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Ka Īnoi a Paora ki te Emepara
1 Nō te taenga mai o Petuha ki te kāwanatanga, ka toru ngā rā, ka haere atu ia i Hiharia ki Hiruhārama.
2 Nā, ka kōrero te tohunga nui me ngā rangatira o ngā Hūrai ki a ia mō Paora, ka tohe ki a ia,
3 kia whakaaetia tā rātou mōna, kia tīkina atu ia ki Hiruhārama, he whanga hoki tō rātou mōna kia whakamatea ki te ara.
4 Otirā, ka whakahokia e Petuha, kei Hiharia a Paora e pupuri ana, ā, tērā e hohoro tōna haere ki reira.
5 I mea anō ia, “Me haere tahi anō i ahau ki raro ngā mea ō koutou e whai mana ana, ki te whakawā i taua tangata, ki te mea he kino tōna.”
6 Ā, ka noho ia i a rātou mō ngā rā e waru, ngahuru rānei, nā, ka haere ki Hiharia; ao ake te rā ka noho ki te nohoanga whakawā, ā, ka mea kia ārahina mai a Paora.
7 Ā, nō tōna taenga atu, e tū ana tērā ngā Hūrai i haere mai i Hiruhārama, he maha, he nui ngā hē i whakapāngia e rātou ki a Paora; heoi kīhai i ū tā rātou.
8 Ā, ka utua e Paora, “Kāhore rawa ōku hara ki te ture a ngā Hūrai, kāhore hoki ki te temepara, kāhore anō ki a Hīhā.”
9 Heoi, ka mea a Petuha ki a Paora, i tōna hiahia kia paingia e ngā Hūrai, “E pai ana rānei koe kia haere ki Hiruhārama, ki reira whakawākia ai mō ēnei mea ki tōku aroaro?”
10 Anō rā ko Paora, “E tū ana ahau ki te nohoanga whakawā o Hīhā, hei reira tonu ahau whakawākia ai; kāhore ōku hē ki ngā Hūrai, kua tino kitea nā hoki e koe.
11 Me he hē tōku, kua meinga rānei e ahau tētahi mea e tika ai te mate, e kore ahau e kino kia mate; tēnā ko tēnei he teka ngā mea e whakapāngia nei e rātou ki ahau, e kore e āhei kia tukua ahau e tētahi ki a rātou. He karanga tēnei nāku ki a Hīhā”.
12 Nā, ka kōrerorero a Petuha ki te rūnanga, ā, ka mea, “Kua karanga koe ki a Hīhā; nā me haere koe ki a Hīhā.”
Ko Paora i te Aroaro o Akaripa rāua ko Pereniki
13 Ā muri iho i ētahi rā, ka tae atu a Kīngi Akaripa, rāua ko Pereniki ki Hiharia, ā, ka oha ki a Petuha.
14 Ā, ka pō maha rāua e noho ana i reira, ka kōrerotia e Petuha ki te kīngi te take mō Paora, ka mea, “Tēnei tētahi tangata i waiho iho e Pirika e here ana.
15 Ā, i ahau i Hiruhārama, ka kōrerotia mai ia ki ahau e ngā tohunga nui, e ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, ka tono rātou kia whakawākia ia.
16 Nā, ko tāku whakahokinga atu ki a rātou, ‘Ehara i te ritenga nā ngā tāngata o Roma kia tukua he tangata kia mate i te mea kīanō i tūtataki noa te tangata e whakawākia ana ki ngā kaiwhakapae, i whai wāhi rānei ki te whakahoki kupu ki te kupu whakawā mōna.’
17 Nō reira, i tō rātou minenga mai ki konei, kīhai ahau i whakaroa; ao ake te rā ka noho ahau ki te nohoanga whakawā, ka mea kia ārahina mai taua tangata.
18 Ā, i te tūranga o ngā kaiwhakapae, kīhai tētahi hē o āku i whakaaro ai i kōrerotia e rātou mōna.
19 Heoi, he kupu tautohetohe nō tā rātou karakia tā rātou i mea ai ki a ia, ko tētahi Īhu anō i mate, e kīa ana hoki e Paora kei te ora.
20 Heoi, pōhewa noa iho ahau ki taua tautohe, ka mea hoki me kore ia e pai kia haere ki Hiruhārama, ki reira whakawākia ai mō aua mea.
21 Nō te karangatanga a Paora kia waiho ia kia whakarangona tāna e te emepara, ka whakahaua e ahau kia puritia ia, kia tukua rā anō ia e ahau ki a Hīhā.”
22 Ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, “E hiahia ana anō ahau kia rongo i taua tangata.”
Ka mea ia, “Ko āpōpō koe rongo ai ki a ia.”
23 Heoi, i te aonga ake, ka tae atu a Akaripa rāua ko Pereniki, me ngā whakapaipai maha, ā, tomo ana ki te whare whakarongo, rātou ko ngā rangatira mano, ko ngā tāngata nunui o te pā, ā, ka whakahaua e Petuha, ka mauria mai a Paora.
24 Nā, ka mea a Petuha, “E Kīngi Akaripa, e ngā tāngata katoa hoki e noho nei tātou, ka kite koutou i tēnei tangata, i tohe mai ai ki ahau te huihui katoa o ngā Hūrai i Hiruhārama, i konei anō hoki, i karanga ai, ehara rawa i te tika kia waiho ia kia ora ana.
25 Otirā, i kite ahau, kāhore āna mahi e tika ai te mate; ā, i te mea nāna anō i karanga ki te emepara, ka mea ahau kia ungā atu ia.
26 Kāhore ia āku tino mea e tuhituhi atu ai ahau mōna ki tōku ariki. Koia ahau ka ārahi mai nei i a ia ki a koutou, ki a koe rawa anō, e Kīngi Akaripa, kia whai mea ai ahau hei tuhituhinga atu, ua mutu te uiui.
27 Ki tāku hoki he mea hē kia ungā atu he herehere, ā, kia kaua hoki e kōrerotia te mea i whakawākia ai ia.”