1 I pai a Tariuha kia whakaritea ētahi ariki kotahi rau e rua tekau mō te kīngitanga, hei kāwana mō te kīngitanga katoa, 2 e toru hoki ngā rangatira nui mō ēnei, ā, ko Raniera tētahi o rātou; mā ngā ariki rā ngā kōrero e hōmai ki ēnei, kei hē ngā mea a te kīngi. 3 Kātahi ka whakanuia tēnei Raniera ki runga ake i ngā rangatira nui, i ngā ariki, nō te mea he pai rawa te wairua i roto i a ia, ā, i whakaaro te kīngi kia meinga ia hei rangatira mō te kīngitanga katoa.

4 Kātahi ngā rangatira nunui rātou ko ngā ariki ka rapu take mō Raniera i roto i ngā mea o te kīngitanga. Heoi, kīhai i kitea tētahi take, tētahi hē; he mahi pono hoki tāna, kāhore ōna kino, ōna hē.

5 Kātahi ka mea aua tāngata, “E kore e kitea e tātou he take mō tēnei Raniera, ki te kāhore e kitea he mea mōna i roto i te ture a tōna Atua.”

6 Kātahi ēnei rangatira nunui rātou ko ngā ariki ka huihui ki te kīngi; ko tā rātou kōrero tēnei ki a ia, “E Kīngi Tariuha, kia ora tonu koe! 7 Kua kōrerorero ngā rangatira nunui katoa o te kīngitanga, ngā kāwana, ngā ariki, ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, ngā rangatira, kia whakatakotoria he tikanga kīngi, kia whakapūmautia he ture kaha, arā ki te īnoia he mea e tētahi ki tētahi atua, tangata rānei, ā, kia toru tekau rā anō ngā rā, he mea ehara i te īnoi ki a koe, e te kīngi, me maka ia ki te ana o ngā raiona. 8 Nā, māu e whakapūmau te ture, e te kīngi, whaitohungia hoki te mea i tuhituhia, kei puta kē, kia rite ai ki te ture a ngā Meri, a ngā Pahi, e kore nei e puta kē.”

9 Mō reira whaitohungia ana e Kīngi Tariuha te mea i tuhituhia me te ture.

10 Nā, ka mōhio a Raniera ka oti taua mea i tuhituhia te whaitohu, haere ana ia ki tōna whare; nā, ko ōna matapihi tuwhera tonu ai i roto i tōna rūma ki te ritenga atu o Hiruhārama. E toru ngā tukunga o ōna turi i te rā, īnoi ana ia, whakawhetai ana ki te aroaro o tōna Atua, pērā ana me tāna i mua.

11 Kātahi ka huihui aua tāngata, ka kite i a Raniera e karakia ana, e īnoi ana ki te aroaro o tōna Atua. 12 Kātahi rātou ka whakatata, ā, ka kōrero i te ture a te kīngi ki te aroaro o te kīngi; “Kīhai ianei i whaitohungia e koe he ture, nā, ko ngā tāngata katoa e īnoi ana ki tētahi atua, tangata rānei, i ēnei rangi e toru tekau, he mea ehara i te īnoi ki a koe, e te kīngi, ka makā ki te ana raiona?”

Ka whakahoki te kīngi, ka mea, “He pono taua mea nā, e rite ana ki te ture a ngā Meri, a ngā Pahi, e kore nei e puta kē.”

13 Kātahi rātou ka whakahoki, ka mea ki te aroaro o te kīngi, “Ko te Raniera rā, ko tērā o ngā tama o ngā whakarau o Hūrā, kāhore ōna mahara ki a koe, e te kīngi, ki te ture anō i whaitohungia e koe, heoi e toru āna īnoinga i te rā.”

14 Ā, nō te rongonga o te kīngi ki ēnei kupu, kātahi ka nui tōna kino, ā, ka anga tōna ngākau ki a Raniera kia whakaorangia ia. Whai ana ia ki te whakaora i a ia ā tō noa te rā. 15 Kātahi ka huihui ngā tāngata nei ki te kīngi, ā, ka mea ki te kīngi, “Kia mōhio koe, e te kīngi, ko te ture tēnei a ngā Meri, a ngā Pahi, kia kaua e whakaputaia kētia tētahi ture, tikanga rānei, kua oti te whakapūmau e te kīngi.”

16 Kātahi te kīngi ka whakahau, ā, kawea ana mai a Raniera, makā ana ki te ana raiona. I kōrero anō te kīngi, i mea ki a Raniera, “Ko tōu Atua e mahi tonu nā koe ki a ia, māna koe e whakaora.”

17 Nā, ka maua mai he kōhatu, ka whakatakotoria ki te kūwaha o te ana; hīritia iho e te kīngi ki tāna ake hīri, ki te hīri anō a āna ariki; kei puta kē tētahi tikanga mō Raniera. 18 Kātahi te kīngi ka haere ki tōna whare, ā pau noa taua pō kīhai i kai, kīhai anō ngā mea whakatangi i kawea mai ki tōna aroaro; ā, tūrere atu ana tōna moe i a ia.

19 Kātahi te kīngi ka maranga i te atatū tonu, ā, hohoro tonu te haere ki te ana raiona. 20 Ā, nō tōna tatanga atu ki te ana, ki a Raniera, ka karanga ia, he reo tangi te reo; i kōrero te kīngi, i mea ki a Raniera, “E Raniera, e te pononga a te Atua ora, he kaha rānei tōu Atua e mahi tonu nā koe ki a ia, ki te whakaora i a koe kei mate i ngā raiona?”

21 Nā, ka mea a Raniera ki te kīngi, “E te kīngi, kia ora tonu koe! 22 Kua tukua mai e tōku Atua tāna anahera, ā, tūtakina ana e ia ngā māngai o ngā raiona, ā, kīhai rātou i pā ki ahau. Nō te mea kua kitea tōku kore hara i tōna aroaro; kāhore anō āku mahi hē i tōu aroaro, e te kīngi.”

23 Nā, nui atu te koa o te kīngi, ā, whakahaua ana e ia kia tangohia ake a Raniera i roto i te ana. Nā, kua tangohia ake a Raniera i roto i te ana, kīhai rawa anō i kitea tētahi ahatanga ki a ia, nō te mea i whakapono ia ki tōna Atua.

24 Nā, ka whakahau te kīngi, ā, ka maua aua tāngata i whakapae rā ki a Raniera, ka makā ki te ana raiona, rātou, ā rātou tamariki, ā rātou wāhine, riro pū rātou i ngā raiona, ā, wāwāhia ana e rātou ō rātou wheua katoa i te mea kīanō i tatū noa ki raro o te ana.

25 Kātahi a Kīngi Tariuha ka tuhituhi ki ngā tāngata katoa, ki ngā iwi, ki ngā reo, e noho ana i te whenua katoa: