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I Koroniti
1 Muri iho i ēnei mea ka haere atu a Paora i Atene, ka tae ki Koriniti.
2 Nā, ka kite ia i tētahi Hūrai ko Akuira te ingoa, i whānau ki Ponoto, he mea tae hou mai i Itari, rāua ko tāna wahine, ko Pirihira; kua whakahaua hoki e Karauria kia haere atu ngā Hūrai katoa i Roma. Ā, ka haere ia ki a rāua,
3 ā, nō te mea kotahi tā rātou mahi, ka noho ia ki a rāua ka mahi rātou; he tui tēneti hoki tā rāua mahi.
4 Nā, ka kōrerorero ia i roto i te whare karakia i ngā hāpati katoa, e tohe ana ki ngā Hūrai rātou ko ngā Kariki.
5 Nō te taenga mai ia o Hira rāua ko Tīmoti i Makeronia, ka tākare te ngākau o Paora, ka whakapuaki ki ngā Hūrai ko Īhu te Karaiti.
6 Heoi, i a rātou ka whakatika, ka kohukohu, ka ruia e ia ōna kākahu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Hei runga i ō koutou mātenga ō koutou toto; ka mā ahau. Ko tēnei ka haere ahau ki ngā tauiwi.”
7 Nā, ka haere atu ia i reira, ka tomo ki te whare o tētahi tangata, ko Taituha Hutuha te ingoa, he tangata karakia ki te Atua; ko tōna whare i tata tonu ki te whare karakia.
8 Nā, ka whakapono a Kirihipu, te rangatira o te whare karakia, me tōna whare katoa ki te Ariki; he tokomaha hoki ngā Koriniti, i a rātou ka rongo, i whakapono, i iriiria hoki.
9 Ā, ka kōrero moemoeā te Ariki ki a Paora i te pō, “Kaua e wehi, engari me kōrero, kei noho puku;
10 kei a koe hoki ahau, e kore hoki tētahi tangata e pā ki a koe, e hoatu i te kino ki a koe. He nui hoki āku tāngata i tēnei pā.”
11 Nā, kotahi te tau e ono marama i noho ai ia i reira, i whakaako ai i te kupu a te Atua i roto i a rātou.
12 Nā, i a Kario e noho ana hei kāwana mō Akāia, kotahi tonu whakatikanga o ngā Hūrai ki a Paora, ā, kawea ana ia ki te nohoanga whakawā,
13 ka mea, “E kukume ana tēnei i ngā tāngata ki tētahi karakia ki te Atua e poka kē ana i tā te ture.”
14 Ā, e mea tonu ana te māngai o Paora ki te puaki, ka mea a Kario ki ngā Hūrai, “E ngā Hūrai, mehemea ko tētahi hanga hē, ko tētahi mahi kino rānei, he tika kia āta whakarongo ahau ki a koutou.
15 Ko tēnei he totohe kōrero, he mea ki ngā ingoa, ki tā koutou ture, kei a koutou te whakaaro; e kore hoki ahau e pai kia waiho ahau hei kaiwhakawā mō ēnā mea.”
16 Nā, peia atu ana rātou e ia i te nohoanga whakawā.
17 Nā, ka mau ngā Kariki katoa ki a Hotene, rangatira o te whare karakia, ā, whiua ana ia i mua o te nohoanga whakawā. Heoi, kīhai a Kario i whakaaro ki tētahi o ēnei mea.
Te Hokinga ki Anatioka
18 Ā, ka maha ngā rā i noho ai a Paora, ka poroporoaki ia ki ngā tēina, ā, rere ana ki Hīria, rātou ko Pirihira ko Akuira. He mea moremore tōna ūpoko i Kenekerea; he kī taurangi hoki nāna.
19 Ā, ka tae rātou ki Epeha, ka mahue rāua i a ia ki reira. Ko ia i tomo ki te whare karakia, kōrerorero ai ki ngā Hūrai.
20 Ā, i tā rātou meatanga kia roa atu te wā e noho ai ia ki a rātou, kīhai ia i whakaae.
21 Heoi, poroporoaki ana ki a rātou, ka mea, “E hoki mai anō ahau ki a koutou, ki te pai te Atua.” Ā, rere atu ana ia i Epeha.
22 Ā, nō ka ū ia ki Hiharia, ka haere atu ka oha ki te hāhi, ā, haere ana ki Anatioka.
23 Ā, roaroa iho ki reira, ka haere, ā, hāereerea mārietia ana e ia te whenua Karatia, o Pirikia, me te whakaū i ngā ākonga katoa.
Ko Aporo kei Epeha kei Koriniti
24 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi Hūrai ki Epeha, ko Aporo te ingoa, i whānau ki Arēhānaria, he pū kōrero, he tangata kaha ki ngā karaipiture.
25 I whakaakona tēnei tangata ki te ara o te Ariki; he tangata ia e toko tonu ake ana te ngākau, ka kōrero ia, tika tonu hoki tāna whakaako i ngā mea mō Īhu; heoi anō, tāna i mātau ai ko te iriiri a Hoani.
26 Ka anga ia ka kōrero nui i roto i te whare karakia. Nō te rongonga o Akuira rāua ko Pirihira ki a ia, ka mau rāua ki a ia, ka āta whakaatu ki a ia i te ara o te Atua.
27 Ā, nō ka mea ia kia haere ki Akāia, ka tautokona ia e ngā tēina, ā, ka tuhituhi rātou ki ngā ākonga kia whakamanuhiritia ia e rātou. Ā, nō tōna taenga atu, ka whakakahangia e ia te hunga i meinga nei e te aroha noa kia whakapono.
28 Kaha rawa hoki tāna whawhati i tā ngā Hūrai i roto i te huihui; whakaaturia ana e ia tā ngā karaipiture mō Īhu, ko te Karaiti ia.