1 I taua rā i haere atu a Īhu i te whare, ka noho ki te taha o te moana. 2 Nā, he rahi te hui i huihui ki a ia, ā, ka eke ia ki te kaipuke noho ai; i te takutai anō te hui katoa e tū ana. 3 Ā, he maha āna kōrero ki a rātou, he mea whakarite; i mea ia:
9 “Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.”
10 Ā, ka haere ngā ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, “He aha koe i kōrero whakarite tonu ai ki a rātou?”
11 Nā, ka whakahoki ia ki a rātou, ka mea, “Nō te mea kua hoatu ki a koutou te mātauranga ki ngā mea ngaro o te rangatiratanga o te rangi, ki a rātou ia kāhore i hoatu. 12 Ki te whai mea hoki tētahi, ka hoatu anō ki a ia, ā, ka maha atu ana. Ki te kāhore ia he mea a tētahi, ka tangohia i a ia āna ake. 13 Nā reira ēnei kupu whakarite āku ki a rātou; nō te mea ‘kite rawa rātou, ā, kāhore e kite; rongo rawa, kāhore hoki e mātau.’ 14 Ā, ka rite i a rātou te poropititanga a Ihāia, e mea nei:
18 “Nā, whakarongo ki te kupu i whakaritea ki te kairui. 19 Ki te rongo tētahi ki te kupu o te rangatiratanga, ā, e kore e mātau, nā, ka haere mai te wairua kino, ka kapo i te mea ka oti nā te rui ki tōna ngākau. Ko te tangata tēnei i ngā purapura i te taha o te ara. 20 Ko te tangata ia i ngā purapura i ngā wāhi kōhatu, ko te tangata i rongo ki te kupu, ā, hohoro tonu te tango, hari tonu; 21 Otiia, kāhore ōna pakiaka i roto i a ia, e mau noa ana mō te wā poto, ā, nō te pānga o te whakapāwera, o te whakatoi rānei, mō te kupu, nā hē tonu iho. 22 Ko te tangata i ngā purapura i waenga tātarāmoa, ko te tangata tēnā i rongo ki te kupu; ā, ko te whakaaronga ki tēnei ao, me te hangarau o ngā taonga, hei whakakōwaowao i te kupu, ā, kore ake he hua. 23 Ko te tangata ia i ngā purapura i te oneone pai, ko te tangata e rongo ana ki te kupu, ā, e mātau ana; ā, ka whai hua, ea ake, nō tētahi kotahi rau, nō tētahi e ono tekau, nō tētahi e toru tekau.”
28 “Nā, ka kī atu ia ki a rātou, ‘Nā te hoariri tēnei i mea.’ Kātahi, ka mea ngā pononga ki a ia, ‘E pai rānei koe kia haere mātou ki te whakawhāiti i aua taru?’ 29 Ā, ka mea ia, ‘Kāhore; kei hūtia ngātahitia te wīti ina whakawhāititia ngā taru. 30 Tukua kia tupu tahi, ā taea noatia te kotinga; ā, i te wā o te kotinga ka mea ahau ki ngā kaikokoti, Mātua whakawhāiti i ngā taru, ka paihere ai hei paihere kia tahuna; ko te wīti ia me kohi ki tōku whare wīti.’ ”
31 Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i makā e ia ki a rātou, i mea ia: “He rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te pua nanī, i kawea e te tangata, i ruia ki tāna māra. 32 He iti rawa ia i ngā purapura katoa, ā, ka tupu, ko ia te nui rawa o ngā otaota, ā, whakarākau ana, nō ka rere mai ngā manu o te rangi, ka noho ki ōna manga.”
33 Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i kōrerotia e ia ki a rātou: “He rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te rēwena i tangohia e tētahi wahine, ā, whaongia ana ki roto ki ngā mēhua parāoa e toru, nō ka rēwenatia katoatia.”
34 Ko ēnei mea katoa i kōrerotia e Īhu ki te mano, he mea whakarite; ā, heoi anō āna kupu ki a rātou he kupu whakarite anake. 35 I rite ai tā te poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:
37 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko te kairui o te purapura pai ko te Tama a te tangata. 38 Ko te māra ko te ao; ko te purapura pai ko ngā tamariki o te rangatiratanga; ngā taru ko ngā tamariki a te kino; 39 ko te hoariri i ruia ai ko te rēwera; te kotinga ko te mutunga o te ao; ngā kaikokoti ko ngā anahera.
40 “Nā, e huihuia ana ngā taru, e tahuna ana ki te ahi; ka pērā anō i te mutunga o tēnei ao. 41 Ka tono te Tama a te tangata i āna anahera ki te huihui i roto i tōna rangatiratanga i ngā mea katoa e tūtuki ai te waewae, i ngā kaimahi anō i te kino; 42 ā, ka makā e rātou ki roto ki te oumu ahi; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi me te tetēā o ngā niho. 43 Ko reira te hunga tika whiti ai me te rā i te rangatiratanga o tō rātou Matua. Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.”
52 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Koia te karaipi, i ākona ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi, i rite ai ki tētahi rangatira whare e whakaputa mai ana i ngā mea hou, i ngā mea tawhito, i roto i tāna toa.”
53 Ā, ka mutu ēnei kupu whakarite a Īhu, ka haere atu ia i reira. 54 Ā, ka tae ki tōna kāinga tupu ka ako i a rātou i roto i tō rātou whare karakia, ā, mīharo noa rātou, ka mea, “Nō hea ēnei whakaaro nui me ngā merekara a tēnei tangata? 55 Ehara ianei tēnei i te tama a te kāmura? He teka ianei ko Meri te ingoa o tōna whaea? Ko Hēmi hoki rātou ko Hōhepa, ko Haimona, ko Hūrā, ōna tēina? 56 Me ōna tuāhine, kāhore ianei rātou katoa i a tātou nei? Nō hea rā ēnei mea katoa a tēnei tangata?” 57 Heoi, ka hē rātou ki a ia.