1 I haere anō a Hamahona ki Kaha, ā, ka kitea e ia tētahi wahine kairau i reira, ā, haere atu ana ki a ia. 2 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki ngā Kahi, ka meatia, “Kua tae mai a Hamahona ki konei.” Nā, ka karapotia ia e rātou, ka whanga hoki rātou ki a ia ā pau noa te pō i te kūwaha o te pā. Nā, takoto puku ana rātou ā pau noa taua pō; i mea hoki, “Waiho kia awatea, ka patu ai tātou i a ia.”

3 Heoi, takoto ana a Hamahona ā tūruawaenga pō. Kātahi ia ka whakatika i waenganui pō, ā, ka mau i te tatau o te kūwaha o te pā, ki ngā pou hoki e rua. Nā, unuhia ake ana, āna tūtaki, āna aha; ā, hikitia ana ki runga ki ōna pokohiwi, amohia ana ki te tihi o te maunga i te ritenga atu o Heperona.

4 Ā muri iho ka aroha ia ki tētahi wahine i te awaawa o Horeke, ko Terīra tōna ingoa. 5 Nā, ka haere ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki taua wahine, ka mea ki a ia, “Whakawaia ia kia kitea ai nō hea tōna kaha nui, ā, mā te aha ia e taea ai e mātou, kia herea ai ia e mātou, kia whakaitia. Ā, kotahi mano kotahi rau ngā hiriwa e hoatu e tēnei, e tēnei o mātou ki a koe.”

6 Nā, ka mea a Terīra ki a Hamahona, “Tēnā, whakaaturia mai ki ahau nō hea tōu kaha nui, mā te aha hoki e taea ai koe te here, kia whakaitia ai koe?”

7 Nā, ka mea a Hamahona ki a ia, “Ki te herea ahau e rātou ki ngā aka hou e whitu, kāhore nei i whakamaroketia, kātahi ahau ka kahakore, ka rite ki tētahi atu tangata.”

8 Nā, ka maua e ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ētahi aka hou e whitu ki a ia, he mea kāhore anō i whakamaroketia; ā, herea ana ia e ia ki aua mea. 9 Nā, tērā i taua wahine, i te rūma i roto, ētahi tāngata e tauwhanga ana. Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “E Hamahona, ko ngā Pirihitini, ka eke ki a koe!” Nā, motumotuhia ana e ia ngā aka; koia anō kei te miro muka e motu ana ina pā ki te ahi. Heoi, kīhai i mōhiotia tōna kaha.

10 Nā, ka mea a Terīra ki a Hamahona, “Nanā, kua tinihangatia ahau e koe, kua teka koe ki ahau; tēnā rā, whakaaturia mai ki ahau mā te aha koe e mau ai te here?”

11 Ā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “Ki te herea iana ahau ki ētahi taura hou kāhore anō i meatia ki te mahi, kātahi ahau ka kahakore, ka rite ki tētahi atu tangata.”

12 Nā, ka mau a Terīra ki ētahi taura hou, ka here i a ia; ā, ka mea ki a ia, “E Hamahona, ko ngā Pirihitini, ka eke ki a koe!” Nā, i te rūma i roto ngā kaiwhanga e noho ana. Nā, motuhia ana e ia i ōna ringa, ānō he miro.

13 Nā, ka mea a Terīra ki a Hamahona, “He tinihanga tāu ki ahau, he kōrero teka ā tae mai nei; whakaaturia ki ahau mā te aha koe e mau ai te here?”

Ka mea ia ki a ia, “Ki te whatua e koe ngā makawe e whitu o tōku mātenga ki roto ki te whenu.” 14 Nā, titia iho ana e ia ki te titi.

Ā, ka mea ki a ia, “E Hamahona, ko ngā Pirihitini ka eke ki a koe!” Nā, ko tōna ohonga ake i tāna moe, ka unuhia te titi o te mea whatu me te whenu anō.

15 Nā, ka mea te wahine ki a ia, “He aha koe i mea ai, ‘E aroha ana ahau ki a koe,’ kāhore nei hoki tōu ngākau i riro mai i ahau? Ka toru ēnei māmingatanga āu i ahau, kīhai anō hoki i whakaaturia e koe ki ahau nō hea tōu kaha nui.” 16 Nāwai ā, kāhore he rā i kapea tāna āki i a ia ki āna kupu, me te tohe ki a ia, ā mate noa iho tōna wairua i te hōhā.

17 Kātahi ka whakaaturia e ia ki a ia tōna ngākau katoa, ka mea ki a ia, “Kāhore anō i pā noa he heu ki tōku māhunga; he Natari hoki ahau ki a Ihowā nō te kōpū mai anō o tōku whaea. Ki te heua ahau, kātahi ka riro atu tōku kaha i ahau, ā, ka kahakore ahau, ka rite ki te mano o te tangata.”

18 Ā, nō te kitenga o Terīra kua whakaaturia tōna ngākau katoa ki a ia, ka tono tāngata ia ki te karanga i ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini, hei mea, “Haere mai anō koa āianei, kua whakaaturia hoki e ia tōna ngākau katoa ki ahau.” Nā, ka haere mai ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia, me te mau mai i te moni i ō rātou ringa. 19 Nā, ka whakamoea ia e ia ki runga i ōna turi, ā, ka karanga ki tētahi tangata, ā, heua ana ngā makawe e whitu o tōna māhunga. Nā, ka tīmata tāna whakaiti i a ia, ā, mahue ake ia i tōna kaha.

20 Nā, ka mea tērā, “E Hamahona ko ngā Pirihitini ka eke ki a koe!”

Nā, maranga ana ia i tāna moe, ka mea, “Ka haere ahau ki waho, ka pērā me mua rā, rūrū ai i ahau.” Heoi, kīhai ia i mātau kua mawehe atu a Ihowā i a ia.

21 Nā, ka hopukia ia e ngā Pirihitini, ā, tīkarohia ana ōna kanohi; ā, kawea ana ia e rātou ki raro, ki Kaha. Nā, herea ana ia ki ngā mekameka parāhi; ā, he huri mira tāna mahi i roto i te whare herehere. 22 Heoi, kua tīmata anō ngā makawe o tōna māhunga te tupu i muri i tōna heunga.

23 Nā, ka huihui ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki te patu i tētahi whakahere nui ki a Rakono, ki tō rātou atua, ki te whakamanamana anō hoki; i mea hoki, “Kua hōmai tō tātou hoariri a Hamahona e tō tātou atua ki tō tātou ringa.”

24 Ā, nō te kitenga o te iwi i a ia, ka whakamoemiti ki tō rātou atua; i mea hoki,

Nā, ka whakatūria ia e rātou ki waenganui o ngā pou. 26 Nā, ka mea a Hamahona ki te tamaiti i pupuri nei i a ia ki tōna ringa, “Tukua ahau kia whāwhā ki ngā pou tokomanawa o te whare hei okiokinga atu mōku.” 27 Nā, kī tonu te whare i te tāne, i te wahine; i reira anō hoki ngā rangatira katoa o ngā Pirihitini; i runga anō i te tuanui me te mea e toru mano ngā tāne, ngā wāhine, e mātakitaki ana ki ngā mahi tākaro a Hamahona.

28 Kātahi ka karanga a Hamahona ki a Ihowā, ka mea, “E te Ariki e Ihowā, kia mahara ki ahau, whakakahangia hoki ahau e te Atua i tēnei wā kotahi nei, kia ea tonu āianei ki runga i ngā Pirihitini tōku mate i ōku kanohi e rua.” 29 Nā, hopukia atu ana e Hamahona ngā pou tokomanawa e rua o waenga, i tū ai, i mau ai te whare, ko tētahi ki tōna ringa matau, ko tētahi ki tōna mauī. 30 Nā, ka mea a Hamahona, “Kia mate tahi ahau me ngā Pirihitini.” Ko tōna tino pikonga iho, me te whakapau anō i tōna kaha; heoi hinga ana te whare ki runga ki ngā rangatira, ki runga anō hoki ki te iwi katoa i roto. Heoi, tini atu i āna i patu ai i tōna oranga te hunga i mate i whakamatea nei e ia, i tōna matenga.

31 Kātahi ka haere iho ōna tēina ki raro, rātou ko te whare katoa o tōna pāpā, ā, tangohia ana ia e rātou, kawea atu ana, tanumia ana ki waenganui o Toraha o Ehetaoro, ki te rua o Manoa, o tōna pāpā. Ā, e rua tekau ngā tau i whakarite ai ia mō Īharaira.

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