8 “Nā, ka whakahoki tērā, ka mea ki a ia, ‘E te ariki, waiho anō hoki i tēnei tau, kia keria rā anō e ahau ngā taha kia makā hoki he wairākau. 9 Ā, ki te whai hua ā houanga, ka waiho; ki te kāhore, māu e tua ki raro.’ ”
14 Nā, he riri nōna mō Īhu i whakaora i te hāpati, ka kōrero te rangatira o te whare karakia, ka mea ki te mano, “E ono ngā rā e tika ai te tangata te mahi. Hei reira koutou haere mai ai kia whakaorangia, kauaka i te hāpati.”
15 Nā, ka whakahoki te Ariki ki a ia, ka mea, “E ngā tāngata tinihanga, e kore ianei tēnei tangata, tēnei tangata o koutou e wewete i tāna kau i te hāpati, i tāna kāihe rānei, ka ārahi atu ai i te tūranga ki te whakainu? 16 Kāhore rānei tēnei wahine, he tamāhine nei nā Āperahama, i herea nei e Hātana i ēnei tau tekau mā waru, e tika kia wetekina i tōna here i te rā hāpati?”
17 Ā, nō ka kōrerotia ēnei mea e ia, ka whakamā katoa te hunga e whakahē ana ki a ia, ā, hari katoa te mano ki ngā mea korōria katoa i meinga e ia.
18 Nā, ka mea ia, “He rite te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki te aha? Ā, me whakarite e ahau ki te aha? 19 He rite ki te pua nanī, i kawea e te tangata, i ruia ki tāna kāri; ā, ka tupu, ka whakarākau, nō ka noho ngā manu o te rangi ki ōna manga.”
20 Ā, i mea anō ia, “Me whakarite e ahau te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki te aha? 21 He rite ki te rēwena i tangohia e tētahi wahine, ā, whaongia ana ki roto ki ngā mēhua parāoa e toru, nō ka rēwenatia katoa.”
22 Ā, ka hāereerea e ia ngā pā, ngā kāinga, whakaako ai, me te ahu tonu ki Hiruhārama. 23 Nā, ka mea tētahi ki a ia, “E te Ariki, he torutoru koia te hunga e ora?”
28 “Ko te wā tēnā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho, ina kite koutou i a Āperahama, i a Īhaka, i a Hākopa, i ngā poropiti katoa, kei te rangatiratanga o te Atua, ā, ko koutou kua makā ki waho. 29 Ā, ka haere mai rātou i te rāwhiti, i te hauāuru, i te hauraro, i te tonga, ka noho ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua 30 Nā, tērā ētahi ō muri e meinga ki mua, me ētahi ō mua ki muri.”
31 I taua hāora anō ka tae mai ētahi Parihi, ka mea ki a ia, “Haere, whakarērea a konei; e hiahia ana hoki a Herora kia whakamatea koe.”
32 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Haere, mea atu ki taua pokiha, ‘Nā, tēnei ahau te pei rēwera nei, te mahi nei i te mahi whakaora āianei, āpōpō, ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka oti tāku. 33 Otiia, me hāereere ahau āianei, āpōpō, ā tahi rā; e kore hoki e āhei kia mate he poropiti i waho o Hiruhārama.’
34 “E Hiruhārama, e Hiruhārama, e whakamate nei i ngā poropiti, e āki nei ki te kāmaka i te hunga e tonoa ana ki a koe; anō te tini o āku meatanga kia whakaminea āu tamariki, kia pērātia me te heihei e whakamine nei i āna pī ki raro ki ōna parirau, ā, kīhai koutou i pai! 35 Nā, ka mahue atu ki a koutou tō koutou whare kia takoto noa ana. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore koutou e kite i ahau, kia tae mai rā anō te rā e mea ai koutou, ‘Ka whakapaingia ia e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki.’ ”
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