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Ka Rere atu a Rāwiri i a Haora
1 Kātahi ka tae a Rāwiri ki Nopo ki te tohunga ki a Ahimereke, ā, wiri ana a Ahimereke i te tūtakitanga ki a Rāwiri, ā, ka mea ki a ia, “He aha koe i haere mai ai, tōu kotahi, kāhore nā hoki ōu hoa?”
2 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki te tohunga, ki a Ahimereke, “He mea i whakahaua ai ahau e te kīngi; i mea mai hoki ia ki ahau, ‘Kei mōhiotia e tētahi he kupu o te take ka tonoa atu nei koe e ahau, i whakahaua atu nei koe e ahau.’ Nā, ko ngā tāngata, kei te wāhi i kīia e ahau mō rātou. 3 Nā, he aha kei raro i tōu ringa? Hōmai ētahi taro ki tōku ringa, kia rima; ētahi atu mea rānei kei konei.”
4 Nā, ka utu te tohunga ki a Rāwiri, ka mea, “Kāhore he taro noa i tōku ringa; engari tēnei te taro tapu; ki te mea rāia kāhore i tata ngā tāngata ki te wahine.”
5 Nā, ka whakahoki a Rāwiri ki te tohunga, ka mea ki a ia, “He pono kīhai tētahi wahine i tukua kia tata ki a mātou i ēnei rā e toru; nōku i haere mai nei e tapu ana anō ngā mea o ngā tamariki, ahakoa rā he haere noa tēnei; tērā noa atu ia te tapu ināianei o ō rātou mea.” 6 Nā, ka hoatu te mea tapu e te tohunga ki a ia; kāhore hoki o reira taro, heoi anō ko te taro aroaro, i tangohia nei i te aroaro o Ihowā, kia whakatakotoria ai he taro mahana i te rā i tangohia ai.
7 Nā, i reira tētahi o ngā tāngata a Haora i taua rā, e whakawarea ana ki te aroaro o Ihowā, ko tōna ingoa ko Roeke Ēromi, ko te mea tino nui o ngā kaitiaki hipi a Haora.
8 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Ahimereke, “Kāhore ianei i konei i raro i tōu ringa tētahi tao, hoari rānei? Kīhai hoki i maua mai e ahau tāku hoari me āku patu, he mea whakapōtatutatu hoki te take a te kīngi.”
9 Anō rā ko te tohunga, “Ko te hoari a Koriata, a te Pirihitini, i patua nā e koe ki te raorao o Eraha; nanā, koia tēnei he mea takai ki te kākahu i muri o te epora. Ki te tangohia tēnā e koe māu, tangohia; kāhore atu hoki, ko tēnā anake.”
Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, “Kāhore ōna rite, hōmai ki ahau.”
Ko Rāwiri kei Kata
10 Kātahi a Rāwiri ka whakatika, ā, rere ana i taua rā anō i te wehi i a Haora, ā tae tonu atu ki a Ākihi kīngi o Kāta. 11 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata a Ākihi ki a ia, “Ehara ianei tēnei i a Rāwiri, i te kīngi o te whenua? Kīhai ianei rātou i waiata mōna, tētahi ki tētahi i roto i ngā kanikani, i mea:
‘Nā Haora āna mano i patu,
nā Rāwiri ko āna tekau mano’?”
12 Nā, mau tonu iho ēnei kupu i te ngākau o Rāwiri, ā, nui atu tōna wehi i a Ākihi kīngi o Kāta. 13 Nā, ka whakaahua kē ia ki tō rātou aroaro, ā, ka whakahaurangi i a ia i roto i a rātou; ka haehae hoki i ngā tatau o te kūwaha, ā, ka tuku i tōna hūhare kia tārere iho ki tōna kumikumi.
14 Kātahi a Ākihi ka mea ki āna tāngata, “Nanā, kua kite koutou i te tangata nei e haurangi ana; he aha i kawea mai ai ki ahau? 15 He onge nō āku tāngata haurangi i kawea mai ai tēnei e koutou hei mahi i ngā mahi a te haurangi ki ahau? Me uru mai koia tēnei tāhake ki tōku whare?”