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Te Matenga me te Tanumanga o Hara
1 Nā, kotahi rau e rua tekau mā whitu ngā tau i ora ai a Hara. Ko ngā tau ēnei i ora ai a Hara. 2 Nā, ka mate a Hara ki Kiriata Arapa (arā ki Heperona) i te whenua o Kanaana; ā, ka haere a Āperahama ki te uhunga ki a Hara, ki te tangi hoki ki a ia.
3 Ā, ka whakatika a Āperahama i te ritenga atu o tōna tūpāpaku, ka kōrero ki ngā tama a Hete, ka mea, 4 “He manene ahau, he noho noa iho i roto i a koutou; hōmai tētahi wāhi ki ahau hei tanumanga i roto i a koutou, kia tanumia ai e ahau tōku tūpāpaku, kia ngaro ai i tāku tirohanga.”
5 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā tama a Hete ki a Āperahama, ka mea ki a ia, 6 “Whakarongo ki a mātou, e tōku ariki; he rangatira nui koe i roto i a mātou. Whiriwhiria e koe tētahi o ō mātou urupā, ka tanu ai i tōu tūpāpaku. E kore e kaiponuhia e tētahi o mātou tana urupā i a koe, hei tanumanga mō tōu tūpāpaku.”
7 Nā, ka whakatika a Āperahama, ka piko ki te tangata whenua, ki ngā tama a Hete, 8 ā, ka kōrero ia ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ki te whai ngākau koutou kia tanumia e ahau tōku tūpāpaku kia ngaro atu i tāku tirohanga, whakarongo mai ki ahau, ka tohe atu ki a Eperona, tama a Tohara, mōku, 9 kia hōmai e ia ki ahau tana ana, a Makapera, i te pito o tōna wāhi oneone. Kia hōmai e ia ki ahau i waenganui i a koutou mō ngā moni e rite ana hei utu, kia puritia e ahau hei urupā.”
10 Nā, ko Eperona i roto i ngā tama a Hete e noho ana; nā, ka whakahoki a Eperona Hiti ki a Āperahama, me te whakarongo anō ngā tama a Hete, me ngā tāngata katoa hoki i tomo i te kūwaha o tōna pā, ka mea, 11 “Kāhore, e tōku ariki, whakarongo ki ahau; ka hoatu e ahau tēnā wāhi ki a koe, me te ana i reira, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe. Ka hoatu e ahau i te aroaro o ngā tama a tōku iwi; tanumia tōu tūpāpaku.”
12 Nā, ka tuohu a Āperahama i te aroaro o ngā tāngata whenua, 13 ka kōrero ki a Eperona, me te whakarongo anō ngā tāngata whenua, ka mea, “Erangi ki te hōmai e koe, whakarongo ki ahau. Ka hoatu e ahau he hiriwa ki a koe mō taua wāhi; tangohia, ā, ka tanumia e ahau tōku tūpāpaku ki reira.”
14 Nā, ko te whakahokinga a Eperona ki a Āperahama, ka mea ki a ia, 15 “E tōku ariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau; he wāhi whenua e whā rau ngā hekere hiriwa tōna utu, he aha tēnā i waenganui ōku, ōu? Tanumia tōu tūpāpaku.”
16 Nā, ka whakarongo a Āperahama ki a Eperona; ā, pāunatia ana e Āperahama ki a Eperona te hiriwa i kōrerotia e ia i te aroaro o ngā tama a Hete, e whā rau ngā hekere hiriwa, nō ngā moni e tangohia ana e ngā kaihokohoko.
17 Nā, whakapūmautia ana te wāhi oneone o Eperona, i Makapera, i te ritenga o Mamere, te oneone, me te ana i reira, me ngā rākau katoa i runga i te oneone, i roto i ōna rohe katoa, ā tawhio noa, 18 hei wāhi mō Āperahama, i te tirohanga a ngā tama a Hete, i te aroaro o ngā tāngata katoa i tomo i te kūwaha o tōna pā. 19 Ā muri iho i tēnei ka tanumia e Āperahama a Hara, tāna wahine, ki roto ki te ana, i te wāhi i Makapera i te ritenga o Mamere, arā o Heperona i te whenua o Kanaana. 20 Heoi, whakapūmautia ana e ngā tama a Hete taua wāhi me te ana i reira mō Āperahama, kia puritia hei tanumanga.