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{\MTB Ko te Rongopai ki te Ritenga a

\par }{\MT Matiu



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Te Whakapapa o Īhu Karaiti
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{\R (Ruka 3.23-38)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ko te pukapuka o te whakapapa o Īhu Karaiti, tama a Rāwiri, tama a Āperahama.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nā, ko tā Āperahama ko Īhaka; tā Īhaka ko Hākopa; tā Hākopa ko Hūrā rātou ko ōna tuākana, ko ōna tēina;

\VS{3}tā Hūrā rāua ko Tāmara ko Parete rāua ko Hara; tā Parete ko Heteromo; tā Heteromo ko Arame;

\VS{4}tā Arame ko Aminarapa; tā Aminarapa ko Nāhona; tā Nāhona ko Haramono;

\VS{5}tā Haramono rāua ko Rahapa ko Poaha; tā Poaha rāua ko Rutu ko Ōpere; tā Ōpere ko Hehe;

\VS{6}tā Hehe ko Rāwiri, ko te kīngi.

\par }{\PP Tā Rāwiri kīngi rāua ko te wahine a Uria ko Horomona;

\VS{7}tā Horomona ko Rehopoama; tā Rehopoama ko Apia; tā Apia ko Aha.

\VS{8}Tā Aha ko Iehohāpata; tā Iehohāpata ko Iorama; tā Iorama ko Ohiaha;

\VS{9}tā Ohiaha ko Iotama; tā Iotama ko Ahata; tā Ahata ko Hetekia;

\VS{10}tā Hetekia ko Mānahi; tā Mānahi ko Amono; tā Amono ko Hōhia;

\VS{11}tā Hōhia ko Hekonia rātou ko ōna tēina; i te wā o te whakahekenga ki Papurōna.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}Ā, i muri i te whakahekenga atu ki Papurōna: ka whānau tā Hekonia ko Haratiera; tā Haratiera ko Herupapera;

\VS{13}tā Herupapera ko Apiuru; tā Apiuru ko Eriakimi; tā Eriakimi ko Ātoro;

\VS{14}tā Ātoro ko Hāroko; tā Hāroko ko Ākimi; tā Ākimi ko Eriuru;

\VS{15}tā Eriuru ko Ereātara; tā Ereātara ko Matana; tā Matana ko Hākopa;

\VS{16}tā Hākopa ko Hōhepa, ko te tahu a Meri; whānau ake tā Meri ko Īhu, e kīia nei ko te Karaiti.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Heoi, ko ngā whakatupuranga katoa o Āperahama tae noa ki a Rāwiri, tekau mā whā ngā whakatupuranga; o Rāwiri tae noa ki te whakahekenga ki Papurōna tekau mā whā ngā whakatupuranga; ā, nō te whakahekenga ki Papurōna tae noa ki a te Karaiti tekau mā whā ngā whakatupuranga.


\par }{\SH Te Whānautanga o Īhu
\par }
{\R (Ruka 2.1-7)

\par }{\PP \VS{18}Nā, ko te whānautanga tēnei o Īhu Karaiti; he mea taumau a Meri, tōna whaea, mā Hōhepa, ā, i te mea kīanō rāua i tata noa ki a rāua, ka kitea kua hapū ia i te Wairua Tapu.

\VS{19}Otirā, he tangata tika tāna tahu, a Hōhepa, ā, kāhore ōna ngākau kia whakakitea nuitia ia, ka mea kia whakarērea pukutia.


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Otiia, i a ia e hurihuri ana i ēnei mea, nā, ka puta moemoeā mai tētahi anahera a te Ariki ki a ia, ka mea, “E Hōhepa, e te tama a Rāwiri, kaua e hopohopo ki te tango i a Meri, i tāu wahine; nā te Wairua Tapu hoki tōna hapū.

\VS{21}Ā, e whānau ia he tama, me hua e koe tōna ingoa ko Īhu; nō te mea māna e whakaora tōna iwi i ō rātou hara.”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Nā, ka oti tēnei katoa, kātahi ka rite tā te Ariki, i kōrerotia e te poropiti, i mea ai ia,

\VS{23}“Nā, ka hapū te wāhina, ka whānau hoki he tama, ā, ka huaina e rātou tōna ingoa ko Emānuera,” ko tōna whakamāoritanga tēnei, “Kei a tātou te Atua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{24}Ā, ka ara ake a Hōhepa i te moe, ka meatia e ia tā te anahera a te Ariki i whakahau ai ki a ia, ā, tango ana ia i tāna wahine.

\VS{25}Ā, kīhai i mōhio ki a ia, whānau noa tāna tama mātāmua; ā, huaina ana e ia tōna ingoa ko Īhu.




\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Manuhiri mai i te Rāwhiti
\par }
{\PP \VerseOne{1}Nā, i te mea kua whānau nei a Īhu ki Pēterehema o Hūria, i ngā rā o Kīngi Herora, nā, ka haere mai ētahi Maki i te rāwhiti ki Hiruhārama,

\VS{2}ka mea, “Kei hea tēnei kua whānau nei hei kīngi mō ngā Hūrai? I kite hoki mātou i tōna whetū i te rāwhiti, ā, ka tae mai nei ki te koropiko ki a ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Ā, nō te rongonga o Kīngi Herora, ka ohorere rātou ko Hiruhārama katoa.

\VS{4}Nā, whakaminea katoatia ana e ia ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi o te iwi, ā, ka ui ki a rātou ki te wāhi e whānau ai a te Karaiti.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Ki Pēterehema o Hūria; ko tā te poropiti hoki tēnei i tuhituhi ai:


\par }{\Q \VS{6}‘Ā, ko koe, e Pēterehema, whenua o Hūrā,

\par }{\QB ehara rawa i te iti rawa i roto i ngā kāwana o Hūrā;

\par }{\Q e puta mai hoki i a koe he kāwana,

\par }{\QB hei hēpara mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Nā, ka oti ngā Maki te karanga puku e Herora, ka uia mārietia rātou ki te wā i puta mai ai te whetū.

\VS{8}Ā, ungā ana rātou e ia ki Pēterehema, i mea ia, “Haere, rapua mārietia te tamaiti; ā, ka kitea, ka whakahoki mai i te kōrero ki ahau, kia haere ai hoki ahau ki te koropiko ki a ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{9}Nā, ka rongo rātou i tā te kīngi, ka haere; nā, ko te whetū, i kite ai rātou i te rāwhiti, e haere ana i mua i a rātou, ā tae noa, tū noa ki runga ake i te takotoranga o te tamaiti.

\VS{10}Ā, i tō rātou kitenga i te whetū, ko te tino haringa i hari ai.

\VS{11}Ā, ka tae ki roto ki te whare, ka kite i te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ko Meri, nā, tāpapa ana rātou, koropiko ana ki a ia, ā, nō ka māwhera ō rātou taonga, ka hoatu ētahi mea ki a ia, he kōura, he parakihe, he maira.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}Ā, i whakatūpatoria rātou e te Atua, he mea moemoeā, kia kaua e hoki ki a Herora; nā, haere ana ki tō rātou kāinga he ara kē.


\par }{\SH Te Rerenga ki Īhipa
\par }
{\PP \VS{13}Ā, ka riro atu rātou, nā, ka puta moemoeā tētahi anahera a te Ariki ki a Hōhepa, ka mea, “E ara, tangohia te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, e rere ki Īhipa, ā, hei reira koe kia kōrero rā anō ahau ki a koe; meāke hoki rapu a Herora i te tamaiti kia whakangaromia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{14}Nā, ka ara ake ia, ka mau ki te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea i te pō, ā, haere ana ki Īhipa,

\VS{15}ā, noho ana i reira, mate noa a Herora. Nā, ka rite tā te Ariki i kōrerotia e te poropiti, i mea ai ia, “He mea karanga nāku tāku tamaiti i Īhipa.”


\par }{\SH Te Tārukenga o ngā Tamariki
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{\PP \VS{16}Ā, nō te kitenga o Herora ka oti ia te tinihanga e ngā Maki, rahi rawa tōna riri, ka tono tāngata, ā, patua iho ngā tamariki katoa, ngā mea e rua nei ō rātou tau, me ō muri iho, i Pēterehema, i ngā wāhi katoa o reira, he mea whakarite ki te tāima i uia mārietia e ia ki ngā Maki.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Kātahi, ka rite tā Heremaia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:


\par }{\Q \VS{18}“I rangona he reo ki Rama,

\par }{\QB he uhunga, he tangi, he auē nui.

\par }{\Q Ko Rahera e tangi ana ki āna tamariki;

\par }{\QB ā, kīhai i pai kia whakamārietia,

\par }{\QB nō te mea kua kāhore rātou.”


\par }{\SH Te Hokinga mai i Īhipa
\par }
{\PP \VS{19}Ā, nō ka mate a Herora, nā, ka puta moemoeā te anahera a te Ariki ki a Hōhepa, ki Īhipa,

\VS{20}ka mea, “Ara ake, tangohia te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ā, haere ki te whenua o Īharaira; kua mate hoki te hunga i whai kia patua te tamaiti.”

\VS{21}Ā, ko tōna aranga ake, ka mau ki te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ka haere ki te whenua o Īharaira.


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Otirā, ka rongo ia ko Arakerauha te kīngi o Hūria i muri i tōna matua, i a Herora, ka wehi ki te haere ki reira. Otiia, i whakamaharatia ia e te Atua, he mea moemoeā, ā, haere ana ki ngā wāhi o Karirī.

\VS{23}Ā, ka tae, ā, ka noho ki tētahi pā, ko Nahareta te ingoa; i rite ai tā ngā poropiti i mea ai, “Me hua ia he tangata nō Nahareta.”




\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Te Kauwhautanga a Hoani Kaiiriiri
\par }
{\R (Māka 1.1-8; Ruka 3.1-18; Hoani 1.19-28)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Nā, i aua rā, ka puta a Hoani Kaiiriiri, ka kauwhau i te koraha o Hūria,

\VS{2}ka mea, “Rīpenetā, kua tata hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.”

\VS{3}Ko tā Ihāia poropiti hoki tēnei i kōrero ai, i mea ai:

\par }{\Q “He reo nō tētahi i te koraha e karanga ana:

\par }{\Q ‘Whakapaia te huarahi o te Ariki,

\par }{\QB whakatikaia ōna ara.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{4}Ā, ko te kākahu o taua Hoani he huruhuru kāmera, he hiako hoki te whītiki o tōna hope; ko tāna kai he māwhitiwhiti, he honi koraha.

\VS{5}Kātahi, ka haere ki a ia a Hiruhārama, me Hūria katoa, me ngā kāinga katoa e tūtata ana ki Horano,

\VS{6}ā, iriiria ana rātou e ia ki Horano, me te whāki anō i ō rātou hara.


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Nō tōna kitenga ia i te tini o ngā Parihi, o ngā Haruki e haere ana ki tāna iriiringa, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “E te uri nākahi, nā wai koutou i whakamahara kia rere i te riri meāke puta?

\VS{8}Nā, whakaputaina he hua e rite ana ki ō te rīpenetā.

\VS{9}Kei anga koutou kei mea i roto i a koutou, ‘Ko Āperahama tō tātou matua’; ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, E āhei ana anō i te Atua te whakaara tamariki ake mā Āperahama i ēnei kōhatu.

\VS{10}Nā, tēnei ka pā te toki ki te pakiaka o ngā rākau; ā, ki te kāhore tētahi rākau e hua i te hua pai, ka tuaina, ka makā ki te ahi.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}“Ko ahau nei he iriiri tāku i a koutou ki te wai, hei mea rīpenetā; ko tēnei ia, e haere mai ana i muri i ahau, nui atu tōna mana i tōku, e kore ahau e tau hei mau i ōna hū. Māna koutou e iriiri ki te Wairua Tapu, ki te kāpura.

\VS{12}Ko tāna mea tahi kei tōna ringa, ā, e tino tahia e ia tāna patunga wīti, ā, e kohia āna wīti ki roto ki te whare wīti; tēnā ko te pāpapa e tahuna ki te kāpura e kore e tineia.”


\par }{\SH Te Iriiritanga o Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 1.9-11; Ruka 3.21-22)

\par }{\PP \VS{13}I reira, ka haere a Īhu i Karirī ki Horano, ki a Hoani, kia iriiria e ia.

\VS{14}Otirā, ka whakakāhore a Hoani ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko te tikanga rā ko ahau kia iriiria e koe, ā, e haere mai ana koe ki ahau?”


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “Tukua rā āianei; ko te tikanga hoki tēnei mā tāua kia whakarite i ngā mea tika katoa.” Nā, tukua ana ia e ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}Ā, nō ka oti a Īhu te iriiri, tika tonu ake ia i te wai; nā, ko te rangi ka tuwhera ki a ia, ā, ka kite ia i te Wairua o te Atua e heke iho ana me he kūkupa, ā, tau ana ki runga ki a ia.

\VS{17}Nā, ko tētahi reo nō te rangi e mea ana, “Ko tāku Tama tēnei i aroha ai, ko tāku i āhuareka ai.”




\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Te Whakamātautau o Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 1.12-13; Ruka 4.1-13)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Me i reira ka ārahina a Īhu e te Wairua ki te koraha, kia whakamātautauria e te rēwera.

\VS{2}Ā, nō ka whā tekau ngā rā, ka whā tekau ngā pō i nohopuku ai, muri iho ka hiakai.

\VS{3}Nā, ka tae te kaiwhakamātautau ki a ia, ka mea, “Ki te mea ko te Tama koe a te Atua, kīia iho kia meinga ēnei kōhatu hei taro.”


\par }{\PP \VS{4}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Kua oti te tuhituhi,

\par }{\Q ‘E kore e ora te tangata i te taro kau, engari,

\par }{\QB i ngā kupu katoa e puta mai ana i te māngai o te Atua.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{5}Me i reira, ka kawe te rēwera i a ia ki te pā tapu, ā, whakatūria ana ia ki runga ki te keokeonga o te temepara,

\VS{6}ā, ka mea ki a ia, “Ki te mea ko te Tama koe a te Atua, rere atu ki raro; kua oti hoki te tuhituhi:

\par }{\Q ‘Ka kōrerotia iho koe e ia ki āna anahera;

\par }{\QB mā rātou koe e hiki ake ki ō rātou ringa,

\par }{\QB kei tūtuki tōu waewae ki te kōhatu.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Mea atu ana a Īhu ki a ia, “Ka oti anō hoki te tuhituhi, ‘Kaua e whakamātautau ki te Ariki ki tōu Atua.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Ka kawe anō te rēwera i a ia ki runga ki tētahi maunga tiketike rawa, ā, whakakitea ana ki a ia ngā rangatiratanga katoa o te ao, me te korōria o aua mea;

\VS{9}ā, mea ana ki a ia, “Ko ēnei mea katoa e hoatu e ahau ki a koe, ki te tāpapa koe, ki te koropiko ki ahau.”


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Haere atu, e Hātana! Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi;

\par }{\Q ‘Me koropiko koe ki te Ariki ki tōu Atua,

\par }{\QB me mahi anō ki a ia anake.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{11}Nā, ka mahue ia i te rēwera, ā, ka haere mai ngā anahera ka mahi mea māna.


\par }{\SH Ka Tīmata a Īhu i Tāna Mahi i Karirī
\par }
{\R (Māka 1.14-15; Ruka 4.14-15)

\par }{\PP \VS{12}Ā, nō ka rongo a Īhu kua tukua a Hoani ki te whare herehere, ka haere ia ki Karirī.

\VS{13}Ā, ka mahue a Nahareta i a ia, ā, haere ana, ka noho ki Kaperenauma, ki te taha o te moana, ki ngā rohe o Hepurona, o Napatari.

\VS{14}I rite ai tā Ihāia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:


\par }{\Q \VS{15}“Ko te whenua o Hepurona, me te whenua o Napatari,

\par }{\QB i te ara o te moana, i tērā taha o Horano,

\par }{\QC Karirī o ngā tauiwi!


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te hunga i noho i te pōuri

\par }{\QB kua kite rātou i te mārama nui,

\par }{\Q ā, ko te hunga i noho i te wāhi i te ātārangi o te mate,

\par }{\QB kua puta ake te mārama ki a rātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Nō reira anō a Īhu i tīmata ai te kauwhau, te mea, “Rīpenetā, kua tata hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.”


\par }{\SH Ka Tohu a Īhu Karaiti i Āna Kaihao Ika Tokowhā
\par }
{\R (Māka 1.16-20; Ruka 5.1-11)

\par }{\PP \VS{18}Ā, i a Īhu e haere ana i te taha o te moana o Karirī, ka kite ia i ētahi tāngata tokorua, he tuakana he teina, i a Haimona, tōna ingoa nei ko Pita, rāua ko tōna teina, ko Anaru, e maka ana i te kupenga ki te moana; he kaihao ika hoki rāua.

\VS{19}Nā, ka mea ia ki a rāua, “Arumia mai ahau, ā, māku kōrua e mea hei kaihao tāngata.”

\VS{20}Ā, mahue ake i a rāua ngā kupenga, ā, aru ana i a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{21}Ā, nō tōna haerenga i reira, tokorua anō āna i kite ai, he tuakana, he teina, ko Hēmi tama a Heperi rāua ko tōna teina, ko Hoani, i te kaipuke i a Heperi i tō rāua matua, e tā ana i ngā korenga o ā rātou kupenga, ā, karangatia ana rāua e ia.

\VS{22}Mahue tonu ake i a rāua te kaipuke me tō rāua matua, ā, aru ana i a ia.


\par }{\SH Ka Ako, ka Kauwhau, ka Whakaora hoki a Īhu
\par }
{\R (Ruka 6.17-19)

\par }{\PP \VS{23}Nā, ka hāereerea katoatia a Karirī e Īhu, whakaako ana i roto i ō rātou whare karakia, kauwhau ana i te rongopai o te rangatiratanga, me te whakaora i ngā mate katoa, i ngā tūrorotanga katoa o te iwi.

\VS{24}Ā, ka haere tōna rongo puta noa i Hīria, ā, kawea ana mai e rātou ki a ia ngā tāngata mate katoa e ngaua ana e te tini o ngā mate, o ngā mamae, me te hunga e nohoia ana e te rēwera, me te hunga haurangi, me ngā pararūtiki, ā, whakaorangia ake rātou e ia.

\VS{25}Ā, he rahi te hui i aru i a ia i Karirī, i Rekaporihi, i Hiruhārama, i Hūria, i tērā taha anō o Horano.




\par }\Chap{5}{\SH Te Kauwhau i te Maunga
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{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, i tōna kitenga i te whakaminenga, ka haere ia ki runga ki te maunga; ā, nō ka noho ia, ka haere āna ākonga ki a ia,

\VS{2}nā, ka puaki tōna māngai, ā, ka whakaako ia i a rātou, ka mea:


\par }{\SH Te Koa Tūturu
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{\R (Ruka 6.20-23)

\par }{\Q \VS{3}“Ka koa te hunga he rawakore nei te wairua;

\par }{\QB nō rātou hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ka koa te hunga e tangi ana;

\par }{\QB ka whakamārietia hoki rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ka koa te hunga ngākau māhaki;

\par }{\QB ka riro hoki i a rātou te whenua.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ka koa te hunga e hiakai ana,

\par }{\QB e hiainu ana, ki te tika;

\par }{\QB e mākona hoki rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ka koa te hunga tohu tangata;

\par }{\QB e tohungia hoki rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ka koa te hunga ngākau mā;

\par }{\QB e kite hoki rātou i te Atua.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ka koa te hunga hohou rongo;

\par }{\QB ka huaina hoki rātou he tamariki nā te Atua.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ka koa te hunga e whakatoia ana mō te tika;

\par }{\QB nō rātou hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}“Ka koa koutou ina tāwai rātou i a koutou, ina whakatoi, ina puaki i a rātou ngā kupu kino katoa mō koutou, he mea teka, he whakaaro hoki ki ahau.

\VS{12}Kia hari, kia whakamanamana; he rahi hoki te utu mō koutou i te rangi; he pēnei hoki tā rātou whakatoi i ngā poropiti i mua i a koutou.”


\par }{\SH Te Tote me te Māramatanga
\par }
{\R (Māka 9.50; Ruka 14.34-35)

\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Ko koutou te tote o te whenua; otirā, ki te hemo te hā o te tote, mā te aha e whai tikanga tote ai? Heoi anō tōna painga, nā, ka ākiritia ki waho, ka takahia e ngā tāngata.


\par }{\PP \VS{14}“Ko koutou te whakamārama o te ao. E kore e ngaro te pā e tū ana i runga i te maunga.

\VS{15}E kore hoki e tahuna te rama, e whakatūria ki raro o te mēhua, engari, ki runga ki te tūranga; ā, ka tīaho ki ngā tāngata katoa i roto i te whare.

\VS{16}Waihoki, kia tīaho tō koutou mārama ki te aroaro o ngā tāngata, kia kite ai rātou i ā koutou hanga pai, kia whakakorōria ai i tō koutou Matua i te rangi.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Ture
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{\PP \VS{17}“Kei mea koutou i haere mai ahau ki te whakakāhore i te ture, i ngā poropiti rānei; kīhai ahau i haere mai ki te whakakāhore, engari, ki te whakatutuki.

\VS{18}He tino pono hoki tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, pahemo noa te rangi me te whenua, e kore tētahi tongi, tētahi tohu rānei o te ture e pahemo, kia rite katoa rā anō.

\VS{19}Nā, ki te whakakāhore tētahi i tētahi mea iti rawa o ēnei kupu ako, ā, ka ako i ngā tāngata kia pērā, ka kīia ia ko te iti rawa i te rangatiratanga o te rangi; engari, Ki te whakaritea e tētahi, ki te whakaakona, ka kīia ia he nui i te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

\VS{20}Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, ki te kore e nui ake tā koutou mahi tika i tā ngā karaipi rātou ko ngā Parihi, e kore rawa koutou e tapoko ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Riri
\par }
{\R (Ruka 12.57-59)

\par }{\PP \VS{21}“Kua rongo koutou, i kōrerotia ki ngā tūpuna, ‘Kaua e patu tangata’; ā, ‘ki te patu tangata tētahi, ka tau te hē ki a ia.’

\VS{22}Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, Ki te riri noa tētahi ki tōna teina, ka tau te hē ki a ia; ā, ki te mea tētahi ki tōna teina, ‘Wairangi!’ ka tika kia komititia. Nā, ki te mea tētahi, ‘Pōauau!’ ka tika mōna te kāpura o Kehena.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}“Nā reira, ki te mauria e koe tāu whakahere ki te āta, ā, ka mahara i reira i hara koe ki tōu hoa;

\VS{24}waiho tāu whakahere i reira, i mua o te āta, ā, haere, mātua houhia te rongo ki tōu teina, ka haere ai, ka mau ai i tāu whakahere.


\par }{\PP \VS{25}“Kia hohoro te whakarite i tā kōrua kōrero ko tōu hoa tauwhāinga, i a kōrua anō i te ara, kei tukua koe e te hoa tauwhāinga ki te kaiwhakawā, ā, ka tukua e te kaiwhakawā ki te kātipa, ā, ka makā koe ki te whare herehere.

\VS{26}He pono tāku e mea atu nei ki a koe, E kore rawa koe e puta i reira, kia utua rā anō te pātene whakamutunga.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Pūremu
\par }
{\PP \VS{27}“Kua rongo koutou, i kōrerotia, ‘Kaua e pūremu.’

\VS{28}Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, Ki te titiro tētahi ki te wahine, he hiahia ki a ia, kua pūremu kē ia ki a ia i roto i tōna ngākau.

\VS{29}Ki te hē koe i tōu kanohi matau, tīkarohia, makā atu; he pai kē hoki ki a koe ki te ngaro tētahi wāhi ōu, ā, ka kore e makā tōu tinana katoa ki Kehena.

\VS{30}Ki te hē anō hoki koe i tōu ringa matau, pōutoa, makā atu; he pai kē ki te mate tētahi wāhi ōu, ā, ka kore e makā tōu tinana katoa ki Kehena.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Wehenga
\par }
{\R (Matiu 19.9; Māka 10.11-12; Ruka 16.18)

\par }{\PP \VS{31}“I kōrerotia anō, ‘Ki te whakarere tētahi i tāna wahine, me hoatu ki a ia tētahi pukapuka whakarere.’

\VS{32}Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, Ki te whakarere tētahi i tāna wahine, hāunga mō te take moepuku, e mea ana ia i te wahine kia pūremu; ā, ki te mārena tētahi i te wahine i whakarērea, e pūremu ana ia.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō ngā Kī Taurangi
\par }
{\PP \VS{33}“Kua rongo anō koutou, i kōrerotia ki ngā tūpuna, ‘Kaua e oati teka, engari, me whakamana āu oati ki te Ariki.’

\VS{34}Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou: Kaua rawa tētahi mea e oatitia; kaua te rangi, ko tō te Atua torōna hoki ia,

\VS{35}kaua hoki te whenua, ko te tūranga hoki tērā o ōna waewae, kaua hoki a Hiruhārama; ko te pā hoki tērā o te Kīngi nui.

\VS{36}Kaua anō e oatitia tōu mātenga, e kore hoki e āhei i a koe te mea kia mā tētahi makawe, kia mangu rānei.

\VS{37}Erangi, ko tēnei hei kupu mā koutou, ‘Āe, āe’; ‘Kāhore, kāhore’; nō te mea ki te maha atu i ēnā, nō te kino.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Utu
\par }
{\R (Ruka 6.29-30)

\par }{\PP \VS{38}“Kua rongo koutou i kōrerotia, ‘He kanohi mō te kanohi, he niho mō te niho.’

\VS{39}Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou: Kaua e whakauaua atu ki te kino; erangi, ki te pākia tōu pāpāringa matau e tētahi, whakaangahia atu hoki tērā ki a ia.

\VS{40}Ā, ki te mea tētahi kia whakawākia koe, ka tangohia tōu koti, tukua atu hoki tōu ngeri ki a ia.

\VS{41}Ā, ki te tonoa koe e tētahi kia haere kotahi te māero, kia rua āu e haere tahi ai me ia.

\VS{42}Hoatu ki te tangata e tono mea ana i a koe, kaua hoki e tahuri kē i te tangata e mea ana ki te taonga tārewa i a koe.”


\par }{\SH He Aroha ki ngā Hoa Whawhai
\par }
{\R (Ruka 6.27-28, 32-36)

\par }{\PP \VS{43}“Kua rongo koutou i kōrerotia, ‘Kia aroha ki tōu hoa tata, kia kino hoki ki tōu hoa whawhai.’

\VS{44}Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou: Arohaina ō koutou hoa whawhai, manaakitia te hunga e kanga ana i a koutou, kia pai te mahi ki te hunga e kino ana ki a koutou, me īnoi hoki mō te hunga e whakawhiu ana i a koutou, e whakatoi ana i a koutou;

\VS{45}kia tupu ai koutou hei tamariki mā tō koutou Matua i te rangi; e mea nei hoki ia i tōna rā kia whiti ki te hunga kino, ki te hunga pai, kia ua hoki te ua ki te hunga tika, ki te hunga hē.

\VS{46}Ki te aroha hoki koutou ki te hunga e aroha ana ki a koutou, he aha te utu e riro i a koutou? Kāhore ianei ngā pupirikana e pēnā?

\VS{47}Ā, ki te oha koutou ki ō koutou tēina anake, he aha tā koutou mahi i nui ake i tā ētahi? Kāhore ianei ngā tauiwi e pēnā hoki?

\VS{48}Nā, kia tika koutou, kia pērā me tō koutou Matua i te rangi e tika ana.”




\par }\Chap{6}{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Mahi Atawhai
\par }
{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Kia tūpato kei mahi i tā koutou mea tika i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, hei tirohanga mā rātou; pēnei kāhore he utu ki a koutou a tō koutou Matua i te rangi.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}“Nā, ka atawhai koe i te rawakore, aua e whakatangihia te tētere i mua i a koe, kei pērā me te hunga tinihanga i roto i ngā whare karakia, i ngā ara, kia whai korōria ai i ngā tāngata. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, kei a rātou anō te utu mō rātou.

\VS{3}Erangi, ka atawhaitia e koe te rawakore, kei mōhio tōu mauī ki tā tōu matau e mea ai;

\VS{4}kia ngaro ai tāu atawhainga rawakore; ā, ko tōu Matua e kite nei i te wāhi ngaro, māna koe e utu.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Īnoi
\par }
{\R (Ruka 11.2-4)

\par }{\PP \VS{5}“Ā, ka īnoi koe, kaua e pērā me te hunga tinihanga; ko tā rātou hoki e pai ai ko te īnoi tū i roto i ngā whare karakia, i ngā kokinga o ngā ara, kia kitea ai e te tangata. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kei a rātou anō te utu mō rātou.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}“Nā, ka īnoi koe, tomo atu ki tōu rūma i roto rawa, ā, nō ka kati tōu tatau, īnoi ki tōu Matua i te wāhi ngaro; ā, ko tōu Matua e kite nei i te wāhi ngaro, māna koe e utu.


\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Nā, ka īnoi koutou, aua e whakahuatia noatia ko aua kupu anō, kei pērā me ngā tauiwi; ki tā rātou hoki mā ngā kupu maha e rangona ai rātou.

\VS{8}Nā, kei rite koutou ki a rātou; e mātau ana hoki tō koutou Matua ki ngā mea e matea ana e koutou, i te mea kīanō koutou i īnoi ki a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Nā, kia pēnei tā koutou īnoi:

\par }{\Q E tō mātou Matua i te rangi:

\par }{\QB Kia tapu tōu ingoa;


\par }{\QB \VS{10}kia tae mai tōu rangatiratanga;

\par }{\Q kia meatia tāu e pai ai ki runga ki te whenua

\par }{\QB kia rite anō ki tō te rangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Hōmai ki a mātou āianei he taro mā mātou mō tēnei rā.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Murua ō mātou hara,

\par }{\Q me mātou hoki e muru nei i ō te hunga e hara ana ki a mātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Aua hoki mātou e kawea kia whakawaia;

\par }{\Q engari, whakaorangia mātou i te kino.

\par }{\QB Nōu hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha, me te korōria,

\par }{\QC ake, ake.

\par }{\Q Āmine.


\par }{\MM \VS{14}Ki te whakarērea noatia iho hoki e koutou ngā hē o te tangata, ka whakarērea noatia iho anō o koutou e tō koutou Matua i te rangi.

\VS{15}Ā, ki te kore e whakarērea noatia iho e koutou ngā hē o ngā tāngata, e kore anō e whakarērea noatia iho ō koutou hē e tō koutou Matua.”


\par }{\SH He Whakaakoranga mō te Nohopuku
\par }
{\PP \VS{16}“Ka nohopuku hoki koutou, kei rite ki te hunga tinihanga, kaua e whakapoururu te kanohi; e whakaahua kē ana hoki rātou i ō rātou kanohi, kia kitea ai e te tangata, e nohopuku ana. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kei a rātou anō te utu mō rātou.

\VS{17}Engari, ka nohopuku koe, kaukauria tōu upoko, horoia hoki tōu kanohi;

\VS{18}kei kitea koe e te tangata e nohopuku ana, erangi, e tōu Matua i te wāhi ngaro; ā, ko tōu Matua e kite nei i te wāhi ngaro, māna koe e utu.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Taonga i te Rangi
\par }
{\R (Ruka 12.33-34)

\par }{\PP \VS{19}“Kaua e pūrangatia he taonga mō koutou ki te whenua, ki te wāhi e whakangaro ai te huhu, te waikura; ki te wāhi hoki e keri ai te tāhae, tāhae ai.

\VS{20}Erangi, pūrangatia mō koutou he taonga ki te rangi, ki te wāhi e kore ai e whakangaro te huhu, te waikura, ki te wāhi hoki e kore ai e keri te tāhae, tāhae ai.

\VS{21}Ko te wāhi hoki i ō koutou taonga, ko reira anō ō koutou ngākau.”


\par }{\SH Te Māramatanga o te Tinana
\par }
{\R (Ruka 11.34-36)

\par }{\PP \VS{22}“Ko te kanohi te rama o te tinana. Nā, ki te ātea tōu kanohi, e mārama katoa tōu tinana.

\VS{23}Tēnā ki te kino tōu kanohi, ka pōuri katoa tōu tinana. Nā, ki te pōuri te mārama i roto i a koe, anō te nui o tēnā pōuri!”


\par }{\SH Te Atua me ngā Taonga
\par }
{\R (Ruka 16.13; 12.22-31)

\par }{\PP \VS{24}“Kāhore he tangata e pono te mahi ki ngā rangatira tokorua; ka kino hoki ki tētahi, ka aroha ki tētahi; ka ū rānei ki tētahi, ā, ka whakahāwea ki tētahi. E kore e pono i a koutou te mahi ki te Atua, ki te taonga.


\par }{\PP \VS{25}“Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, kaua e mānukanuka ki tō koutou ora, ki tā koutou e kai ai, ki tā koutou e inu ai; ki ō koutou tinana rānei, ki tā koutou e kākahu ai. Ehara oti te ora i te rahi atu i te kai, me te tinana i te kākahu?

\VS{26}Tirohia ngā manu o te rangi; kāhore rātou e rui, kāhore e kokoti, e kohikohi rānei ki ngā whare wīti; heoi, e whāngainga ana rātou e tō koutou Matua i te rangi. Ehara oti koutou i te mea pai ake i ērā?

\VS{27}Ko wai o koutou e taea e ia te whakaaro iho, te hono tētahi wāhi ki tōna roa, kia kotahi te whatīanga?


\par }{\PP \VS{28}“Ā, he aha koutou i mānukanuka ai ki te kākahu? Maharatia ngā rengarenga o te whenua, te tupu; e kore nei e mahi, e kore nei anō e miro.

\VS{29}Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kīhai a Horomona, me tōna korōria katoa, i rite ki tētahi o ēnei te whai kākahu.

\VS{30}Ha, ki te pēnei tā te Atua whakakākahu i te tarutaru o te whenua, e tupu nei ināianei, ā, āpōpō ka makā ki te oumu, e kore ianei tāna i a koutou e rahi ake, e te hunga whakapono iti?


\par }{\PP \VS{31}“Nā, kaua rā e mānukanuka, e mea, ‘He aha tā tātou e kai ai? He aha tā tātou e inu ai? Me whakakākahu tātou ki te aha?’

\VS{32}Ko ēnei mea katoa nei hoki tā ngā tauiwi e rapu ai; e mātau ana hoki tō koutou Matua i te rangi e matea ana e koutou ēnei mea katoa.

\VS{33}Engari mātua rapua tōna rangatiratanga, me āna mea tika; ā, ka tāpiritia ēnei mea katoa mā koutou.

\VS{34}Nō reira, kaua e mānukanuka ki o āpōpō; mā āpōpō anō ia e mānukanuka. Kāti anō i tōna rā tōna kino.”




\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Te Whakawā i Ētahi atu
\par }
{\R (Ruka 6.37-38, 41-42)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Kaua e whakawā, kei whakawākia koutou.

\VS{2}Nā, ko te whakawākanga e whakawā ai koutou, koia anō hei whakawākanga mō koutou, ā, ko te mēhua e mēhua ai koutou, hei mēhua anō tēnā ki a koutou.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}“Ā, he aha tāu e titiro ki te otaota i roto i te kanohi o tōu teina, tē mahara ki te kurupae i roto i tōu?

\VS{4}Me pēhea rānei tāu kupu ki tōu teina, ‘Iaua, kia kapea atu e ahau te otaota i tōu kanohi,’ ā, he kurupae anō tēnā kei roto i tōu?

\VS{5}E te tangata tinihanga! Mātua kapea e koe te kurupae i tōu kanohi, kātahi koe ka mārama ki te kape i te otaota i roto i te kanohi o tōu teina.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}“Kaua e hoatu te mea tapu ki ngā kurī, kaua anō e makā ā koutou peara ki te aroaro o ngā poaka, kei takatakahia e ō rātou waewae, ā, ka tahuri, ka haehae i a koutou.”


\par }{\SH Īnoia, Rapua, Pātōtō
\par }
{\R (Ruka 11.9-13)

\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Īnoia, ā, ka hoatu ki a koutou; rapua, ā, ka kitea e koutou; pātōtō, ā, ka uakina ki a koutou.

\VS{8}Ka whiwhi hoki te tangata ina īnoi, ka kite ina rapu; ka uakina hoki ki te tangata e pātōtō ana.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Ko tēhea tangata ianei o koutou, ina īnoi tāna tama ki a ia he taro, e hoatu ki a ia he kōhatu?

\VS{10}Ā, īnoi rānei he ika, e hoatu ki a ia he nākahi?

\VS{11}Nā, ki te mātau koutou, te hunga kino, ki te hoatu mea papai ki ā koutou tamariki, tērā noa ake te hōmaitanga o ngā mea papai e tō koutou Matua i te rangi ki te hunga e īnoi ana ki a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}“Nā, ko ngā mea katoa, e pai ai koutou kia meatia e ngā tāngata, ki a koutou, meatia hoki e koutou ki a rātou; ko tēnei hoki tā te ture me tā ngā poropiti.”


\par }{\SH Te Kūwaha Whāiti
\par }
{\R (Ruka 13.24)

\par }{\PP \VS{13}“E tomo mā te kūwaha whāiti; he whārahi hoki te kūwaha, he whānui te ara, e tika ana ki te ngaromanga, ā, he tokomaha e haere ana rā reira.

\VS{14}He kūiti hoki te kūwaha, he kikī te ara e tika ana ki te ora, ā, he tokoiti te hunga e kite.”


\par }{\SH He Rākau me āna Hua
\par }
{\R (Ruka 6.43-44)

\par }{\PP \VS{15}“Kia tūpato ki ngā poropiti teka e haere nei ki a koutou, he hipi te kākahu, ko roto ia he wuruhi kai kino.

\VS{16}Mā ō rātou hua ka mōhiotia ai rātou e koutou. E whakia rānei te karepe i runga i te tātarāmoa, te piki rānei i te tūmatakuru?

\VS{17}Waihoki he ātaahua ngā hua o te rākau pai, he kino ia ngā hua o te rākau kino.

\VS{18}E kore te rākau pai e āhei te hua i te hua kino, e kore anō te rākau kino e hua i te hua ātaahua.

\VS{19}Ko ngā rākau katoa e kore nei e hua i te hua ātaahua ka tuaina ki raro, ka makā ki te ahi.

\VS{20}Inā, mā ō rātou hua ka mōhiotia ai rātou e koutou.”


\par }{\SH Kāhore Au i Mōhio ki a Koe
\par }
{\R (Ruka 13.25-27)

\par }{\PP \VS{21}“E kore e tomo ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi ngā tāngata katoa e mea mai ana ki ahau, ‘E te Ariki, e te Ariki,’ engari, ia e mea ana i tā tōku Matua i te rangi i pai ai.

\VS{22}He tokomaha e mea mai ki ahau i taua rā, ‘E te Ariki, e te Ariki; kīhai koia mātou i poropiti i runga i tōu ingoa, i pei rēwera hoki i runga i tōu ingoa, he tini hoki ngā mahi nunui i meatia e mātou i runga i tōu ingoa?’

\VS{23}Ko reira ahau mea ai ki a rātou, ‘Kāhore rawa ahau i mōhio ki a koutou; mawehe atu i ahau, e ngā kaimahi i te tutū.’ ”


\par }{\SH Ngā Kaihanga Whare e Tokorua
\par }
{\R (Ruka 6.47-49)

\par }{\PP \VS{24}“Nā, ko te tangata e rongo ana ki ēnei kupu āku, e mahi ana hoki, ka whakaritea e ahau ki te tangata mahara, i hanga i tōna whare ki runga ki te kāmaka.

\VS{25}Ā, ka ua te ua, ka puta ngā waipuke, ka pupuhi ngā hau, te tino ākinga ki taua whare, kīhai hoki i hinga, nō te mea i hangā ki runga ki te kāmaka.


\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Ā, ko te tangata e rongo ana ki ēnei kupu āku, ā, kāhore e mahi, ka whakaritea ki te tangata whakaarokore i hanga i tōna whare ki runga ki te onepū.

\VS{27}Nā, ka ua te ua, ka puta ngā waipuke, ka pupuhi ngā hau, ā, pā ana ki taua whare, nā, kua hinga. He rahi anō tōna hinganga!”


\par }{\SH Te Mana o Īhu
\par }
{\PP \VS{28}Ā, nō ka mutu ēnei kōrero a Īhu, ka mīharo te whakaminenga ki tāna ako.

\VS{29}I rite hoki tāna ako i a rātou ki tā te tangata whai mana, kīhai hoki i rite ki tā ngā karaipi.




\par }\Chap{8}{\SH Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu tētahi Repera
\par }
{\R (Māka 1.40-45; Ruka 5.12-16)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, nō ka heke iho ia i te maunga, he rahi te hui i aru i a ia.

\VS{2}Nā, ka haere tētahi repera, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, ki te pai koe, e taea ahau e koe te mea kia mā.”


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Ā, ka totoro te ringa o Īhu, ka pā ki a ia, ka mea, “E pai ana ahau; kia mā koe!” Ā, mā tonu iho tōna repera.

\VS{4}Kātahi, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kia mahara, kei kōrerotia ki te tangata; erangi haere, kia kite te tohunga i a koe, mauria atu hoki te whakahere i whakaritea e Mohi, hei mea whakaatu ki a rātou.”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaora a Īhu i te Pononga a te Āpiha Rōma
\par }
{\R (Ruka 7.1-10)

\par }{\PP \VS{5}Ā, nō ka tae a Īhu ki Kaperenauma, ka haere ki a ia tētahi keneturio, ka īnoi ki a ia,

\VS{6}ka mea, “E te Ariki, ko tāku pononga kei te whare e takoto ana, he pararūtiki, e ngaua kinotia ana.”


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Ā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ka haere ahau ki te whakaora i a ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Nā, ko te whakahokinga a te keneturio, ko te meatanga, “E te Ariki, ehara ahau i te tikanga tangata e haere ake ai koe ki raro i tōku tuanui; engari, kia puaki kau tāu kupu, ā, ka ora tāku pononga.

\VS{9}He tangata hoki ahau e whakahaua ana, he hōia anō āku hei whakahaunga māku; ka mea ahau ki tēnei, ‘Haere,’ nā, ka haere ia; ki tētahi, ‘Haere mai,’ ā, ka haere mai; ki tāku pononga hoki, ‘Meatia tēnei,’ ā, ka meatia e ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ā, nō te rongonga o Īhu, ka mīharo, ka mea ki te hunga e aru ana, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kāhore ahau i kite noa i te whakapono hei rite mō tēnei te nui i roto i a Īharaira.

\VS{11}Ko tāku kupu anō tēnei ki a koutou, he tokomaha e haere mai i te rāwhiti, i te hauāuru, ā, e noho tahi i a Āperahama, i a Īhaka, i a Hākopa, ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

\VS{12}Ko ngā tamariki ia o te rangatiratanga ka makā ki te pōuri i waho; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho.”


\par }{\PP \VS{13}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki te keneturio, “Haere, kia rite ki tōu whakapono te meatanga ki a koe.”

\par }{\PP Ā, ora ake ana taua pononga i taua wā pū anō.


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu te Tini Tāngata
\par }
{\R (Māka 1.29-34; Ruka 4.38-41)

\par }{\PP \VS{14}Ā, nō ka tae a Īhu ki te whare o Pita, ka kite ia i tōna hungawai wahine e takoto mate ana, he kirikā.

\VS{15}Nā, ka pā ia ki tōna ringaringa, ā, mutu ake tōna kirikā; ā, ara ake ana ia ki te taka mea mā rātou.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}Nā, i te ahiahi he tokomaha te hunga e nohoia ana e ngā rēwera i mauria mai ki a ia; nā, ka peia e tāna kupu ngā wairua ki waho, ā, whakaorangia ake e ia te hunga mate katoa.

\VS{17}I rite ai tā Ihāia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai, “Nāna i tango ō tātou ngoikore, i waha ō tātou mate.”


\par }{\SH Te Hunga e Hia-Whai i a Īhu
\par }
{\R (Ruka 9.57-62)

\par }{\PP \VS{18}Nā, i te kitenga o Īhu he rahi te hui e mui ana ki a ia, ka whakahau ia kia whakawhiti ki tāwāhi.

\VS{19}Ā, ka haere tētahi karaipi, ka mea ki a ia, “E te Kaiwhakaako, ka aru ahau i a koe ki ngā wāhi katoa e haere ai koe.”


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Ā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “He rua o ngā pokiha, he kōwhanga o ngā manu o te rangi; tēnā ko te Tama a te tangata, kāhore ōna wāhi e takoto ai tōna mātenga.”


\par }{\PP \VS{21}Ā, i mea tētahi atu o āna ākonga ki a ia, “E te Ariki tukua ahau kia mātua haere ki te tanu i tōku pāpā.”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Arumia ahau, ā, waiho mā ngā tūpāpaku e tanu ō rātou tūpāpaku.”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakamarinotia e Īhu tētahi Puehu
\par }
{\R (Māka 4.35-41; Ruka 8.22-25)

\par }{\PP \VS{23}Ā, nō ka eke ia ki te kaipuke, ka aru āna ākonga i a ia.

\VS{24}Nā, ka tutū te puehu o te moana, ā, ngaro iho te kaipuke i te ngaru; i te moe hoki ia.

\VS{25}Ā, ka haere āna ākonga, ka whakaara i a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, whakaorangia tātou! Ka ngaro tātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{26}Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “He aha tā koutou e wehi, e te hunga whakapono iti?” Me i reira ka ara ia, ā, rīria iho te hau me te moana; ā, takoto ana he marino nui.


\par }{\PP \VS{27}Ā, mīharo noa ngā tāngata, ka mea, “He tangata aha tēnei? Inā, rongo rawa te hau me te moana ki a ia!”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu ngā Tokorua, he Rēwera ō Rāua
\par }
{\R (Māka 5.1-20; Ruka 8.26-39)

\par }{\PP \VS{28}Ā, nō ka whiti ia ki tarawāhi, ki te whenua o ngā Kerekehini, ka tūtaki ki a ia ētahi tāngata tokorua e nohoia ana e te rēwera, e puta ana mai i roto i ngā urupā, he hunga tutū rawa, tē taea taua ara te haere e te tangata.

\VS{29}Nā, ka karanga ake rāua, ka mea, “He aha māua nāu, e Īhu, e te Tama a te Atua? Kua tae mai oti koe ki te whakamamae i a māua i te mea kāhore anō i rite te tāima?”


\par }{\PP \VS{30}Nā, tērā tētahi kāhui poaka i tawhiti atu i a rātou e kai ana, he tini.

\VS{31}Ā, ka īnoi ngā rēwera ki a ia, ka mea, “Ki te pei koe i a mātou, tukua mātou kia haere ki roto ki te kāhui poaka.”


\par }{\PP \VS{32}Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Haere!” Nā, ko tō rātou putanga ki waho, haere ana ki roto ki te kāhui poaka; nā, ko te tino rerenga o te kāhui poaka katoa rā te pari ki te moana, ā, mate iho ki roto ki te wai.


\par }{\PP \VS{33}Nā, ka whati ngā kaiwhāngai, ā, haere ana ki te pā, kōrero ana i ngā mea katoa, me te meatanga ki te hunga i nohoia e ngā rēwera.

\VS{34}Nā, puta katoa ana te pā ki waho, ki te whakatau i a Īhu; ā, ka kite i a ia, ka tohe kia haere atu ia i ō rātou wāhi.




\par }\Chap{9}{\SH Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu te Pararūtiki
\par }
{\R (Māka 2.1-12; Ruka 5.17-26)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Nā, ka eke ia ki te kaipuke, ka whiti ki tāwāhi, ka haere ki tōna pā.

\VS{2}Nā, ka kawea mai e rātou ki a ia tētahi pararūtiki, e takoto ana i runga i te moenga; nō te kitenga o Īhu i tō rātou whakapono ka mea ia ki te pararūtiki, “E tama, kia māia; ka oti ōu hara te muru.”


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Nā, ka mea ētahi o ngā karaipi ki a rātou anō, “E kohukohu ana tēnei tangata!”


\par }{\PP \VS{4}Ā, ka kite a Īhu i ō rātou whakaaro, ka mea ia, “He aha i kino ai ngā whakaaro o roto o ō koutou ngākau?

\VS{5}Ko tēhea oti te mea takoto noa, ko te mea, ‘Ka oti ōu hara te muru,’ ko te mea rānei, ‘Whakatika, haere’?

\VS{6}Otirā, kia mātau ai koutou he mana muru hara tō te Tama a te tangata i runga i te whenua.” Kātahi, ia ka mea ki te pararūtiki, “Whakatika, tangohia ake tōu moenga, ā, haere ki tōu whare.”


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Nā, whakatika ana ia, haere ana ki tōna whare.

\VS{8}Nō te kitenga ia o te hui, ka wehi, ka whakakorōria i te Atua, i hōmai ai tēnei mana ki ngā tāngata.


\par }{\SH Ka Karangatia e Īhu a Matiu
\par }
{\R (Māka 2.13-17; Ruka 5.27-32)

\par }{\PP \VS{9}Ā, i a Īhu e haere ana i reira, ka kite ia i tētahi tangata, ko Matiu te ingoa, e noho ana i te wāhi tango takoha; ā, ka mea ki a ia, “Arumia ahau.”

\par }{\PP Nā, whakatika ana ia, aru ana i a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ā, i a ia e noho ana ki te kai i roto i te whare, nā, he tokomaha ngā pupirikana me ngā tāngata hara i haere mai, i noho tahi ki a Īhu rātou ko āna ākonga.

\VS{11}Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā Parihi, ka mea ki āna ākonga, “He aha tō koutou Kaiwhakaako ka kai tahi ai me ngā pupirikana, me ngā tāngata hara?”


\par }{\PP \VS{12}Otirā, ka rongo a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kāhore he aha o ngā tāngata ora e meatia ai e te rata, engari, o te hunga e mate ana.

\VS{13}Nā, haere, ākona te tikanga o tēnei, ‘Ko tāku e pai ai ko te tohu tangata, hāunga te patunga tapu.’ Kīhai hoki ahau i haere mai ki te karanga i te hunga tika, engari i te hunga hara, kia rīpenetā.”


\par }{\SH Te Take e Pā ana ki te Nohopuku
\par }
{\R (Māka 2.18-22; Ruka 5.33-39)

\par }{\PP \VS{14}Me i reira ka haere mai ki a ia ngā ākonga a Hoani, ka mea, “He aha i maha ai o mātou ko ngā Parihi nohoanga pukutanga, ā, kāhore āu ākonga e nohopuku?”


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “E āhei rānei ngā tamariki o te whare mārena te tangi, i te mea kei a rātou te tāne mārena hou? Nā, tērā e tae mai ngā rā, e tangohia ai te tāne mārena hou i a rātou, ā, ko reira nohopuku ai rātou.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}“E kore e meatia e te tangata tētahi wāhi o te kahu hou hei pāpaki mō te kahu tawhito, nō te mea ka riro tētahi wāhi o taua kākahu i te whakakapi, ā, ka nui rawa te pakaru.

\VS{17}E kore e ringihia te wāina hou ki ngā ipu tawhito; kei pakaru ngā ipu, ā, ka maringi te wāina, kore ake ngā ipu; erangi, e ringihia ana te wāina hou ki ngā ipu hou, ā, ka ora taua rua.”


\par }{\SH He Kōtiro Whakahemohemo me te Wahine Māuiui
\par }
{\R (Māka 5.21-43; Ruka 8.40-56)

\par }{\PP \VS{18}I a ia e kōrero ana i ēnei mea ki a rātou, nā, ka haere mai tētahi rangatira, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, “Tēnei kua marere tāku tamāhine; otirā, māu e haere ake, e whakapā tōu ringa ki a ia, ā, ka ora.”


\par }{\PP \VS{19}Nā, ka whakatika a Īhu rātou ko āna ākonga, ā, aru ana i a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Nā, ko te haerenga ki muri i a ia o tētahi wahine, tekau mā rua ngā tau i mate ai i te pākaruhanga toto, ā, ka pā ki te tāniko o tōna kākahu;

\VS{21}i mea hoki i roto i a ia, “Kia pā kau oti ahau ki tōna kākahu, ka ora ahau.”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Nā, ka tahuri a Īhu, ā, ka kite i a ia, ka mea, “Kia māia, e kō! Nā tōu whakapono koe i ora ai.” Ā, ora ake te wahine i taua wā anō.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}Nā, i te taenga o Īhu ki te whare o te rangatira, ka kite i ngā kaiwhakatangi pūtōrino, i te huihui hoki e ngangau ana,

\VS{24}ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Whakaatea! Kāhore hoki i mate te kōtiro, erangi e moe ana.” Ā, kataina iho ia e rātou.

\VS{25}Heoi, ka oti te huihui te pei ki waho, ka tomo ia ki roto, ka mau ki tōna ringa, ā, ara ake ana te kōtiro.

\VS{26}Ā, pakū ana tēnei rongo puta noa i taua whenua.


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu ngā Tāngata Tokorua, he Matapō
\par }
{\PP \VS{27}Ā, i a Īhu e haere atu ana i reira, tokorua ngā matapō i aru i a ia, ka karanga ake, ka mea, “E te Tama a Rāwiri, kia aroha ki a māua!”


\par }{\PP \VS{28}Ā, ka tapoko ia ki te whare, ka haere atu ngā matapō ki a ia; nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rāua, “E whakapono ana rānei kōrua e taea tēnei e ahau?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rāua ki a ia, “Āe, e te Ariki.”


\par }{\PP \VS{29}Me i reira ka pā ia ki ō rāua kanohi, ka mea, “Kia rite ki tō kōrua whakapono te meatanga ki a kōrua.”

\VS{30}Nā, kua kite ō rāua kanohi; kātahi ka whakatūpato a Īhu i a rāua ka mea, “Kia mahara kei rangona e te tangata.”


\par }{\PP \VS{31}Ko rāua ia i puta atu ki waho, ā, kōrerotia nuitia ana ia puta noa i taua whenua.


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu tētahi Tangata Wahangū
\par }
{\PP \VS{32}I a rāua e puta ana ki waho, ka kawea mai ki a ia tētahi tangata wahangū, he rēwera tōna.

\VS{33}Ā, ka oti te rēwera te pei, ka whai reo te wahangū; ā, mīharo ana te mano, ka mea, “Kāhore anō i kitea te pēnei i roto i a Īharaira.”


\par }{\PP \VS{34}Otirā, ka mea ngā Parihi, “Nā te rangatira o ngā rēwera tāna peinga rēwera.”


\par }{\SH Ka Aroha a Īhu ki ngā Tāngata
\par }
{\PP \VS{35}Nā, ka hāereerea e Īhu ngā pā katoa me ngā kāinga, ā, ka ako i roto i ō rātou whare karakia, ka kauwhau i te rongopai o te rangatiratanga, me te whakaora i te tini o ngā mate, i te tini o ngā tūrorotanga o te iwi.

\VS{36}Ā, nō tōna kitenga i ngā mano, ka toko ake tōna ngākau aroha ki a rātou, e māuiui ana hoki rātou, e marara kē ana, me he hipi hēparakore.

\VS{37}Kātahi, ia ka mea ki āna ākonga, “He nui te kotinga, ko ngā kaimahi ia he ruarua.

\VS{38}Nā, īnoi atu ki te Ariki nāna te kotinga, kia tonoa e ia he kaimahi ki tāna kotinga.”




\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Ngā Āpōtoro Tekau mā rua
\par }
{\R (Māka 3.13-19; Ruka 6.12-16)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka oti te karanga e ia āna ākonga i tekau mā rua, ka hoatu ki a rātou he mana hei pei i ngā wairua poke, hei whakaora hoki i ngā mate katoa me ngā tūrorotanga katoa.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nā, ko ngā ingoa ēnei o ngā āpōtoro kotahi tekau mā rua; te tuatahi ko Haimona, e kīia nei ko Pita, rāua ko tōna teina ko Anaru; ko Hēmi tama a Heperi rāua ko tōna teina ko Hoani;

\VS{3}ko Piripi rāua ko Patoromu; ko Tamati rāua ko Matiu pupirikana; ko Hēmi tama a Arapiu, ko Tariu;

\VS{4}ko Haimona Kanaani rāua ko Hūrā Ikariote, nāna nei ia i tuku.


\par }{\SH Te Tononga o Tekau mā rua
\par }
{\R (Māka 6.7-13; Ruka 9.1-6)

\par }{\PP \VS{5}Ko tēnei tekau mā rua i tonoa e Īhu, i ako ia i a rātou, i mea: “Kaua e haere ki tētahi ara o ngā tauiwi, kaua anō hoki e tomo ki tētahi pā o ngā Hamari;

\VS{6}engari, me haere ki ngā hipi ngaro o te whare o Īharaira.

\VS{7}Me kauwhau haere hoki, me kī, ‘Kua tata te rangatiratanga o te rangi.’

\VS{8}Whakaorangia ngā tūroro, meinga kia mā ngā repera, whakaarahia ngā tūpāpaku, peia ngā rēwera; ka riro noa nei i a koutou, me hoatu noa e koutou.

\VS{9}Kaua he kōura mā koutou, kaua he hiriwa, kaua he parāhi ki roto ki ō koutou whītiki;

\VS{10}kaua anō he pūtea mō te ara; kaua e takiruatia ngā koti, kaua he hū, kaua anō he tokotoko. Ka ea hoki i te kaimahi tāna kai.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}“Ā, ka tomo koutou ki tētahi pā, ki tētahi kāinga rānei, ui atu, ko wai te tangata pai o reira; ā, hei reira noho ai, ā, haere noa.

\VS{12}Ā, nō ka tomo ki tētahi whare, me oha atu.

\VS{13}Ā, ki te pai te whare, kia tau tā koutou rangimārie ki reira; ā, ki te kāhore e pai, kia hoki tā koutou rangimārie ki a koutou.

\VS{14}Ki te kāhore hoki tētahi e manako ki a koutou, ki te kore e whakarongo ki ā koutou kupu, ka haere koutou ki waho o taua whare, o taua pā rānei, ka whakangahoro i te puehu o ō koutou waewae.

\VS{15}He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, erangi tō te whenua o Horoma rāua ko Komora ā te rā whakawā e māmā i tō taua pā.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Whakatoinga e Haere Mai nei
\par }
{\R (Māka 13.9-13; Ruka 21.12-17)

\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Nanā, ka tonoa nei koutou e ahau ānō he hipi ki roto ki ngā wuruhi. Nā, kia rite ki te nākahi te mahara, ki te kūkupa hoki te māhaki.

\VS{17}Kia tūpato ia i ngā tāngata; tērā hoki koutou e tukua e rātou ki ngā rūnanga, ā, tērā koutou e whiua i roto i ō rātou whare karakia.

\VS{18}Ā, ka kawea koutou ki ngā kāwana, ki ngā kīngi, mō te whakaaro ki ahau, hei mea whakaatu ki a rātou, ki ngā tauiwi hoki.

\VS{19}Ā, nō ka tukua koutou e rātou, kaua e mānukanuka ki te pēhea, ki te aha, e kōrero ai koutou; ka hoatu ki a koutou i taua wā tā koutou e kōrero ai.

\VS{20}Ehara hoki i a koutou ngā kōrero, engari, ko te Wairua o tō koutou Matua te kōrero ana i roto i a koutou.


\par }{\PP \VS{21}“Nā, ka tukua te tuakana e te teina ki te mate, te tama hoki e te pāpā; ka whakatika ngā tamariki ki ngā mātua, ka mea kia whakamatea;

\VS{22}ā, ka kinongia koutou e ngā tāngata katoa, he mea hoki mō tōku ingoa; ko te tangata ia e ū ana ā taea noatia te mutunga, ka ora ia.

\VS{23}Nā, ki te whakatoia koutou i tēnei pā, rere atu ki tētahi; he pono hoki tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore e poto i a koutou ngā pā o Īharaira te haere, ko te Tama a te tangata kua tae mai.


\par }{\PP \VS{24}“Kāhore e nui ake te ākonga i tōna kaiwhakaako, kāhore hoki te pononga e nui ake i tōna rangatira.

\VS{25}Heoi, mā te ākonga ko ia kia rite ki tōna kaiwhakaako, mā te pononga kia rite ki tōna rangatira. Ki te kīia e rātou te rangatira o te whare ko Perehepura, tērā noa ake tā rātou mō ngā tāngata o tōna whare.”


\par }{\SH Te Mea hei Wehi
\par }
{\R (Ruka 12.2-7)

\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Nā, kaua e wehi i a rātou; kāhore hoki he mea i hīpokina e mahue te hura, he mea rānei i huna e mahue te mōhio.

\VS{27}Ko tāku e kōrero nei ki a koutou i te pōuri, me kōrero e koutou i te mārama; ko tā ō koutou taringa e rongo ai, me kauwhau ki runga i ngā whare.

\VS{28}Ā, kaua e wehi i te hunga e whakamate nei i te tinana, ā, e kore nei e āhei te whakamate i te wairua; engari ia ko tā koutou e wehi ai, ko ia e kaha nei ki te whakangaro i te wairua rāua tahi ko te tinana ki roto ki Kehena.

\VS{29}Kāhore ianei e hokona ngā pīhoihoi e rua ki te pātene kotahi? Ā, ki te kāhore tō koutou Matua e mea, e kore tētahi o rāua e taka ki te whenua.

\VS{30}Otiia, ko ngā makawe o ō koutou mātenga kua oti katoa te tatau.

\VS{31}Nō reira, kaua e wehi; erangi rā koutou i ngā pīhoihoi maha.”


\par }{\SH Te Whākinga, te Whakahāwea rānei, i a te Karaiti
\par }
{\R (Ruka 12.8-9)

\par }{\PP \VS{32}“Nā, ki te whakaae tētahi ki ahau i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, ka whakaaetia ia e ahau i te aroaro o tōku Matua i te rangi.

\VS{33}Ā, ki te whakakāhore tētahi i ahau i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, ka whakakāhoretia hoki ia e ahau i te aroaro o tōku Matua i te rangi.”


\par }{\SH Ehara i te Rangimārie, engari he Raru
\par }
{\R (Ruka 12.51-53; 14.26-27)

\par }{\PP \VS{34}“Kei mea i haere mai ahau ki te kawe mai i te rangimārie ki te whenua; kīhai ahau i haere mai ki te kawe mai i te rangimārie, engari i te hoari.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}I haere mai hoki ahau ki te mea i te tangata kia whawhai ki tōna pāpā,

\par }{\QB i te tamāhine ki tōna whaea,

\par }{\QB i te hunaonga wahine ki tōna hungawai wahine;


\par }{\Q \VS{36}ā, ko ō te tangata hoariri ko ngā tāngata anō o tōna whare.


\par }{\PP \VS{37}“Ki te nui ake te aroha o tētahi ki tōna pāpā, whaea rānei, i tōna ki ahau, e kore ia e tikangatia māku; ki te nui ake hoki te aroha o tētahi ki tāna tama, tamāhine rānei, i tōna ki ahau, e kore ia e tikangatia māku.

\VS{38}Ki te kore hoki tētahi e mau ki tōna rīpeka, e aru i muri i ahau, e kore ia e tikangatia māku.

\VS{39}Ko te tangata i whiwhi ki te ora e mate anō ia, ā, ki te mate tētahi mōna i whakaaro ki ahau, ka whiwhi anō ia ki te ora.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Utu
\par }
{\R (Māka 9.41)

\par }{\PP \VS{40}“Ki te manako tētahi ki a koutou, e manako ana ia ki ahau, ā, ki te manako tētahi ki ahau, e manako ana ia ki tōku kaitono mai.

\VS{41}Ki te manako tētahi ki te poropiti i runga i te ingoa o te poropiti, ka riro i a ia te utu o te poropiti; ā, ki te manako tētahi ki te tangata tika i runga i te ingoa o te tangata tika, e riro i a ia te utu o te tangata tika.

\VS{42}Ā, ki te whakainumia e tētahi, tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi, ahakoa kotahi anō te kapu wai mātao, i runga i te ingoa o te ākonga, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore rawa ia e hapa i tōna utu.”




\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Ngā Karere a Hoani Kaiiriiri
\par }
{\R (Ruka 7.18-35)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka mutu tā Īhu whakarite kōrero ki āna ākonga kotahi tekau mā rua, ka haere atu ia i reira ki te whakaako, ki te kauwhau ki ō rātou pā.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nā, i te rongonga o Hoani i roto i te whare herehere ki ngā mahi a te Karaiti, ka tonoa e ia ētahi o āna ākonga,

\VS{3}ka mea ki a ia, “Ko koe rānei tēnei e haere mai nei, me tatari rānei tātou ki tētahi atu?”


\par }{\PP \VS{4}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rāua, “Haere, kōrerotia ki a Hoani ngā mea e rongo nei, e kite nei kōrua:

\VS{5}ko ngā matapō e titiro ana, ko ngā kopa e hāereere ana, ko ngā repera e meinga ana kia mā, ko ngā turi e rongo ana, ko ngā tūpāpaku e whakaarahia ana, ā, e kauwhautia ana te rongopai ki te hunga rawakore.

\VS{6}Ā, ka koa te tangata e kore e hē ki ahau.”


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Ā, i a rāua e haere atu ana, ka tīmata a Īhu, ka kōrerotia a Hoani ki te mano: “I haere koutou ki te koraha kia kite i te aha? I te kākaho e whakangāueuetia ana e te hau?

\VS{8}Anō rā, i haere koutou kia kite i te aha? I te tangata he kākahu māeneene ōna? Nā, kei ngā whare kīngi te hunga i ngā kākahu māeneene.

\VS{9}Anō rā, i haere koutou kia kite i te aha? I te poropiti? Āe rā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, tērā atu anō i te poropiti.

\VS{10}Ko ia hoki tēnei mōna te mea i tuhituhia:

\par }{\Q ‘Nā, ka tonoa e ahau tāku karere ki mua i tōu aroaro,

\par }{\QB māna e whakapai tōu ara ki mua i a koe.’


\par }{\MM \VS{11}He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, kāhore anō i maea ake i roto i ngā whānau a te wahine he rahi ake i a Hoani Kaiiriiri; heoi, rahi ake i a ia te iti rawa i te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

\VS{12}Ā, nō ngā rā mai anō i a Hoani Kaiiriiri ā mohoa noa nei e tūkinotia ana te rangatiratanga o te rangi, ā, e riro ana ia i te ringa kaha o ngā tāngata taikaha.

\VS{13}Nō te mea i poropiti ngā poropiti katoa me te ture ā taea noatia a Hoani.

\VS{14}Ā, ki te pai koutou koia rā, ko Irāia tēnei, i meinga rā e haere mai ana.

\VS{15}Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia!


\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Otiia, me whakarite e ahau tēnei whakatupuranga ki te aha? E rite ana ki ngā tamariki e noho ana i ngā wāhi hokohoko, e karanga ana ki ō rātou hoa,

\VS{17}e mea ana,

\par }{\Q ‘Whakatangi noa mātou i te pūtōrino ki a koutou,

\par }{\QB ā, kāhore koutou i kanikani mai.

\par }{\Q Auē noa mātou ki a koutou,

\par }{\QB ā, kāhore koutou i tangi mai.’


\par }{\MM \VS{18}I haere mai hoki a Hoani, kīhai i kai, kīhai i inu, heoi e mea ana rātou, ‘He rēwera tōna.’

\VS{19}I haere mai te Tama a te tangata me te kai me te inu, ka mea rātou, ‘Nā, he tangata kakai, he tangata inu wāina, he hoa nō ngā pupirikana, nō ngā tāngata hara!’ Otirā, mā āna mahi e whakatika te whakaaro nui.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Pā Whakapono kore
\par }
{\R (Ruka 10.13-15)

\par }{\PP \VS{20}Kātahi ia ka anga, ka tāwai ki ngā pā i meinga ai te maha o āna merekara, mō rātou kīhai i rīpenetā.

\VS{21}“Auē te mate mōu, e Korahina! Auē, te mate mōu, e Petahaira! Me i meatia ki Tāira, ki Hairona ngā merekara kua meatia nei ki a kōrua, kua rīpenetā kē rāua, he taratara te kākahu me te oke i te pungarehu.

\VS{22}Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei ki a koutou, Erangi, tō Tāira rāua ko Hairona e māmā i te rā whakawā i tō kōrua.

\VS{23}Me koe hoki, e Kaperenauma, e whakateiteitia rānei koe ā tae noa ki te rangi? Ka heke koe ki te rēinga. Me i meatia hoki ki Horoma ngā merekara kua meatia nei ki a koe, kua tū tonu tērā, ā taea noatia tēnei rā.

\VS{24}Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei ki a koutou, Erangi, tō te whenua o Horoma e māmā i tōu i te rā whakawā.”


\par }{\SH Haere mai ki Ahau, Whakangā ai
\par }
{\R (Ruka 10.21-22)

\par }{\PP \VS{25}I taua wā ka oho a Īhu, ka mea “He whakawhetai atu tāku ki a koe, e Pā, e te Ariki o te rangi o te whenua, nō te mea kua hunā e koe ēnei mea i te hunga mātau, i te hunga mahara, ā, hurahia ana ki ngā kōhungahunga.

\VS{26}Āe rā, e Pā, i pai hoki te pēnei ki tāu titiro.


\par }{\PP \VS{27}“Kua tukua mai ngā mea katoa ki ahau e tōku Matua. Ā, kāhore tētahi e mātau ki te Tama, ko te Matua anake; kāhore hoki tētahi e mātau ki te Matua, ko te Tama anake, me te tangata hoki e pai ai te Tama kia whakakitea ki a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{28}“Haere mai ki ahau, e koutou katoa e māuiui ana, e taimaha ana, ā, māku koutou e whakaokioki.

\VS{29}Tangohia tāku ioka ki runga ki a koutou, kia whakaakona koutou e ahau; he ngākau māhaki hoki tōku, he ngākau pāpaku; ā, e whiwhi koutou ki te okiokinga mō ō koutou wairua.

\VS{30}He ngāwari hoki tāku ioka, he māmā tāku pīkaunga.”




\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Te Take e Pā ana ki te Hāpati
\par }
{\R (Māka 2.23-28; Ruka 6.1-5)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}I taua wā i haere a Īhu i te hāpati rā waenga wīti; ā, e hiakai ana āna ākonga, nā, ka anga rātou, ka kato i ngā wīti, ka kai.

\VS{2}Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā Parihi, ka mea ki a ia, “Nā, āu ākonga e mea nā i te mea e kore e tika kia meinga i te hāpati.”


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kāhore koutou i kite i tā Rāwiri i mea ai, i a ia e hiakai ana, rātou ko ōna hoa?

\VS{4}I tōna tomokanga ki te whare o te Atua, i tāna kainga i ngā taro aroaro, i ngā mea kīhai nei i tika kia kainga e ia, e ōna hoa rānei, engari, mā ngā tohunga anake?

\VS{5}Kāhore anō koutou i kite i roto i te ture, e whakanoatia ana te hāpati e ngā tohunga i roto i te temepara i ngā hāpati, ā, kāhore he hē?

\VS{6}Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei ki a koutou, kei konei tētahi, he rahi kē i te temepara.

\VS{7}Otiia, me i mātau koutou ki tēnei, ‘Ko tāku e pai ai ko te tohu tangata, hāunga te patunga tapu.’ Kāhore koutou i whakahē i te hunga harakore;

\VS{8}ko te Tama nei hoki a te tangata te Ariki o te hāpati.”


\par }{\SH Te Tangata me tōna Ringa Memenge
\par }
{\R (Māka 3.1-6; Ruka 6.6-11)

\par }{\PP \VS{9}Nā, ka haere atu ia i reira, ka tomo ki tō rātou whare karakia;

\VS{10}nā, he tangata tērā kua memenge te ringa. Ā, ka ui rātou ki a ia, “He tika rānei te whakaora i te hāpati?” He mea hoki kia whakapāngia ai e rātou he hē ki a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Ko tēhea tangata o koutou, ki te mea kotahi āna hipi, ā, ka taka ki roto ki te poka i te hāpati, e kore rānei ia e mau ki taua hipi, e hāpai ake?

\VS{12}Nā, tērā noa atu tō te tangata pai i tō te hipi. Inā, he tika anō te mahi pai i ngā hāpati.”


\par }{\PP \VS{13}Me i reira ka mea ia ki taua tangata, “Totoro mai tōu ringa.” Ā, nō te toronga, kua ora anō, kua pērā me tētahi.

\VS{14}Nā, ka haere ngā Parihi ki waho, ka rūnanga mōna me pēhea e ngaro ai ia i a rātou.


\par }{\SH Te Pononga i Whiriwhiria e te Atua
\par }
{\PP \VS{15}Otirā, i mātau a Īhu, ā, haere atu ana i reira; ā, he rahi te hui i aru i a ia, ā, whakaorangia ana rātou katoa e ia;

\VS{16}ā, i whakatūpato anō ia i a rātou kei whakakitea ia.

\VS{17}Nā, ka rite tā Ihāia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:


\par }{\Q \VS{18}“Nā, tāku pononga, tāku i whiriwhiri ai,

\par }{\QB tāku i aroha ai, tā tōku Wairua i āhuareka ai.

\par }{\Q Ka waiho e ahau tōku Wairua ki runga ki a ia,

\par }{\QB ā, māna e whakapuaki te whakawā ki ngā tauiwi.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}E kore ia e totohe, e kore ia e hāmama,

\par }{\QB e kore anō e rangona tōna reo i ngā ara.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}E kore e whatia porokeretia e ia te kākaho i mangungu,

\par }{\QB e kore e tineia te muka e whakapaoa ana.

\par }{\Q Kia puta rā anō i a ia te whakawā ki te wikitōria,


\par }{\Q \VS{21}ka tūmanako hoki ngā tauiwi ki tōna ingoa.”


\par }{\SH Ko Īhu, ki a Perehepura
\par }
{\R (Māka 3.20-30; Ruka 11.14-23; 12.10)

\par }{\PP \VS{22}Me i reira ka kawea mai ki a ia he tangata e nohoia ana e te rēwera, he matapō, he wahangū; ā, whakaorangia ana e ia, nō ka kōrero, ka kite taua matapō, taua wahangū.

\VS{23}Ā, ka ohomauri te mano katoa, ka mea, “Ehara ianei tēnei i te Tama a Rāwiri?”


\par }{\PP \VS{24}Ā, nō te rongonga o ngā Parihi, ka mea, “Ehara i a ia nāna i pei ngā rēwera nei, engari, nā Perehepura, nā te rangatira o ngā rēwera.”


\par }{\PP \VS{25}Ā, i mātau a Īhu ki ō rātou whakaaro, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ki te tahuri iho tētahi rangatiratanga ki a ia anō, ka kore; ki te tahuri iho hoki ki a ia anō tētahi pā, tētahi whare rānei, e kore e tū.

\VS{26}Nā, ki te pei a Hātana i a Hātana anō, e tahuri iho ana ki a ia anō; me pēhea e tū ai tōna rangatiratanga?

\VS{27}Ā, ki te mea nā Perehepura tāku peinga rēwera, nā wai te peinga a ā koutou tamariki? Nā, ko rātou hei kaiwhakawā mō koutou.

\VS{28}Tēnā, ki te mea nā te Wairua o te Atua tāku peinga rēwera, inā, kua tae noa mai te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki a koutou.


\par }{\PP \VS{29}“Me pēhea oti ka tomo ai te tangata ki te whare o te tangata kaha, ka pāhua ai i ōna taonga, ki te kore ia e mātua here i taua tangata kaha? Ko reira pāhua ai i tōna whare.


\par }{\PP \VS{30}“Ko te tangata ehara i te hoa nōku, he hoariri ia ki ahau; ko te tangata kāhore e kohikohi tahi māua, e tītaritari ana.

\VS{31}Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, ko ngā hara katoa me ngā kohukohu a te tangata e murua; tēnā ko te kohukohu ki te Wairua Tapu e kore e murua.

\VS{32}Ki te kōrero whakahē hoki tētahi mō te Tama a te tangata, e murua tāna; tēnā ki te kōrero whakahē tētahi mō te Wairua Tapu, e kore e murua tāna i tēnei ao, e kore anō i tērā atu.”


\par }{\SH He Rākau me Āna Hua
\par }
{\R (Ruka 6.43-45)

\par }{\PP \VS{33}“Meinga rānei te rākau kia pai, ā, pai iho ōna hua; meinga rānei te rākau kia kino, ā, kino iho ōna hua; mā ngā hua hoki ka mōhiotia ai te rākau.

\VS{34}E te uri nākahi, me pēhea ka kōrero pai ai koutou, te hunga kino? He pūrenatanga hoki nō te ngākau ngā kupu a te māngai.

\VS{35}Ko te tangata pai he pai ana e whakaputa ai i roto i ngā taonga pai o te ngākau; ko te tangata kino hoki he kino ana e whakaputa ai i roto i ngā taonga kino.


\par }{\PP \VS{36}“Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, me kōrero e ngā tāngata, i te rā whakawā, te tikanga o ngā kupu pokanoa katoa e puaki i a rātou.

\VS{37}Mā āu kupu hoki koe ka whakatikaia ai, mā āu kupu anō ka tau ai te hē ki a koe.”


\par }{\SH Te Rapu mō tētahi Tohu
\par }
{\R (Māka 8.11-12; Ruka 11.29-32)

\par }{\PP \VS{38}Me i reira ka kī ētahi o ngā karaipi, o ngā Parihi, ka mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, e mea ana mātou kia kite i tētahi tohu i a koe.”


\par }{\PP \VS{39}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “E rapu ana te whakatupuranga kino, pūremu, i tētahi tohu; ā, e kore tētahi tohu e hoatu, ko te tohu anake o Hona poropiti.

\VS{40}E toru hoki ngā rā o Hona, e toru ngā pō, i roto i te kōpū o te tohorā; waihoki ka toru ngā rā, ka toru ngā pō o te Tama a te tangata ki te manawa o te whenua.

\VS{41}E ara ngā tāngata o Ninewe me tēnei whakatupuranga i te whakawākanga, e whakatau i te hē ki a rātou; i rīpenetā hoki rātou i te kauwhau a Hona; ā, tēnei tētahi he nui kē i a Hona.

\VS{42}E ara te kuīni o te tonga me tēnei whakatupuranga i te whakawākanga, e whakatau i te hē ki a rātou; i haere mai hoki ia i ngā pito o te whenua ki te whakarongo ki ngā whakaaro nui o Horomona; ā, tēnei tētahi he nui kē i a Horomona.”


\par }{\SH Te Hokinga mai o te Wairua Poke
\par }
{\R (Ruka 11.24-26)

\par }{\PP \VS{43}“Ka puta mai te wairua poke i roto i te tangata, ka hāereere rā ngā wāhi maroke rapu okiokinga ai, ā, tē kitea,

\VS{44}ka mea ia, ‘Ka hoki ahau ki tōku whare i puta mai ai ahau.’ Ā, nō te taenga atu, rokohanga atu e takoto kau ana, oti rawa te tahi, te whakapai.

\VS{45}Nā, ka haere ia, ka tango i ētahi atu wairua tokowhitu hei hoa mōna, he kino noa atu i a ia, ka tomo rātou, ka noho ki reira; ā, kino atu i te tīmatanga te whakamutunga ki taua tangata. Tērā anō e pērā tēnei whakatupuranga kino.”


\par }{\SH Ko te Whaea rātou ko ngā Tēina a Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 3.31-35; Ruka 8.19-21)

\par }{\PP \VS{46}I a ia anō e kōrero ana ki te mano, nā, ko tōna whaea rātou ko ōna tēina e tū ana i waho, e whai ana kia kōrero ki a ia.

\VS{47}Ā, ka mea tētahi ki a ia, “Nā, tōu whaea me ōu tēina te tū mai nei i waho, e whai ana kia kōrero ki a koe.”


\par }{\PP \VS{48}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki te tangata i kōrero ki a ia, “Ko wai tōku whaea? Ko wai hoki ōku tēina?”

\VS{49}Nā, ka totoro tōna ringa ki āna ākonga, ka mea, “Nā, tōku whaea, ōku tēina!

\VS{50}Ki te meatia hoki e tētahi tā tōku Matua i te rangi e pai ai, hei teina ia ki ahau, hei tuahine, hei whaea.”




\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Kairui
\par }
{\R (Māka 4.1-9; Ruka 8.4-8)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}I taua rā i haere atu a Īhu i te whare, ka noho ki te taha o te moana.

\VS{2}Nā, he rahi te hui i huihui ki a ia, ā, ka eke ia ki te kaipuke noho ai; i te takutai anō te hui katoa e tū ana.

\VS{3}Ā, he maha āna kōrero ki a rātou, he mea whakarite; i mea ia:

\par }{\PP “Nā, i haere te kairui ki te rui.

\VS{4}Ā, i a ia e rui ana, ka ngahoro ētahi o ngā purapura ki te taha o te ara, ā, ko te rerenga mai o ngā manu, kainga ake.

\VS{5}Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki ngā wāhi kāmaka, ki ngā wāhi kīhai i nui te oneone; nā, pihi tonu ake, kāhore hoki i hōhonu te oneone.

\VS{6}Ā, nō te whitinga o te rā, ngaua iho; ā, nō te mea kāhore he pūtake, memenge noa iho.

\VS{7}Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki roto ki ngā tātarāmoa; ā, nō te tupunga ake o ngā tātarāmoa, kōwaowaotia ana ngā purapura;

\VS{8}Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki te oneone pai, ā, ka hua, nō ētahi kotahi rau, nō ētahi e ono tekau, nō ētahi e toru tekau.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.”


\par }{\SH Te Take o ngā Kupu Whakarite
\par }
{\R (Māka 4.10-12; Ruka 8.9-10)

\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ā, ka haere ngā ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, “He aha koe i kōrero whakarite tonu ai ki a rātou?”


\par }{\PP \VS{11}Nā, ka whakahoki ia ki a rātou, ka mea, “Nō te mea kua hoatu ki a koutou te mātauranga ki ngā mea ngaro o te rangatiratanga o te rangi, ki a rātou ia kāhore i hoatu.

\VS{12}Ki te whai mea hoki tētahi, ka hoatu anō ki a ia, ā, ka maha atu ana. Ki te kāhore ia he mea a tētahi, ka tangohia i a ia āna ake.

\VS{13}Nā reira ēnei kupu whakarite āku ki a rātou; nō te mea ‘kite rawa rātou, ā, kāhore e kite; rongo rawa, kāhore hoki e mātau.’

\VS{14}Ā, ka rite i a rātou te poropititanga a Ihāia, e mea nei:

\par }{\Q ‘Rongo noa koutou,

\par }{\QB kāhore e mātau;

\par }{\Q titiro noa koutou,

\par }{\QB kāhore e kite.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Kua mātotoru hoki te ngākau o tēnei iwi,

\par }{\QB kua pūhoi ngā taringa ki te whakarongo,

\par }{\Q ko ngā kanohi kua oti te whakamoe e rātou;

\par }{\QB kei kite ō rātou kanohi,

\par }{\Q kei rongo ngā taringa,

\par }{\QB ā, ka mātau te ngākau, nā, ka tahuri rātou,

\par }{\QB ā, ka whakaorangia e ahau.’


\par }{\MM \VS{16}Ka koa ia ō koutou kanohi, nō te mea ka kite; ō koutou taringa hoki, nō te mea ka rongo.

\VS{17}He pono hoki tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, he tokomaha ngā poropiti me ngā tāngata tika i hiahia kia kite i ngā mea e kite nei koutou, ā, kāhore i kite; kia rongo hoki i ngā mea e rongo nei koutou, ā, kāhore i rongo.”


\par }{\SH Te Take o ngā Kupu Whakarite
\par }
{\R (Māka 4.13-20; Ruka 8.11-15)

\par }{\PP \VS{18}“Nā, whakarongo ki te kupu i whakaritea ki te kairui.

\VS{19}Ki te rongo tētahi ki te kupu o te rangatiratanga, ā, e kore e mātau, nā, ka haere mai te wairua kino, ka kapo i te mea ka oti nā te rui ki tōna ngākau. Ko te tangata tēnei i ngā purapura i te taha o te ara.

\VS{20}Ko te tangata ia i ngā purapura i ngā wāhi kōhatu, ko te tangata i rongo ki te kupu, ā, hohoro tonu te tango, hari tonu;

\VS{21}Otiia, kāhore ōna pakiaka i roto i a ia, e mau noa ana mō te wā poto, ā, nō te pānga o te whakapāwera, o te whakatoi rānei, mō te kupu, nā hē tonu iho.

\VS{22}Ko te tangata i ngā purapura i waenga tātarāmoa, ko te tangata tēnā i rongo ki te kupu; ā, ko te whakaaronga ki tēnei ao, me te hangarau o ngā taonga, hei whakakōwaowao i te kupu, ā, kore ake he hua.

\VS{23}Ko te tangata ia i ngā purapura i te oneone pai, ko te tangata e rongo ana ki te kupu, ā, e mātau ana; ā, ka whai hua, ea ake, nō tētahi kotahi rau, nō tētahi e ono tekau, nō tētahi e toru tekau.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite mō ngā Taru Kino
\par }
{\PP \VS{24}Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i makā e ia ki a rātou, i mea ia: “Ka rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi tangata i rui i te purapura pai ki tāna māra.

\VS{25}Ā, i ngā tāngata e moe ana, ka haere mai tōna hoariri, ruia iho he taru kino ki waenga wīti, ā, haere ana.

\VS{26}Ā, nō ka pihi ake te rau, ka hua, kātahi ka kitea hoki ngā taru.

\VS{27}Nā, ka haere mai ngā pononga a taua rangatira, ka mea ki a ia, ‘E mara, kīhai ianei koe i rui i te purapura pai ki tāu māra? Nō hea rā ōna taru?’


\par }{\PP \VS{28}“Nā, ka kī atu ia ki a rātou, ‘Nā te hoariri tēnei i mea.’ Kātahi, ka mea ngā pononga ki a ia, ‘E pai rānei koe kia haere mātou ki te whakawhāiti i aua taru?’

\VS{29}Ā, ka mea ia, ‘Kāhore; kei hūtia ngātahitia te wīti ina whakawhāititia ngā taru.

\VS{30}Tukua kia tupu tahi, ā taea noatia te kotinga; ā, i te wā o te kotinga ka mea ahau ki ngā kaikokoti, Mātua whakawhāiti i ngā taru, ka paihere ai hei paihere kia tahuna; ko te wīti ia me kohi ki tōku whare wīti.’ ”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Pua Nanī
\par }
{\R (Māka 4.30-32; Ruka 13.18-19)

\par }{\PP \VS{31}Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i makā e ia ki a rātou, i mea ia: “He rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te pua nanī, i kawea e te tangata, i ruia ki tāna māra.

\VS{32}He iti rawa ia i ngā purapura katoa, ā, ka tupu, ko ia te nui rawa o ngā otaota, ā, whakarākau ana, nō ka rere mai ngā manu o te rangi, ka noho ki ōna manga.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Rēwena
\par }
{\R (Ruka 13.20-21)

\par }{\PP \VS{33}Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i kōrerotia e ia ki a rātou: “He rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te rēwena i tangohia e tētahi wahine, ā, whaongia ana ki roto ki ngā mēhua parāoa e toru, nō ka rēwenatia katoatia.”


\par }{\SH Te Mahinga a Īhu ki ngā Kupu Whakarite
\par }
{\R (Māka 4.33-34)

\par }{\PP \VS{34}Ko ēnei mea katoa i kōrerotia e Īhu ki te mano, he mea whakarite; ā, heoi anō āna kupu ki a rātou he kupu whakarite anake.

\VS{35}I rite ai tā te poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:

\par }{\Q “E puaki i tōku māngai ngā kupu whakarite;

\par }{\QB ka kōrerotia e ahau ngā mea

\par }{\QB i ngaro nō te tīmatanga rā anō o te ao.”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakamārama a Īhu i te Kupu Whakarite o ngā Taru Kino
\par }
{\PP \VS{36}Kātahi ka mahue i a Īhu te mano, ka tomo ia ki te whare. Nā, ka haere mai āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “Whakaaturia mai ki a mātou te kupu i whakaritea ki ngā taru i te māra.”


\par }{\PP \VS{37}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko te kairui o te purapura pai ko te Tama a te tangata.

\VS{38}Ko te māra ko te ao; ko te purapura pai ko ngā tamariki o te rangatiratanga; ngā taru ko ngā tamariki a te kino;

\VS{39}ko te hoariri i ruia ai ko te rēwera; te kotinga ko te mutunga o te ao; ngā kaikokoti ko ngā anahera.


\par }{\PP \VS{40}“Nā, e huihuia ana ngā taru, e tahuna ana ki te ahi; ka pērā anō i te mutunga o tēnei ao.

\VS{41}Ka tono te Tama a te tangata i āna anahera ki te huihui i roto i tōna rangatiratanga i ngā mea katoa e tūtuki ai te waewae, i ngā kaimahi anō i te kino;

\VS{42}ā, ka makā e rātou ki roto ki te oumu ahi; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi me te tetēā o ngā niho.

\VS{43}Ko reira te hunga tika whiti ai me te rā i te rangatiratanga o tō rātou Matua. Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite o te Taonga Huna
\par }
{\PP \VS{44}“He rite anō te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te taonga i hunā ki te māra; nō te kitenga a tētahi tangata, nā, ka hunā e ia, ā haere ana, he koa hoki nōna, nā hokona ana āna mea katoa, ā, hokona ana mai taua māra māna.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite o te Peara
\par }
{\PP \VS{45}“He rite anō te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te kaihokohoko, e rapu ana i ngā peara papai.

\VS{46}Ā, nō tōna kitenga i tētahi peara utu nui, haere ana, hokona ana āna mea katoa, ā, hokona ana mai taua peara māna.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite o te Kupenga
\par }
{\PP \VS{47}“He rite anō te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te kupenga i tukua ki te moana, ā, haoa ana he ika o ia āhua, o ia āhua.

\VS{48}Ā, ka kī, ka kūmea ki uta, ā, noho ana, kohikohia ana ngā ika papai ki ngā kete, ko ngā mea kikino ia i ākiritia ki waho.

\VS{49}Ka pērā anō a te mutunga o te ao. Ka haere ngā anahera, ka wehewehe i te hunga kino i roto i te hunga tika,

\VS{50}ā, ka maka i a rātou ki roto ki te oumu ahi; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho.”


\par }{\SH He Tikanga Hou, he Tikanga Tawhito
\par }
{\PP \VS{51}Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Kua mātau rānei koutou ki ēnei mea katoa?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Āe, e te Ariki.”


\par }{\PP \VS{52}Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Koia te karaipi, i ākona ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi, i rite ai ki tētahi rangatira whare e whakaputa mai ana i ngā mea hou, i ngā mea tawhito, i roto i tāna toa.”


\par }{\SH Te Whakahāweatanga i a Īhu i Nahareta
\par }
{\R (Māka 6.1-6; Ruka 4.16-30)

\par }{\PP \VS{53}Ā, ka mutu ēnei kupu whakarite a Īhu, ka haere atu ia i reira.

\VS{54}Ā, ka tae ki tōna kāinga tupu ka ako i a rātou i roto i tō rātou whare karakia, ā, mīharo noa rātou, ka mea, “Nō hea ēnei whakaaro nui me ngā merekara a tēnei tangata?

\VS{55}Ehara ianei tēnei i te tama a te kāmura? He teka ianei ko Meri te ingoa o tōna whaea? Ko Hēmi hoki rātou ko Hōhepa, ko Haimona, ko Hūrā, ōna tēina?

\VS{56}Me ōna tuāhine, kāhore ianei rātou katoa i a tātou nei? Nō hea rā ēnei mea katoa a tēnei tangata?”

\VS{57}Heoi, ka hē rātou ki a ia.

\par }{\PP Otirā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Kei tōna kāinga, kei tōna whare anake te poropiti hapa ai i te hōnore.”

\VS{58}Ā, kīhai i maha ngā merekara i meatia e ia ki reira, i tō rātou whakapono kore hoki.




\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Te Matenga o Hoani Kaiiriiri
\par }
{\R (Māka 6.14-29; Ruka 9.7-9)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}I taua wā, ka rongo a Herora te tetaraki ki te rongo o Īhu,

\VS{2}ā, ka mea ki āna pononga, “Ko Hoani Kaiiriiri tēnei; kua ara mai ia i te hunga mate; ā, nā reira i mahi ai ngā merekara i roto i a ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{3}I hopukia hoki a Hoani e Herora, ā, hereherea ana e ia, ā, makā ana ki te whare herehere, he mea hoki nā Herōriaha, nā te wahine a tōna tuakana, a Piripi.

\VS{4}I mea hoki a Hoani ki a ia, “E kore e tika kia riro ia i a koe.”

\VS{5}Ā, i a ia e mea ana ki te whakamate i a ia, ka wehi i te mano; ki tā rātou hoki he poropiti ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}Otirā, i te taenga ki te rā whānau o Herora, ka kanikani te tamāhine a Herōriaha i waenganui i a rātou, ā, ka āhuareka a Herora.

\VS{7}Kātahi ia ka mea ki a ia, oati rawa, kia hoatu ki a ia tāna mea e tono ai.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Nā, he mea whakakīkī ia nā tōna whaea, ka mea, “Hōmai ki konei ki ahau i runga i te rīhi te mātenga o Hoani Kaiiriiri.”


\par }{\PP \VS{9}Heoi, ka pōuri te kīngi; otiia, i whakaaro ia ki te oati, ki te hunga hoki e noho tahi ana me ia, ā, ka mea kia hoatu.

\VS{10}Nā, ka tono tāngata ia, ā, pōutoa ana te mātenga o Hoani i roto i te whare herehere.

\VS{11}Ā, i mauria tōna mātenga i runga i te rīhi, i hoatu ki te kōtiro; kawea atu ana e ia ki tōna whaea.

\VS{12}Nā, ka haere āna ākonga, ka tango i te tinana, ā, tanumia ana e rātou, ā, haere ana, kōrero ana ki a Īhu.


\par }{\SH Ka Whāngaia e Īhu te Rima Mano
\par }
{\R (Māka 6.30-44; Ruka 9.10-17; Hoani 6.1-14)

\par }{\PP \VS{13}Nā, i te rongonga o Īhu, ka haere atu ia i reira rā te kaipuke ki te koraha, ki te wāhi motu kē. Ā, nō ka rongo te mano, ka aru i a ia rā uta i roto i ngā pā.

\VS{14}Ā, ka puta atu a Īhu, ka kite i te huihuinga nui, ka aroha ia ki a rātou, ā, whakaorangia ana e ia ō rātou tūroro.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Ā, nō ka ahiahi, ka haere atu āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “He wāhi koraha tēnei, kua heke noa atu te rā; tonoa atu te mano, kia haere ai rātou ki ngā kāinga, ki te hoko kai mā rātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{16}Anō rā ko Īhu ki a rātou, “Kāhore he mea e haere ai rātou; mā koutou e hoatu he kai mā rātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Heoi anō a mātou i konei, e rima ngā taro, e rua hoki ngā ika.”


\par }{\PP \VS{18}Nā, ka mea ia, “Mauria mai ki konei ki ahau.”

\VS{19}Nā, ka mea ia ki te mano kia noho ki runga i te tarutaru, ka mau i ngā taro e rima, i ngā ika hoki e rua, ka titiro ki runga ki te rangi, ka whakapai, ka whawhati, ā, hoatu ana e ia ngā taro ki ngā ākonga, ā, nā ngā ākonga ki te mano.

\VS{20}Ā, kai katoa ana rātou, ā, ka mākona; ā, kotahi tekau mā rua ngā kete i kohia ake e rātou, kī tonu i ngā whatiwhatinga i toe.

\VS{21}Ko te hunga i kai rā me te mea e rima mano ngā tāne, hāunga ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki.


\par }{\SH Ka Hikoi a Īhu i runga i te Wai
\par }
{\R (Māka 6.45-52; Hoani 6.15-21)

\par }{\PP \VS{22}Nā, akiaki tonu a Īhu i āna ākonga kia eke ki te kaipuke, kia whakawhiti i mua i a ia ki tāwāhi, i a ia e tuku ana i ngā mano kia haere.

\VS{23}Ā, ka oti te mano te tuku, ka kake ia ki runga ki te maunga ki te wāhi motu kē ki te īnoi; nā, kua ahiahi, ā, ko ia anake i reira.

\VS{24}Nā, tērā te kaipuke te ākina rā e te ngaru i waenga moana; i hē hoki te i hau.


\par }{\PP \VS{25}Ā, i te whā o ngā mataaratanga o te pō ka haere a Īhu ki a rātou, i haere māori i runga i te moana.

\VS{26}Ā, i te kitenga o ngā ākonga i a ia e haere ana i runga i te moana, ka ihiihi, ka mea, “He wairua!” Ka auē i te wehi.


\par }{\PP \VS{27}Nā, kua hohoro te kōrero a Īhu ki a rātou, te mea, “Kia manawanui, ko ahau tēnei; aua e wehi.”


\par }{\PP \VS{28}Nā, ka whakahoki a Pita ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, ki te mea ko koe tēnā, kīia mai ahau kia haere atu ki a koe i runga i te wai.”


\par }{\PP \VS{29}Nā, ka mea ia, “Haere mai.”

\par }{\PP Ā, ka marere atu a Pita i te kaipuke, ka haere i runga i te wai, kia tae ai ki a Īhu.

\VS{30}Otirā, ka kite ia i te hau e kaha ana, ka wehi; ā, ka tīmata te totohu, ka karanga ake, ka mea, “Ahau, e te Ariki, whakaorangia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{31}Hohoro tonu te totoro o te ringa o Īhu, ka hopu i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, “E te tangata whakapono iti, he aha koe i ngākau rua ai?”


\par }{\PP \VS{32}Anō ka eke rāua ki te kaipuke, mutu pū te hau.

\VS{33}Nā, ka haere mai te hunga i runga i te kaipuke, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, “He pono ko te Tama koe a te Atua!”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu te Hunga Tūroro i Kenehareta
\par }
{\R (Māka 6.53-56)

\par }{\PP \VS{34}Ā, i tō rātou whitinga atu, ka tae ki te whenua o Kenehareta.

\VS{35}Ā, ka mōhio ngā tāngata o taua wāhi ki a ia, ka tono tāngata puta noa i ngā wāhi tūtata katoa o reira, hei kawe mai i ngā tūroro katoa ki a ia.

\VS{36}Ka īnoi ki a ia kia pā kau rātou ki te tāniko o tōna kākahu; ā, ora ake ngā tāngata katoa i pā.




\par }\Chap{15}{\SH Te Akoranga a Ngā Tūpuna
\par }
{\R (Māka 7.1-13)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Nā, ka haere ki a Īhu ētahi karaipi me ētahi Parihi nō Hiruhārama, ka mea,

\VS{2}“He aha āu ākonga ka takahi ai i te whakarerenga iho a ngā kaumātua? Kāhore hoki rātou e horoi i ō rātou ringa ina kai taro.”


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “He aha hoki i waiho ai e koutou tā koutou whakarerenga iho hei takahi mō tā te Atua kupu ako?

\VS{4}I mea hoki te Atua, ‘Whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea,’ ā, ‘Ki te kohukohu hoki tētahi i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea rānei kia mate ia, mate rawa.’

\VS{5}Ko koutou ia hei mea, Ki te mea tētahi ki tōna pāpā, ki tōna whaea rānei, ‘Ko tāku mea hei atawhainga mōu kua tāpaea atu ki te Atua.’

\VS{6}Nā, kaua ia e whakahōnore i tōna pāpā. Heoi, waiho ana e koutou tā koutou whakarerenga iho hei whakakāhore i te kupu a te Atua.

\VS{7}E te hunga tinihanga, tika rawa tā Ihāia i poropiti ai mō koutou, i mea ai:


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}“ ‘Te iwi nei ko ō rātou ngutu hei whakahōnore mōku;

\par }{\QB matara noa atu ia i ahau ō rātou ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Maumau karakia noa rātou ki ahau,

\par }{\QB ko tā rātou nei hoki e whakaako ai ko ngā whakahau a te tangata.’ ”


\par }{\SH Ngā Mea e Poke ana i te Tangata
\par }
{\R (Māka 7.14-23)

\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ā, karangatia ana e ia te mano ki a ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kia rongo, kia mātau:

\VS{11}E kore te tangata e poke i te mea e tapoko ana ki te māngai; engari, te mea e puta mai ana i roto i te māngai, mā tēnā e poke ai te tangata.”


\par }{\PP \VS{12}Me i reira ka haere āna ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, “E mōhio ana rānei koe i hē ngā Parihi i tō rātou rongonga i taua kupu?”


\par }{\PP \VS{13}Nā, ka whakahoki ia ka mea, “Ka hūtia ngā māhuri katoa kīhai i whakatōkia e tōku Matua i te rangi.

\VS{14}Waiho atu rātou; he matapō rātou e ārahi ana i te matapō. Ki te ārahina te matapō e te matapō, ka taka tahi rāua ki te waikeri.”


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Ka whakahoki a Pita, ka mea ki a ia, “Whakaaturia ki a mātou tēnei kupu whakarite.”


\par }{\PP \VS{16}Ka mea a Īhu, “Kei te kūware tonu anō koutou?

\VS{17}Kīanō koutou i mātau noa, ko ngā mea katoa e tapoko atu ana ki te māngai ka riro ki roto ki te kōpū, ā, e ākiritia ana ki te poka?

\VS{18}Tēnā ko ngā mea e puta mai ana i te māngai e haere ake ana i te ngākau; mā ēnā e poke ai te tangata.

\VS{19}Nō roto hoki nō te ngākau te putanga ake o ngā whakaaro kino, o ngā kōhuru, o ngā pūremu, o ngā moepuku, o ngā tāhae, o ngā whakapae teka, o ngā kohukohu.

\VS{20}Ko ngā mea ēnei e noa ai te tangata; tēnā ko te kai me ngā ringa kīhai i horoia, e kore te tangata e noa i tēnā.”


\par }{\SH Te Whakapono o tētahi Wahine
\par }
{\R (Māka 7.24-30)

\par }{\PP \VS{21}Ā, ka haere atu a Īhu i reira, ka anga ki ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona.

\VS{22}Nā, ko te haerenga mai i aua wāhi o tētahi wahine, he Kanaani, ka karanga ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki e te Tama a Rāwiri, kia aroha ki ahau; ko tāku tamāhine e ngaua kinotia ana e te rēwera.”


\par }{\PP \VS{23}Ā, kāhore āna kupu i whakahoki ai ki a ia. Nā, ka haere mai āna ākonga, ka tohe ki a ia, ka mea, “Tonoa kia haere; e karanga ana hoki i muri i a tātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{24}Otirā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Heoi, ngā mea i tonoa mai ai ahau, ko ngā hipi ngaro o te whare o Īharaira.”


\par }{\PP \VS{25}Ka haere tonu mai tērā, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, kia puta tōu whakaaro ki ahau.”


\par }{\PP \VS{26}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Ehara i te tika kia tangohia te taro a ngā tamariki, kia makā mā ngā kurī.”


\par }{\PP \VS{27}Ka mea tērā, “Āe rā, e te Ariki, e kai ana anō ngā kurī i ngā kongakonga e ngahoro iho ana i te tēpu a ō rātou rangatira.”


\par }{\PP \VS{28}Kātahi ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “E tai, nui atu tōu whakapono; waiho i tāu i pai ai.” Ā, ora ake tāna tamāhine i taua wā pū anō.


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu te Tini Tāngata
\par }
{\PP \VS{29}Nā, ka whakatika a Īhu i reira, ka haere ki te taha o te moana o Karirī, ā, kake ana ki te maunga, noho ana i reira.

\VS{30}He rahi hoki te hui i haere ki a ia, i a rātou anō ngā kopa, ngā matapō, ngā wahangū, ngā mutu, me te tini kē atu, ā, tukua iho e rātou ki ngā waewae o Īhu; ā, whakaorangia ana rātou e ia.

\VS{31}Mīharo noa te mano i tō rātou kitenga i ngā wahangū e kōrero ana, i ngā mutu e ora ana, i ngā kopa e haere ana, i ngā matapō e titiro ana; ā, whakakorōriatia ana e rātou te Atua o Īharaira.


\par }{\SH Ka Whāngaia e Īhu te Whā Mano mā
\par }
{\R (Māka 8.1-10)

\par }{\PP \VS{32}Nā, ka karangatia e Īhu āna ākonga, ka mea, “E aroha ana ahau ki te huihui nei, ka toru nei hoki ō rātou rā e noho ana ki ahau, kāhore hoki ā rātou kai; e kore ahau e pai kia tonoa pukutia, kei hemo ki te ara.”


\par }{\PP \VS{33}Nā, ko te meatanga a āna ākonga ki a ia, “Nō hea ā tātou taro i te koraha, e mākona ai tēnei ope nui?”


\par }{\PP \VS{34}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “E hia ā koutou taro?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rātou, “E whitu, me ngā ika nonohi, torutoru nei.”


\par }{\PP \VS{35}Nā, ka mea ia ki te mano kia noho ki te whenua;

\VS{36}ā, ka mau ia ki ngā taro e whitu ki ngā ika; ka whakawhetai, ka whawhati, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki ngā ākonga, ā, nā ngā ākonga ki te mano.


\par }{\PP \VS{37}Ā, kai ana rātou katoa, ā, ka mākona; e whitu hoki ngā kete i kohia e rātou, kī tonu i ngā whatiwhatinga i toe.

\VS{38}Ā, ko te hunga i kai, e whā mano ngā tāne, hāunga ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki.

\VS{39}Ā, ka oti te mano te tono atu e ia, ka eke ia ki te kaipuke; nā, kua ū ki ngā wāhi o Makarana.




\par }\Chap{16}{\SH He Tono mō tētahi Tohu
\par }
{\R (Māka 8.11-13; Ruka 12.54-56)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Nā, ka haere mai ngā Parihi me ngā Haruki, ka whakamātautau ka tono kia whakakitea e ia ki a rātou tētahi tohu i te rangi.

\VS{2}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou:

\par }{\PP “Ka ahiahi, ka mea koutou, ‘He paki; inā he whero te rangi.’

\VS{3}Ā, i te ata, ‘He āwhā āianei; he whero nei te rangi, e tukupū ana.’ E te hunga tinihanga, e mātau ana koutou ki te titiro ki te mata o te rangi; tē taea e koutou ngā tohu o ngā tāima.

\VS{4}E rapu tohu ana te whakatupuranga kino, pūremu; ā, heoi anō tohu e hoatu ki a rātou ko te tohu o Hona poropiti.”

\par }{\MM Nā, whakarērea ana rātou e ia, ā, haere ana.


\par }{\SH Te Rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki
\par }
{\R (Māka 8.14-21)

\par }{\PP \VS{5}Ā, ka ū ngā ākonga ki tērā taha kua wareware ki te mau taro atu.

\VS{6}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Kia mahara kia tūpato i te rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki.”


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Ā, ka kōrerorero rātou ki a rātou anō, ka mea, “Nō te mea kāhore tātou i mau taro mai.”


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Ā, ka mōhio a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou: “He aha koutou ka kōrerorero ai ki a koutou, e te hunga whakapono iti, nō te mea kīhai i maua mai he taro e koutou?

\VS{9}Kīanō koutou i mātau noa, kīanō koutou i mahara ki ngā taro e rima a ngā mano e rima, ki te maha hoki o ngā kete i riro i a koutou?


\par }{\PP \VS{10}“Ki ngā taro hoki e whitu a ngā mano e whā, ki te maha anō o ngā kete i riro i a koutou?

\VS{11}He aha koutou tē mātau ai, ehara i te mea mō te taro tāku i mea ai ki a koutou, kia tūpato i te rēwena a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki?”


\par }{\PP \VS{12}Kātahi rātou ka mātau kīhai ia i mea kia tūpato i te rēwena o te taro, engari i te ako a ngā Parihi, a ngā Haruki.


\par }{\SH Te Pānuitanga a Pita mō Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 8.27-30; Ruka 9.18-21)

\par }{\PP \VS{13}Ka tae a Īhu ki ngā wāhi o Hiharia Piripai, ka ui ia ki āna ākonga, ka mea, “Ko wai rā ahau te Tama a te tangata, ki tā ngā tāngata kī?”


\par }{\PP \VS{14}Nā, ka mea rātou, “Ki tā ētahi ko Hoani Kaiiriiri; ki tā ētahi ko Irāia; ki tā ētahi ko Heremaia, ko tētahi rānei o ngā poropiti.”


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Ā, ki tā koutou ko wai ahau?”


\par }{\PP \VS{16}Nā, ka whakahoki a Haimona Pita, ka mea, “Ko te Karaiti koe, ko te Tama a te Atua ora.”


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia:

\par }{\PP “Ka koa koe, e Haimona Parahona; ehara hoki i te kikokiko, i te toto, nāna tēnei i whakakite ki a koe, engari, nā tōku Matua i te rangi.

\VS{18}Nā, ko tāku kupu anō tēnei ki a koe, Ko Pita koe, ā, ka hangā e ahau tāku hāhi ki runga ki tēnei kāmaka; e kore anō e taea taua hāhi e ngā kūwaha o te rēinga.

\VS{19}Ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a koe ngā kī o te rangatiratanga o te rangi; ā, ko āu e here ai i te whenua e herea anō i te rangi; ko āu hoki e wewete ai i te whenua e wetekia anō i te rangi.”


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Me i reira ka whakatūpato ia i āna ākonga, kia kaua e kōrerotia e rātou ki te tangata ko te Karaiti ia.


\par }{\SH Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō Tōna Mamaetanga me Tōna Matenga
\par }
{\R (Māka 8.31–9.1; Ruka 9.22-27)

\par }{\PP \VS{21}Nō reira mai anō, i tīmata ai a Īhu te whakaatu ki āna ākonga, kua takoto te tikanga kia haere ia ki Hiruhārama, ā, he maha ngā mamae e mamae ai ia i ngā kaumātua, i ngā tohunga nui, i ngā karaipi, ā, ka whakamatea ia, ā, hei te toru o ngā rā ka ara.


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Nā, ka mau a Pita ki a ia, ka anga, ka whakahē ki tāna, ka mea, “Auē! Kauaka, e te Ariki! Kauaka rā tēnei e pā ki a koe.”


\par }{\PP \VS{23}Nā, ka tahuri ia, ka mea ki a Pita, “Haere ki muri i ahau, e Hātana, he tūtukitanga waewae koe ki ahau; kāhore hoki ōu ngākau ki ngā mea a te Atua, engari, ki a te tangata.”


\par }{\PP \VS{24}Kātahi a Īhu ka mea ki āna ākonga: “Ki te mea tētahi kia haere mai ki te whai i ahau, me whakakāhore ia e ia anō, me amo tōna rīpeka, ka aru ai i ahau.

\VS{25}Ki te whai hoki tētahi kia ora, ka mate anō ia; ki te mate tētahi, mōna i whakaaro ki ahau, ka kite anō ia i te ora.

\VS{26}He aha hoki te pai ki te tangata, ki te riro i a ia te ao katoa, ā, ka kore he ora mōna? He aha hoki tā te tangata e hoatu ai hei utu mōna kia ora?


\par }{\PP \VS{27}“Tēnei ake hoki ka haere mai te Tama a te tangata, rātou ko āna anahera, i runga i te korōria o tōna Matua; ā, ko reira hoatu ai e ia ki tēnei, ki tēnei, te utu o tāna mahi.

\VS{28}He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Tēnei anō ētahi e tū nei e kore e pāngia e te mate, kia kite rā anō i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i tōna rangatiratanga.”




\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Te Whakaahua Kētanga
\par }
{\R (Māka 9.2-13; Ruka 9.28-36)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka pahure ngā rā e ono, ka mau a Īhu ki a Pita, ki a Hēmi rāua ko tōna teina ko Hoani, nā, kawea ana rātou e ia ki runga ki tētahi maunga tiketike ki te wāhi motu kē.

\VS{2}Ā, ka puta kē tōna āhua i tō rātou aroaro; whiti tonu tōna mata me te rā, mā tonu ōna kākahu me te mārama.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Nā, ka kitea e rātou a Mohi rāua ko Irāia e kōrerorero ana ki a ia.

\VS{4}Kātahi ka oho a Pita, ka mea ki a Īhu, “E te Ariki, he pai kia noho tātou i konei; ki te pai koe, mā mātou e hanga ētahi wharau ki konei kia toru; kia kotahi mōu, kia kotahi mō Mohi, kia kotahi mō Irāia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{5}I a ia anō e kōrero ana, nā, ka taumarumaru iho te kapua mārama i runga i a rātou; nā, he reo nō te kapua e mea ana, “Ko tāku Tama tēnei i aroha ai, ko tāku i āhuareka ai; whakarongo ki a ia!”


\par }{\PP \VS{6}A, nō ka rongo ngā ākonga, ka takoto tāpapa rātou, he nui hoki tō rātou wehi.

\VS{7}Nā, ka haere a Īhu, ka pā ki a rātou, ka mea, “Whakatika, kaua e wehi.”

\VS{8}Ā, nō ka ara ake ō rātou kanohi, kāhore he tangata i kitea e rātou, ko Īhu anake.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}Nā, i a rātou e heke iho ana i te maunga, ka whakatūpato a Īhu i a rātou, ka mea, “Kaua e kōrerotia ki te tangata te mea i kitea nei, kia ara ake rā anō te Tama a te tangata i te hunga mate.”


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ā, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia ka mea, “He aha ngā karaipi ka mea ai, ko Irāia kia mātua puta mai?”


\par }{\PP \VS{11}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko Irāia anō e mātua puta hei whakatika i ngā mea katoa.

\VS{12}Ko tāku ia tēnei ki a koutou, kua tae noa mai a Irāia, ā, kīhai rātou i mōhio ki a ia, heoi, meatia ana e rātou ki a ia tā rātou i pai ai. E pērā anō te Tama a te tangata te mamae i a rātou.”

\VS{13}Kātahi ka mōhio ngā ākonga ko Hoani Kaiiriiri tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou.


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu tētahi Tamaiti mau Rēwera
\par }
{\R (Māka 9.14-29; Ruka 9.37-43a)

\par }{\PP \VS{14}Ā, nō ka tae rātou ki te mano, ka haere mai ki a ia tētahi tangata, ka tūturi ngā turi ki a ia, ka mea,

\VS{15}“E te Ariki, kia aroha ki tāku tama; he haurangi hoki ia, he kino tōna mamae; he maha hoki ōna hinganga ki te kāpura, he maha ki te wai.

\VS{16}Ā, i kawea ia e ahau ki āu ākonga, heoi, kīhai ia i taea te whakaora e rātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Nā, ka oho a Īhu, ka mea, “E te uri whakapono kore, parori kē, kia pēhea te roa o tōku noho ki a koutou? Kia pēhea te roa o tōku manawanui ki a koutou? Kawea mai ia ki konei, ki ahau.”

\VS{18}Nā, ka rīria te rēwera e Īhu; ā, puta ana i roto i a ia; ā, ora ake te tamaiti i taua wā pū anō.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}Me i reira ka haere puku ngā ākonga ki a Īhu, ka mea, “He aha rā tē āhei ai i a mātou te pei i a ia ki waho?”


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou:

\par }{\PP “Nā tō koutou whakapono iti; he pono hoki tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te mea he whakapono tō koutou, pērā me tō te pua nanī te rahi, e mea koutou ki tēnei maunga, ‘Neke atu i konei ki tērā wāhi’; ā, ka neke; kāhore hoki he mea e kore e taea e koutou.

\VS{21}Otirā, e kore e puta noa te pēnā, mā te īnoi anake mā te nohopuku.”


\par }{\SH Ka Kōrero anō a Īhu mō Tōna Matenga
\par }
{\R (Māka 9.30-32; Ruka 9.43e-45)

\par }{\PP \VS{22}Ā, i a rātou e noho ana i Karirī, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Meāke tukua te Tama a te tangata ki ngā ringa o ngā tāngata;

\VS{23}ā, ka whakamatea e rātou, ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka ara.” Ā, nui atu tō rātou pōuri.


\par }{\SH Me Hoatu te Takoha Temepara
\par }
{\PP \VS{24}Ā, nō tō rātou taenga ki Kaperenauma, ka haere mai ki a Pita ngā kaikohikohi i te hāwhe hekere, ka mea, “E kore ianei tōu Kaiwhakaako e hōmai i te hāwhe hekere?”


\par }{\PP \VS{25}Ka mea ia, “E hoatu anō.”

\par }{\PP Ā, nō ka tapoko ia ki te whare, ko Īhu kua kōrero ki a ia, kua mea, “E pēhea ana tōu whakaaro, e Haimona? E tangohia ana e ngā kīngi o te ao ngā takoha taonga me te takoha tangata i a wai? I ā rātou ake tama, i a ngā tāngata kē rānei?”


\par }{\PP \VS{26}Ka mea a Pita ki a ia, “I a ngā tāngata kē.”

\par }{\PP Nā, ko te kīanga a Īhu ki a ia, “Ha, pēnā ka haere noa ngā tamariki.

\VS{27}Ahakoa rā, kei whai take hē mai rātou ki a tātou, haere ki te moana, piua tētahi matau, ā, ka eke te ika mātāmua, tangohia; nā, ka whakatuwhera i tōna māngai, ka kite ai koe i tētahi moni, tangohia tēnā, ka hoatu ki a rātou, hei mea mōku, mōu.”




\par }\Chap{18}{\SH Ko Wai te Nui Rawa?
\par }
{\R (Māka 9.33-37; Ruka 9.46-48)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}I taua wā, ka haere mai ngā ākonga ki a Īhu, ka mea, “Ko wai te nui rawa i te rangatiratanga o te rangi?”


\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nā, ka karangatia e Īhu tētahi tamaiti nohinohi, ka whakatūria e ia ki waenganui i a rātou,

\VS{3}ka mea, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kore koutou e tahuri, ā, e pēnei me ngā tamariki nonohi, e kore koutou e tomo ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

\VS{4}Nā, ki te whakaiti tētahi i a ia, ā, ka rite ki tēnei tamaiti nohinohi, ko ia te nui rawa i te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

\VS{5}Ā, ki te manako tētahi ki tētahi tamaiti nohinohi pēnei, he whakaaro hoki ki tōku ingoa, e manako ana ki ahau.”


\par }{\SH He Whakamātauranga ki te Hara
\par }
{\R (Māka 9.42-48; Ruka 17.1-2)

\par }{\PP \VS{6}“Tēnā ko tēnei, ka hē i tētahi tangata tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi e whakapono nei ki ahau, nui kē te pai ki a ia me i whakawerewerea ki tōna kakī te kōhatu mira kāihe, me i pungaia ia ki te rire o te moana.

\VS{7}Auē te mate mō te ao i ngā take hē! Kua tino takoto rawa hoki he putanga mō ngā take hē; otiia, auē te mate mō tērā tangata e puta ai te take hē!


\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Ki te hē koe i tōu ringa, i tōu waewae rānei, pōutoa, makā atu; pai kē hoki mōu te tomo ki te ora he kopa, he ringa mutu, i te makā ki te ahi kā tonu, he ringa rua, he waewae rua.

\VS{9}Ki te hē hoki koe i tōu kanohi, tīkarohia, makā atu; pai kē hoki mōu te tomo kanohi tahi ki te ora, i te makā kanohi rua ki te kāpura o Kehena.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Hipi Kotiti Kē
\par }
{\R (Ruka 15.3-7)

\par }{\PP \VS{10}“Kia mahara kei whakahāwea ki tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi; ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, E titiro tonu ana ō rātou anahera i te rangi ki te kanohi o tōku Matua i te rangi.

\VS{11}I haere mai hoki te Tama a te tangata ki te whakaora i te mea i ngaro.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}“Pēhea tō koutou whakaaro? Ki te mea he rau ngā hipi a tētahi tangata, ā, ka kotiti kē tētahi, e kore ianei e waiho e ia ngā iwa tekau mā iwa, ka haere i runga i ngā maunga, rapu ai i te mea i kotiti kē?

\VS{13}Ā, ki te kitea, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, tērā atu tōna hari ki taua hipi, i te hari ki ngā iwa tekau mā iwa kīhai i kotiti kē.

\VS{14}Waihoki kāhore he ngākau o tō koutou Matua i te rangi kia ngaro tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi.”


\par }{\SH Ka Hara tētahi Tangata
\par }
{\PP \VS{15}“Ā, ki te hara tōu teina ki a koe, haere, kōrerotia tōna hara ki a ia, kōrua anake; ki te whakarongo ia ki a koe, ka riro i a koe tōu teina.

\VS{16}Ā, ki te kore ia e whakarongo, kawea atu hei hoa mōu kia kotahi, kia tokorua rānei, kia mau ai ngā kupu katoa i ngā māngai o ngā kaiwhakarongo tokorua, tokotoru rānei.

\VS{17}Ā, ki te pake ia ki a rāua, kōrerotia ki te hāhi; ā, ki te pake anō ia ki te hāhi, me waiho e koe hei tautangata, hei pupirikana.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Herenga me ngā Wewete
\par }
{\PP \VS{18}“He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko ā koutou e here ai i te whenua e herea anō ki te rangi; ko ā koutou e wewete ai i te whenua e wetekia anō ki te rangi.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}“Tēnei anō tāku kupu ki a koutou, Ki te mea ka tokorua o koutou e rite tahi ana ngā whakaaro i te whenua mō tētahi mea e īnoi ai rāua, e meinga anō mō rāua e tōku Matua i te rangi.

\VS{20}Nā, ko te wāhi e whakaminea ai te hunga tokorua, tokotoru rānei, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa, kei reira ahau kei waenganui i a rātou.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Pononga Murukore
\par }
{\PP \VS{21}Kātahi, ka haere a Pita ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, kia hia ngā haranga o tōku teina ki ahau, me tāku whakarere noa iho i tōna hara? Kia whitu?”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “E kore ahau e mea ki a koe, Kia whitu, engari, kia whitu tekau whitu.”


\par }{\PP \VS{23}“Koia, ka rite ai te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi kīngi, i mea kia kōrerotia ki a ia āna moni e āna pononga.

\VS{24}Ā, ka tīmata ia te ui, ka kawea ki a ia he tangata, tekau mano ngā taranata i a ia.

\VS{25}Ā, tē whai rawa ia hei utu, ka mea tōna ariki kia hokona ia, tāna wahine me āna tamariki, me āna taonga katoa, hei whakautu.


\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Nā, ka tāpapa iho taua pononga, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, ‘E te Ariki, kia āta hanga ki ahau, ā, ka utua katoatia e ahau ki a koe.’

\VS{27}Nā, ka oho i te aroha te ariki o taua pononga, tuku ana i a ia, ā, whakarērea noatia iho e ia āna moni tārewa.


\par }{\PP \VS{28}“Heoi, te putanga o taua pononga ki waho, ka kite i tētahi o ōna hoa pononga, kotahi rau āna pene i a ia; nā, hopukia ana e ia, nōtia iho te kakī, me te kī anō, ‘Utua tāku nama.’


\par }{\PP \VS{29}“Heoi, tāpapa ana tōna hoa pononga ki ōna waewae, ka īnoi ki a ia, ka mea, ‘Kia āta hanga ki ahau, ā, ka utua katoatia e ahau ki a koe.’

\VS{30}Ā, kīhai ia i pai; heoi haere ana, maka ana i a ia ki te whare herehere, kia utua katoatia rā anō te nama.


\par }{\PP \VS{31}“Heoi, nō te kitenga o ōna hoa pononga i taua meatanga, nui atu tō rātou pōuri, ā, haere ana, whakaaturia ana ki tō rātou ariki ngā mea katoa i meatia.

\VS{32}Kātahi, ka karanga tōna ariki i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Pononga kino, i whakarērea noatia e ahau taua moni tārewa katoa i a koe, nāu hoki i īnoi ki ahau.

\VS{33}Ehara oti i te tika kia tohungia e koe tōu hoa pononga, me ahau hoki i tohu i a koe?’

\VS{34}Nā, ka riri tōna ariki, ā, tukua ana ia ki ngā kaiwhakamamae, kia utua katoatia rā anō tāna nama.

\VS{35}Tērā anō, e pērā tōku Matua i te rangi ki a koutou, ki te kore e whakarērea noatia i roto i ō koutou ngākau ngā hē o te teina o tēnei, o tēnei, o koutou.”




\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Ka Whakaako a Īhu mō te Wehenga Tūturu
\par }
{\R (Māka 10.1-12)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka mutu ēnei kupu a Īhu, ka tūria atu e ia i Karirī, ā, ka tae ki ngā wāhi o Hūria, ki tāwāhi atu o Horano.

\VS{2}He rahi hoki te hui i aru i a ia; ā, whakaorangia ana rātou e ia i reira.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Nā, ka haere mai ngā Parihi ki a ia, ki te whakamātautau i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, “He mea tika rānei kia whakarērea e te tangata tāna wahine mō tētahi take?”


\par }{\PP \VS{4}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kīanō koutou i kite noa i hangā rāua e te Kaihanga i te tīmatanga, he tāne, he wahine?

\VS{5}I mea anō ia, ‘Mō konei ka mahue i te tangata tōna pāpā, tōna whaea ka piri ki tāna wahine, ā, hei kikokiko kotahi rāua tokorua’?

\VS{6}Nā, heoi anō tō rāua tokoruatanga, engari kotahi anō kikokiko. Nā, ko ā te Atua i hono ai, kaua e wehea e te tangata.”


\par }{\PP \VS{7}Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “He aha rā a Mohi i ako ai kia hoatu he pukapuka whakarere, ka whakarere ai i a ia?”


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Nā te pakeke o ō koutou ngākau i tukua ai koutou e Mohi kia whakarere i ā koutou wāhine; i te tīmatanga iho ia kāhore i pēnā.

\VS{9}Ā, tēnei tāku kupu ki a koutou, Ki te whakarere tētahi i tāna wahine, ehara nei i te take moepuku, ā, ka mārenatia ki tētahi atu, e pūremu ana ia; ā, ki te mārena tētahi i te wahine i whakarērea, e pūremu ana ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ka mea āna ākonga ki a ia, “Ki te pēnei te tikanga mō te tangata rāua ko tāna wahine, ehara te mārena.”


\par }{\PP \VS{11}Otirā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “E kore tēnei kupu e rite i ngā tāngata katoa, engari, i te hunga i hoatu ai.

\VS{12}He unaka hoki ētahi nō te whānautanga mai i te kōpū o te whaea; ko ētahi unaka he mea whakaūnaka nā te tangata; ko ētahi unaka he mea whakaūnaka nā rātou anō, he whakaaro hoki ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi. Ki te taea tēnei te whakarite e tētahi, māna e whakarite.”


\par }{\SH Ka Manaakitia e Īhu ngā Tamariki Nohinohi
\par }
{\R (Māka 10.13-16; Ruka 18.15-17)

\par }{\PP \VS{13}I reira, ka kawea mai he tamariki nonohi ki a ia, kia whakapā ai ia i ōna ringa ki a rātou, kia īnoi; ā, rīria iho rātou e ngā ākonga.

\VS{14}Nā, ko te kīanga a Īhu, “Tukua mai ngā tamariki nonohi, aua hoki e āraia atu tā rātou haere mai ki ahau; nō ngā pēnei hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.”


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Ā, whakapākia iho e ia ōna ringa ki a rātou, ā, haere atu ana i reira.


\par }{\SH He Taitama Whai Taonga
\par }
{\R (Māka 10.17-31; Ruka 18.18-30)

\par }{\PP \VS{16}Nā, ka haere mai tētahi ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, he aha te mahi pai māku, e whiwhi ai ahau ki te ora tonu?”


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a ia, “He aha ka ui koe ki ahau mō te mea pai? Tērā anō tētahi i pai, kotahi tonu; ki te mea koe kia tomo ki te ora, whakaritea ngā ture.”


\par }{\PP \VS{18}Ka mea ia ki a ia, “Ko ēhea?”

\par }{\PP Nā, ka mea a Īhu, “Kaua e patu tangata; kaua e pūremu; kaua e tāhae; kaua e whakapae teka;

\VS{19}Whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea; me tēnei; kia aroha ki tōu hoa tata ānō ko koe.”


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Ka mea taua taitama ki a ia, “Kua rite i ahau ēnei mea katoa nō tōku tamarikitanga; tēnā hoki tētahi mea e hapa ana i ahau?”


\par }{\PP \VS{21}Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ki te mea koe kia tino tika, haere, hokona ōu taonga, ka hoatu ki ngā rawakore, ā, e whai taonga koe ki te rangi; ā, haere mai i muri i ahau.”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Nā, ka rongo taua taitama i taua kupu, haere pōuri ana ia, he maha hoki ōna taonga.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}Ka mea a Īhu ki āna ākonga, “He pono tāku kupu ki a koutou, e tapoko whakauaua te tangata taonga ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

\VS{24}Tēnei anō tāku kupu ki a koutou, he ngāwari kē atu te haere o te kāmera rā te kōwhao o te ngira i te haere o te tangata taonga ki roto ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{25}Ā, nō ka rongo āna ākonga, nui rawa tō rātou mīharo, ka mea, “Ko wai rā e ora?”


\par }{\PP \VS{26}Nā, ka titiro a Īhu ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ki te tangata e kore tēnei e taea, ki te Atua ia e taea ngā mea katoa.”


\par }{\PP \VS{27}Kātahi, ka whakahoki a Pita, ka mea ki a ia, “Nā, kua mahue nei i a mātou ngā mea katoa, kua aru nei i a koe, he aha rā mā mātou?”


\par }{\PP \VS{28}Ka kī a Īhu ki a rātou, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ko koutou i aru nei i ahau, kia taea te whānautanga houtanga, te wā e noho ai te Tama a te tangata ki runga ki te torōna o tōna korōria, ka noho anō koutou ki runga ki ētahi torōna kotahi tekau mā rua, ki te whakawā i ngā iwi kotahi tekau mā rua o Īharaira.

\VS{29}Ā, ki te mea kua mahue i tētahi he whare, he tēina, he tuāhine rānei, he pāpā, he whaea, he tamariki, he whenua, i tōna whakaaro ki tōku ingoa, ka tātakirau ngā mea e riro i a ia, ā, ka whiwhi ia ki te ora tonu.

\VS{30}He tokomaha ia ō mua e waiho ki muri; ko ō muri ki mua.”




\par }\Chap{20}{\SH Ngā Kaimahi i roto i tētahi Māra Wāina
\par }
{\PP \VerseOne{1}“He rite hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi rangatira whare, i haere i te atatū ki te kōrero kaimahi mō tāna māra wāina.

\VS{2}Ā, nō ka oti te whakarite ki ngā kaimahi kia kotahi rā he pene, tonoa ana rātou e ia ki tāna māra wāina.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}“Ā, ka haere atu ia i te toru o ngā hāora, ka kite i ētahi atu e tū māngere ana i te kāinga hokohoko,

\VS{4}ka mea ki a rātou, ‘Haere hoki koutou ki te māra wāina, ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koutou te mea e tika ana.’ Nā, haere ana rātou.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}“I haere anō ia i te ono, i te iwa o ngā hāora, ā, pērā ana anō.

\VS{6}I te tekau mā tahi o ngā hāora ka haere atu anō ia, ka kite i ētahi atu e tū ana, ka mea ki a rātou, ‘He aha tā koutou e tū māngere i konei i te rā roa nei?’

\VS{7}Ka mea rātou ki a ia, ‘Nō te mea rā kāhore he tangata i kōrero ki a mātou ki te mahi.’ Ka mea ia ki a rātou, ‘Haere anō koutou ki te māra wāina.’


\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Ā, nō te ahiahi ka mea te rangatira o te māra wāina ki tāna kaiwhakahauhau, ‘Karangatia ngā kaimahi, utua hoki rātou, hei ō muri tīmata ai puta noa ki ō mua.’


\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Ā, nō te taenga mai o te hunga i kōrerotia i te tekau mā tahi o ngā hāora, kotahi te pene i riro i tētahi, i tētahi.

\VS{10}Ka tae anō ō mua, hua noa rātou tērā atu te mea e riro i a rātou; heoi, kotahi anō te pene i riro i a rātou.

\VS{11}Ā, nō ka riro i a rātou, ka amuamu ki taua rangatira whare,

\VS{12}ka mea, ‘Kotahi te hāora i mahi ai ēnei ō muri, ā, ka oti rātou te whakarite ki a mātou, ki te hunga i pēhia nei e te taimaha e te tīkākātanga o te rā.’


\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Ā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki tētahi o rātou, ‘E hoa, kāhore āku hē ki a koe; kīhai koe i whakarite ki ahau me pene?

\VS{14}Tangohia tāu, haere. E pai ana ahau kia rite ki tāu te mea e hoatu ki tēnei ō muri.

\VS{15}Ehara ianei i te tika kia meatia e ahau tāku e pai ai ki āku mea? He kino oti tōu kanohi nō te mea he pai ahau?’


\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Heoi, ko ō muri e meinga ki mua, ko ō mua ki muri; he tokomaha hoki e karangatia, he ruarua ia e whiriwhiria.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Kōrerotanga a Īhu mō Tōna Matenga
\par }
{\R (Māka 10.32-34; Ruka 18.31-34)

\par }{\PP \VS{17}Ā, i a Īhu e haere ana ki Hiruhārama, i a rātou i te ara, ka kawea e ia āna ākonga kotahi tekau mā rua ki tahaki, ā, ka mea ki a rātou,

\VS{18}“Nā, e haere ana tēnei tātou ki Hiruhārama; ā, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata ki ngā tohunga nui, ki ngā karaipi, ka kīia ia e rātou kia mate,

\VS{19}ka tukua ia ki ngā tauiwi kia tāwaia, kia whiua, kia rīpekatia; ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka whakaarahia ake.”


\par }{\SH He Īnoi a tētahi Whaea
\par }
{\R (Māka 10.35-45)

\par }{\PP \VS{20}Me i reira ka tae ki a ia te whaea o ngā tama a Heperi, rātou ko āna tama, ā, ka koropiko, ka īnoi ki tētahi mea i a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{21}Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, “He hiahia aha tōu?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea ia ki a ia, “Whakaaetia ēnei tama tokorua āku, kia noho, tētahi ki tōu matau, tētahi ki tōu mauī, i tōu rangatiratanga.”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Otirā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea, “Kāhore kōrua e mōhio ki tā kōrua e īnoi nei. E āhei rānei kōrua te inu i te kapu meāke inumia e ahau, kia iriiria hoki ki te iriiringa ka iriiria nei ahau?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rāua ki a ia, “E āhei anō.”


\par }{\PP \VS{23}Ka mea ia ki a rāua, “E inu anō kōrua i tāku kapu, e iriiria ki te iriiringa e iriiria ai ahau; ko te noho ia ki tōku matau, ki tōku mauī, ehara i ahau māna e hoatu, engari, ka riro i te hunga i whakaritea nei e tōku Matua mō rātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{24}Ā, nō ka rongo te tekau, ka riri ki aua hoa tokorua.

\VS{25}Otirā, ka karangatia rātou e Īhu, ā, ka mea ia, “E mātau ana koutou, ko ngā kāwana o ngā tauiwi hei whakatupu rangatira ki a rātou, ko ngā tāngata rarahi hei akiaki i a rātou.

\VS{26}E kore e pērā i roto i a koutou; engari, ki te mea tētahi kia tupu ia hei tangata nui i roto i a koutou, me whakatupu kaimahi ia mā koutou.

\VS{27}Ā, ki te mea tētahi kia tupu ko ia hei tino tangata i roto i a koutou, me whakatupu pononga ia mā koutou;

\VS{28}pērā i te Tama a te tangata, kīhai nei i haere mai kia mahia he mea māna, engari, kia mahi ia, ā, kia tuku i a ia kia mate hei whakautu mō ngā tāngata tokomaha.”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu ētahi Tāngata Tokorua, he Matapō
\par }
{\R (Māka 10.46-52; Ruka 18.35-43)

\par }{\PP \VS{29}Ā, i a rātou e haere atu ana i Heriko, he rahi te hui i aru i a ia.

\VS{30}Nā, tokorua ngā matapō e noho ana i te taha o te ara; ka rongo rāua ko Īhu tērā e haere atu ana, ka karanga ake, ka mea, “Kia aroha ki a māua, e te Ariki, e te Tama a Rāwiri.”


\par }{\PP \VS{31}Ā, i rīria rāua e te mano kia noho puku; heoi rahi ake tā rāua karanga, ka mea, “Kia aroha ki a māua, e te Ariki, e te Tama a Rāwiri.”


\par }{\PP \VS{32}Nā, ka tū a Īhu, ka karanga i a rāua, ka mea, “Kia ahatia kōrua e ahau?”


\par }{\PP \VS{33}Ka mea rāua ki a ia, “E te Ariki, kia kite ō māua kanohi!”


\par }{\PP \VS{34}Nā, ka aroha a Īhu, ka pā ki ō rāua kanohi; ā, titiro tonu ake ō rāua kanohi, ā, aru ana rāua i a ia.




\par }\Chap{21}{\SH Te Tomokanga Manahau ki Hiruhārama
\par }
{\R (Māka 11.1-11; Ruka 19.28-40; Hoani 12.12-19)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, nō ka tata rātou ki Hiruhārama, ka tae ki Petapaki, ki Maunga Ōriwa, ka tonoa atu e Īhu ngā ākonga tokorua,

\VS{2}ka mea ia ki a rāua “Haere ki te kāinga e anga mai ana ki a kōrua; nā, ka kite tonu kōrua i tētahi kāihe e here ana me tāna kūao; wetekia, ka ārahi mai ki ahau.

\VS{3}Ā, ki te whai kupu tētahi tangata ki a kōrua, kī atu, ‘E mea ana te Ariki ki a rāua māna’; nā, ka tukua tonutia mai rāua e ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{4}I meinga tēnei katoa hei whakarite mō te kupu a te poropiti, i mea ai:


\par }{\Q \VS{5}“Mea atu ki te tamāhine o Hiona,

\par }{\QB ‘Nā, ko tōu kīngi e haere mai nā ki a koe,

\par }{\Q he ngākau māhaki tōna, e noho ana i runga i te kāihe,

\par }{\QB i te kūao hoki, i te tama a te kāihe.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{6}Nā, haere ana ngā ākonga, meatia ana tā Īhu i mea ai ki a rāua:

\VS{7}ārahina mai ana te kāihe me te kūao, whārikitia ana ki runga ō rāua kākahu, ā, noho ana ia ki runga.

\VS{8}Ā, he nui rawa te hui ki te whāriki i ō rātou kākahu ki te ara; ko ētahi i tapahi manga mai i ngā rākau, ā, whārikitia ana ki te ara.

\VS{9}Ko ngā mano i haere i mua, me te hunga i haere i muri, kei te karanga, kei te mea,

\par }{\Q “Ohana ki te Tama a Rāwiri!

\par }{\Q Ka whakapaingia tēnei e haere mai nei i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki!

\par }{\Q Ohana i runga rawa!”


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ā, nō ka uru ia ki Hiruhārama, ka oho katoa te pā, ka mea, “Ko wai tēnei?”


\par }{\PP \VS{11}Ka mea te mano, “Ko Īhu tēnei, ko te poropiti o Nahareta o Karirī.”


\par }{\SH Ka Haere a Īhu ki te Temepara
\par }
{\R (Māka 11.15-19; Ruka 19.45-48; Hoani 2.13-22)

\par }{\PP \VS{12}Ā, ka tomo a Īhu ki te temepara o te Atua, nā, peia katoatia ana e ia te hunga e hoko mai ana, e hoko atu ana i roto i te temepara, turakina ake ngā tēpu a ngā kaiwhakawhitiwhiti moni, me ngā nohoanga o te hunga hoko kūkupa.

\VS{13}Ā, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kua oti te tuhituhi, ‘Ka kīia tōku whare he whare īnoi’; heoi, kua oti nei te mea e koutou hei ana mō ngā kaipāhua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{14}Ā, i haere mai ki a ia ki roto ki te temepara ngā matapō me ngā kopa, ā, whakaorangia ake rātou e ia.

\VS{15}Nō te kitenga ia o ngā tohunga nui, o ngā karaipi i ngā mea whakamīharo i meatia e ia, i ngā tamariki hoki e karanga ana i te temepara, e mea ana, “Ohana ki te Tama a Rāwiri”; ka riri rātou.

\VS{16}Ka mea ki a ia, “E rongo ana koe ki tā ēnei e mea nei?”

\par }{\MM Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Āe rā; kīanō koutou i kite noa, ‘Pūmau tonu i a koe te whakamoemiti a te waha o ngā kōhungahunga, o ngā mea ngote ū’?”


\par }{\PP \VS{17}Ā, ka mahue rātou i a ia, haere ana ia ki waho o te pā, ki Petani, ā, moe ana i reira.


\par }{\SH Ka Kanga a Īhu i tētahi Rākau Piki
\par }
{\R (Māka 11.12-14, 20-24)

\par }{\PP \VS{18}Nā, i te ata, i a ia e hoki ana ki te pā, ka hiakai ia.

\VS{19}Ā, i tōna kitenga i tētahi piki i te taha o te ara, ka haere ia ki taua rākau, heoi, kīhai i kitea tētahi mea i runga, he rau anake. Ka mea ia ki te rākau, “Kei whai hua koe ā ake ake!” Ā, maroke tonu ake te piki.


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā ākonga, ka mīharo, ka mea, “I pēheatia i hohoro ai te maroke o te piki nei?”


\par }{\PP \VS{21}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, me he whakapono tō koutou, kāhore i ruarua te whakaaro, e kore e meatia e koutou ko tēnei anake i meatia nei ki te piki, engari, ahakoa mea noa koutou ki tēnei maunga, ‘Kia rangā atu koe, kia whakatakā ki te moana’; ka meatia.

\VS{22}Ko ngā mea katoa hoki e tono ai koutou ina īnoi, ki te whakapono, ka riro i a koutou.”


\par }{\SH Te Take e Pā ana ki te Mana o Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 11.27-33; Ruka 20.1-8)

\par }{\PP \VS{23}Ā, ka tae ia ki roto ki te temepara, ka haere mai ngā tohunga nui me ngā kaumātua o te iwi, i a ia anō e ako ana, ā, ka mea, “Tēnā koa te mana i meatia ai ēnei mea e koe? Nā wai hoatu tēnei mana ki a koe?”


\par }{\PP \VS{24}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Māku e ui ki a koutou kia kotahi kupu, ki te kōrerotia e koutou ki ahau, māku hoki e kōrero ki a koutou te mana i mea ai ahau i ēnei mea.

\VS{25}Ko te iriiringa a Hoani, nō hea koia? Nō te rangi, nō ngā tāngata rānei?”

\par }{\PP Ā, ka kōrerorero rātou ki a rātou anō, ka mea, “Ki te mea tātou, ‘Nō te rangi,’ e mea mai ia ki a tātou, ‘Ha, he aha koutou tē whakapono ai ki a ia?’

\VS{26}Ā, ki te mea tātou, ‘Nō ngā tāngata’– ka wehi tātou i te mano; ki tā rātou katoa hoki he poropiti a Hoani.”


\par }{\PP \VS{27}Nā, ka whakahoki rātou ki a Īhu, ka mea, “Kāhore mātou e mōhio.”

\par }{\PP Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a rātou, “E kore anō e kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou te mana i mea ai ahau i ēnei mea.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite o ngā Tama Tokorua
\par }
{\PP \VS{28}“Nā, e pēhea ana tō koutou whakaaro? Tokorua ngā tama a tētahi tangata; ā, ka haere ia ki tō mua, ka mea, ‘E tama, haere ki te mahi āianei ki tāku māra wāina.’

\VS{29}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, ‘Kāhore ahau e pai’; otirā, i muri iho ka puta kē tōna whakaaro, ā, haere ana.

\VS{30}Ā, ka haere mai ia ki te tuarua, ka pērā anō tāna kupu. Nō, ka whakahoki tērā, ka mea, ‘E kara, ka haere ahau’; ā, kīhai i tae.

\VS{31}Ko wai o taua tokorua i mea i tā tōna matua i pai ai?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Ko tō mua.”

\par }{\PP Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ko ngā pupirikana me ngā wāhine kairau e tika ana i mua i a koutou ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua.

\VS{32}I haere hoki a Hoani ki a koutou rā te ara o te tika, ā, kīhai koutou i whakapono ki a ia; tēnā ko ngā pupirikana me ngā wāhine kairau i whakapono ki a ia; ko koutou ia, i tō koutou kitenga, kīhai i puta kē ō koutou whakaaro i muri, kīhai i whakapono ki a ia.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite mō ngā Kaimahi i roto i te Māra Wāina
\par }
{\R (Māka 12.1-12; Ruka 20.9-19)

\par }{\PP \VS{33}“Whakarongo ki tētahi atu kupu whakarite. Tērā tētahi rangatira whare i whakatō i te māra wāina, ā, taiepatia ana, ā taka noa, keria ana e ia te takahanga wāina i roto, hangā ana tētahi whare tiketike, tukua ana e ia ki ngā kaimahi, ā, haere ana ia ki tawhiti.

\VS{34}Ā, nō ka tata te pō hua, ka tonoa e ia āna pononga ki ngā kaimahi, ki te tiki i ōna hua.


\par }{\PP \VS{35}“Nā, ka mau ngā kaimahi ki āna pononga, whiua ana tētahi, whakamatea ana tētahi, ā, ākina ana tētahi ki te kōhatu.

\VS{36}Nā, ka tonoa anō e ia ētahi atu pononga, he tokomaha atu i ō mua; heoi, i pērātia anō rātou.

\VS{37}Nā, muri rawa iho, ka tono ia i tāna tama ki a rātou, i mea ia, ‘E hopohopo rātou ki tāku tama.’


\par }{\PP \VS{38}“Nō te kitenga ia o ngā kaimahi i te tama, ka mea ki a rātou anō, ‘Ko te tangata tēnei mōna te kāinga; tēnā, tātou ka whakamate i a ia, ka tango i tōna kāinga.’

\VS{39}Nā, ka mau rātou ki a ia, maka ana ki waho o te māra wāina, ā, whakamatea iho.


\par }{\PP \VS{40}“Nā, ina tae te rangatira o te māra wāina, ka pēheatia e ia aua kaimahi?”


\par }{\PP \VS{41}Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Pōuriuri ana āianei tāna whakangaro i taua hunga whakarihariha; ā, ka tukua te māra wāina ki ētahi atu kaimahi, ki te hunga e tukua ai ki a ia ngā hua i ngā pō hua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{42}Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Kīanō koutou i kite noa i roto i ngā karaipiture?

\par }{\Q ‘Ko te kōhatu i kapea e ngā kaihanga,

\par }{\QB kua meinga tēnei hei upoko mō te kokonga;

\par }{\Q nā te Ariki tēnei,

\par }{\QB he mea whakamīharo hoki ki ō tātou kanohi!’


\par }{\PP \VS{43}“Koia, ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, Ka tangohia te rangatiratanga o te Atua i a koutou, ā, ka hoatu ki tētahi iwi, e puta ai ngā hua o taua rangatiratanga.

\VS{44}Ko te tangata e hinga ki runga ki tēnei kōhatu, nā, mongamonga ana ia; ki te taka ia taua kōhatu ki runga ki tētahi, nā, ngotangota noa ia me he puehu.”


\par }{\PP \VS{45}Ā, ka rongo ngā tohunga nui me ngā Parihi ki āna kupu whakarite, ka mōhio mō rātou āna kōrero.

\VS{46}Nā, i a rātou e whai ana kia hopukia ia, ka wehi i te mano, ki tā rātou hoki he poropiti ia.




\par }\Chap{22}{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite o te Hākari Mārena
\par }
{\R (Ruka 14.15-24)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka oho ake a Īhu, ka kōrero kupu whakarite anō ki a rātou, ka mea,

\VS{2}“Ka rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi kīngi, i whakatakoto mārena mō tāna tama.

\VS{3}Ā, tonoa ana āna pononga, hei karanga i te hunga i kōrerotia ki te mārena; heoi, kīhai rātou i pai ki te haere.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}“Ka tono anō ia i ērā atu pononga, ka mea, ‘Mea atu ki te hunga i kōrerotia: “Nā, kua rite tāku hākari, kua oti āku pūru, āku mea mōmona te patu, ā, kua rite katoa ngā mea; haere mai ki te mārena.” ’


\par }{\PP \VS{5}“Otirā, i paopaongia e rātou, haere ana ko tētahi ki tāna māra, ko tētahi ki tāna hokohoko.

\VS{6}Nā, hopukina ana āna pononga e ngā mea i mahue, tūkinotia ana rātou, ā, whakamatea iho.

\VS{7}Otiia, i riri te kīngi; ā, tonoa atu ana āna taua, whakangaromia ana taua hunga kōhuru, tahuna iho tō rātou pā.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Kātahi, ia ka mea ki āna pononga, ‘E rite ana te mārena, ko te hunga ia i karangatia kīhai i pai.

\VS{9}Nā, haere koutou ki ngā pekanga o ngā ara, ā, tonoa mai ki te mārena te hunga katoa e kite ai koutou.’

\VS{10}Nā, ka haere aua pononga ki ngā ara, ā, huihuia katoatia ana te hunga i kitea e rātou, āna pai, āna kino; nā, kikī ana te mārena i ngā manuhiri.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}“Otiia, nō te tapokoranga o te kīngi kia kite i ngā manuhiri, ka kitea e ia i reira he tangata kāhore nei ōna kākahu mārena;

\VS{12}ā, ka mea ki a ia, ‘E hoa, he aha koe i tomo mai ai ki konei kāhore nei ōu kahu mārena?’ Heoi, kīhai ia i kuihi.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki ngā kaimahi, ‘Herea ōna ringa, ōna waewae, kawea atu, makā ki te pōuri i waho rawa; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho.’


\par }{\PP \VS{14}“He tokomaha hoki e karangatia, he ruarua ia e whiriwhiria.”


\par }{\SH Te Take e Pā ana ki te Hoatu Takoha
\par }
{\R (Māka 12.13-17; Ruka 20.20-26)

\par }{\PP \VS{15}Me i reira ka haere ngā Parihi, ka rūnanga ki te pēhea e mau ai tētahi kupu āna.

\VS{16}Ā, ka tonoa ki a ia ā rātou ākonga me ngā tāngata piri ki a Herora, hei mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, e mātau ana mātou he pono koe, e whakaako ana koe i te ara a te Atua i runga i te pono, e kore anō tā te tangata, e whakaaroa e koe; e kore nei hoki koe e titiro ki te kanohi tangata.

\VS{17}Tēnā, kōrerotia ki a mātou, e pēhea ana tōu whakaaro? He mea tika rānei te hoatu takoha ki a Hīhā, kāhore rānei?”


\par }{\PP \VS{18}Otiia, i mōhio a Īhu ki tō rātou whakaaro kino, ā, ka mea, “He aha tā koutou e whakamātautau nā i ahau, e te hunga tinihanga?

\VS{19}Tēnā koa, kia kite ahau i te moni i takoha.” Ā, mauria mai ana e rātou ki a ia he pene.

\VS{20}Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Nō wai tēnei āhua me te tuhituhinga?”


\par }{\PP \VS{21}Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nō Hīhā.”

\par }{\PP Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, “Hoatu ki a Hīhā, ngā mea a Hīhā, ki te Atua anō ngā mea a te Atua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Ka rongo rātou, ka mīharo; ā, mahue ake ia i a rātou, ā, haere ana rātou.


\par }{\SH Te Ui mō te Aranga ake i te Mate
\par }
{\R (Māka 12.18-27; Ruka 20.27-40)

\par }{\PP \VS{23}I taua rā ka haere mai ki a ia ngā Haruki, e mea nei kāhore he aranga, ka ui ki a ia,

\VS{24}ka mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, i mea a Mohi, ki te mate te tangata, ā, kāhore āna tamariki, mā tōna teina e mārena tāna wahine, e whakatupu ake he uri mō tōna tuakana.

\VS{25}Nā, tokowhitu tētahi whānau i a mātou, he tuākana, he tēina; te mārenatanga o te tuatahi, ka mate, ā, hore ōna uri, waiho iho tāna wahine mā tōna teina.

\VS{26}Me te tuarua anō, me te tuatoru, puta noa i te tuawhitu.

\VS{27}Ā muri iho i a rātou katoa, ka mate te wahine.

\VS{28}Nā, i te aranga, mā wai o te tokowhitu te wahine? I a rātou katoa nei hoki ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{29}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “E hē ana koutou, tē mōhio ki ngā karaipiture, ki te kaha anō o te Atua.

\VS{30}I te aranga hoki e kore rātou e mārena, e kore anō e hoatu kia mārenatia, engari, ka rite ki ngā anahera a te Atua i te rangi.

\VS{31}Nā, ko te aranga o te hunga mate, kāhore anō koutou i kite i tā te Atua i kōrero ai ki a koutou, i mea ai,

\VS{32}‘Ko ahau te Atua o Āperahama, te Atua o Īhaka, te Atua o Hākopa’? Ehara te Atua i te Atua nō te hunga mate, engari, nō te hunga ora.”


\par }{\PP \VS{33}Ā, nō ka rongo te mano, ka mīharo ki tāna ako.


\par }{\SH Te Tino Ture Nui
\par }
{\R (Māka 12.28-34; Ruka 10.25-28)

\par }{\PP \VS{34}Nō te rongonga ia o ngā Parihi, kua kopi i a ia te māngai o ngā Haruki, ka whakamine tahi rātou.

\VS{35}Nā, ka ui tētahi o rātou, he kaiako i te ture, ka whakamātautau i a ia, ka mea,

\VS{36}“E te Kaiwhakaako, ko tēhea te kupu nui o te ture?”


\par }{\PP \VS{37}Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “ ‘Kia whakapaua tōu ngākau, tōu wairua, tōu hinengaro, ki te aroha ki te Ariki, ki tōu Atua.’

\VS{38}Ko te tuatahi tēnei, ko te kupu nui.

\VS{39}He rite anō te tuarua ki tēnei, ‘Kia aroha koe ki tōu hoa tata, ānō ko koe.’

\VS{40}Kei runga i ēnei kupu e rua e iri ana te ture me ngā poropiti.”


\par }{\SH Te Ui mō te Karaiti
\par }
{\R (Māka 12.35-37; Ruka 20.41-44)

\par }{\PP \VS{41}Ā, i ngā Parihi e noho huihui ana, ka ui a Īhu ki a rātou,

\VS{42}ka mea, “He pēhea ō koutou whakaaro ki a te Karaiti? Nā wai ia tama?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Nā Rāwiri.”


\par }{\PP \VS{43}Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “He aha rā a Rāwiri, i a ia e nohoia ana e te Wairua, i karanga ai i a ia he Ariki? I mea hoki ia,


\par }{\Q \VS{44}‘I mea te Ariki ki tōku Ariki:

\par }{\QB “Hei tōku matau koe noho ai,

\par }{\QB kia meinga rā anō e ahau ōu hoariri

\par }{\QC hei tūranga waewae mōu.” ’


\par }{\MM \VS{45}Nā, ka kīia nei ia e Rāwiri he Ariki, he pēhea i tama ai ki a ia?”


\par }{\PP \VS{46}Ā, hore he tangata i āhei te whakahoki kupu ki a ia, kīhai rawa anō tētahi i māia ki te ui ki a ia i taua rā iho anō.




\par }\Chap{23}{\SH Ka Whakatūpato a Īhu mō ngā Kaiwhakaako o te Ture, me ngā Parihi
\par }
{\R (Māka 12.38-39; Ruka 11.43, 46; 20.45-46)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Me i reira ka kōrero a Īhu ki te mano, ki āna ākonga hoki,

\VS{2}ka mea: “Kei te nohoanga o Mohi ngā karaipi rātou ko ngā Parihi e noho ana;

\VS{3}ko ngā mea katoa e mea ai rātou hei pupuri mā koutou, puritia, mahia; kei rite ia ā koutou mahi ki ā rātou mahi; ko tā rātou hoki he kōrero, kāhore he mahi.

\VS{4}E hereherea ana hoki e rātou ngā wahanga taimaha, he uaua me ka pīkaua, ā, whakawahā iho ki runga ki ngā pokohiwi o te tangata; heoi, kāhore rātou e pai kia whakakorikoria ki tētahi o ō rātou maihao.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}“Ko ā rātou mahi katoa e meatia ana hei mātakitaki mā te tangata; e whakawhānuitia ana e rātou ā rātou pairakere; e whakanuia ana anō ngā tāniko o ō rātou kākahu.

\VS{6}Ko tā rātou e rawe ai ko ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā hākari, me ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā whare karakia,

\VS{7}me ngā ohatanga i ngā kāinga hokohoko, ā, kia karangatia e te tangata, ‘E Rapi.’


\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Otiia, aua koutou e karangatia, ‘E Rapi,’ kotahi hoki tō koutou kaiwhakaako; ā, he tuākana, he tēina, koutou katoa.

\VS{9}Kaua anō tētahi e kīia hei matua mō koutou i runga i te whenua; kotahi hoki tō koutou Matua, ko tērā i te rangi.

\VS{10}Kaua anō koutou e kīia he kaiārahi, kotahi anō tō koutou kaiārahi, ko te Karaiti.

\VS{11}Ko te mea nui rawa hoki o koutou, hei kaimahi ia mā koutou.

\VS{12}Ki te whakahira hoki tētahi i a ia, ka whakaititia, ā, ki te whakaiti tētahi i a ia, ka whakahirangia.”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakahē a Īhu i ō Rātou Tinihanga
\par }
{\R (Māka 12.40; Ruka 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E tūtakina ana hoki e koutou te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki ngā tāngata. Kāhore koutou e tomo, kāhore anō e tukua te hunga e tomo ana kia tapoko.

\VS{14}Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! Nō te mea, ka pau i a koutou ngā whare o ngā pouaru, ā, e māminga ana ki te īnoi roa; mō reira he nui rawa te hē e tau ki a koutou.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}“Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E taiāwhiotia ana hoki e koutou te moana me te whenua, kia tahuri mai ai tētahi hei porohiraiti, ā, nō ka riro mai, ka meinga ia e koutou hei tamaiti mō Kehena, kino noa atu i a koutou.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā kaiārahi matapō, e mea nei, ‘Ki te oatitia te whare tapu e tētahi, he mea noa anō; otirā, ki te oatitia e tētahi te kōura o te whare tapu, ka mau tāna!’

\VS{17}E ngā kūware, e ngā matapō, ko tēhea te mea nui, ko te kōura rānei, ko te whare tapu rānei i tapu ai te kōura?


\par }{\PP \VS{18}“Me tēnei, ‘Ki te oatitia e tētahi te āta, he mea noa anō; otirā, ki te oatitia te whakahere i runga i te āta, ka mau tāna.’

\VS{19}E ngā kūware, e ngā matapō, ko tēhea te mea nui, ko te whakahere, ko te āta rānei, i tapu ai te whakahere?

\VS{20}Nā, ki te oatitia e tētahi te āta, e oatitia ana e ia tērā mea, me ngā mea katoa i runga.

\VS{21}Ki te oatitia e tētahi te whare tapu, e oatitia ana e ia tērā mea, me te kainoho o roto.

\VS{22}Ki te oatitia hoki e tētahi te rangi, e oatitia ana e ia te torōna o te Atua, me te kainoho o runga.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}“Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E hoatu ana e koutou te wāhi whakatekau o te miniti, o te anihi, o te kumine, ā, kapea ake ngā mea nunui o te ture, te whakawā, te tohu tangata, te whakapono; he tika kia meatia e koutou ēnei, engari kaua tērā rā e kapea.

\VS{24}E ngā kaiārahi matapō, e tātari nei i te waeroa, ā, horomia ake te kāmera.


\par }{\PP \VS{25}“Auē te mate mō koutou e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E horoi nei i waho o te kapu, o te pereti, ko roto ia kī tonu i te pāhua, i te taikaha.

\VS{26}E te Parihi matapō, mātua horoia a roto o te kapu, o te pereti, kia mā ai hoki a waho.


\par }{\PP \VS{27}“Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! He rite hoki koutou ki ngā urupā kua oti te pani ki te paru mā, ko waho he ātaahua ki te titiro atu, ko roto ia kī tonu i ngā kōiwi tūpāpaku, i ngā mea poke katoa.

\VS{28}He pēnā hoki koutou, ko waho e tika ana ki tā te tangata titiro, ko roto ia e kī ana i te tinihanga, i te kino.”


\par }{\SH Ka Waitohu a Īhu i ō Rātou Whuinga
\par }
{\R (Ruka 11.47-51)

\par }{\PP \VS{29}“Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! Ko koutou nei hoki hei hanga i ngā tanumanga o ngā poropiti, hei whakapaipai i ngā urupā o ngā tāngata tika,

\VS{30}me te kī anō, ‘Me i ngā rā tātou o ō tātou mātua, kīhai tātou i uru tahi me rātou ki te whakaheke i te toto o ngā poropiti.’

\VS{31}He whakaatu tērā nā koutou, ko koutou ngā tamariki a te hunga nāna i patu ngā poropiti.

\VS{32}Tēnā rā, kia kī i a koutou te mēhua a ō koutou mātua.

\VS{33}E ngā neke, e te uri nākahi, me aha ka rere ai koutou i te kupu tuku ki te rēinga?


\par }{\PP \VS{34}“Nā, ka tonoa atu e ahau ki a koutou ngā poropiti, ngā tāngata mahara, ngā karaipi; ko ētahi o rātou e whakamatea e koutou, e rīpekatia; ko ētahi e whiua i roto i ō koutou whare karakia, e whāia hoki i tētahi pā ki tētahi pā.

\VS{35}Ā, ka utaina ki a koutou ngā toto katoa o te hunga tika i whakahekea ki te whenua, nō te toto o Āpera, o te tangata tika tae iho ki te toto o Hakaraia, o te tama a Parakia, i kōhurutia e koutou i waenganui o te whare tapu, o te āta.

\VS{36}He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, tērā e pā ēnei mea katoa ki tēnei whakatupuranga.”


\par }{\SH Te Aroha o Īhu mō Hiruhārama
\par }
{\R (Ruka 13.34-35)

\par }{\PP \VS{37}“E Hiruhārama, e Hiruhārama, e whakamate nei i ngā poropiti, e āki nei ki te kāmaka i te hunga e tonoa ana ki a koe, anō te tini o āku meatanga kia whakaminea āu tamariki, kia pērātia me te heihei e whakamine nei i āna pī ki raro i ōna parirau, ā, kīhai koutou i pai!

\VS{38}Nā, ka mahue atu ki a koutou tō koutou whare kia takoto noa ana.

\VS{39}Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, e kore koutou e kite i ahau ā mua ake nei, kia mea rā anō koutou, ‘Ka whakapaingia ia e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki.’ ”




\par }\Chap{24}{\SH Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō te Wāwāhinga o te Temepara
\par }
{\R (Māka 13.1-2; Ruka 21.5-6)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka puta atu a Īhu ki waho o te temepara, ka haere, nā, ka tae mai āna ākonga ki a ia kia whakakitea ki a ia ngā whare i hangā mō te temepara.

\VS{2}Otirā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kāhore ianei koutou e kite i ēnei mea katoa? He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore e toe ki konei tētahi kōhatu ki runga ake i tētahi kōhatu, engari ka whakahoroa katoatia.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Raruraru me ngā Whakatoinga
\par }
{\R (Māka 13.3-13; Ruka 21.7-19)

\par }{\PP \VS{3}Ā, i a ia e noho ana i runga i Maunga Ōriwa, ka haere puku mai ngā ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, “Kōrerotia ki a mātou, ko āhea ēnei mea? He aha te tohu o tōu haerenga mai, o te mutunga hoki o te ao?”


\par }{\PP \VS{4}Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kia tūpato kei māmingatia koutou e te tangata.

\VS{5}He tokomaha hoki e haere mai i runga i tōku ingoa, e mea, ‘Ko te Karaiti ahau,’ ā, he tokomaha e whakapōhēhētia.

\VS{6}Ā, tērā koutou e rongo ki ngā pakanga, ki ngā hau kōrero pakanga; kia tūpato kei ohorere koutou; tā te mea kua rite kia puta ēnei mea katoa, taihoa ia te mutunga.

\VS{7}E whakatika hoki tētahi iwi ki tētahi iwi, tētahi rangatiratanga ki tētahi rangatiratanga; ā, e puta ngā pō matekai, ngā mate urutā, me ngā rū, ki ngā tini wāhi.

\VS{8}Otirā, ko te tīmatanga kau ēnei katoa o ngā mamae.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Ko reira koutou tukua ai kia tūkinotia, ā, e whakamatea koutou; ā, e kino hoki ngā iwi katoa ki a koutou, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa.

\VS{10}Ā, he tokomaha e hē, ā, ka tuku tētahi i tētahi, ka kino anō tētahi ki tētahi.

\VS{11}He tokomaha anō ngā poropiti teka e whakatika, ā, he tokomaha e whakapōhēhētia e rātou.

\VS{12}Ā, i te kino ka hua, ka mātoke haere te aroha o te tini tāngata.

\VS{13}Ko te tangata ia e ū ana, ā, taea noatia te mutunga, ka ora ia.

\VS{14}Ā, e kauwhautia tēnei rongopai o te rangatiratanga puta noa i te ao, hei mea whakaatu ki ngā iwi katoa; ā, ko reira puta ai te mutunga.”


\par }{\SH Te Mea Whakarihariha
\par }
{\R (Māka 13.14-23; Ruka 21.20-24)

\par }{\PP \VS{15}“Ā, e kite koutou i te mea whakarihariha, i te mea whakangaro, i kōrerotia ai e Raniera poropiti, i a ia e tū ana i te wāhi tapu.” (Kia mātau te kaititiro pukapuka.)

\VS{16}Ko reira kia rere te hunga i Hūria ki ngā maunga;

\VS{17}ko te tangata i runga i te whare kei heke iho ki te tiki mea i roto i tōna whare.

\VS{18}Kauaka anō te tangata i te māra e hoki ki te tiki i ōna kākahu.

\VS{19}Auē te mate mō te hunga e hapū ana, mō ngā mea hoki e whāngai ana ki te ū, i aua rā!

\VS{20}Me īnoi koutou kei rokohanga koutou e te whati i te hōtoke, i te hāpati rānei.

\VS{21}Kei taua wā, hoki te whiu nui, kāhore ōna rite mai o te tīmatanga o te ao ā mohoa noa nei, e kore anō e pērā ā mua ake nei.

\VS{22}Ā, me i kāhore aua rā i poroa i waenga, hore he kikokiko e ora; otirā, ka whakaaroa te hunga i whiriwhiria, ā, ka poroa aua rā.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}“Ki te mea tētahi ki a koutou i reira, ‘Nā, tēnei a te Karaiti’; nā, ‘Tērā’; aua e whakaponohia.

\VS{24}E whakatika hoki ngā karaiti teka, me ngā poropiti teka, ā, ka hoatu e rātou ngā tohu nunui, me ngā mea whakamīharo; ā, mehemea e taea, ka māmingatia anō te hunga i whiriwhiria.

\VS{25}Nā, kua kōrerotia wawetia nei e ahau ki a koutou.


\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Nā, ahakoa mea rātou ki a koutou, ‘Nā, kei te koraha ia’; aua e haere atu. ‘Nā, kei ngā rūma o roto rawa’; aua e whakaponohia.

\VS{27}Ka rite hoki ki te uira e puta mai nei i te rāwhiti, ā, hiko tonu atu ki te uru, te haerenga mai o te Tama a te tangata.

\VS{28}Ko te wāhi hoki i te tūpāpaku, ko reira huihui ai ngā kāhu.”


\par }{\SH Te Haerenga Mai o te Tama a te Tangata
\par }
{\R (Māka 13.24-27; Ruka 21.25-28)

\par }{\PP \VS{29}“Ā muri tonu iho i te whakapāwera i aua rā,

\par }{\Q ‘Ka whakapōuritia te rā,

\par }{\QB e kore anō e titi te atarau,

\par }{\Q ka taka iho ngā whetū i te rangi,

\par }{\QB ā, ka ngāueue ngā mea kaha o ngā rangi.’


\par }{\PP \VS{30}“Ko reira anō puta ai te tohu o te Tama a te tangata i te rangi; ā, ko reira ngā iwi katoa o te whenua tangi ai, ā, e kite rātou i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i ngā kapua o te rangi me te kaha, me te korōria nui.

\VS{31}Ā, e tonoa e ia āna anahera me te tētere tangi nui, ā, ka huihuia e rātou āna i whiriwhiri ai i ngā hau e whā, i tētahi pito o te rangi puta noa i tētahi pito.”


\par }{\SH Te Whakaakoranga mō te Rākau Piki
\par }
{\R (Māka 13.28-31; Ruka 21.29-33)

\par }{\PP \VS{32}“Nā, kia ākona koutou e te piki ki tētahi kupu whakarite. I tōna manga e ngāwari ana anō, ā, ka puta ōna rau, ka mōhio koutou ka tata te raumati.

\VS{33}Waihoki ko koutou, ina kite i ēnei mea katoa, ka mātau koutou ka tata ia, kei ngā kūwaha tonu.

\VS{34}He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, E kore rawa tēnei whakatupuranga e pahemo, kia puta katoa rā anō ēnei mea.

\VS{35}Ko te rangi me te whenua e pahemo, ko āku kupu ia e kore e pahemo.”


\par }{\SH Kāhore tētahi Tangata e Mōhio hei tēhea Rā, hei tēhea Hāora
\par }
{\R (Māka 13.32-37; Ruka 17.26-30, 34-36)

\par }{\PP \VS{36}“Otirā, kāhore tētahi tangata e mōhio ki taua rā, ki taua hāora, kāhore rawa ngā anahera o te rangi, kāhore te Tama a te tangata, ko tōku Matua anake.

\VS{37}Ka rite hoki ki ngā rā i a Noa te haerenga mai o te Tama a te tangata.

\VS{38}Ka rite hoki ki tā rātou i ngā rā i mua atu o te waipuke; e kai ana, e inu ana, e mārena ana, e hoatu ana kia mārenatia, ā tae noa ki te rā i tomo ai a Noa ki roto ki te āka,

\VS{39}ā, kāhore rātou i mōhio, ā, pakaru noa te waipuke, ā, kāhakina ana rātou katoa; e pērā anō te haerenga mai o te Tama a te tangata.

\VS{40}I taua wā tokorua ki te māra; kotahi e tangohia, kotahi e waiho.

\VS{41}Tokorua wāhine e huri ana i te mira; kotahi e tangohia, kotahi e waiho.


\par }{\PP \VS{42}“Kia mataara rāpea; e kore hoki koutou e mōhio ki te hāora e puta mai ai tō koutou Ariki.

\VS{43}Kia mōhio ki tēnei, me i mātau te tangata o te whare ki te mataaratanga e puta ai te tāhae, kua tautīaki ia, ā, kāhore i tukua tōna whare kia pokaia.

\VS{44}Nā, kia mataara hoki koutou; nō te mea ka puta mai te Tama a te tangata i te hāora e kore ai koutou e mahara.”


\par }{\SH Te Pononga Pono, Ponokore Rānei
\par }
{\R (Ruka 12.41-48)

\par }{\PP \VS{45}“Ko wai rā te pononga pono, mahara, i meinga e tōna ariki hei rangatira mō āna tāngata, hei hoatu i te kai mā rātou i te wā e tika ai?

\VS{46}Ka koa taua pononga ki te rokohanga e tōna ariki, ina haere mai, e pērā ana.

\VS{47}He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ka meinga ia hei rangatira mō ōna taonga katoa.

\VS{48}Otirā, ki te mea taua pononga kino i roto i tōna ngākau, ‘Ka roa te putanga mai o tōku ariki,’

\VS{49}ā, ka anga, ka patu i ōna hoa pononga, ka kai, ka inu tahi me te hunga haurangi.

\VS{50}E tae mai te ariki o taua pononga i te rā e kore ai ia e mahara, i te hāora e kore ai ia e mōhio.

\VS{51}Ka hātepea pūtia ia, ka meinga he wāhi mōna i roto i te hunga tinihanga; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho.”




\par }\Chap{25}{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite o ngā Wāhina Tekau
\par }
{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Nā, ka rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki ngā wāhina kotahi tekau, i mau i ā rātou rama, ā, haere ana ki te whakatau i te tāne mārena hou.

\VS{2}Tokorima o rātou he maharakore, tokorima he mahara.

\VS{3}Ko ngā mea maharakore i mau i ā rātou rama, kīhai ia i mau hinu.

\VS{4}Ko te hunga mahara i mau hinu atu i roto i ā rātou ipu me ā rātou rama.

\VS{5}Ka whakaroa te tāne mārena hou, ka tunewha rātou katoa, ka moe.

\VS{6}Nā, i waenganui pō, ka pā te karanga, ‘Ē, ko te tāne mārena hou! Puta mai koutou ki te whakatau i a ia.’


\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Kātahi ka ara katoa aua wāhina, ka whakapai i ā rātou rama.

\VS{8}Nā, ka mea te hunga maharakore ki te hunga mahara, ‘Hōmai ki a mātou tētahi wāhi o tā koutou hinu; ka pirau hoki ā mātou rama.’

\VS{9}Nā, ka whakahoki te hunga mahara, ka mea, ‘Kāhore! Kei kore e ranea mā mātou, mā koutou; engari, me haere koutou ki ngā kaihoko, hoko ai i tētahi mā koutou.’


\par }{\PP \VS{10}“Ā, nō tō rātou haerenga atu ki te hoko, ka tae mai te tāne mārena hou; ā, tomo tahi ana me ia ki te mārena te hunga kua āta rite; ā, tūtakina ana te tatau.

\VS{11}Muri iho ka tae ērā wāhina, ka mea, ‘E te ariki, e te ariki, uakina ki a mātou.’

\VS{12}Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, ‘He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, kāhore ahau e mōhio ki a koutou.’


\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Kia mataara rāpea koutou, e kore hoki koutou e mōhio ki te rā, ki te hāora, e puta mai ai te Tama a te tangata.”


\par }{\SH Te Kupu Whakarite o ngā Pononga Tokotoru
\par }
{\R (Ruka 19.11-27)

\par }{\PP \VS{14}“Ka rite hoki ki te tangata e haere ana ki tawhiti, karangatia ana e ia āna pononga ake, ā, hoatu ana ki a rātou āna taonga.

\VS{15}Ki tētahi i hoatu e ia e rima taranata, ki tētahi e rua, ki tētahi kotahi; ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata, he mea whakarite ki tō rātou uaua; ā, haere ana ia.

\VS{16}Nā, ko te haerenga o te tangata i a ia nei ngā taranata e rima, hokohokona ana aua mea e ia, ā, riro ana i a ia e rima atu ngā taranata.

\VS{17}Pērā anō hoki te tangata i ngā mea e rua; e rua atu i riro i a ia.

\VS{18}Ko te tangata ia i te mea kotahi, haere ana, kei te keri ki te whenua, ā, hunā ana e ia te moni a tōna ariki.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}“Ā, roa rawa iho, ka puta te ariki o aua pononga, ka mea kia kōrerotia āna moni e rātou ki a ia.

\VS{20}Ā, ko te haerenga o te tangata i a ia nei ngā taranata e rima, ka mauria mai e ia e rima atu ngā taranata, ā, ka mea, ‘E te ariki, e rima āu taranata i hōmai ai ki ahau; nā, e rima atu ngā taranata kua riro mai i ahau hei tāpiri mō ērā.’

\VS{21}Ka mea tōna ariki ki a ia, ‘Pai rawa, e te pononga pai, e te pononga pono; pono tāu mahi ki ngā mea ruarua māku koe e mea hei rangatira mō ngā mea maha; uru mai koe ki te hari o tōu ariki.’


\par }{\PP \VS{22}“Me tērā hoki i a ia nei ngā taranata e rua, ka haere mai, ka mea, ‘E te ariki, e rua āu taranata i hōmai ai ki ahau; nā, e rua atu ngā taranata kua riro mai i ahau hei tāpiri mō ērā.’

\VS{23}Ka mea tōna ariki ki a ia, ‘Pai rawa, e te pononga pai, e te pononga pono; pono tonu tāu mahi ki ngā mea ruarua, māku koe e mea hei rangatira mō ngā mea maha; uru mai koe ki te hari o tōu ariki.’


\par }{\PP \VS{24}“Ā, ko te haerenga mai hoki o te tangata i a ia nei te taranata kotahi, ka mea, ‘E te ariki, i mātau ahau ki a koe he tangata pakeke koe, e kokoti ana i te wāhi kīhai i ruia e koe, e kohikohi ana i te wāhi kīhai i whakatītaria e koe.

\VS{25}Nā, ka wehi ahau, ā, haere ana, hunā ana i tāu taranata ki te whenua; nā, tāu nā.’


\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Nā, ka whakahoki tōna ariki, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Pononga kino, pononga māngere, i mātau koe e kokoti ana ahau i te wāhi kīhai i ruia e ahau, e kohikohi ana i te wāhi kīhai i whakatītaria e ahau.

\VS{27}Ko te mea tika hoki kia kawea e koe tāku moni ki ngā rangatira pēke moni, ā, ka tae mai ahau, ka riro mai tāku me ōna hua anō.

\VS{28}Ko tēnei, tangohia te taranata i a ia, hoatu ki tērā i ngā taranata kotahi tekau.

\VS{29}Ki te whai mea hoki tētahi, ka hoatu anō ki a ia, ā, ka maha atu āna; ā, ki te kāhore he mea a tētahi, ko āna mea ake ka tangohia i a ia.

\VS{30}Nā, makā te pononga huakore ki te pōuri i waho; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho.’ ”


\par }{\SH Te Whakawā Whakamutunga
\par }
{\PP \VS{31}“Nā, hei te taenga mai o te Tama a te tangata me tōna korōria, rātou tahi ko ngā anahera, ko reira ia noho ai ki runga ki te torōna o tōna korōria.

\VS{32}Ā, ka whakaminea ki tōna aroaro ngā iwi katoa; ka wehea rātou e ia ētahi i ētahi, ka pērātia me te hēpara e wehe nei i ngā hipi, i ngā koati.

\VS{33}Ka whakatūria e ia ngā hipi ki tōna matau, ko ngā koati ki mauī.


\par }{\PP \VS{34}“Kātahi, te Kīngi ka mea ki te hunga i tōna matau, ‘Haere mai, e te hunga whakapai a tōku Matua, nohoia te rangatiratanga kua rite noa ake mō koutou nō te orokohanganga rā anō o te ao.

\VS{35}I hiakai hoki ahau, ā, whāngainga ana e koutou. I matewai ahau, ā, whakainumia ana e koutou; he manene ahau, ā, whakamanuhiritia ana e koutou.

\VS{36}I tū tahanga, ā, whakakākahuria ana e koutou; he tūroro, ā, tirotirohia ana ahau e koutou; i te whare herehere ahau, ā, haere mai ana koutou ki ahau.’


\par }{\PP \VS{37}“Nā, ka whakahoki te hunga tika ki a ia, ka mea, ‘E te Ariki, nōnahea mātou i kite ai i a koe e hiakai ana, ā, whāngai ana i a koe? E mate ana rānei i te wai, ā, whakainu ana i a koe?

\VS{38}Nōnahea mātou i kite ai i a koe e manene ana, ā, whakamanuhiri ana i a koe? E tū tahanga ana rānei, ā, whakakākahu ana i a koe?

\VS{39}Nōnahea hoki mātou i kite ai i a koe e tūroro ana, i te whare herehere rānei, ā, haere ana ki a koe?’

\VS{40}Ko reira whakahoki ai te Kīngi, mea ai ki a rātou, ‘He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ko tā koutou i mea ai ki tētahi o āku tēina, ahakoa ki te iti rawa, he meatanga tēnā ki ahau.’


\par }{\PP \VS{41}“Ko reira ia kī atu ai ki te hunga i te taha ki mauī, ‘Mawehe atu i ahau, e te hunga ka oti nei te kanga, ki te ahi kā tonu, kua kā noa ake mō te rēwera rātou ko āna anahera.

\VS{42}I hiakai hoki ahau, ā, kīhai i whāngainga e koutou; i mate i te wai, ā, kīhai i whakainumia e koutou.

\VS{43}He manene ahau, ā, kīhai i whakamanuhiritia e koutou. I tū tahanga, ā, kīhai i whakakākahuria e koutou; he tūroro ahau, i te whare herehere, ā, kīhai koutou i tirotiro i ahau.’


\par }{\PP \VS{44}“Ko reira anō rātou whakahoki ai ki a ia, mea ai, ‘E te Ariki, nōnahea mātou i kite ai i a koe e hiakai ana, e matewai ana, e manene ana, e tū tahanga ana, e tūroro ana, i te whare herehere rānei, ā, kīhai i mahi mea māu?’

\VS{45}Ko reira whakahoki ai ia ki a rātou, mea ai, ‘He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, I te mea kīhai nei i meatia e koutou ki tētahi o ngā nonohi rawa nei, inā, kīhai i meatia ki ahau.’

\VS{46}Nā, ko ēnei e haere ki te whiu utu hara kāhore nei ōna mutunga; ko te hunga tika ia ki te ora tonu.”




\par }\Chap{26}{\SH Te Whakangārahu ki a Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.1-2; Ruka 22.1-2; Hoani 11.45-53)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka mutu ēnei kupu katoa a Īhu, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga,

\VS{2}“E mātau ana koutou kia rua ake rā ko te Kapenga, ā, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata kia rīpekatia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Nā, ka whakamine ngā tohunga nui, ngā karaipi, me ngā kaumātua o te iwi, ki te whare o te tohunga nui, ko Kaiapa te ingoa,

\VS{4}ka whakatakoto tikanga nanakia e mau ai a Īhu, e whakamatea ai.

\VS{5}Otirā, i mea rātou, “Kauaka i te hākari, kei ngangau te iwi.”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakawahia a Īhu i Petani
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.3-9; Hoani 12.1-8)

\par }{\PP \VS{6}Nā, i a Īhu i Petani i te whare o Haimona repera,

\VS{7}ka haere mai tētahi wahine ki a ia me te pouaka kōhatu, kī tonu i te hinu kakara utu nui, ā, ringihia ana ki runga ki tōna mātenga, i a ia e noho ana ki te kai.

\VS{8}Nō te kitenga ia o āna ākonga, ka riri, ka mea, “Hei aha tēnei maumau?

\VS{9}He nui hoki te utu me i hokona tēnei hinu kakara, ka hoatu ki te hunga rawakore.”


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ā, i mōhio a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “He aha tā koutou e whakapāwerawera i te wahine nei? He mahi pai hoki tāna i mea nei ki ahau.

\VS{11}Kei a koutou tonu hoki te hunga rawakore i ngā wā katoa; tēnā ko ahau e kore e noho tonu ki a koutou.

\VS{12}I ringihia ai hoki tēnei hinu kakara ki tōku tinana, he mea mō tōku tanumanga.

\VS{13}He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko ngā wāhi o te ao katoa e kauwhautia ai tēnei rongopai, ka kōrerotia anō tā tēnei wahine i mea ai, hei whakamahara ki a ia.”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakaae a Hūrā ki te Tuku i a Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.10-11; Ruka 22.3-6)

\par }{\PP \VS{14}Kātahi, ka haere tētahi o te tekau mā rua, ko Hūrā Ikariote te ingoa, ki ngā tohunga nui,

\VS{15}ka mea, “He aha tā koutou e pai ai kia hōmai ki ahau, ā, māku ia e tuku ki a koutou?” Ā, ka pāunatia e rātou e toru tekau hiriwa ki a ia.

\VS{16}Ā, nō reira mai anō ia i rapu ai i te wā pai e tukua ai ia.


\par }{\SH Ka Kainga e Īhu te Kapenga i te Taha i Āna Ākonga
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.12-21; Ruka 22.7-13, 21-23; Hoani 13.21-30)

\par }{\PP \VS{17}Nā, i te rā tuatahi o te Taro Rēwenakore, ka haere ngā ākonga ki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, “Ko hea tāu e pai ai kia takā e mātou te Kapenga hei kai māu?”


\par }{\PP \VS{18}Nā, ka mea ia, “Haere ki te pā, ki a mea, ka kī atu ki a ia, ‘E mea ana te Kaiwhakaako, Ka tata tōku tāima; hei a koe mātou ko āku ākonga mea ai i te Kapenga.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{19}Ā, meatia ana e ngā ākonga tā Īhu i whakarite ai ki a rātou; takā ana e rātou te Kapenga.


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Ka ahiahi, ka noho ia me te tekau mā rua.

\VS{21}Ā, i a rātou e kai ana, ka mea ia, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, mā tētahi o koutou ahau e tuku.”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Ā, pōuri noa iho rātou, ka anga, ka kōrero takitahi ki a ia, “Ko ahau rānei, e te Ariki?”


\par }{\PP \VS{23}Ā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Ko te tangata, e toutou tahi nei ō māua ringa ki te rīhi, māna ahau e tuku.

\VS{24}E haere ana hoki te Tama a te tangata, e pērā ana me te mea i tuhituhia mōna. Otiia, auē te mate mō te tangata e tukua ai te Tama a te tangata! He pai mō taua tangata me i kaua ia e whānau.”


\par }{\PP \VS{25}Kātahi a Hūrā, tōna kaituku, ka oho ake, ka mea, “E te Kaiwhakaako, ko ahau rānei?”

\par }{\PP Anō rā ko ia ki a ia, “Kua kōrerotia nā e koe.”


\par }{\SH Te Hapa a te Ariki
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.22-26; Ruka 22.14-20; 1 Koriniti 11.23-25)

\par }{\PP \VS{26}Ā, i a rātou e kai ana, ka mau a Īhu ki te taro, ā, ka mutu te whakapai, ka whawhati. Ka hoatu ki ngā ākonga, ka mea, “Tangohia, kainga; ko tōku tinana tēnei.”


\par }{\PP \VS{27}Nā, ka mau ia ki te kapu, ā, ka mutu te whakawhetai, ka hoatu ki a rātou, ka mea, “Inumia tētahi wāhi o tēnei e koutou katoa.

\VS{28}Ko ōku toto hoki ēnei, ko o te kawenata hou, e whakahekea ana mō te tini, hei murunga hara.

\VS{29}Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, e kore ahau e inu i tēnei hua o te wāina ā mua ake nei, kia taea rā anō taua rā e inumia houtia ai e tātou i te rangatiratanga o tōku Matua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{30}Ā, nō ka mutu tā rātou hīmene, ka haere ki Maunga Ōriwa.


\par }{\SH Ka Poropiti a Īhu i Whakakāhore a Pita
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.27-31; Ruka 22.31-34; Hoani 13.36-38)

\par }{\PP \VS{31}Kātahi, a Īhu ka mea ki a rātou, “Ka hē katoa koutou ki ahau i tēnei pō, kua oti hoki te tuhituhi:

\par }{\Q ‘Ka patua e ahau te hēpara,

\par }{\QB ā, ka whakamararatia ngā hipi o te kāhui.’


\par }{\MM \VS{32}Otirā, muri iho i tōku aranga, ka haere ahau i mua i a koutou ki Karirī.”


\par }{\PP \VS{33}Nā, ka whakahoki a Pita, ka mea ki a ia, “Ahakoa hē noa te katoa ki a koe, e kore rawa ahau e hē.”


\par }{\PP \VS{34}Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koe, ko tēnei pō anō, i te mea kāhore anō i tangi noa te tīkaokao, ka toru āu whakakāhoretanga i ahau.”


\par }{\PP \VS{35}Ka mea a Pita ki a ia, “Ahakoa kua takoto te tikanga kia mate tahi tāua, e kore ahau e whakakāhore i a koe.” I pērā anō te kī a ngā ākonga katoa.


\par }{\SH Ka Īnoi a Īhu i Kehemane
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.32-42; Ruka 22.39-46)

\par }{\PP \VS{36}Kātahi, ka haere rātou ko Īhu ki tētahi wāhi, tōna ingoa nei ko Kehemane, ā, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, “Hei konei koutou noho ai, kia haere ahau ki kōina īnoi ai.”

\VS{37}Nā, ka mau ia ki a Pita rātou ko ngā tama tokorua a Heperi, ā, ka tīmata te pōuri, te tūmatatenga.

\VS{38}Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kī tonu tōku wairua i te pōuri, tata pū ki te mate; hei konei koutou noho ai, kia mataara tahi tātou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{39}Ā, haere ana ia ki tahaki tata atu, ka takoto tāpapa, ka īnoi, ka mea, “E tōku Matua, ki te mea e āhei, kia pahemo atu tēnei kapu i ahau; otirā, kaua e waiho i tāku e pai ai, engari, i tāu.”


\par }{\PP \VS{40}Ā, ka haere ia ki āna ākonga, rokohanga atu e moe ana, nā, ka mea ia ki a Pita, “Ha, ko tā koutou tēnei, tē mataara tahi tātou kia kotahi hāora?

\VS{41}Kia mataara me te īnoi, kei uru ki te whakamātautauranga. He hihiko te wairua, ko te kikokiko ia he ngoikore.”


\par }{\PP \VS{42}Ka haere atu anō ia, ko te rua o ōna hokinga, ka īnoi, ka mea, “E tōku Matua, ki te kore e āhei kia pahemo atu tēnei kapu i ahau, ā, me inu anō e ahau, waiho i tāu i pai ai.”

\VS{43}Ko tōna haerenga mai anō, nā, rokohanga mai e moe ana anō rātou; i taimaha hoki ō rātou kanohi.


\par }{\PP \VS{44}Nā, ka waiho anō rātou e ia, ā, haere ana anō, ka īnoi, ko te toru o ngā īnoinga, me te whakahua i taua kupu anō.

\VS{45}Kātahi, ia ka haere ki āna ākonga, ka mea ki a rātou, “Moe tonu, takoto mārie. Nā, ka tata te hāora, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata ki ngā ringa o te hunga hara.

\VS{46}Maranga, ka haere tātou. Nanā, ka tata te kaituku i ahau.”


\par }{\SH Te Hopukanga o Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.43-50; Ruka 22.47-53; Hoani 18.3-12)

\par }{\PP \VS{47}Ā, i a ia anō e kōrero ana, nā, ka tae mai a Hūrā, tētahi o te tekau mā rua, he tini hoki ngā tāngata i a ia, me ngā hoari, me ngā patu, he mea tono mai nā ngā tohunga nui, nā ngā kaumātua o te iwi.

\VS{48}Kua oti hoki tētahi tohu te whakarite ki a rātou e tōna kaituku, i mea ia, “Nā, ko tāku tangata e kihi ai, koia tēnā; hopukia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{49}Nā, tika tonu ia ki a Īhu, ka mea, “Tēnā koe, e te Kaiwhakaako!” ā, kihi ana i a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{50}Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “E hoa, meinga tāu i haere mai ai ki te mahi.”

\par }{\PP Me i reira ka haere mai rātou, ka pā ō rātou ringa ki a Īhu, ā, hopukia ana ia.

\VS{51}Nā, ka totoro te ringa o tētahi o ngā hoa o Īhu, ā, unuhia ana tāna hoari, ka hāua iho te pononga a te tino tohunga, tapahia ana tōna taringa.


\par }{\PP \VS{52}Kātahi, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Whakahokia iho tāu hoari ki tōna pūkoro; ka mate hoki i te hoari te hunga hāpai hoari.

\VS{53}E hua koe e kore e āhei i ahau āianei te īnoi ki tōku Matua, ā, e hōmai e ia ki ahau he anahera maha atu i ngā rihiona kotahi tekau mā rua?

\VS{54}Nei rā, mā te aha ka rite ai tā ngā karaipiture, arā, ko tēnei kia meatia?”


\par }{\PP \VS{55}I taua wā, ka mea a Īhu ki ngā mano, “He tāhae ahau i haere mai ai koutou me ngā hoari me ngā patu ki te hopu i ahau? I a koutou ahau e noho ana i te temepara, e ako ana i tēnā rā, i tēnā rā, ā, kīhai koutou i hopu i ahau.

\VS{56}Nā, i meatia tēnei katoa hei whakarite mō ngā karaipiture a ngā poropiti.”

\par }{\PP Nā, ka whakarere ngā ākonga katoa i a ia, ā, oma ana.


\par }{\SH Ko Īhu i te Aroaro o te Rūnanga
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.53-65; Ruka 22.54-55, 63-71; Hoani 18.13-14, 19-24)

\par }{\PP \VS{57}Kātahi, ka kawea a Īhu e ngā kaihopu ki te whare o Kaiapa, o te tino tohunga, i reira hoki ngā karaipi me ngā kaumātua e huihui ana.

\VS{58}Ko Pita ia i aru i a ia i tawhiti ki te marae o te tino tohunga, ā, tomo atu ana, noho tahi ana me ngā kaimahi, kia kite i te mutunga.


\par }{\PP \VS{59}Nā, ka rapu ngā tohunga nui, me ngā kaumātua, me te rūnanga katoa, ki te whakapae teka mō Īhu, kia mate ai ia.

\VS{60}Heoi, kīhai i kitea; ahakoa he tokomaha ngā kaiwhakapae teka i haere mai. Muri iho ka puta ngā kaiwhakapae teka tokorua,

\VS{61}ka kī, “I mea ia, ‘E taea e ahau te whakahoro te whare tapu o te Atua, ā, kia toru ngā rā ka oti i ahau te hanga.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{62}Nā, kua whakatika te tino tohunga, ka mea ki a ia, “Kāhore āu kupu? He aha tā ēnei e whakaatu nei mōu?”

\VS{63}Heoi, kīhai a Īhu i kuihi. Nā, ka kī anō te tino tohunga, ka mea ki a ia, “Ko te Atua ora tāku whakaoati mōu, nā, kōrero mai ki a mātou, ko te Karaiti rānei koe, ko te Tama a te Atua?”


\par }{\PP \VS{64}Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua kōrerotia mai nā e koe. Otirā, tēnei anō tāku kupu ki a koutou, ‘Tēnei ake ka kite koutou i te Tama a te tangata e noho ana ki matau o te kaha, e haere mai ana i runga i ngā kapua o te rangi.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{65}Kātahi, ka haehae te tino tohunga i ōna kākahu, ka mea, “Kua kohukohu! Hei aha atu mā tātou ngā kaiwhakaatu? Nā, kua rongo nei koutou i tāna kohukohu.

\VS{66}E pēhea ana ō koutou whakaaro?”

\par }{\PP Nā, ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea, “Ka tika kia mate.”


\par }{\PP \VS{67}Nā, ka tuwhaina tōna mata e rātou, ka kurua ia; ko ētahi i papaki i a ia,

\VS{68}i mea, “Poropiti ki a mātou, e te Karaiti! Nā wai koe i papaki?”


\par }{\SH Ka Whakakāhorengia a Īhu e Pita
\par }
{\R (Māka 14.66-72; Ruka 22.56-62; Hoani 18.15-18, 25-27)

\par }{\PP \VS{69}Nā, i waho a Pita e noho ana, i te marae; ā, ka haere mai tētahi kōtiro ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko koe hoki i a Īhu o Karirī.”


\par }{\PP \VS{70}Otirā, ka whakakāhore ia i te aroaro o rātou katoa, ka mea, “Kāhore ahau e mōhio ki tāu e kī mai nā.”


\par }{\PP \VS{71}Ā, ka puta atu ia ki waho ki te whakamahau, ka kite anō tētahi atu kōtiro i a ia, ā, ka mea tērā ki te hunga i reira, “I a Īhu anō o Nahareta tēnei.”


\par }{\PP \VS{72}Ā, ka whakakāhore anō ia, me te oati anō, “Kāhore ahau e mōhio ki tēnā tangata.”


\par }{\PP \VS{73}Ā muri tata iho, ka haere mai te hunga e tū ana, ka mea ki a Pita, “Koia anō, ko koe tētahi o rātou; nā tōu reo koe i whakaatu.”


\par }{\PP \VS{74}Kātahi ia, ka tīmata te kanga, te oati, “Kāhore rawa ahau e mōhio ki tēnā tangata!”

\par }{\PP Ā, tangi tonu iho te tīkaokao,

\VS{75}nā, ka mahara a Pita ki tā Īhu kupu i mea ai ki a ia, “E kore e tangi te tīkaokao, ka toru āu whakakāhoretanga i ahau.” Nā, haere ana ia ki waho, ā, nui atu tōna tangi.




\par }\Chap{27}{\SH Ka Ārahia a Īhu ki a Pirato
\par }
{\R (Māka 15.1; Ruka 23.1-2; Hoani 18.28-32)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ā, ka tākiri te ata, ka rūnanga ngā tohunga nui katoa me ngā kaumātua o te iwi mō Īhu kia whakamatea.

\VS{2}Ā, nō ka oti ia te here, ka ārahina atu, tukua ana ki a Pirato, ki te kāwana.


\par }{\SH Te Matenga o Hūrā
\par }
{\R (Ngā Mahi 1.18-19)

\par }{\PP \VS{3}Ā, nō te kitenga o Hūrā, o te kaituku i a ia, kua whakaaetia ia kia whakamatea, ka puta kē tōna whakaaro, whakahokia ana e ia ngā hiriwa e toru tekau ki ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua,

\VS{4}ka mea, “Kua hara ahau i tāku tukunga i te toto harakore.”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rātou, “Hei aha mā mātou? Māu tēnā e titiro.”


\par }{\PP \VS{5}Nā, makā iho e ia ngā hiriwa ki te whare tapu, ā, puta ana ki waho, haere ana, tārona ana i a ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}Nā, ka tango ngā tohunga nui i ngā hiriwa, ka mea, “E kore e tika kia pangā ēnei ki te takotoranga moni, he utu toto hoki.”

\VS{7}Nō ka rūnanga rātou, ā, hokona ana ki aua mea te māra a te kaihanga rīhi, hei tanumanga mō ngā manene.

\VS{8}Nā reira hoki i huaina ai taua māra, “Ko te Māra o te Toto” ā mohoa noa nei.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}Kātahi, ka rite tā Heremaia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai: “Tangohia ana e rātou ngā hiriwa e toru tekau, te utu mō te tangata i whakaritea nei ōna utu, i whakaritea nei ngā utu e ētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira,

\VS{10}ā, hoatu ana mō te māra a te kaihanga rīhi; i pērā anō me tā te Ariki i whakarite ai ki ahau.”


\par }{\SH Ka Pātaitaitia a Īhu e Pirato
\par }
{\R (Māka 15.2-5; Ruka 23.3-5; Hoani 18.33-38)

\par }{\PP \VS{11}Nā, i te tū tērā a Īhu i te aroaro o te kāwana; ka ui te kāwana ki a ia, ka mea, “Ko koe rānei te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Kua kōrerotia mai nā e koe.”

\VS{12}Ā, i te whakapānga a ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua i tētahi hē ki a ia, kīhai ia i whakahoki kupu atu.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}Kātahi, ka mea a Pirato ki a ia, “Kāhore koe e rongo i te tini o ngā mea e kōrerotia nei e rātou mōu?”


\par }{\PP \VS{14}Heoi, kāhore kia kotahi kupu i whakahokia e ia ki a ia; tino mīharo noa te kāwana.


\par }{\SH Ka Tukua a Īhu kia Rīpekatia
\par }
{\R (Māka 15.6-15; Ruka 23.13-25; Hoani 18.39–19.16)

\par }{\PP \VS{15}Nā, ko tā te kāwana tikanga i taua hākari he tuku i tētahi herehere ki te iwi, i tā rātou e pai ai.

\VS{16}I reira anō i a rātou tētahi herehere ingoa nui, ko Parapa te ingoa.

\VS{17}Ā, nō rā ka mine rātou, ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, “Ko wai tā koutou e pai ai kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou? Ko Parapa, ko Īhu rānei e huaina nei ko te Karaiti?”

\VS{18}I mahara hoki ia he hae nō rātou i tukua ai ia.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}Nā, i a ia e noho ana i runga i te nohoanga whakawā, ka tono tangata mai tāna wahine ki a ia, ka mea, “Kei ahatia e koe taua tangata tika. He maha hoki ngā mea i pā moemoeā mai ki ahau ināianei, he mea mōna.”


\par }{\PP \VS{20}Otiia, i whakakīkītia e ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua te mano, kia īnoia a Parapa, kia whakangaromia a Īhu.

\VS{21}Nā, ka whakahoki te kāwana ka mea ki a rātou, “Ko tēhea o te tokorua tā koutou e pai ai kia tukua e ahau ki a koutou?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rātou, “Ko Parapa!”


\par }{\PP \VS{22}Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, “Me aha oti e ahau a Īhu, e huaina nei ko te Karaiti?”

\par }{\PP Ka mea rātou katoa ki a ia, “Rīpekatia!”


\par }{\PP \VS{23}Nā, ka mea te kāwana, “He aha koia tāna kino i mea ai?” Heoi, nui noa atu tā rātou hāmama, ka mea, “Rīpekatia ia!”


\par }{\PP \VS{24}Ā, i te kitenga o Pirato kāhore ia i whai wāhi, engari, ka nui kē atu te ngangau, ka mau ia ki te wai, ka horoi i ōna ringa i te aroaro o te mano, ka mea, “Kāhore ahau e whai hara i te toto o tēnei tangata tika; mā koutou tēnā e titiro.”


\par }{\PP \VS{25}Nā, ka whakahoki te iwi katoa, ka mea, “Hei runga ōna toto i a mātou, i ā mātou tamariki.”


\par }{\PP \VS{26}Nā, ka tukua e ia a Parapa ki a rātou; ā, ka oti a Īhu te whiu, ka tukua kia rīpekatia.


\par }{\SH Ka Whakatoitoi ngā Hōia ki a Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 15.16-20; Hoani 19.2-3)

\par }{\PP \VS{27}Kātahi ka mauria a Īhu e ngā hōia a te kāwana ki te whare whakawā, ā, whakaminea ana ki a ia te rōpū katoa.

\VS{28}Nā, ka tangohia e rātou ōna kākahu, ā, whakakākahuria ana ia ki te kākahu whero.

\VS{29}Ā, nō ka oti tētahi karauna tātarāmoa te whiri, ka pōtaea ki tōna mātenga, me te kākaho ki tōna ringa matau; ā, ka tukua ngā turi ki a ia, ka taunu ki a ia, ka mea, “Tēnā koe, e te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai!”

\VS{30}Ā, ka tuwhaina ia e rātou, ā, ka mau rātou ki te kākaho, ka patua ki tōna mātenga.

\VS{31}Nā, ka mutu tā rātou tāwai ki a ia, ka tīhorea atu i runga i a ia te kākahu rā, whakakākahuria ana ōna ki a ia, ā, ārahina ana ia kia rīpekatia.


\par }{\SH Ka Ripekatia a Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 15.21-32; Ruka 23.26-43; Hoani 19.17-27)

\par }{\PP \VS{32}Ā, i a rātou e haere ana ki waho, ka kitea e rātou he tangata nō Hairini, ko Haimona te ingoa; meinga ana ia e rātou kia haere tahi me rātou hei amo i tōna rīpeka.

\VS{33}Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki te wāhi e kīia nei ko Korokota, arā, ko “Te Wāhi Angaanga.”

\VS{34}Ka hoatu e rātou he wāina ki a ia kia inumia, he mea whakananu ki te au; ā, nō tāna whakamātauranga atu, kīhai i pai ki te inu.


\par }{\PP \VS{35}Ā, ka oti ia te rīpeka, ka wehewehea ōna kākahu, he mea maka ki te rota; i rite ai te kupu i kōrerotia e te poropiti, “I wehewehea ōku weruweru mō rātou, i maka rota hoki mō tōku kākahu.”

\VS{36}Nā, noho ana rātou ki te tiaki i a ia i reira.

\VS{37}Ā, whakanohoia ana e rātou ki runga ake i tōna mātenga te mea i whakawākia ai ia, he mea tuhituhi, “KO ĪHU TĒNEI, KO TE KĪNGI O NGĀ HŪRAI.”

\VS{38}Nā, tokorua ngā tāhae i rīpekatia ngātahitia me ia, kotahi ki matau, kotahi ki mauī.


\par }{\PP \VS{39}Ā, ka kohukohu ki a ia te hunga e haere ana rā reira, me te oioi ō rātou mātenga,

\VS{40}ka mea, “Ko koe hei whakahoro i te whare tapu, hei hanga anō i ngā rā e toru, whakaorangia koe e koe anō! Ki te mea ko te Tama koe a te Atua, heke iho i te rīpeka.”


\par }{\PP \VS{41}I pēnā anō te tāwai a ngā tohunga nui, rātou ko ngā karaipi, ko ngā kaumātua, i mea,

\VS{42}“Ko ērā atu i whakaorangia e ia; tē taea e ia te whakaora i a ia anō. Ko ia te Kīngi o Īharaira, tēnā kia heke iho oti ia i te rīpeka, ka whakapono mātou ki a ia.

\VS{43}I whakawhirinaki ia ki te Atua; mā tērā ia e whakaora āianei, ki te pai ia ki a ia; nāna hoki te kī, ‘Ko te Tama ahau a te Atua.’ ”


\par }{\PP \VS{44}Me ngā tāhae hoki i rīpekatia tahitia rā me ia, i pērā anō tā rāua tāwai ki a ia.


\par }{\SH Te Matenga o Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 15.33-41; Ruka 23.44-49; Hoani 19.28-30)

\par }{\PP \VS{45}Nā, ka pōuri a runga katoa o te whenua, nō te ono o ngā hāora ā taea noatia te iwa o ngā hāora.

\VS{46}Ā, ka tata ki te iwa o ngā hāora, ka karanga a Īhu, he nui te reo, ka mea, “Eri, Eri, rama hapakatani?” arā, “E tōku Atua, e tōku Atua, he aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau?”


\par }{\PP \VS{47}I te rongonga o ētahi o te hunga e tū ana i reira, ka mea, “E karanga ana te tangata nei ki a Irāia.”

\VS{48}Nā, kua rere tētahi o rātou, kua mau ki te hautai, whakakīia ana ki te winika, ā, whakanohoia ana ki runga ki te kākaho, whakainumia ana māna.


\par }{\PP \VS{49}Ka mea ehinu, “Kāti, kia kite tātou e haere mai rānei a Irāia ki te whakaora i a ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{50}Nā, ka karanga anō a Īhu, he nui te reo, ā, tuku atu ana i tōna wairua.


\par }{\PP \VS{51}Nā, ka wāhia te ārai o te whare tapu i waenganui pū, mai i runga, ā, ki raro. Ka rū te whenua, pakaru ana ngā kāmaka.

\VS{52}Ko ngā urupā tuwhera kau; ā, he maha ngā tinana o te hunga tapu kua moe i ara mai.

\VS{53}Ko te putanga ake i ngā urupā i muri iho o tōna aranga mai, haere ana ki roto ki te pā tapu, ā, he tokomaha te hunga i kite i a rātou.


\par }{\PP \VS{54}Nā, i te kitenga o te keneturio rātou ko ōna hoa tiaki i a Īhu i te rū, i ngā mea anō i meatia, nui atu tō rātou wehi, ka mea, “He pono ko te Tama tēnei a te Atua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{55}Ā, he tokomaha ngā wāhine i reira e mātakitaki ana mai i tawhiti, ngā mea i aru mai i a Īhu i Karirī, i mahi mea māna.

\VS{56}I roto i a rātou a Meri Makarini, a Meri whaea o Hēmi rāua ko Hohi, me te whaea hoki o ngā tama a Heperi.


\par }{\SH Te Tanumanga o Īhu
\par }
{\R (Māka 15.42-47; Ruka 23.50-56; Hoani 19.38-42)

\par }{\PP \VS{57}Nā, ka ahiahi, ka haere mai tētahi tangata taonga nui o Arimatia, ko Hōhepa te ingoa, he ākonga anō ia nā Īhu.

\VS{58}I haere taua tangata ki a Pirato, ā, tonoa ana e ia te tinana o Īhu. Nā, ka mea a Pirato kia hoatu te tinana.

\VS{59}Nā, ka tango a Hōhepa i te tinana, ā, takaia ana e ia ki te rīnena mā,

\VS{60}whakatakotoria ana ki tāna urupā hou, i hāua e ia ki roto ki te kāmaka. Nā, whakatakā atu ana e ia tētahi kōhatu nui ki te kūwaha o te urupā, ā, haere ana.

\VS{61}I reira anō a Meri Makarini, me tērā Meri, e noho ana i te ritenga atu o te tanumanga.


\par }{\SH Te Kaitiaki i te Urupā
\par }
{\PP \VS{62}Nā, i te aonga ake, i te rā i muri i te Takanga hākari, ka haere ngā tohunga nui me ngā Parihi ki a Pirato,

\VS{63}ka mea, “E mara, kei te mahara mātou ki te kōrero a tērā tangata tinihanga i a ia anō e ora ana, ‘Kia taka ngā rā e toru ka ara ahau.’

\VS{64}Nā reira, whakahaua atu kia tiakina te tanumanga, ā tae noa ki te toru o ngā rā, kei haere āna ākonga i te pō, ka tāhae i a ia, ka mea ki te iwi, ‘Kua ara ia i te hunga mate,’ pēnei kino atu i tō mua tō muri hē.”


\par }{\PP \VS{65}Ka mea a Pirato ki a rātou, “He kaitiaki anō a koutou; haere, kia puta ō koutou whakaaro kei taea atu ia.”


\par }{\PP \VS{66}Nā, haere ana rātou, hīritia ana te kōhatu, me te whakanoho anō i ngā kaitiaki, kei taea atu te tanumanga.




\par }\Chap{28}{\SH Te Aranga
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{\R (Māka 16.1-10; Ruka 24.1-12; Hoani 20.1-10)

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}I te mutunga o te hāpati i te mea ka tata tonu te pūao te rā tuatahi o te wiki, ka haere a Meri Makarini me tērā Meri kia kite i te tanumanga.

\VS{2}Nā, he nui te rū i puta mai; i heke iho hoki tētahi anahera a te Ariki i te rangi, ā, haere ana, whakatakā atu ana e ia te kōhatu i te kūwaha, ā, noho ana i runga.

\VS{3}Ko tōna āhua me te mea he uira, mā tonu tōna kākahu ānō he hukarere.

\VS{4}Ā, wiri noa iho ngā kaitiaki i te wehi ki a ia, ka rite ki te tūpāpaku.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}Nā, ka oho te anahera, ka mea ki ngā wāhine, “Kei wehi kōrua; e mātau ana hoki ahau, e rapu ana kōrua i a Īhu i rīpekatia.

\VS{6}Kāhore ia i konei; kua ara kē, kua pērā me tāna i mea ai. Haere mai kia kite i te wāhi i takoto ai te Ariki.

\VS{7}Ā, hohoro te haere, kōrerotia ki āna ākonga, ‘Kua ara ia i te hunga mate; tēnā ia te haere nā i mua i a koutou ki Karirī; ko reira koutou kite ai i a ia.’ Nā, kua kōrero nei ahau ki a kōrua.”


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Ā, hohoro tonu tā rāua haere atu i te urupā, me te wehi, me te harakoa nui, ā, oma ana ki te kōrero ki āna ākonga.

\VS{9}Nā, ka tūtaki a Īhu ki a rāua, ka mea mai, “E ia mā.” Nā, ka haere atu rāua, ka pupuri i ōna waewae, ka koropiko ki a ia.

\VS{10}Kātahi a Īhu ka mea ki a rāua, “Aua e wehi; haere, kī atu ki ōku tēina kia haere ki Karirī, ko reira hoki rātou kite ai i ahau.”


\par }{\SH Ngā Kōrero a ētahi Kaitiaki
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{\PP \VS{11}Ā, i a rāua e haere ana, nā, kua tae ētahi o ngā kaitiaki ki te pā, kua kōrero ki ngā tohunga nui i ngā mea katoa i meatia.

\VS{12}Nā, ka mutu tā rātou huihui ko ngā kaumātua, ā, ka rūnanga, ka hoatu e rātou he moni nui ki ngā hōia,

\VS{13}ka mea atu, “Me kī e koutou, ‘I haere āna ākonga i te pō, ā, tāhaetia ana ia, i a mātou e moe ana.’

\VS{14}Ā, ki te tae te rongo o tēnei ki te kāwana, mā mātou ia e whakamārie, ā, kāhore he mānukanuka mō koutou.”


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Nā, ka tango rātou i ngā moni, ā, meinga ana ngā mea i ākona ai rātou. Heoi, kei te kōrerotia tēnei e ngā Hūrai, ā taea noatia tēnei rā.


\par }{\SH Ka Puta Mai a Īhu ki Āna Ākonga
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{\R (Māka 16.14-18; Ruka 24.36-49; Hoani 20.19-23; Ngā Mahi 1.6-8)

\par }{\PP \VS{16}Nā, ka haere ngā ākonga tekau mā tahi ki Karirī, ki te maunga i whakaritea e Īhu ki a rātou.

\VS{17}Ā, i tō rātou kitenga i a ia, ka koropiko ki a ia; ko ētahi ia i ruarua.

\VS{18}Nā, ka haere mai a Īhu, ka kōrero ki a rātou, ka mea, “Kua tukua katoatia mai ki ahau te mana i te rangi, ā, i runga i te whenua

\VS{19}Nā reira haere, meinga hei ākonga ngā iwi katoa, iriiria i runga i te ingoa o te Matua, o te Tama, o te Wairua Tapu,

\VS{20}ākona rātou kia mau ki ngā mea katoa i whakahaua, e ahau ki a koutou. Nā, ko ahau tēnā hei hoa mō koutou i ngā rā katoa, ā te mutunga rā anō o te ao.” Āmine.

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