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Ka Poropiti a Irāia i te Taurakitanga
1 Nā, ka mea a Irāia Tihipi, nō ngā tāngata o Kireara, ki a Āhapa, “E ora ana a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira, kei tōna aroaro nei ahau e tū ana, e kore ēnei tau e whai tōmairangi, e whai ua; engari mā tāku kupu anake.”
2 Nā, ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a ia, ka mea, 3 “Haere atu i konei, anga atu whaka te rāwhiti, ka piri ki te awa ki Keriti, e aro nui atu nā ki Horano. 4 Ā, kei te awa he wai mōu; kua oti hoki ngā raweni te whakahau e ahau hei whāngai i a koe i reira.”
5 Nā, haere ana ia, meatia ana tā Ihowā i kōrero ai; i haere hoki, ā, noho ana ki te taha o te awa, o Keriti, e aro nui nei ki Horano. 6 Ā, nā ngā raweni i kawe mai he taro, he kikokiko māna i te ata, he taro, he kikokiko māna i te ahiahi; nō te awa hoki tōna wai. 7 Nāwai ā kei ētahi rā mai, ka maroke te awa, kāhore hoki he ua o te whenua.
Ko Irāia rāua ko te Pouaru kei Harepata
8 Nā, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a ia, ka mea: 9 “Whakatika, haere ki Harepata o Hairona, ki reira noho ai. Nanā, kua oti tētahi wahine pouaru o reira te whakahau e ahau hei whāngai i a koe ki reira.”
10 Nā, whakatika ana ia, haere ana ki Harepata. Ā, nō tōna taenga atu ki te kūwaha o te pā, nā, ko tētahi wahine i reira, he pouaru, e kohikohi rākau ana. Ā, ka karanga atu ia ki a ia ka mea, “Mauria mai he wai mōku i roto i te oko, hei inu māku.” 11 Nā, haere ana tērā ki te tiki, ā, ka karanga anō ia ki a ia, “Tēnā tētahi wāhi taro maua mai i tōu ringa māku.”
12 Nā, ka mea ia, “E ora ana a Ihowā, tōu Atua, kāhore āku keke; engari he kutanga parāoa i roto i te oko, me tētahi hinu, he iti nei, i roto i te ipu, e kohikohi ana anō tēnei ahau i ngā rākau e rua, kia haere ai ahau ki te taka i taua mea mā māua ko tāku tama, mō tā māua kai atu, ka mate ai.”
13 Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki a ia, “Kaua e wehi, tīkina, meatia tāu i kī mai nā; otiia, mātua hangā mai tētahi wāhi hei keke māku, kia nohinohi, ka mau mai ai ki ahau; ā muri iho ka hangā mā kōrua ko tāu tama. 14 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: ‘E kore e pau te oko parāoa, e kore anō te ipu hinu e poto ā taea noatia te rā e hōmai ai e Ihowā he ua ki te mata o te whenua.’ ”
15 Nā, haere ana ia; meatia ana tā Irāia i kī ai, ā, kai ana rāua, me tōna whare anō, i ngā rā maha. 16 Kīhai te oko parāoa i hemo, kīhai hoki te ipu hinu i poto, rite tonu ki te kupu a Ihowā i kōrerotia rā e Irāia.
Ka Whakahouora a Irāia i te Tama o te Pouaru
17 Ā, i muri i ēnei mea ka takoto mate te tama a taua wahine nōna nei te whare; nui atu te kaha o tōna mate, kāhore noa iho he manawa i mahue i roto i a ia. 18 Nā, ka mea ia ki a Irāia, “He aha tāku ki a koe, e te tangata a te Atua? I haere mai nā koe ki ahau kia whakamaharatia mai ōku hē, ki te whakamate hoki i tāku tama!”
19 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, “Hōmai tāu tamaiti ki ahau.” Nā, tangohia ana e ia i tōna uma, ā, kawea ana ki te rūma i runga, ki te wāhi i noho ai ia, whakatakotoria ana e ia ki tōna moenga. 20 Nā, ka karanga ia ki a Ihowā, ka mea, “E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, kua meatia anō hoki e koe he kino ki tēnei pouaru e noho nei ahau ki a ia, i tāna tama ka whakamatea nei?” 21 Nā, whārōrō ana ia, e toru ngā whārōrōtanga ki runga ki te tamaiti, ā, ka karanga ki a Ihowā, ka mea, “E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, kia hoki mai te wairua o tēnei tamaiti ki roto ki a ia.”
22 Nā, rongo tonu a Ihowā ki te reo o Irāia; ā, hoki ana te wairua o te tamaiti ki roto ki a ia, nā, kua ora. 23 Nā, ka mau a Irāia ki te tamaiti, ā, kawea atu ana i taua rūma ki raro, ki te whare, ā, hoatu ana ki tōna whaea; ā, ka mea a Irāia, “Titiro, kei te ora tāu tama.”
24 Nā, ka mea te wahine rā ki a Irāia, “Kātahi rawa ahau ka mōhio he tangata koe nā te Atua, he pono anō te kupu a Ihowā i tōu māngai.”