MATIU 2

Manuhiri mai i te Rāwhiti

1 Nā, i te mea kua whānau nei a Īhu ki Pēterehema o Hūria, i ngā rā o Kīngi Herora, nā, ka haere mai ētahi Maki i te rāwhiti ki Hiruhārama, 2 ka mea, “Kei hea tēnei kua whānau nei hei kīngi mō ngā Hūrai? I kite hoki mātou i tōna whetū i te rāwhiti, ā, ka tae mai nei ki te koropiko ki a ia.”

3 Ā, nō te rongonga o Kīngi Herora, ka ohorere rātou ko Hiruhārama katoa. 4 Nā, whakaminea katoatia ana e ia ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi o te iwi, ā, ka ui ki a rātou ki te wāhi e whānau ai a te Karaiti.

5 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Ki Pēterehema o Hūria; ko tā te poropiti hoki tēnei i tuhituhi ai:

6 ‘Ā, ko koe, e Pēterehema, whenua o Hūrā,

ehara rawa i te iti rawa i roto i ngā kāwana o Hūrā;

e puta mai hoki i a koe he kāwana,

hei hēpara mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira.’ ”

7 Nā, ka oti ngā Maki te karanga puku e Herora, ka uia mārietia rātou ki te wā i puta mai ai te whetū. 8 Ā, ungā ana rātou e ia ki Pēterehema, i mea ia, “Haere, rapua mārietia te tamaiti; ā, ka kitea, ka whakahoki mai i te kōrero ki ahau, kia haere ai hoki ahau ki te koropiko ki a ia.”

9 Nā, ka rongo rātou i tā te kīngi, ka haere; nā, ko te whetū, i kite ai rātou i te rāwhiti, e haere ana i mua i a rātou, ā tae noa, tū noa ki runga ake i te takotoranga o te tamaiti. 10 Ā, i tō rātou kitenga i te whetū, ko te tino haringa i hari ai. 11 Ā, ka tae ki roto ki te whare, ka kite i te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ko Meri, nā, tāpapa ana rātou, koropiko ana ki a ia. Ā, nō ka māwhera ō rātou taonga, ka hoatu ētahi mea ki a ia, he kōura, he parakihe, he maira.

12 Ā, i whakatūpatoria rātou e te Atua, he mea moemoeā, kia kaua e hoki ki a Herora; nā, haere ana ki tō rātou kāinga he ara kē.

Te Rerenga ki Īhipa

13 Ā, ka riro atu rātou, nā, ka puta moemoeā tētahi anahera a te Ariki ki a Hōhepa, ka mea, “E ara, tangohia te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, e rere ki Īhipa, ā, hei reira koe kia kōrero rā anō ahau ki a koe; meāke hoki rapu a Herora i te tamaiti kia whakangaromia.”

14 Nā, ka ara ake ia, ka mau ki te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea i te pō, ā, haere ana ki Īhipa, 15 ā, noho ana i reira, mate noa a Herora. Nā, ka rite tā te Ariki i kōrerotia e te poropiti, i mea ai ia, “He mea karanga nāku tāku tamaiti i Īhipa.”

Te Tārukenga o ngā Tamariki

16 Ā, nō te kitenga o Herora ka oti ia te tinihanga e ngā Maki, rahi rawa tōna riri, ka tono tāngata, ā, patua iho ngā tamariki katoa, ngā mea e rua nei ō rātou tau, me ō muri iho, i Pēterehema, i ngā wāhi katoa o reira, he mea whakarite ki te tāima i uia mārietia e ia ki ngā Maki.

17 Kātahi, ka rite tā Heremaia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:

18 “I rangona he reo ki Rama,

he uhunga, he tangi, he auē nui.

Ko Rahera e tangi ana ki āna tamariki;

ā, kīhai i pai kia whakamārietia,

nō te mea kua kāhore rātou.”

Te Hokinga mai i Īhipa

19 Ā, nō ka mate a Herora, nā, ka puta moemoeā te anahera a te Ariki ki a Hōhepa ki Īhipa, 20 ka mea, “Ara ake, tangohia te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ā, haere ki te whenua o Īharaira; kua mate hoki te hunga i whai kia patua te tamaiti.” 21 Ā, ko tōna aranga ake, ka mau ki te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ka haere ki te whenua o Īharaira.

22 Otirā, ka rongo ia ko Arakerauha te kīngi o Hūria i muri i tōna matua, i a Herora, ka wehi ki te haere ki reira. Otiia, i whakamaharatia ia e te Atua, he mea moemoeā, ā, haere ana ki ngā wāhi o Kariri. 23 Ā, ka tae, ā, ka noho ki tētahi pā, ko Nahareta te ingoa; i rite ai tā ngā poropiti i mea ai, “Me hua ia he tangata nō Nahareta.”

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