1 Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea nā Ihowā, i muri i te tukunga a Neputarārana rangatira o ngā kaitiaki i a ia kia haere atu i Rama, i tāna tikinga i a ia, i te mea kei te here ia, he mea mekameka, i roto i ngā whakarau katoa o Hiruhārama, o Hūrā, e whakaraua ana ki Papurōna. 2 Nā, ka mau te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki ki a Heremaia, ā, ka mea ki a ia, “Nā Ihowā, nā tōu Atua tēnei kino i kōrero mō tēnei wāhi. 3 Nā, kua tākina nei e Ihowā, kua oti i a ia tāna i kōrero ai; nō te mea kua hara koutou ki a Ihowā, ā, kīhai i whakarongo ki tōna reo, koia tēnei mea i pā ai ki a koutou. 4 Nā, ināianei, ka wetekina koe e ahau i tēnei rā i ngā mekameka i runga i ōu ringa nā. Ki te pai koe ki te haere tahi i ahau ki Papurōna, haere mai, ā, māku koe e āta tirotiro; ki te kino ki a koe te haere tahi mai i ahau ki Papurōna, kauaka. Nanā, kei tōu aroaro te whenua katoa; nā, ko tāu wāhi e kite ai koe he pai, he āta tāu hei haerenga atu mōu, haere ki reira.” 5 Kīanō ia i hoki noa, ka mea tērā, “Kāti, hoki atu ki a Keraria tama a Ahikama, tama a Hapana, kua meinga hoki ia e te kīngi o Papurōna hei kāwana mō ngā pā o Hūrā, ā, ka noho ki a ia i roto i te iwi; māu rānei e haere ki te wāhi e tau ana ki tāu titiro, kia haere ki reira.”

Nā, ka hōmai e te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki he ō mōna, me tētahi hākari, ā, tukua ana ia kia haere. 6 Kātahi a Heremaia ka haere ki a Keraria tama a Ahikama ki Mihipa; ā, noho ana ki a ia i roto i te iwi i mahue iho ki te whenua.

7 Nā, i te rongonga o ngā rangatira katoa o ngā ope i ngā pārae, rātou ko ā rātou tāngata, kua oti a Keraria tama a Ahikama te mea hei kāwana mō te whenua e te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, kua tukua ki a ia ngā tikanga mō ngā tāne, mō ngā wāhine, mō ngā tamariki, mō ngā rawakore o te whenua, mō te hunga hoki kīhai i whakaraua ki Papurōna; 8 kātahi rātou ka haere mai ki a Keraria, ki Mihipa – arā a Ihimaera tama a Netania, a Hohanana rāua ko Honatana, ngā tama a Karea, a Heraia tama a Tanahumete, ngā tama a Ēpai Netopati, a Hetania tama a tētahi Maakati, ēnei, me ā rātou tāngata. 9 Ā, ka oati a Keraria tama a Ahikama, tama a Hapana, ki a rātou ko ā rātou tāngata, ka mea, “Kaua e wehi ki te mahi ki ngā Karari; e noho ki te whenua, e mahi ki te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka whai pai koutou. 10 Ko ahau nei ia, nanā, ka noho ahau i Mihipa, hei tū atu i mua i ngā Karari e haere mai ana ki a tātou. Tēnā ko koutou, kohikohia e koutou ngā wāina me ngā hua raumati, me te hinu, whaowhina ki ā koutou oko, ā, ka noho i roto i ō koutou pā i riro rā i ā koutou.”

11 Waihoki, i te rongonga o ngā Hūrai katoa i Moapa, i roto i ngā tama a Āmona, i Ēroma, i roto hoki i ngā whenua katoa, kua waiho e te kīngi o Papurōna he mōrehu o Hūrā, ā, kua meinga e ia a Keraria tama a Ahikama, tama a Hapana, hei kāwana mō rātou; 12 kātahi ngā Hūrai katoa i ngā wāhi katoa i peia atu ai rātou ka hokihoki mai, ā, haere mai ana ki te whenua o Hūrā, ki a Keraria, ki Mihipa, ā, kohikohia ana e rātou he wāina, he hua raumati, tōna nui.

13 I haere mai anō a Hohanana tama a Karea, rātou ko ngā rangatira katoa o ngā ope i ngā pārae ki a Keraria, ki Mihipa, 14 i mea ki a ia, “E mōhio ana rānei koe, kua ungā mai e Paarihi kīngi o ngā tama a Āmona a Ihimaera tama a Netania ki te whakamate i a koe?” Otiia kīhai a Keraria tama a Ahikama i whakapono ki a rātou.

15 Kātahi a Hohanana tama a Karea ka kōrero puku ki a Keraria, i Mihipa, ka mea, “Tēnā, tukua ahau kia haere, ā, māku e patu a Ihimaera tama a Netania, ā, e kore e mōhiotia e tētahi tangata. Kia patua koe e ia hei aha? Pēnā ka marara noa iho ngā Hūrai katoa kua huihui mai nei ki a koe, mōtī iho ngā mōrehu o Hūrā.”

16 Otiia, i mea a Keraria tama a Ahikama ki a Hohanana tama a Karea, “Kaua tēnei e meatia e koe; he teka hoki tāu kōrero mō Ihimaera.”

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