1 Ā, ka tomo atu anō ia ki te whare karakia, nā, i reira tētahi tangata kua memenge tōna ringa. 2 Ā, ka whakamau tā rātou titiro ki a ia, me kore ia e whakaora i a ia i te hāpati; he mea kia whakapā ai rātou i tētahi hē ki a ia. 3 Nā, ka mea ia ki te tangata i te ringa memenge, “Whakatika ki waenganui.” 4 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “He mea tika rānei te mahi pai i te hāpati, te mahi kino rānei? Te whakaora rānei, te whakamate rānei?”
12 Ā, he maha āna kupu ki a rātou kia kaua ia e whakaaturia e rātou.
13 Nā, ka kake ia ki te maunga, karangatia ana ki a ia āna i pai ai, ā, ka tae rātou ki a ia. 14 Ā, kotahi tekau mā rua āna i whakarite ai hei hoa mōna, hei tononga hoki māna ki te kauwhau, 15 kia whai mana hoki e ora ai ngā mate, e peia ai ngā rēwera.
16 Ā, huaina iho e ia a Haimona ko Pita; 17 ko Hēmi, tama a Heperi, rāua ko Hoani, teina o Hēmi; ā, huaina iho rāua ko Poaneki, arā, ko ngā Tama a te Whatitiri; 18 ko Anaru, ko Piripi, ko Patoromu, ko Matiu, ko Tamati, ko Hēmi, tama a Arapiu, ko Tariu ko Haimona Kanaani, 19 ko Hūrā Ikariote hoki, nāna nei ia i tuku. Nā, ka tae ia ki te whare.
20 Nā, ka huihui anō te mano, nō kīhai rawa rātou i āhei te kai taro. 21 Ā, nō ka rongo ōna hoa, ka haere ki te pupuri i a ia: i mea hoki, “He pōrewarewa ia.”
22 Nā, ka mea ngā karaipi i haere mai rā i Hiruhārama, “Kei a ia a Perehepura, ā, nā te rangatira o ngā rēwera tāna peinga rēwera.”
23 Nā, ka karangatia rātou e ia, ā, ka kōrero whakarite ki a rātou: “Me pēhea a Hātana ka pei ai i a Hātana? 24 Ki te tahuri iho hoki tētahi rangatiratanga ki a ia anō, e kore taua rangatiratanga e tū. 25 Ki te tahuri iho hoki tētahi whare ki a ia anō, e kore taua whare e tū. 26 Ki te whakatika a Hātana, ā, ka tahuri iho ki a ia anō, e kore ia e tū, engari, he mutunga tōna.
27 “E kore te tangata e āhei te haere ki roto ki te whare o te tangata kaha, pāhua ai i ōna taonga, ki te kāhore e mātua herea te tangata kaha; ko reira pāhua ai i tōna whare.
28 “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko ngā hara katoa o ngā tama a ngā tāngata e murua, me ngā kohukohu e kohukohu ai rātou. 29 Tēnā ko te tangata e kohukohua ai te Wairua Tapu, e kore e murua tōna hara ā ake ake, engari ka tau te hē ki a ia ā ake ake.” 30 Mō rātou i kī, “He wairua poke tōna.”
31 Ā, ko te taenga mai o ōna tēina rātou ko tōna whaea, ka tū i waho, ka tono tāngata mai ki a ia, ki te karanga i a ia. 32 E noho ana hoki te mano i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, ā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nā, tōu whaea me ōu tēina kei waho, e rapu ana i a koe.”
33 Nā, ka whakahoki ia ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ko wai tōku whaea, ko wai hoki ōku tēina?” 34 Nā, ka tirotiro ia ki te hunga e noho ana i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, ka mea, “Nā, tōku whaea, ōku tēina! 35 Ki te meatia hoki e tētahi tā te Atua i pai ai, hei teina ia ki ahau, hei tuahine, hei whaea.”
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