1 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi o ngā ana­hera e whitu, kei a rātou nei ngā oko e whitu, ā, ka kōrero mai ki ahau, ka mea, “Haere mai; māku e whaka­kite ki a koe te whaka­wā­kanga o te wahine kairau, o te mea nui e noho ana i runga i ngā wai maha. 2 Kua moea puku­tia nei e ngā kīngi o te whenua, ā, hau­rangi iho te hunga e noho ana i te whenua i te wāina o tōna moe­puku.”

3 Nā, ka āra­hina ahau i roto i te Wairua e ia ki te koraha; ā, ka kite ahau i tētahi wahine e noho ana i runga i tētahi kararehe whero, kapi tonu i te ingoa kohu­kohu, e whitu ōna māhu­nga, tekau ngā hāona. 4 Nā, ko te kākahu o te wahine rā he mea pāpura, he mea whero, he mea whaka­pai­pai ki te kōura, ki te kōhatu utu nui, ki te peara, he kapu kōura hoki kei tōna ringa kī tonu i te mea whaka­riha­riha, i te poke hoki o tōna moe­puku. 5 I tōna rae anō hoki tētahi ingoa tuhi­tuhi rawa: “Ko te mea ngaro, ko Papurōna nui, ko te whaea o ngā wāhine kairau, o ngā mea whaka­riha­riha hoki o te ao.” 6 I kite anō ahau i taua wahine nei e hau­rangi ana i ngā toto o te hunga tapu, i ngā toto hoki o ngā kai­whaka­atu i a Īhu.

Ā, nō tōku kite­nga i a ia, nui atu te mīharo i mīharo ai ahau. 7 Ā, ka mea mai te ana­hera ki ahau, “He aha koe i mīharo ai? Māku e kōrero ki a koe taua mea ngaro, te wahine, me te kararehe hoki e waha rā i a ia, nōna nei ngā māte­nga e whitu me ngā hāona kotahi tekau. 8 Ko te kararehe i kite rā koe, i mua ia, kāhore hoki ināia­nei. Ka puta ake anō hoki ia ā mua i roto i te poka tōrere, ā, ka riro atu ki te whaka­ngaro­manga. Nā, ko te hunga e noho ana ki te whenua, kāhore nei ō rātou ingoa i tuhi­tuhia ki te puka­puka o te ora o te oroko­hanga­nga rā anō o te ao, ka mīharo rātou ina kite i te kararehe i ora i mua, ā, kāhore nei ināia­nei, ā tēnei ake ka puta.

9 “Tēnei te hine­ngaro whai mahara. Ko ngā māte­nga e whitu he maunga, e whitu, kei runga te wahine i ērā e noho ana. 10 Nā, e whitu ērā kīngi. Toko­rima kua hinga, kotahi tēnei, ko tētahi kāhore anō i tae noa mai; ā, ka tae mai ia, me noho ia, he wā iti nei. 11 Nā, ko te kararehe, ko te mea i mua rā, ā, kāhore nei ināia­nei, he tua­waru anō ia, nō ngā toko­whitu anō hoki; ā, e riro ana ia ki te whaka­ngaro­manga.

12 “Nā, ko ngā hāona kotahi tekau i kite rā koe, kotahi tekau ērā kīngi, kāhore anō kia whi­whi noa ki tētahi ranga­tira­tanga; heoi, kotahi te hāora e whi­whi tahi ai rātou ko te kararehe ki te mana, me te mea he kīngi. 13 Kotahi tonu te whaka­aro nui a ēnei, e hoatu anō e rātou tō rātou kaha, tō rātou mana ki te kararehe. 14 E whawhai anō ēnei ki te Reme, e taea anō rātou e te Reme. Nō te mea ko te Ariki ia o ngā ariki, ko te Kīngi o ngā kīngi. Ā, ka taea anō hoki e rātou ko ōna hoa, ko te hunga he mea karanga, he mea whiri­whiri, he hunga pono.”

15 I mea mai anō ia ki ahau, “Ko ngā wai i kitea e koe i te nohoa­nga o te wahine kairau rā, ko ngā hui­hui­nga tāngata rātou, ko ngā mano, ko ngā iwi, ko ngā reo. 16 Nā, ko ngā hāona kotahi tekau i kitea e koe, me te kararehe, e kino anō ēnei ki te wahine kairau, ka meinga ia e rātou kia mōtī rawa iho, kia noho ta­ha­nga, e kai anō rātou i ōna kiko­kiko, e tahu hoki i a ia kia pau rawa i te ahi. 17 Kua hoatu hoki e te Atua ki ō rātou ngākau kia whaka­rite i tāna i pai ai, kia kotahi anō hoki ō rātou whaka­aro, kia hoatu hoki e rātou tō rātou ranga­tira­tanga ki te kararehe, kia rite rā anō ngā kupu a te Atua.

18 “Nā, ko te wahine i kite nā koe, ko te pā nui ia, kei a ia nei te kīngi­tanga i runga i ngā kīngi o te ao.”

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