1 Ā, ka mutu tāna kōrero ki a Haora, nā, piri tonu te wairua o Honatana ki te wairua o Rāwiri, ā, aroha ana a Honatana ki a ia me te mea ko tōna wairua ake. 2 Nā, ka mau a Haora ki a ia i taua rā, kīhai hoki ia i tukua kia hoki ki te whare o tōna pāpā. 3 I whakarite kawenata anō a Honatana rāua ko Rāwiri; i arohaina hoki ia e ia, me te mea ko tōna wairua ake. 4 I huia anō e Honatana tōna koroka i runga i a ia, ā, hoatu ana ki a Rāwiri, me ōna kākahu, tae noa ki tāna hoari, me tāna kōpere, me tōna whītiki.

5 Nā, ka haere a Rāwiri ki ngā wāhi katoa i tonoa ai ia e Haora, ka mahi tūpato; ā, ka meinga ia e Haora hei rangatira mō ngā tāngata whawhai, ā, pai tonu ia ki te titiro a te iwi katoa, ki te titiro anō hoki a ngā tāngata a Haora.

6 Nā, i tō rātou haerenga mai, i te hokinga mai o Rāwiri i te patu i te Pirihitini, ka puta ngā wāhine i ngā pā katoa o Īharaira, me te waiata, me te kanikani, me ngā timipera, me te koa, me ngā mea whakatangi, ki te whakatau i a Kīngi Haora. 7 Nā, ka waiata whakatene ngā wāhine i a rātou e tākaro ana, ka mea,

10 Nā, i te aonga ake ka puta kaha mai he wairua kino i te Atua ki a Haora, ā, ka poropiti ia i waenganui o te whare; ā, ka whakatangi te ringa o Rāwiri i te hāpa, ko tāna hanga i tēnā rā, i tēnā rā. He tao anō i te ringa o Haora. 11 Ko te tino werohanga a Haora i te tao; i mea hoki ia, “Me patu a Rāwiri e ahau, kia titi rawa ki te pakitara.” Nā, karohia ana e Rāwiri; e rua ngā mawhititanga i tōna aroaro.

12 Nā, ka wehi a Haora i a Rāwiri, nō te mea i a ia a Ihowā, ā, kua mawehe i a Haora. 13 Koia i wehea atu ai ia e Haora i a ia, ā, meinga ana ia e ia ko tāna rangatira mano. Nā, ka haere atu ia, ka haere mai i te aroaro o te iwi. 14 Nā, tūpato tonu te whakahaere a Rāwiri i ōna ara katoa; i a ia anō a Ihowā. 15 Ā, i te kitenga o Haora he tangata tūpato rawa ia, ka wehi ia i a ia. 16 Ā, i aroha a Īharaira katoa rātou ko Hūrā ki a Rāwiri, nō te mea i haere atu ia, i haere mai i tō rātou aroaro.

17 Nā, ka mea a Haora ki a Rāwiri, “Nanā, tāku tamāhine mātāmua, a Merapa, me hoatu e ahau hei wahine māu, otiia ko koe hei toa māku, hei whawhai i ngā whawhai a Ihowā.” I mea hoki a Haora, “Kaua tōku ringa e pā ki a ia; engari kia pā te ringa o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia.”

18 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Haora, “Ko wai ahau, he oranga aha hoki tōku, he hapū aha tō tōku pāpā i roto i a Īharaira, e meinga ai ahau hei hunaonga mā te kīngi?” 19 I te wā ia e hōmai ai a Merapa, te tamāhine a Haora mā Rāwiri, nā, ka hoatu ia hei wahine mā Atariere o Mehora.

20 Nā, i aroha a Mikara, te tamāhine a Haora ki a Rāwiri, ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Haora, ā, he mea āhuareka tēnā ki tōna whakaaro. 21 Nā, ka mea a Haora, “Me hoatu ia e ahau ki a ia, ā, hei rore ia mōna e pā ai te ringa o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia.” Koia a Haora i mea ai ki a Rāwiri, “Ko āianei te rua o ōu meatanga hei hunaonga māku.”

22 Nā, ka whakahau a Haora ki āna tāngata, “Kōrero puku ki a Rāwiri, mea atu, ‘Nanā, e whakaahuareka ana te kīngi ki a koe, e aroha ana hoki āna tāngata katoa ki a koe; nā reira ko koe hei hunaonga mā te kīngi.’ ”

23 Nā, kōrerotia ana aua kupu e ngā tāngata a Haora ki ngā taringa o Rāwiri. Ā, ka mea a Rāwiri, “He mea noa iho koia ki a koutou kia meinga ahau hei hunaonga mā te kīngi, he rawakore nei hoki ahau, he ware?”

24 Nā, ka kōrero ngā tāngata a Haora ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko ngā kupu ēnei i puaki mai i a Rāwiri.” 25 Nā, ka mea a Haora, “Kia pēnei tā koutou kī ki a Rāwiri, ‘Kāhore o te kīngi hiahia ki te kaipākūhā; engari ki ngā kiri matamata kotahi rau o ngā Pirihitini; kia whai utu ai i ngā hoariri o te kīngi.’ ” I whakaaro hoki a Haora kia hinga a Rāwiri i te ringa o ngā Pirihitini.

26 Ā, nō ka kōrerotia e āna tāngata ēnei kupu ki a Rāwiri, āhuareka tonu ki a Rāwiri kia meinga ia hei hunaonga mā te kīngi. Ā, kāhore anō ngā rā kia rite. 27 Nā, ka whakatika a Rāwiri, ā, haere ana rātou ko āna tāngata, nā, patua iho e ia o ngā Pirihitini e rua rau ngā tāngata; ā, kawea ana e Rāwiri ō rātou kiri matamata. Nā, hoatu ana e rātou ki te kīngi te mea e rite ana, kia meinga ai ia hei hunaonga mā te kīngi. Nā, ka hōmai e Haora a Mikara, tāna tamāhine hei wahine māna.

28 Ā, i kite a Haora, i mōhio, kei a Rāwiri a Ihowā; ā, i arohaina ia e Mikara tamāhine a Haora. 29 Nā, ka nui rawa atu te wehi o Haora i a Rāwiri; ā, he ito a Rāwiri ki a Haora i ngā rā katoa.

30 Kātahi ka whakaputa ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini, ā, i ngā wā katoa i whakaputa ai rātou, nui atu te tika o te ngārahu a Rāwiri i tā ngā tāngata katoa a Haora; koia i tino matea nuitia ai tōna ingoa.

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