1 Nā, hoki mārie ana a Iehohāpata ki tōna whare, ki Hiruhārama. 2 Ā, ka puta te matakite, a Iehu tama a Hanani, ki te whakatau i a ia, ka mea ki a Kīngi Iehohāpata, “Me āwhina ianei e koe te tangata kino, me aroha ki te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowā? Nā, he riri tēnei mōu, he mea nō te aroaro o Ihowā. 3 He ahakoa rā kua kitea ētahi mea pai āu. I whakakāhoretia atu hoki e koe te Aheroto i te whenua; i anga anō tōu ngākau ki te rapu i te Atua.”

4 Nā, noho ana a Iehohāpata ki Hiruhārama, ā, ka haere atu anō ia puta noa i te iwi, i Peerehepa ā tae noa ki te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, ā, whakahokia ana rātou e ia ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o ō rātou mātua. 5 I whakaritea anō e ia he kaiwhakawā mō te whenua ki ngā pā taiepa katoa o Hūrā, ki tēnei pā, ki tēnei pā. 6 I mea anō ia ki ngā kaiwhakawā, “Kia whai mahara ki tā koutou e mea ai; ehara hoki tā koutou whakarite whakawā i te mea ki te tangata, engari ki a Ihowā; kei a koutou anō ia ina whakawā. 7 Nā, kia tau te wehi o Ihowā ki a koutou, kia mau hoki ki te mahi; kāhore hoki o tō tātou Atua, o Ihowā whakahaere hē, kāhore he whakapai i te tangata, kāhore he tango utu.”

8 I whakaritea anō e Iehohāpata ki Hiruhārama ētahi o ngā Rīwaiti, o ngā tohunga, o ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Īharaira, mō tā Ihowā whakawā, mō ngā tautohetohe. Ā, hoki ana rātou ki Hiruhārama. 9 I whakahau anō ia i a rātou, i mea: “Meatia tēnei i runga i te wehi o Ihowā, i te pono, i te ngākau tapatahi. 10 Ki te tae mai he tautohetohe ki a koutou, he mea nā ō koutou tēina e noho ana i ō rātou pā, he toto pēnei rānei, he toto pērā rānei, he ture rānei, he whakaritenga rānei, he whakahau rānei, he tikanga rānei, me whakatūpato rātou kia kaua e hara ki a Ihowā, kei takoto he riri mō koutou, mō ō koutou tuākana, tēina. Meatia tēnei, ā, e kore koutou e whai hara.

11 “Nanā, ko Amaria tino tohunga hei upoko mō koutou i ngā mea katoa a Ihowā; ko Tepāria hoki, tama a Ihimaera, rangatira o te whare o Hūrā, mō ngā mea katoa a te kīngi; ko ngā Rīwaiti anō hei rangatira i tō koutou aroaro. Kia māia ki te mahi, ā, ko Ihowā hei hoa mō te pai.”

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