mātou, inā koe ka mea nei i ēnei mea?”
19 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Wāwāhia tēnei whare tapu, ā, kia toru ngā rā ka ara anō i ahau.”
20 Anō rā ko ngā Hūrai, “E whā tekau mā ono ngā tau i hangā ai tēnei whare tapu, e oti rānei te hanga e koe i ngā rā e toru?”
21 Otirā, ko te whare tapu o tōna tinana tāna i kōrero ai. 22 Nā reira, i tōna aranga ake i te hunga mate, ka mahara āna ākonga ki tāna kōrerotanga i tēnei; ā, whakapono ana rātou ki te karaipiture, ki te kupu hoki i kōrerotia e Īhu.