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Te Kawenata a Ihowā i a Rāwiri
(1 Whakapapa 17.1-15)
1 Ā, i te kīngi e noho ana i tōna whare, ā, ka meinga ia e Ihowā kia okioki i ōna hoariri katoa ā tawhio noa, 2 nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Nātana poropiti, “Nā, titiro, kei te noho nei ahau i te whare hīta, ko te āka ia a te Atua e noho ana i roto i te kākahu.”
3 Nā, ka mea a Nātana ki te kīngi, “Haere meatia ngā mea katoa i tōu ngākau; kei a koe hoki a Ihowā.”
4 Nā, i taua pō anō ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a Nātana, ka mea:
5 “Haere, mea atu ki tāku pononga, ki a Rāwiri: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Māu koia e hanga he whare hei nohoanga mōku? 6 Kāhore nei hoki ahau i noho whare nō te rā anō i kawea mai ai e ahau ngā tama a Īharaira i Īhipa ā taea noatia tēnei rā; he noho haere ia tōku i roto i te tēneti, i te tapenākara. 7 I ōku hāereerenga katoa i roto i ngā tamariki katoa a Īharaira, i puaki rānei tētahi kupu āku ki tētahi o ngā iwi o Īharaira i whakaritea e ahau hei hēpara mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira, i mea rānei ahau, “He aha koutou tē hanga ai i tētahi whare hīta mōku?” ’
8 “Nā, tēnā kia pēnei tāu kī āianei ki tāku pononga ki a Rāwiri, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: Nāku koe i tango mai i te nohoanga hipi, i te whai hipi, hei rangatira mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira. 9 I a koe anō ahau i ōu haerenga katoa, hautopea atu ana e ahau ōu hoariri katoa i tōu aroaro, ā, meinga ana koe e ahau hei ingoa nui, hei pērā anō me te ingoa o ngā mea nunui o te whenua.
10 “ ‘Nā, māku e whakarite he wāhi mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira, ā, ka whakatōkia rātou e ahau kia noho ki tō rātou ake wāhi, kia kore e nekehia ā muri ake nei; kia mutu ai te tūkino a ngā tamariki a te kino i a rātou, kei pērā me tō mua, 11 me tō te wā i whakaritea ai e ahau he kaiwhakarite mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira, i meinga ai hoki koe kia okioki i ōu hoariri katoa.
“ ‘Nā, ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei ki a koe: Mā Ihowā e hanga he whare mōu. 12 Ā, ka tutuki ōu rā, ā, ka moe ki ōu mātua, ā, ka whakaarahia e ahau i muri i a koe tōu whānau e puta mai i roto i ōu whēkau, ā, ka whakapūmautia tōna kīngitanga. 13 Māna e hanga he whare mō tōku ingoa, ā, ka whakapūmautia e ahau te torōna o tōna kīngitanga ā ake ake. 14 Ko ahau hei matua ki a ia, ko ia hei tama ki ahau.
“ ‘Ki te ngau kē tāna mahi, ka whiu ahau i a ia ki te whiu a te tangata, ki ngā whakapānga a ngā tama a te tangata. 15 E kore ia e mutu tōku aroha ki a ia, e kore e pērā me tōku ki a Haora i peia atu nā e ahau i tōu aroaro. 16 Ka tūturu tonu hoki tōu whare me tōu kīngitanga ā ake ake, ki tōu aroaro; ka mau tonu tōu torōna ā ake ake.’ ”
17 Rite tonu ki ēnei kupu katoa, ki tēnei kitenga katoa, ngā kupu a Nātana ki a Rāwiri.
Te Īnoi Whakawhetai a Rāwiri
(1 Whakapapa 17.16-27)
18 Kātahi a Kīngi Rāwiri ka haere, ā, noho ana ki te aroaro o Ihowā, ka mea:
“Ko wai ahau, e te Ariki, e Ihowā? He aha hoki tōku whare, i kawea mai ai ahau e koe ā mohoa noa nei? 19 He mea iti anō tēnei ki tāu titiro, e te Ariki, e Ihowā, nā, kua kōrerotia nei e koe te whare o tāu pononga mō ngā tau e maha. Ko tā te tangata tikanga rānei tēnei, e te Ariki, e Ihowā?
20 “Nā, ko te aha ake hei kōrerotanga mā Rāwiri ki a koe? E mōhio ana hoki koe, e te Ariki, e Ihowā, ki tāu pononga. 21 He whakaaro ki tāu kupu, nā tōu ngākau anō, i mea ai koe i ēnei mea nunui katoa, kia mōhio ai tāu pononga.
22 “Nā, he nui koe, e Ihowā, e te Atua; kāhore hoki he rite mōu, kāhore atu hoki he Atua; ko koe anake; e rite ana ki ngā mea katoa i rongo ai ō mātou taringa. 23 Ko tēhea iwi kotahi hoki o te whenua hei rite mō tāu iwi, arā mō Īharaira, i haere nei te Atua ki te hoko hei iwi māna ake, hei mea ingoa mōna, ki te mahi anō i ngā mea nunui mōu, i ngā mea whakamataku hoki mō tōu whenua, i te aroaro o tāu iwi i hokona nei e koe māu i Īhipa, i ngā tauiwi, i ō rātou atua anō hoki? 24 Kua whakapūmautia nei hoki e koe māu tāu iwi, a Īharaira, hei iwi māu ā ake ake; ā, ko koe hoki, e Ihowā, hei Atua mō rātou.
25 “Nā, whakamanā hoki āianei, e Ihowā, e te Atua, te kupu i kōrerotia e koe mō tāu pononga rātou ko tōna whare ā ake ake, meatia anō tāu i kōrero ai. 26 Kia whakanuia anō tōu ingoa ā ake ake, kia kōrerotia, ‘Ko Ihowā o ngā mano te Atua o Īharaira.’ Kia tūturu tonu anō te whare o tāu pononga, o Rāwiri, ki tōu aroaro.
27 “Nāu nei hoki, e Ihowā o ngā mano, e te Atua o Īharaira, i whakapuaki mai ki tāu pononga, i mea, ‘Ka hangā e ahau he whare mōu.’ Koia te ngākau o tāu pononga i anga ai ki te īnoi i tēnei īnoi ki a koe. 28 Nā, ko koe hoki, e te Ariki, e Ihowā, taua Atua nei, he pono hoki āu kupu, ā, kua kōrerotia e koe tēnei mea pai ki tāu pononga. 29 Nā reira kia pai koe ki te manaaki i te whare o tāu pononga, kia pūmau tonu ai ki tōu aroaro; nāu hoki e Ihowā, e te Atua, te kupu; ā, hei tāu manaaki te manaaki mō te whare o tāu pononga ā ake ake.”