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Te Whakangārahu a Apohārama
1 Nā, muri iho i tēnei ka mea hāriata a Apohārama mōna, me ētahi hōiho, me ngā tāngata e rima tekau hei rere i tōna aroaro. 2 Nā, ka maranga wawe a Apohārama, ā, ka tū ki te taha o te huarahi, ki te kūwaha. Nā, ki te mea he take tā tētahi tangata e tika ana kia tae ki te kīngi kia whakaritea, ka karanga a Apohārama ki a ia, ka mea, “Nō tēhea pā koe?”
Ā, ka mea tērā, “Nō tētahi o ngā iwi o Īharaira tāu pononga.” 3 Nā, ka mea a Apohārama ki a ia, “Nanā, he pai āu kōrero, he tika; heoi kāhore he tangata a te kīngi hei whakarongo ki a koe.” 4 I mea anō a Apohārama, “Auē, me i tū ahau hei kaiwhakarite mō te whenua, ā, ka tae mai ki ahau ngā tāngata katoa he take nei tā rātou, he whakawā, ina ka whakarite tika ahau ki a ia!”
5 Nā, ka whakatata mai he tangata ka piko ki a ia, nā, ka totoro tōna ringa ka hopu i a ia, ka kihi i a ia. 6 Pēnei tonu te mahi a Apohārama ki a Īharaira katoa, i haere mai ki te kīngi kia whakaritea he whakawā; nā, tāhaetia ana e Apohārama ngā ngākau o ngā tāngata o Īharaira.
7 Nā, ka pau ngā tau e whā, ka mea a Apohārama ki te kīngi, “Tukua ahau kia haere ki te whakamana i āku kupu taurangi, ki Heperona, i puaki rā i ahau ki a Ihowā. 8 I puaki hoki te kupu taurangi a tāu pononga i ahau e noho ana i Kehuru i Hīria; i mea ahau, ‘Ki te whakahokia ahau e Ihowā ki Hiruhārama, kātahi ahau ka mahi ki a Ihowā!’ ”
9 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, “Haere mārie.” Nā, whakatika ana ia, ā, haere ana ki Heperona.
10 Otiia ka tono tūtei a Apohārama puta noa i ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira, hei mea, “Rongo kau koutou i te tangi o te tētere, ko reira koutou ka mea, ‘Ko Apohārama te kīngi kei Heperona.’ ” 11 E rua rau anō ngā tāngata i haere tahi i a Apohārama i Hiruhārama, he hunga i karangatia. Otiia, he haere noa tā rātou, kīhai hoki i mōhio ki tētahi mea. 12 I tīkina anō e Apohārama a Ahitopere Kironi, te kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro a Rāwiri i tōna pā i Kiroho, i a ia anō e patu ana i ngā patunga tapu. Nā, kua kaha te whakapiko; i tini haere hoki ngā tāngata a Apohārama.
Ka Rere atu a Rāwiri i Hiruhārama
13 Nā, ko te taenga o tētahi kaikōrero ki a Rāwiri, ko tāna kupu, “Kei te whai i a Apohārama ngā ngākau o ngā tāngata o Īharaira.”
14 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki āna tāngata katoa i tōna taha i Hiruhārama, “Whakatika, ka rere tātou; kei kore hoki he mawhititanga atu mō tētahi o tātou i te aroaro o Apohārama; hohoro te haere, kei hohoro mai ia, ā, ka mau tātou. Nā, ka ākina mai e ia he kino ki a tātou, ā, ka tukitukia te pā ki te mata o te hoari.”
15 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata a te kīngi ki te kīngi, “Tēnei āu pononga hei mea i ngā mea katoa e whakarite ai tōku ariki, te kīngi.”
16 Nā, haere ana te kīngi me tōna whare katoa i muri i a ia. Nā, i mahue i te kīngi tekau ngā wāhine, he wāhine iti nāna, hei tiaki i te whare. 17 Ā, haere ana te kīngi rātou ko te iwi katoa i muri i a ia, ā, whanga ana i Petemerehaka. 18 I haere atu anō āna tāngata katoa i tōna taha; i haere atu anō hoki i mua i te kīngi, ngā Kereti katoa, ngā Pereti katoa, me ngā Kiti katoa; ngā rau e ono i whai mai nei i a ia i Kāta.
19 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Itai Kiti, “He aha koe i haere mai ai i a mātou? Hoki atu, e noho i te kīngi; he tangata kē hoki koe, he noho kē i tōu whenua. 20 Nōnanahi noa nei koe i tae mai ai, ā, kia mea ahau i a koe i tēnei rā kia kōpikopiko noa iho i a mātou, i tāku haere noa atu? Hoki atu, whakahokia anō ōu tēina; kia whai tahi te pono me te aroha i a koe.”
21 Nā, ka whakahoki a Itai ki te kīngi, ka mea, “E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana hoki tōku ariki te kīngi, nā, ko te wāhi e noho ai tōku ariki, te kīngi, ahakoa i te mate, ahakoa i te ora, ko reira anō tāu pononga.”
22 Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki a Itai, “Hoatu, whiti atu.” Nā, whiti ana a Itai Kiti, rātou ko āna tāngata katoa me ngā tamariki katoa i a ia. 23 Nui atu hoki te reo i tangi ai te whenua katoa, ā, ka whiti atu te iwi katoa; i whiti atu hoki te kīngi i te awaawa o Kitirono, ā, i whiti atu anō te iwi katoa i te huarahi e tika ana ki te koraha.
24 Ko Hāroko anō tērā, me ngā Rīwaiti katoa e amo ana i te āka o te kawenata a te Atua. Nā, ka whakatakotoria te āka a te Atua; nā, ka piki a Apiātara, ā poto noa te iwi katoa te whiti atu i roto i te pā.
25 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Hāroko, “Whakahokia te āka a te Atua ki te pā; ki te manakohia ahau e Ihowā, ka whakahokia ahau, ā, ka whakakitea taua āka me tōna nohoanga ki ahau. 26 Ā, ki te mea ia ki ahau, ‘Kāhore ahau e pai ki a koe,’ tēnei ahau, māna e mea ki ahau te mea e pai ana ki tāna titiro.”
27 I mea anō te kīngi ki a Hāroko tohunga, “Ehara ianei koe i te matakite? Hoki mārie ki te pā, koutou ko ā kōrua tama tokorua, arā tāu tama a Ahimāta, me Honatana tama a Apiātara. 28 Nanā, me tatari ahau ki ngā kauanga i te koraha, kia tae ake rā anō he kōrero i a kōrua hei whakaatu tikanga ki ahau.” 29 Nā, whakahokia ana te āka a te Atua e Hāroko rāua ko Apiātara ki Hiruhārama, ā, noho ana rāua i reira.
30 Nā, piki atu ana a Rāwiri i te pikitanga o Maunga Ōriwa, me te tangi, me te piki haere; hīpoki rawa tōna mātenga, kāhore hoki ōna hū i a ia e haere ana. Nā, ko ngā tāngata katoa i a ia, hīpoki rawa te mātenga o tēnei, o tēnei; heoi piki ana rātou, me te tangi anō i a rātou e piki ana. 31 Nā, ka kōrero tētahi ki a Rāwiri, ka mea, “Kei roto a Ahitopere i ngā kaiwhakatupu i te hē, kei a Apohārama.” Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, “Tēnā rā, e Ihowā, whakakūwaretia ngā whakaaro o Ahitopere.”
32 Ā, nō te ekenga o Rāwiri ki te tihi, ki te wāhi e koropiko ai ki te Atua, nā, ko Huhai Araki ka whakatau i a ia, he mea haehae tōna kākahu, me te oneone i runga i tōna mātenga. 33 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a ia, “Ki te haere tahi tātou, hei whakaware kau koe ki ahau. 34 Engari, ki te hoki koe ki te pā, ā, ka mea ki a Apohārama, ‘Hei pononga ahau māu, e te kīngi, he pononga ahau nā tōu pāpā i mua, ināianei hei pononga ahau māu,’ pēnei māu e whakataka te whakaaro o Ahitopere mōku. 35 Kāhore ianei i reira hei hoa mōu a Hāroko rāua ko Apiātara ngā tohunga? Nā, ko ngā mea katoa e rongo ai koe ki te whare o te kīngi, māu e whakaatu ki ngā tohunga, ki a Hāroko rāua ko Apiātara. 36 Nā, kei reira, kei a rāua tonu ā rāua tama tokorua, a Ahimāta, tā Hāroko, a Honatana, tā Apiātara; me unga hei kawe mai ki ahau i ngā mea katoa e rongo ai koutou.”
37 Nā, haere ana a Huhai, te hoa o Rāwiri ki te pā, ā, ka tae hoki a Apohārama ki Hiruhārama.