1 Nā, i Hiharia tētahi tangata, ko Koroniria te ingoa, he keneturio nō te pū i kīia nei ko tō Itari. 2 He tangata karakia ia, e wehi ana i te Atua, rātou ko tōna whare katoa, he maha āna mahi atawhai ki te iwi, me te īnoi tonu ki te Atua. 3 I kite nui ia, he whakarehu, i te mea ka tata ki te iwa o ngā hāora o te rā, i tētahi anahera a te Atua, e haere mai ana ki a ia, e mea ana hoki ki a ia, “E Koroniria!”

4 Nā, ka titiro matatau atu ia ki a ia, ka wehi, ka mea, “He aha, e te Ariki?”

Ka kī tērā ki a ia, “Kua puta ake āu īnoi me āu mahi atawhai, hei whakamahara ki te aroaro o te Atua. 5 Nā, tonoa āianei he tangata ki Hopa, ki te tiki i a Haimona, ko te rua nei o ōna ingoa ko Pita. 6 He manuhiri ia nā Haimona kaimahi hiako, i te taha nei o te moana tōna whare.”

7 Ā, nō te rironga atu o te anahera i kōrero nei ki a ia, ka karangatia e ia tokorua o āna pononga tāne, me tētahi hōia karakia nō te hunga e mahi tonu ana ki a ia; 8 ā, ka oti ngā mea katoa te kōrero ki a rātou, ka tonoa rātou e ia ki Hopa.

9 Nā i te aonga ake, i a rātou e haere ana, e whakatata atu ana ki te pā, ka kake a Pita ki runga ki te tuanui, i te ono o ngā hāora, ki te īnoi. 10 Nā ka pā ki a ia te matekai, ka mea ki te kai; otirā, i a rātou e taka mai ana, ka tau iho te wairua matakite ki a ia. 11 Nā, ka kite ia i te rangi kua tuwhera, me tētahi mea e heke iho ana, he mea tuku iho mā ngā pito e whā, ki te whenua. 12 I roto i taua mea ngā momo kararehe waewae whā katoa, ngā mea ngōkingōki katoa o te whenua, me ngā manu o te rangi. 13 I reira, ka puta mai he reo ki a ia, “Whakatika, e Pita; patua, kainga.”

14 Ko Pita ia i mea, “Kāhore, e te Ariki; kīanō ahau i kai i te mea noa, i te mea poke rānei.”

15 Ka puta mai anō he reo ki a ia, ka tuaruatia, “Ko ā te Atua i mea ai kia mā, kaua e whakanoatia e koe.” 16 E toru meatanga o tēnei; ā, i reira tonu ka tangohia atu taua mea ki te rangi.

17 I taua wā tonu, i a Pita e whakaaroaro ana i roto i a ia ki te tikanga o tēnei whakakitenga, nā, ko ngā tāngata i tonoa mai rā e Koroniria, tērā kua uiui ki te whare o Haimona, tū ana i mua i te kūwaha. 18 Karanga ana mai, ui ana, kei reira rānei e noho ana a Pita, te rua nei o ōna ingoa ko Haimona.

19 Ā, i a Pita e whakaaro ana mō taua whakakitenga, ka mea te Wairua ki a ia, “Nanā, tokotoru ēnei tāngata e rapu ana i a koe. 20 Nā, whakatika, heke atu, haere tahi koutou, kei ruarua; nāku hoki rātou i tono mai.”

21 Nā, ka heke atu a Pita ki aua tāngata, ka mea, “Nā, ko ahau tēnei e rapu nei koutou. He aha te take o tā koutou haere mai?”

22 Nā, ka mea rātou, “Ko Koroniria rā, he keneturio, he tangata tika, e wehi ana i te Atua, e kōrerotia paitia ana e te iwi katoa o ngā Hūrai, kua whakamaharatia ia e te Atua nā tētahi anahera tapu kia tīkina atu koe ki tōna whare, kia rongo ia ki ētahi kupu i a koe.” 23 Nā, karanga ana ia i a rātou ki roto hei manuhiri māna.

Ā, i te aonga ake, ka whakatika ia ka haere atu me rātou, ā, ko ētahi o ngā tēina nō Hopa i haere tahi me ia. 24 Ā, ao ake ka tomo rātou ki Hiharia. Nā, ko Koroniria e tatari mai ana ki a rātou, he mea karanga nāna kia huihui mai ōna whanaunga me ōna hoa tupu. 25 Ā, nō ka tomo atu a Pita, ka tūtaki a Koroniria ki a ia, ka hinga ki ōna waewae, ka koropiko ki a ia. 26 Otirā, ka whakaara ake a Pita i a ia, ka mea, “E tū ki runga; he tangata nei anō ahau.”

27 Nā, i a ia e kōrero ana ki a ia, ka tomo atu ia ki roto, ka kite i te menenga tokomaha, 28 ka mea atu ki a rātou, “E mātau ana koutou e kore e tika kia huihui te tangata o ngā Hūrai, kia haere atu rānei ki te tangata iwi kē; otiia, kua whakakitea e te Atua ki ahau kia kaua e kīia tētahi tangata he noa, he poke. 29 Koia ahau i haere mai ai, kīhai i aha i te tikinga ake i ahau. Nā, ka ui nei ahau, he aha te take i tīkina ake ai ahau?”

30 Ka mea a Koroniria, “Ka whā ngā rā ināianei tae mai ki tēnei hāora, e whakarite ana ahau i te īnoinga o te iwa o ngā hāora i roto i tōku whare; nā, ko te tangata e tū ana i tōku aroaro, kanapa tonu te kākahu, 31 e mea ana, ‘E Koroniria, kua rangona tāu īnoi, ā, e maharatia ana āu mahi atawhai i te aroaro o te Atua. 32 Nā, tonoa he tangata ki Hopa, ka karanga ki a koe i a Haimona, te rua nei o ōna ingoa ko Pita; he manuhiri ia i roto i te whare o Haimona kaimahi hiako, i te taha moana.’ 33 I reira tonu ka tono tāngata atu ahau ki a koe; nā, he pai rawa tōu haerenga mai. Nō reira, kei konei katoa mātou kei te aroaro o te Atua, whakarongo ai ki ngā mea katoa kua whakahaua e te Ariki ki a koe.”

34 Nā, ka puaki te māngai o Pita, ka mea: “He pono ka kite ahau kāhore a te Atua whakapai kanohi; 35 otiia, i roto i ngā tini iwi ko te tangata e wehi ana ki a ia, ā, e mahi ana i te tika, ka paingia e ia. 36 Ko te kupu i tukua mai e ia ki ngā tamariki a Īharaira, he kauwhau i te rongopai o te rangimārie nā Īhu Karaiti; ko ia nei te Ariki o te katoa. 37 Ko taua kupu, kei te mōhio koutou, i kauwhautia rā puta noa i Hūria katoa, i tīmata mai i Karirī, i muri o te iriiri i kauwhautia e Hoani; 38 arā, ko Īhu o Nahareta, tā te Atua whakawahinga i a ia ki te Wairua Tapu, ki te kaha; ā, hāereere ana ia ki te mahi i te pai, ki te whakaora i te hunga katoa i pēhia e te rēwera; nō te mea i a ia te Atua.

39 “Ko mātou hoki ngā kaiwhakaatu o ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki te whenua o ngā Hūrai, ki Hiruhārama hoki. Ā, whakamatea ana ia e rātou, he mea whakairi ki runga ki te rākau. 40 Nā, ko ia i whakaarahia ake e te Atua i te toru o ngā rā, ā, meinga ana ia kia kitea nuitia, 41 ehara i te mea e te iwi katoa, engari e te hunga i whiriwhiria i mua e te Atua, arā e mātou, i kai tahi nei, i inu tahi nei me ia, i muri i tōna aranga ake i te hunga mate. 42 I whai kupu hoki ia ki a mātou kia kauwhau ki te iwi, kia whakaatu, ko ia tā te Atua i whakarite ai hei Kaiwhakawā mō ngā tāngata ora, mō ngā tāngata mate. 43 He kaiwhakaatu ngā poropiti katoa mōna, arā mā tōna ingoa ka whiwhi ai ki te murunga hara ngā tāngata katoa e whakarongo, ana ki a ia.”

44 I a Pita anō e kōrero ana i ēnei kupu, ka tau iho te Wairua Tapu ki te hunga katoa e whakarongo ana ki te kupu. 45 Ā, ko te hunga o te kotinga i whakapono nei, ko ngā mea i haere tahi mai me Pita, mīharo ana nō te mea kua ringihia tahitia iho te Wairua Tapu ki ngā tauiwi. 46 I rongo hoki rātou ki ngā reo i kōrero ai rātou, i whakanui ai i te Atua.

I reira ka whakahoki a Pita, 47 “E āhei rānei te whakakāhore e tētahi te wai, kei iriiria ēnei kua whiwhi tahi nei me tātou ki te Wairua Tapu?” 48 Nā, ka whakahau ia kia iriiria rātou i runga i te ingoa o Īhu Karaiti. I reira ka tohe rātou ki a ia kia noho mō ētahi rā.

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