Matiu.
15.
Nā, ka haere ki a Īhu ētahi karaipi me ētahi Parihi nō Hiruhārama, ka mea, 
“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.” 
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? 
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.’ 
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.’ 
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. 
E te hunga tinihanga, tika rawa tā Ihāia i poropiti ai mō koutou, i mea ai: 
“ ‘Te iwi nei ko ō rātou ngutu hei whakahōnore mōku; matara noa atu ia i ahau ō rātou ngākau. 
Maumau karakia noa rātou ki ahau, ko tā rātou nei hoki e whakaako ai ko ngā whakahau a te tangata.’ ” 
Ā, karangatia ana e ia te mano ki a ia, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kia rongo, kia mātau: 
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.” 
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?” 
Nā, ka whakahoki ia ka mea, “Ka hūtia ngā māhuri katoa kīhai i whakatōkia e tōku Matua i te rangi. 
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.” 
Ka whakahoki a Pita, ka mea ki a ia, “Whakaaturia ki a mātou tēnei kupu whakarite.” 
Ka mea a Īhu, “Kei te kūware tonu anō koutou? 
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? 
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. 
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. 
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.” 
Ā, ka haere atu a Īhu i reira, ka anga ki ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona. 
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.” 
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.” 
Otirā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Heoi, ngā mea i tonoa mai ai ahau, ko ngā hipi ngaro o te whare o Īharaira.” 
Ka haere tonu mai tērā, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, “E te Ariki, kia puta tōu whakaaro ki ahau.” 
Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “Ehara i te tika kia tangohia te taro a ngā tamariki, kia makā mā ngā kurī.” 
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.” 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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.” 
Nā, ko te meatanga a āna ākonga ki a ia, “Nō hea ā tātou taro i te koraha, e mākona ai tēnei ope nui?” 
Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “E hia ā koutou taro?” Ka mea rātou, “E whitu, me ngā ika nonohi, torutoru nei.” 
Nā, ka mea ia ki te mano kia noho ki te whenua; 
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. 
Ā, kai ana rātou katoa, ā, ka mākona; e whitu hoki ngā kete i kohia e rātou, kī tonu i ngā whatiwhatinga i toe. 
Ā, ko te hunga i kai, e whā mano ngā tāne, hāunga ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki. 
Ā, ka oti te mano te tono atu e ia, ka eke ia ki te kaipuke; nā, kua ū ki ngā wāhi o Makarana. 
