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1 Kātahi ka kī a Rāwiri, “Ko te whare tēnei o Ihowā, o te Atua, ko te āta tahunga tinana anō tēnei mā Īharaira.”
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2 I whakahau anō a Rāwiri kia huihuia ngā tāngata iwi kē o te whenua o Īharaira; i whakaritea e ia he kaihahau hei hahau kōhatu tārai, hei hanga mō te whare o te Atua. 3 I mahia anō e Rāwiri he rino, tōna nui nā, hei whao mō ngā tatau o ngā kūwaha, mō ngā hononga, me te parāhi anō, he nui noa atu, kīhai i pāunatia, 4 me te rākau, he hīta, kīhai i taua – he maha hoki ngā rākau, ngā hīta, i kawea mai e ngā tāngata o Hairona, o Tāira, ki a Rāwiri.
5 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, “He taitamariki tāku tama, a Horomona, he ngāwari, ā, ko te whare e hanga mā Ihowā, kia nui rawa te ingoa, te korōria, i ngā whenua katoa; māku e tīmata te mahi mea mō reira.” Nā, he maha ngā mea i pae i a Rāwiri i mua i tōna matenga.
6 Kātahi ka karangatia e ia tāna tama a Horomona, ā, whakahaua ana e ia kia hangā te whare o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira. 7 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Horomona, ki tāna tama: “Ko ahau, i whai ngākau ahau ki te hanga i te whare mō te ingoa o Ihowā, o tōku Atua. 8 Otiia i puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau; i mea ia: ‘He nui ngā toto i whakahekea e koe; he nui ngā whawhai i whawhai ai koe. E kore e hangā e koe he whare mō tōku ingoa; he nui hoki ngā toto i whakahekea e koe ki te whenua ki tōku aroaro. 9 Nanā, ka whānau he tama māu, he tangata āta noho; ka meinga anō ia e ahau kia āta noho i ōna hoariri ā tawhio noa. Ko tōna ingoa ko Horomona, ā, ka hoatu e ahau te rongo mau, me te rangimārie ki a Īharaira i ōna rā. 10 Māna e hanga he whare mō tōku ingoa; ko ia hei tama ki ahau, ko ahau hei pāpā ki a ia. Nā, ka whakapūmautia e ahau te torōna o tōna kīngitanga ki a Īharaira ā ake ake.’
11 “Nā, e tāku tama, kia noho a Ihowā ki a koe, kia kake koe, kia hangā anō e koe te whare o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, kia rite anō ki tāna kupu mōu. 12 Kia hōmai anō ia e Ihowā he ngākau whakaaro, he mōhio, ki a koe, kia whakahaua e ia ki a koe he tikanga mō Īharaira. Kia puritia ai e koe te ture a Ihowā, a tōu Atua. 13 Ko reira koe kake ai, ki te puritia e koe, ki te mahia, ngā tikanga, me ngā whakaritenga i whakahaua e Ihowā ki a Mohi mō Īharaira. Kia kaha, kia māia. Kaua e wehi, kaua e pāwera.
14 “Nanā, i ahau e hē nei, kua pae i ahau he kōura mō te whare o Ihowā, kotahi rau mano taranata, he hiriwa, kotahi mano mano taranata, me te parāhi, me te rino, e kore e taea te pāuna, he nui hoki; me te rākau, me te kōhatu, kua pae i ahau. Māu anō e tāpiri ētahi ki ērā. 15 Kei a koe anō tōna tini o ngā kaimahi: o ngā kaihahau, o ngā kaimahi i te kōhatu, i te rākau, me ngā mea mōhio katoa ki ngā mahi katoa. 16 E kore e taea te tatau te kōura, te hiriwa, te parāhi, te rino. Whakatika, e mahi, ā, hei a koe a Ihowā.”
17 I whakahau anō a Rāwiri i ngā rangatira katoa o Īharaira kia uru ki te mahi a tāna tama, a Horomona, i mea ia, 18 “He teka ianei ko Ihowā, ko tō koutou Atua, hei hoa mō koutou? Ā, kua meinga koutou kia āta noho ā tawhio noa? Kua hōmai hoki e ia ngā tāngata o te whenua ki tōku ringa; ā, kua taea te whenua te pēhi i te aroaro o Ihowā, i te aroaro anō o tāna iwi. 19 Nā, tukua ō koutou ngākau, ō koutou wairua, ki te rapu i a Ihowā, i tō koutou Atua. Whakatika ki te hanga i te wāhi tapu o te Atua, o Ihowā, ki te kawe mai anō i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, i ngā oko tapu a te Atua, ki te whare ka hangā nei mō te ingoa o Ihowā.”