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Ka Whakaorangia ngā Kipeono nā te Tinihanga
1 Nā, i te rongonga o ngā kīngi katoa o tēnei taha o Horano, o te whenua pukepuke, o te mānia, o te tahatika katoa hoki o te Moana Nui i te ritenga atu o Repanōna – te Hiti, te Amori, te Kanaani, te Perihi, te Hiwi, te Iepuhi – 2 nā, huihui tahi ana rātou ki te whawhai ki a Hohua rātou ko Īharaira, kotahi tonu te whakaaro.
3 Nō te rongonga ia o ngā tāngata o Kipeono ki ngā mea i meatia e Hohua ki Heriko rāua ko Hai, 4 ka mahi korokē rātou, ka haere me te mea he karere rātou; ka tango hoki ki ngā pūtea tawhito ki runga ki ō rātou kāihe, i ngā kōkī wāina hoki kua tawhitotia, kua pākarukaru, pūtiki rawa; 5 me ngā hū tawhito ki ō rātou waewae, pāpaki rawa, ko ō rātou kākahu he mea tawhito; ko ngā taro katoa hoki, ko ō rātou ō, he maroke, he puruhekaheka. 6 Nā, haere ana rātou ki a Hohua ki te puni, ki Kirikara, ā, mea ana ki a ia, ki ngā tāngata hoki o Īharaira, “I haere mai mātou i te whenua mamao; nā, whakaritea he kawenata ki a mātou.”
7 Nā, ka mea atu ngā tāngata o Īharaira ki ngā Hiwi, “E noho nei anō pea koe i waenganui i ahau; ā, me pēhea e whakarite ai ahau i te kawenata ki a koe?”
8 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a Hohua, “He pononga mātou nāu.”
Ā, ka mea a Hohua ki a rātou, “Ko wai mā koutou? I haere mai koutou i hea?”
9 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia: “I haere mai āu pononga i tētahi whenua tawhiti noa atu, nā te ingoa hoki o Ihowā, o tōu Atua; i rongo hoki mātou ki tōna rongo, ki ngā mea katoa hoki i mea ai ia ki Īhipa, 10 ki ngā mea katoa anō hoki i mea ai ia ki ngā kīngi tokorua o ngā Amori i tērā taha o Horano, ki a Hihona kīngi o Hehepona, rāua ko Oka kīngi o Pahana, i noho rā i Ahataroto. 11 Nā reira i kī mai ai ō mātou kaumātua me ngā tāngata katoa o tō mātou whenua ki a mātou, i mea ai, ‘Maua atu i ō koutou ringa he ō ki te huarahi, ā, haere ki te whakatau i a rātou, ka mea hoki ki a rātou, “Ko ā koutou pononga mātou; nā, whakaritea mai he kawenata ki a mātou.” ’ 12 Nā, ko ā mātou taro i maua mahanatia mai nei i ō mātou whare hei ō mō mātou i te rā i tūria mai ai e mātou, i haere mai ai ki a koutou, nanā, kua maroke, kua puruhekahekatia. 13 Ko ngā kōkī wāina nei hoki, i hou nei i tā mātou whakakīnga, nā, kua pākarukaru; ko ēnei kākahu hoki o mātou, me ō mātou hū, kua tawhitotia i te roa whakaharahara o te huarahi.”
14 Nā, ka tango ngā tāngata i ētahi o ō rātou ō, ā, kīhai i ui whakaaro i tō Ihowā waha. 15 Ā, houhia iho e Hohua te rongo ki a rātou, whakaritea ana hoki e ia he kawenata whakaora mō rātou; i oati anō ngā rangatira o te huihui ki a rātou.
16 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā rā e toru i muri iho i tā rātou whakaritenga i te kawenata ki a rātou, ka rongo rātou, e tata tonu ana rātou ki a rātou, e noho ana hoki i waenganui i a rātou. 17 Nā, ka hāpainga atu e ngā tama a Īharaira, ka tae i te rā tuatoru ki ō rātou pā. Ko ō rātou pā hoki ko Kipeono, ko Kepira, ko Peeroto, ko Kiriata Tearimi. 18 Ā, kīhai ngā tama a Īharaira i patu i a rātou, nō te mea kua oati ngā rangatira o te huihuinga i a Ihowā, i te Atua o Īharaira, ki a rātou.
Ā, amuamu katoa ana te huihuinga ki ngā rangatira. 19 Nā, ka mea ngā rangatira katoa ki te huihui katoa, “Kua oati tātou i a Ihowā i te Atua o Īharaira, ki a rātou; nō reira e kore tātou e āhei āianei te pā ki a rātou. 20 Ko tēnei tā tātou e mea ai ki a rātou, ka waiho i a rātou kia ora; kei rīria tātou mō te oati i oati ai tātou ki a rātou.” 21 Ā, ka mea ngā rangatira ki a rātou, me whakaora rātou; otiia me waiho rātou hei tapatapahi rākau, hei utuutu wai mō te huihui katoa; kia rite ai ki tā ngā rangatira i kōrero ai ki a rātou.
22 Kātahi ka karangatia rātou e Hohua, ka kōrero ia ki a rātou, ka mea, “He aha koutou i nuka ai i a mātou, i mea ai, ‘Kei tawhiti noa atu koutou i a mātou; e noho nei anō koutou i waenganui i a mātou?’ 23 Nō reira ka kangā koutou; ā, e kore e kore he kaimahi o koutou, hei tapatapahi rākau, hei utuutu wai hoki mō te whare o tōku Atua.”
24 Nā, ka whakautua e rātou ki a Hohua, ka mea, “I tino kōrerotia hoki ki āu pononga ngā mea i whakaritea e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a Mohi, ki tāna pononga mō te whenua katoa, kia hoatu ki a koutou, kia hunā atu hoki ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua i ō koutou aroaro. Nā reira mātou i tino wehi ai i a koutou, kei mate mātou, nā, meatia ana e mātou tēnei mea. 25 Nā, kei roto tēnei mātou i ōu ringa: māu e mea ki a mātou te mea e pai ana, e tika ana ki tāu titiro.”
26 Nā, pērātia ana rātou e ia, ā, whakaorangia ake rātou i te ringa o ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, kīhai rātou i patua. 27 Nā, waiho iho rātou i taua rā e Hohua hei tapatapahi rākau, hei utuutu wai mō te huihui, mō te āta hoki a Ihowā ki te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai ia ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā.