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Ka Whakaora a Īhu i tētahi Tangata i Matapō nō tōna Whānautanga mai anō
1 Nā, i a Īhu e haere ana, ka kite ia i tētahi tangata i matapō, nō tōna whānautanga mai anō.
2 Nā, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, ko wai i hara, ko tēnei, ko ōna mātua rānei i whānau matapō ai ia?”
3 Ka whakahokia e Īhu, “Ehara i te mea ko tēnei kua hara, ko ōna mātua rānei; engari, kia ai ia hei whakakitenga mō ngā mahi a te Atua.
4 Me mahi e tātou ngā mahi a tōku kaitono mai i te mea e ao ana; meāke ko te pō e kore ai e taea he mahi e tētahi tangata.
5 I ahau i te ao nei, ko ahau te mārama o te ao.”
6 Ka mutu ēnei kōrero āna, ka tūwha ia ki te whenua, ā, pokepokea ana tētahi paru ki te hūware, pania atu ana te paru ki ngā kanohi o te matapō,
7 nā, ka mea ki a ia, “Haere ki te horoi ki te kaukauranga i Hiroama,” ko Tono te whakamāoritanga. Nā, haere ana ia, horoi ana, ā, hoki titiro ana mai.
8 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata e noho tata ana, rātou ko ngā tāngata i kite i tōna matapōtanga i mua, “Ehara ianei tēnei i taua tangata i noho rā, i tono mea rā māna?”
9 Ka mea ētahi, “Ko ia tēnei”. Ko ētahi i mea, “Kāhore, engari rite tonu ki a ia te āhua”.
Ka mea ia, “Ko ahau rā ia.”
10 Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, “Nā te aha rā i kite ai ōu kanohi?”
11 Ka whakahoki ia ka mea, “Nā te tangata, e huaina nei ko Īhu, i pokepoke he paru, pania ana e ia ki ōku kanohi, ka mea mai ki ahau, ‘Haere ki Hiroama horoi ai.’ Nā, ko tōku haerenga atu, ko tāku horoinga, kite ana ahau.”
12 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Kei hea ia?”
Ka mea ia, “E kore ahau e mōhio.”
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13 Ka kawea atu ki ngā Parihi taua tangata i matapō i mua rā.
14 Nā, nō te hāpati i pokepokea ai e Īhu te paru, i meinga ai ōna kanohi kia kite.
15 Nā, ka ui anō ngā Parihi ki a ia, ki te pēhea i kite ai ia. Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “I pania e ia he paru ki ōku kanohi, nā, horoi ana ahau, kite ana.”
16 Nā, ka mea ētahi o ngā Parihi, “Ehara tēnei i te tangata nā te Atua, inā hoki tē whakarite ia i te hāpati.”
Ka mea ētahi, “Mā te aha e taea ai ēnei merekara e te tangata hara?” Nā, ka wehewehea rātou.
17 Ka mea anō rātou ki te matapō, “E pēhea ana koe ki a ia, ki tāna meatanga i ōu kanohi kia kite?”
Ka mea ia, “He poropiti ia.”
18 Heoi, kāhore ngā Hūrai i whakapono i matapō taua tangata, kua meinga anō kia kite, karangatia noatia e rātou ngā mātua ōna i meinga nei kia kite,
19 ā, ka ui rātou ki a rāua, ka mea, “Ko tā kōrua tama tēnei, e mea nei kōrua i whānau matapō mai? Nā te aha rā ia i titiro ai ināianei?”
20 Ka whakahoki ōna mātua ki a rātou, ka mea, “E mōhio ana māua, ko tā māua tama tēnei, i whānau matapō mai anō.
21 Ko te mea ia i kite ai ia ināianei, kāhore i mōhiotia e māua; kāhore hoki māua e mōhio nā wai i mea ōna kanohi kia kite. He kaumātua ia; ui atu ki a ia, māna ia e kōrero.”
22 I pēnei ōna mātua, nō te mea i mataku rāua i ngā Hūrai. Kua takoto noa ake hoki tā ngā Hūrai tikanga, nā, ki te whakaae tētahi, ko te Karaiti ia, me pei ki waho o te whare karakia.
23 Koia ōna mātua i mea ai, “He kaumātua ia; ui atu ki a ia.”
24 Nā, ka karanga tuarua rātou ki te tangata i matapō i mua rā, ka mea ki a ia, “Hoatu he korōria ki te Atua; e mātau ana mātou he tangata hara tēnei.”
25 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Kāhore ahau e mātau he tangata hara rānei ia; kotahi anō tāku e mātau nei, he matapō ahau i mua, ā, inā kua kite.”
26 Ka mea anō rātou ki a ia, “I aha ia ki a koe? I pēheatia ōu kanohi i meinga ai e ia kia kite?”
27 Ka whakahokia e ia ki a rātou, “Kua kōrerotia anō e ahau ki a koutou inā tonu nei, ā, kīhai koutou i whakarongo. He aha koutou i hiahia ai kia rongo anō? E mea ana oti koutou kia meinga hei ākonga māna?”
28 Nā, whakahī ana rātou ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko tāna ākonga koe; ko mātou ia he ākonga nā Mohi.
29 E mātau ana mātou i kōrero te Atua ki a Mohi; ko tēnei tangata ia kāhore mātou e mātau ki tōna wāhi i haere mai ai.”
30 Nā, ka whakahoki taua tangata, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ha! he mea whakamīharo rā tēnei kāhore koutou i mātau ki tōna wāhi i haere mai ai, otirā, kua meinga e ia ōku kanohi kia kite.
31 E mātau ana rā tātou, e kore te Atua e whakarongo ki ngā tāngata hara; tēnā ki te mea he tangata karakia tētahi ki te Atua, he mea i tāna e pai ai, ka whakarongo ia ki a ia.
32 Kāhore rawa i rangona nō te tīmatanga rā anō o te ao, i whakatirohia e tētahi ngā kanohi o te tangata i whānau matapō.
33 Ki te mea kīhai i puta mai tēnei tangata i te Atua, e kore e taea e ia tētahi mea.”
34 Nā, ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea ki a ia, “I whānau pū koe i roto i ngā hara, ko koe rānei hei whakaako i a mātou?” Nā, peia ana ia e rātou ki waho.
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35 I rongo a Īhu kua oti ia te pei e rātou ki waho; ā, i tōna kitenga i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, “E whakapono ana rānei koe ki te Tama a te Atua?”
36 Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Ko wai ia, e te Ariki, kia whakapono ai ahau ki a ia?”
37 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua kite koe i a ia, ko ia hoki tēnei e kōrero nei ki a koe.”
38 Nā, ko tāna meatanga, “E te Ariki, e whakapono ana ahau.” Nā, koropiko ana ia ki a ia.
39 Kātahi a Īhu ka mea, “I haere mai ahau ki tēnei ao ki te whakarite whakawā, he mea e kite ai te hunga kāhore nei i kite; e whakamatapōtia ai hoki te hunga e kite ana.”
40 Ā, ka rangona ēnei mea e ētahi o ngā Parihi e tū tahi ana me ia, ka mea rātou ki a ia, “E matapō ana anō rānei mātou?”
41 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Me i matapō koutou, kāhore ō koutou hara. Tēnā ka mea nā koutou, ‘E kite ana mātou,’ nā, e mau nā tō koutou hara.