1 Nā, ka titiro pū a Pāora ki te rūnanga, ka mea, “E ōku tuākana, tika tonu ki tōku mahara tāku whakahaere i te aroaro o te Atua, ā taea noatia tēnei rā.” 2 Nā, ka mea a Anania tohunga nui ki te hunga e tū ana i tōna taha, kia pākia tōna māngai. 3 Anō rā, ko Pāora ki a ia, “Tēnei ake ka papaki te Atua i a koe, e te pakitara kua oti te pani ki te paru mā! Ā, ka noho mai koe hei whakawā i ahau i tā te ture i whakatakoto ai, me te whakahau anō kia pākia ahau, e hē nei tēnā ki te ture?”
4 Nā, ka mea te hunga e tū tata ana, “E whakamanumanu ana koe ki te tohunga nui a te Atua?”
5 Anō rā ko Pāora, “Kīhai ahau i mātau, e ōku tuākana, ko ia te tohunga nui; kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, ‘Aua e kōrerotia kinotia te rangatira o tōu iwi.’ ”
6 Ā, nō ka kite a Pāora nō ngā Haruki ētahi, ko ētahi nō ngā Parihi, ka karanga ia i roto i te rūnanga, “E ōku tuākana, he Parihi ahau, he tama nā ngā Parihi. Ko te aranga o te hunga mate e tūmanakohia nei te mea e whakawākia nei ahau.”
7 Ā, nō tāna kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka tohetohe ngā Parihi rātou ko ngā Haruki; ka wahirua hoki te huihui. 8 E mea ana hoki ngā Haruki, kāhore he aranga, kāhore he anahera, he wairua rānei; ko ngā Parihi ia e whakaae ana ki aua mea e rua. 9 Ā, ka nui te ngangare; ka whakatika ētahi o ngā karaipi o tō ngā Parihi taha, ka totohe, ka mea, “Kāhore anō i mau i a mātou te hē o tēnei tangata. Tēnā, ka pēhea, mehemea kua kōrero tētahi wairua ki a ia, tētahi anahera rānei?”
10 Ā, nō ka nui te ngangau, ka mataku te rangatira mano kei motumotuhia a Pāora e rātou, nā, ungā ana e ia ngā hōia kia heke atu, ki te tango mai i a ia i roto i a rātou, kia ārahina hoki ki te pā.
11 Ā, i taua pō ka tū te Ariki ki tōna taha, ka mea, “Kia māia! Kia pēnā i a koe i whakaatu nā mōku i Hiruhārama, tāu whakaatu hoki ki Rōma.”
16 Otirā, ka rongo te tama a te tuahine o Pāora ki tō rātou whakaaro whakapapa, ka haere ia, ka tomo ki te pā, ka kōrero ki a Pāora.
17 Kātahi, ka karanga a Pāora ki tētahi keneturio, ka mea, “Ārahina atu te tamaiti nei ki te rangatira mano; he kōrero hoki tāna ki a ia.” 18 Nā, ka mau ia ki a ia, ka ārahi i a ia ki te rangatira mano, ka mea, “I karanga te herehere, a Pāora, i ahau, i mea kia ārahina mai tēnei tamaiti ki a koe, he kōrero hoki tāna ki a koe.”
19 Nā, ka mau te rangatira mano ki tōna ringa, ka haere ki tahaki, ka ui atu, “He aha tāu mea hei kōrero ki ahau?”
20 Anō rā ko tērā, “Kua whakatakoto whakaaro ngā Hūrai kia mea ki a koe kia ārahina iho a Pāora āpōpō ki te rūnanga, ānō e āta uia anō e koe tētahi atu mea mōna. 21 Nā, aua koe e rongo ki a rātou; e whā hoki tekau ngahoro tāngata o rātou e whanga ana ki a ia. Kua puaki tā rātou oati, kia kaua e kai, kia kaua e inu, kia mate rā anō ia i a rātou. Nā, kua rite tēnei rātou, e tatari ana ki te kupu whakaae i a koe.”
22 Kātahi, ka tukua atu taua tamaiti e te rangatira mano, ka mea ia, “Kaua e kōrerotia ki tētahi tāu whakaaturanga mai i ēnei mea ki ahau.”
25 Ā, i tuhituhia e ia he pukapuka, ka pēnei:
26 “Nā Karauria Raihia ki a Pirika, ki te kāwana pai rawa: Tēnā koe.
31 Nā, ka mau ngā hōia ki a Pāora, ka pērā me te mea i kōrerotia ki a rātou, ā, ārahina ana ia i te pō ki Anatipatari. 32 Ao ake te rā ka tukua atu ngā tāngata eke hōiho hei hoa haere mōna, ā, hoki ana rātou ki te pā. 33 Ā, nō te taenga o ērā ki Hiharia, ka hoatu te pukapuka ki te kāwana, ā, whakatūria ana a Pāora ki tōna aroaro. 34 Ā, nō te tirohanga iho o te kāwana, ka ui, nō tēhea kāwanatanga ia; ā, i tōna rongonga nō Kirikia ia, 35 ka mea ia, “Ka whakarongo ahau ki a koe, ina tae mai anō hoki ōu kaiwhakapae.” Ā, i whakahau ia, kia tiakina ia i roto i te whare whakawā o Herora.
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