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Ka Tono ngā Iwi o Īharaira he Kīngi
1 Nā, ka koroheketia a Hamuera, ka meinga e ia āna tama hei kaiwhakarite mō Īharaira. 2 Nā, ko te ingoa o tāna mātāmua ko Hoera; ko Apia hoki te ingoa o tāna tuarua. I whakarite rāua ki Peerehepa. 3 Nā, kīhai āna tama i tika i tōna ara, engari peka kē ana rāua ki te apo, i tango hoki i te moni whakapati, ā, whakapeaua kētia ake te whakawā.
4 Kātahi ka huihui ngā kaumātua katoa o Īharaira, ka haere ki a Hamuera ki Rama. 5 Ka mea ki a ia, “Kua koroheketia koe, kāhore hoki āu tama e tika i ōu huarahi; heoi whakaritea he kīngi mō mātou hei whakarite mō mātou, hei pērā anō me o ngā iwi katoa.”
6 Otirā, i kino taua kupu ki a Hamuera, mō rātou i mea, “Hōmai he kīngi ki a mātou hei whakarite mō mātou.” Nā, ka īnoi a Hamuera ki a Ihowā. 7 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, “Whakarongo ki te reo o te iwi nā, ki ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e rātou ki a koe; ehara hoki i te mea ko koe tā rātou i paopao ai, ko ahau ia tā rātou i paopao mai nā hei kīngi mō rātou. 8 E rite ana ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai rātou, o te rā iho anō i kawea mai ai rātou e ahau i Īhipa ā tae noa ki tēnei rā; i whakarere hoki rātou i ahau, i mahi atu ki ngā atua kē; ko tā rātou mahi hoki tēnā ki a koe. 9 Heoi, whakarongo āianei ki tō rātou reo; otiia kia kaha te kauwhau ki a rātou, whakaaturia hoki ngā tikanga o te kīngi e whakakīngitia mō rātou.”
10 Nā, ka kōrerotia e Hamuera ngā kupu katoa a Ihowā ki te hunga i tono kīngi nei i a ia; 11 ka mea, “Ko te tikanga tēnei a te kīngi e whakakīngitia mō koutou: ko ā koutou tama ka tangohia e ia, ka meinga māna, mō ana hāriata, hei tāngata eke hōiho hoki māna, hei rere anō ki mua i ana hāriata. 12 Ka meinga hoki hei rangatira mano māna, hei rangatira mō ngā rima tekau, hei parau i tāna māra, hei kokoti i āna wīti, hei hanga hoki i āna mea mō te whawhai, i āna mea mō ana hāriata. 13 Ka tangohia hoki e ia ā koutou tamāhine hei mahi keke, hei taka kai, hei tunu taro. 14 Me ā koutou māra, ā koutou kāri wāina, ā koutou kāri ōriwa, ka tangohia e ia ngā mea papai, ā, ka hoatu ki āna pononga. 15 Ka tangohia hoki e ia te whakatekau o ā koutou purapura, o ā koutou kāri wāina, ā, ka hoatu ki āna unaka, ki āna pononga. 16 Ka tangohia anō e ia ā koutou pononga tāne, ā koutou pononga wāhine, ā koutou taitamariki papai, me ā koutou kāihe, ā, ka whakamahia ki tāna mahi. 17 Ka tangohia anō e ia ngā whakatekau o ā koutou hipi; ka waiho anō hoki koutou hei pononga māna. 18 Ā, ka tangi koutou i taua rā i tā koutou kīngi i whiriwhiri ai mō koutou; e kore anō a Ihowā e rongo ki a koutou i taua rā.”
Ka Whakaheia te Īnoi hei Kīngi
19 Otirā, kīhai te iwi i pai kia whakarongo ki te reo o Hamuera. Nā, ka mea rātou, “Kāhore; engari me whai kīngi mātou; 20 kia rite ai hoki mātou ki ngā iwi katoa; ā, ka whakarite tō mātou kīngi mō mātou, ka haere atu hoki i tō mātou aroaro, hei whawhai i ā mātou whawhai.”
21 Ā, ka rongo a Hamuera i ngā kupu katoa a te iwi, kōrerotia ana e ia ki ngā taringa o Ihowā. 22 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, “Whakarongo atu ki tō rātou reo, whakaritea hoki he kīngi mō rātou.”
Ā, ka mea a Hamuera ki ngā tāngata o Īharaira, “Haere atu koutou ki tōna pā, ki tōna pā.”