Tauanga.
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Ā, nō te kitenga o Paraama ko tā Ihowā i pai ai he manaaki i a Īharaira, kīhai ia i haere me mua rā ki te whai i te mea mākutu; engari i anga tōna mata ki te koraha. 
Nā, ka maranga ngā kanohi o Paraama, ā, ka kite i a Īharaira e noho ana i ō rātou iwi. Nā, ko te putanga mai o te Wairua o te Atua ki a ia. 
Nā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea: “He kī tēnei nā Paraama, tama a Peoro, he kī hoki nā te tangata i kopi rā tōna kanohi, 
he kī nā te tangata e rongo ana i ngā kupu a te Atua, e kite ana i te whakakitenga a te Kaha Rawa, e taka iho ana, me te titiro anō ōna kanohi. 
“Anō te pai o ōu tēneti, e Hākopa, o ōu nohoanga, e Īharaira! 
“Ānō ko ngā awaawa e takoto atu ana, rite tahi ānō ki ngā kāri i te taha o te awa, ki ngā aroe i whakatōkia e Ihowā, ki ngā hīta i te taha o ngā wai. 
Ka maringi iho he wai i āna pere, ā, hei roto āna purapura i ngā wai maha. “Ka nui ake hoki tōna kīngi i a Akaka, ā, ka kake tōna kīngitanga. 
“Nā te Atua ia i whakaputa mai i Īhipa; ko tōna kaha, rite pū ki tō te unikanga; ka pau ngā iwi, ōna hoariri, i a ia, ka whatiwhatiia e ia ō rātou wheua, ka werohia hoki rātou ki āna pere. 
I tāpapa ia, i takoto, ānō he raiona, ānō he raiona kātua; mā wai ia e whakaoho? “Ka manaakitia te tangata e manaaki ana i a koe, ka kangā hoki te tangata e kanga ana i a koe.” 
Nā, ka mura te riri o Pāraka ki a Paraama, ka papaki ōna ringa. Nā, ka mea a Pāraka ki a Paraama, “He kanga i ōku hoariri i karanga ai ahau i a koe, nā, ka toru nei āu manaakitanga i a rātou. 
Nā, rere atu āianei ki tōu wāhi; i mea ahau kia whakanuia rawatia koe; heoi, kua puritia nei koe e Ihowā kei whai korōria.” 
Nā, ka mea atu a Paraama ki a Pāraka, “Kāhore ianei ahau i kōrero, i mea ki āu karere i ungā ake rā e koe ki ahau, 
‘Ahakoa i kī tōna whare i te hiriwa, i te kōura, e hōmai e Pāraka ki ahau, e kore e āhei i ahau te whakawhiti kē i te kupu a Ihowā, te mea i te pai, i te kino rānei, i tā tōku ngākau ake; ko tā Ihowā e kōrero ai, ko tēnā tāku e kōrero ai?’ 
Nā, ka haere tēnei ahau ki tōku iwi; haere mai, māku e whakaatu ki a koe tā tēnei iwi e mea ai ki tōu iwi i ngā rā whakamutunga.” 
Nā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea: “He kī tēnei nā Paraama, nā te tama a Peoro, he kī hoki nā te tangata i kopi rā tōna kanohi, 
he kī nā te tangata, e rongo ana i ngā kupu a te Atua, e mōhio ana ki ngā mea a te Runga Rawa, e kite nei i te whakakitenga mai a te Kaha Rawa, e taka iho ana, me te titiro anō ōna kanohi. 
“E kite anō ahau i a ia, otiia kāhore āianei; e titiro atu ahau ki a ia, otiia e kore e tata. Tērā e puta he whetū i roto i a Hākopa, ka ara ake anō hoki he Hēpeta i roto i a Īharaira, ā, ka patua e ia ngā pito o Moapa, ka hunā anō hoki e ia ngā tama katoa a Hete. 
Ā, ka riro a Ēroma, ka riro anō a Heira, ko ōna hoariri nei ērā; ā, ka māia te mahi a Īharaira. 
Ā, ka whai rangatiratanga tētahi e puta mai i roto i a Hākopa, ā, ka hunā e ia ngā mōrehu o te pā.” 
Nā, ka titiro ia ki a Amareke, ā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea: “Ko Amareke te tīmatanga o ngā iwi; ko tōna whakamutunga ia he whakangaromanga.” 
Nā, ka titiro ia ki te Keni, ā, ka ara tāna kī pepeha, ka mea: “He kaha tōu nohoanga, kua hangā anō hoki tōu ōhanga ki te kāmaka. 
He ahakoa rā ka pau te Keni; ā, whakaraua noatia koe e Ahiria.” 
Nā, ka ara anō tāna kī pepeha, ka mea: “Auē, ko wai e ora, ina meatia tēnei e te Atua? 
Ā, ka ū mai he kaipuke i te taha o Kitimi, ā, ka tūkinotia e rātou a Ahiria, ka tūkinotia anō a Ēpere, ko ia anō hoki ka whakangaromia.” 
Kātahi ka whakatika a Paraama, ā, haere ana, hoki ana ki tōna wāhi; me Pāraka anō hoki i haere i tōna ara. 
