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E Toro ana he Rākau i te Ahi
1 Nā, i te tiaki a Mohi i ngā hipi a tōna hungawai, a Ietoro, tohunga o Miriana; ā, ka ārahi ia i ngā hipi ki te taha ki muri o te koraha, ka tae ki te maunga o te Atua, ki Horepa. 2 Ā, ka puta ki a ia te anahera a Ihowā i roto i te mura ahi, i waenganui o tētahi rākau; ā, ka titiro ia, nā, e toro ana te rākau i te ahi, ā, kīhai i pau te rākau. 3 Nā, ka mea a Mohi, “Ka tahuri ahau, ka mātakitaki atu ki tēnei mea nui kua puta nei, he aha te rākau tē pau ai.”
4 Ā, ka kite a Ihowā e tahuri ana ia ki te mātakitaki, ka karanga te Atua ki a ia i waenganui o te rākau, ka mea, “E Mohi, e Mohi!”
Ā, ka mea ia, “Tēnei ahau.”
5 Nā, ka mea ia, “Kaua e whakatata mai ki konei; wetekina ōu hū i ōu waewae, ko te wāhi hoki e tū nā koe, he wāhi tapu.” 6 Ka mea anō ia, “Ko ahau te Atua o tōu pāpā, te Atua o Āperahama, te Atua o Īhaka, te Atua o Hākopa.” Ā, huna ana a Mohi i tōna kanohi; i wehi hoki ia ki te titiro atu ki te Atua.
7 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā, “Kua kite pū ahau i te tūkino o tāku iwi i Īhipa, kua rongo hoki ki tā rātou auē i ō rātou kaiakiaki; e mōhio ana hoki ahau ki ō rātou mamae, 8 ā, kua heke iho nei ahau ki te whakaora i a rātou i te ringa o ngā Īhipiana, ki te kawe atu i a rātou i tērā whenua ki tētahi whenua pai, whenua nui, ki tētahi whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi, ki te wāhi o ngā Kanaani, o ngā Hiti, o ngā Amori, o ngā Perihi, o ngā Hiwi, o ngā Iepuhi. 9 Nā, kua tae ake te karanga a ngā tama a Īharaira ki ahau; kua kite hoki ahau i te tūkino e tūkinotia nei rātou e ngā Īhipiana. 10 Nā reira, haere mai, māku koe e unga ki a Parao, ā, māu e whakaputa mai tāku iwi, ngā tama a Īharaira, i Īhipa.”
11 Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki te Atua, “He aha ahau, kia haere ahau ki a Parao, kia whakaputa mai hoki i ngā tama a Īharaira i Īhipa?”
12 Ā, ka mea ia, “Kei a koe tonu rā ahau; ko te tohu anō tēnei mōu ka ungā nei e ahau. Ka whakaputaina mai e koe te iwi i Īhipa, ka mahi koutou ki te Atua ki runga i tēnei maunga.”
Te Whakaatu o Te Ingoa Atua
13 Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki te Atua, “Nā, ka tae ahau ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ka mea ki a rātou, ‘Nā te Atua o ō koutou mātua ahau i ngare mai ki a koutou’; ā, ka mea mai rātou ki ahau, ‘Ko wai tōna ingoa?’ Me pēhea atu ahau ki a rātou?”
14 Nā, ka mea te Atua ki a Mohi, “KO AHAU ANŌ AHAU NEI.” I mea anō ia, “Kia pēnei atu koe ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ‘Nā te AHAU NEI ahau i ngare mai ki a koutou.’ ”
15 Ā, ka mea anō te Atua ki a Mohi, “Kia pēnei atu koe ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ‘Nā Ihowā, nā te Atua o ō koutou mātua, nā te Atua o Āperahama, nā te Atua o Īhaka, nā te Atua hoki o Hākopa, i tono mai ahau ki a koutou.’ Ko tōku ingoa tēnei ake ake, ko tōku whakamaharatanga hoki tēnei ki ngā whakapaparanga katoa.
16 “Haere, whakaminea ngā kaumātua o Īharaira, mea atu ki a rātou, ‘Kua puta mai ki ahau a Ihowā, te Atua o ō koutou mātua, te Atua o Āperahama, o Īhaka, o Hākopa; e ai tāna: Kua tīkina mai, kua tirohia mārietia koutou e ahau, me ngā mea e meatia ana ki a koutou i Īhipa. 17 Kua mea nei anō ahau, ka whakaputaina mai koutou e ahau i te whakawhiu a Īhipa ki te whenua o ngā Kanaani o ngā Hiti, o ngā Amori, o ngā Perihi, o ngā Hiwi, o ngā Iepuhi, ki te whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi.’
18 “Ā, e rongo rātou ki tōu reo; ā, ka haere koe, koutou tahi ko ngā kaumātua o Īharaira, ki te kīngi o Īhipa, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Kua tūtaki a Ihowā, te Atua o ngā Hiperu ki a mātou; tukua mātou kia haere, kia toru ngā rā e haere ana i te koraha, kia patu ai, mātou he whakahere mā Ihowā, mā tō mātou Atua.’ 19 Ā, e mōhio ana ahau e kore te kīngi o Īhipa e tuku i a koutou, kāhore, ki te kāhore he ringa kaha. 20 Ā, ka tākiritia tōku ringa, ka patua hoki a Īhipa ki āku merekara katoa, e mea ai ahau i waenganui ōna; ā muri iho, ka tukua mai koutou e ia.
21 “Ā, māku e mea kia paingia tēnei iwi i te aroaro o ngā Īhipiana; ā, ka haere koutou, e kore e haere kau. 22 Engari me tono e ia wahine, e ia wahine, ki tōna hoa tata, ki te wahine hoki e noho ana i tōna whare, he mea hiriwa, he mea kōura, he kākahu; ā, ka hoatu ki ā koutou tama, ki ā koutou tamāhine; ā, ka pāhuatia e koutou ngā Īhipiana.”