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Te Māra Wāina a Napoto
1 Ā, i muri i ēnei mea, he māra wāina tā Napoto Ietereeri i Ietereere, i te taha tonu o te whare o Āhapa kīngi o Hamaria. 2 Nā, ka kōrero a Āhapa ki a Napoto, ka mea, “Hōmai tāu māra wāina ki ahau, hei kāri otaota māku, e tata ana hoki ki te taha o tōku whare, ā, me hoatu e ahau tētahi māra wāina, he pai kē atu i tēnei hei utu; ki te pai rānei ki tāu titiro, me utu ki te moni.”
3 Nā, ka mea a Napoto ki a Āhapa, “E! Mā Ihowā ahau e ārai kei hoatu e ahau te kāinga tupu o ōku mātua ki a koe!”
4 Nā, haere ana a Āhapa ki tōna whare; pōuri ana, riri ana, mō te kupu i kōrero ai a Napoto Ietereeri ki a ia; mō tāna i mea rā, “E kore e hoatu, e ahau te kāinga tupu o ōku mātua ki a koe.” Nā, takoto ana ia ki tōna moenga, me te ahu kē anō tōna mata, kīhai hoki i kai taro.
5 Kātahi tāna wahine, a Ietēpere, ka haere mai ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, “He aha tōu wairua i pōuri ai, tē kai taro ai koe?”
6 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, “I kōrero ahau ki a Napoto Ietereeri, i mea ki a ia, ‘Hōmai tāu māra wāina ki ahau, me utu ki te moni; ki te pai rānei koe, me hoatu e ahau tētahi atu māra ki a koe hei utu.’ Nā, ka mea mai ia, ‘E kore e hoatu e ahau tāku māra wāina ki a koe.’ ”
7 Nā, ka kī atu a Ietēpere, tāna wahine, ki a ia, “Ko koe rānei te kaiwhakahaere o te kīngitanga o Īharaira? Whakatika ki te kai taro māu, kia koa tōu ngākau. Māku e hoatu te māra wāina a taua Ietereeri, a Napoto, ki a koe.”
8 Heoi, tuhituhia ana ētahi pukapuka e ia, nō Āhapa te ingoa, hīri rawa ki tāna hīri; ā, tukua ana aua pukapuka ki ngā kaumātua, ki ngā rangatira i roto i tōna pā, ā, e noho tahi ana me Napoto. 9 I tuhituhi ia ki te pukapuka, i mea:
“Karangatia he nohopuku, ka whakanoho i a Napoto ki runga ake i te iwi. 10 Ka whakanoho anō i ētahi tāngata, he tama nā Periara, kia tokorua, ki tōna aroaro, hei whakaatu i tōna hē, hei kī, ‘Nāu i kanga te Atua rāua ko te kīngi.’ Kātahi ka kawe i a ia ki waho, ka āki ki te kōhatu, kia mate.”
11 Nā, ka meatia e ngā tāngata o tōna pā, arā, e ngā kaumātua rātou ko ngā rangatira e noho ana i tōna pā, te mea i tono tāngata ai a Ietēpere ki a rātou, te mea i tuhituhia ki ngā pukapuka i tukua nei e ia ki a rātou. 12 I karangatia he nohopuku, ā, whakanohoia ana a Napoto ki runga ake i te iwi. 13 Nā, ka haere mai ngā tāngata tokorua, ngā tama a Periara, ka noho i tōna aroaro; ā, ka whakaatu aua tāngata a Periara i te hē mōna, arā mō Napoto i te aroaro o te iwi; i mea rāua, “I kangā e Napoto te Atua rāua ko te kīngi.” Nā, kawea ana ia e rātou ki waho o te pā, ā, ākina ana ki te kōhatu, ā, mate noa ia. 14 Kātahi rātou ka tono tāngata ki a Ietēpere, ka mea: “Kua oti a Napoto te āki ki te kōhatu, ā, kua mate.”
15 Ā, i te rongonga o Ietēpere kua oti a Napoto te āki ki te kōhatu, ā, kua mate, nā, ka mea a Ietēpere ki a Āhapa, “Whakatika, tangohia te māra a taua Ietereeri, a Napoto, kīhai nā ia i pai kia hōmai ki a koe hei utu moni; kāhore hoki a Napoto i te ora, kua mate.” 16 Ā, ka rongo a Āhapa kua mate a Napoto, nā, whakatika ana a Āhapa, haere ana ki raro, ki te māra wāina a taua Ietereeri, a Napoto, kia tangohia e ia.
Ka Pānuitia a Irāia te Whiu o te Atua
17 Nā, ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a Irāia Tihipi; i kī ia: 18 “Whakatika, haere ki raro, ki te whakatau i a Āhapa kīngi o Īharaira i Hamaria; kei te māra wāina ia a Napoto, kua riro hoki ki reira ki te tango. 19 Kōrero ki a ia, mea atu, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kua patu iana koe? Kua riro anō i a koe?’ Kī atu anō ki a ia, mea atu, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Ko te wāhi i mitikia ai e ngā kurī ngā toto o Napoto, ka mitikia anō e ngā kurī ki reira ōu toto, āe rā, ōu anō.’ ”
20 Nā, ka mea a Āhapa ki a Irāia, “Kua mau ahau i a koe, e tōku hoariri?”
Anō rā ko tērā, “Kua mau anō, nō te mea kua hoko koe i a koe ki te mahi i te kino ki te aroaro o Ihowā. 21 ‘Nanā, tēnei ahau te tari kino atu nei ki runga ki a koe, ā, ka tahia atu ōu uri; ka hautopea atu ngā tamariki tāne katoa i a Āhapa, me ngā mea i tūtakina ki roto, me ngā mea i mahue i roto i a Īharaira. 22 Ka meinga anō e ahau tōu whare kia rite ki te whare o Ieropoama tama a Nēpata, ki te whare o Paaha tama a Āhia mō te whakapātaritari i whakapātaritari ai koe i ahau, mōu i hara ai a Īharaira.’
23 “I kōrerotia anō a Ietēpere e Ihowā, i mea ia: ‘Ka kainga a Ietēpere e ngā kurī ki te parepare o Ietereere.’
24 “Ko te hunga o Āhapa e mate ki te pā mā ngā kurī e kai; ko ngā mea hoki e mate ki te pārae mā ngā manu o te rangi e kai.”
25 (Heoi, kāhore he rite mō Āhapa, i hoko nei i a ia ki te mahi kino ki te aroaro o Ihowā; he mea akiaki nā tāna wahine, nā Ietēpere. 26 Whakarihariha rawa tāna haere ki te whai i ngā whakapakoko; rite tonu tāna ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ngā Amori i peia nei e Ihowā i te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira.)
27 Ā, nō te rongonga o Āhapa i ēnei kupu, nā, haea ana e ia ōna kākahu, meatia ana he kākahu taratara ki tōna kiri, ā, nohopuku ana, takoto ana ko taua mea taratara nei te kākahu, ā, māhaki ana te haere.
28 Nā, ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a Irāia Tihipi, i mea ia: 29 “Kua kite koe i tā Āhapa whakangohengohe nei i a ia ki tōku aroaro, nā, e kore e taria e ahau tēnei kino i ōna rā; engari hei ngā rā o tāna tama ahau tari ai i te kino ki tōna whare.”