Hohua.
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Ā, ka rongo a Aronitereke, te kīngi o Hiruhārama, kua horo a Hai i a Hohua, ā, kua whakangaromia hoki e ia; ā, ko tāna i mea ai ki Heriko, ki tōna kīngi, ko tāna hoki tērā i mea ai ki Hai, ki tōna kīngi; ā, kua houhia e ngā tāngata o Kipeono te rongo ki a Īharaira, kua noho hoki ki waenganui i a rātou. 
Nā, tino wehi ana rātou; nō te mea he pā nui a Kipeono, pērā me tētahi o ngā pā rangatira he nui atu hoki i Hai, ā, ko ōna tāngata katoa he toa. 
Nā, ka tono tāngata a Aronitereke kīngi o Hiruhārama ki a Hōhama kīngi o Heperona, ki a Pirama kīngi o Iaramuta, ki a Tapia kīngi o Rakihi, rātou ko Repiri kīngi o Ekerona, ka mea, 
“Haere mai ki ahau, hei āwhina mōku, kia patua ai e tātou a Kipeono, mō rātou i hohou i te rongo ki a Hohua rātou ko ngā tama a Īharaira.” 
Nā, huihui ana, haere mai ana ngā kīngi tokorima o ngā Amori, te kīngi o Hiruhārama, te kīngi o Heperona, te kīngi o Iaramuta, te kīngi o Rakihi, te kīngi o Ekerona, rātou ko ā rātou taua katoa, ā, whakapae ana i Kipeono, tatau ana i reira. 
Nā, ka tono tāngata ngā tāngata o Kipeono ki a Hohua ki te puni, ki Kirikara, ka mea: “Kei pūhoi mai tōu ringa ki āu pononga; hohoro te haere mai ki a mātou, ki te whakaora i a mātou āwhinatia mai hoki mātou; nō te mea kua rūpeke mai ngā kīngi katoa o ngā Amori e noho ana i ngā maunga ki a mātou.” 
Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua i Kirikara, rātou tahi ko te hunga hāpai patu katoa, me ngā tāngata māia katoa. 
Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hohua, “Kaua e wehi i a rātou; kua hoatu hoki rātou e ahau ki tōu ringa, ā, e kore tētahi tangata o rātou e tū ki tōu aroaro.” 
Nā, huakina tatatia ana rātou e Hohua; i haere ake hoki ia i Kirikara i te pō. 
Nā, meinga ana rātou e Ihowā kia pororaru i mua i a Īharaira, ā, patua ana rātou e ia ki Kipeono, he nui te parekura, ā, whāia ana rātou e ia i te huarahi e haere ana ki runga ki Petehorono, nā, tukitukia ana rātou ā tae noa ki Ateka, a Makera atu ana. 
Ā, i a rātou e rere ana i te aroaro o Īharaira, i te hekenga iho ki Petehorono, nā, ka makā iho e Ihowā he kōhatu nunui i te rangi ki runga ki a rātou ā tae noa ki Ateka, nā, mate ana rātou; hira ake ngā tāngata i mate i ngā nganga kōhatu i ngā mea i patua e ngā tama a Īharaira ki te hoari. 
Kātahi ka kōrero a Hohua ki a Ihowā i te rā i hōmai ai e Ihowā ngā Amori ki te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira, ka mea hoki i te tirohanga mai o Īharaira, “Kāti mai koe, e te rā, i runga i Kipeono; me koe hoki, e te marama, ki te Raorao o Atarono.” 
Nā, mau tonu mai te rā, tū tonu mai hoki te marama, ā whiwhi noa te iwi ki te utu i ō rātou hoariri. Kāhore ianei tēnei mea i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka a Iahera? Tū ana tērā te kōmaru i waenganui o te rangi, kāhore anō hoki i hohoro te heke ā rite noa tētahi rā tūturu. 
Nā, kāhore he rite mō taua rā i mua atu, i muri mai rānei, i rongo ai a Ihowā ki te reo tangata; i whawhai hoki a Ihowā mō Īharaira. 
Nā, hoki ana a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa ki te puni, ki Kirikara. 
Ko aua kīngi tokorima ia i rere, ā, piri ana ki roto ki tētahi ana i Makera. 
Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Hohua, i meatia, “Kua kitea ngā kīngi tokorima, kei te ana i Makera e piri ana.” 
Nā, ka mea a Hohua, “Hurihia atu ētahi kōhatu nunui ki te kūwaha o te ana, whakanohoia hoki ētahi tāngata ki reira hei tiaki i a rātou. 
Ko koutou ia kaua hei tū; whāia ō koutou hoariri, patua te hiku o rātou; kaua hoki rātou e tukua kia tapoko ki roto ki ō rātou pā; he mea hoki kua hōmai rātou e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua, ki tō koutou ringa.” 
Ā, nō ka mutu i a Hohua rātou ko ngā tama a Īharaira te patu i a rātou, he nui rawa te parekura ā poto noa rātou, ko ngā mōrehu o rātou i toe i riro ki roto ki ngā pā whai taiepa, 
Nā, hoki mārie ana te iwi katoa ki a Hohua, ki te puni, ki Makera. Kīhai rawa hoki oraora te arero o tētahi tangata, ki tētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira. 
Katahi ka mea a Hohua, “Uakina te kūwaha o te ana, whakaputaina mai hoki ki ahau i te ana ngā kīngi tokorima nā.” 
Nā, pērātia ana e rātou, whakaputaina mai ana e rātou ki a ia i te ana aua kīngi tokorima, te kīngi o Hiruhārama, te kīngi o Heperona, te kīngi o Iaramuta, te kīngi o Rakihi, me te kīngi o Ekerona. 
Ā, ka oti aua kīngi te whakaputa mai e rātou ki a Hohua, ka karanga a Hohua ki ngā tāngata katoa o Īharaira, ā, ka mea ki ngā rangatira o ngā tāngata hāpai patu i haere tahi me ia, “Whakatata mai, e tū ō koutou waewae ki runga ki ngā kakī o ēnei kīngi.” Nā, whakatata ana mai rātou, tū ana ō rātou waewae ki runga ki ō rātou kakī. 
I mea anō a Hohua ki a rātou, “Kaua koutou e wehi, kaua hoki e pāwera, kia kaha, kia toa; nō te mea ka pēneitia e Ihowā ō koutou hoariri katoa e whawhai nei koutou ki a rātou.” 
Ā muri iho ka patua rātou e Hohua, ka whakamatea, ā, whakairihia ake rātou ki runga ki ngā rākau e rima. Nā, iri ana rātou i runga i ngā rākau ā ahiahi noa. 
Nā, i te wā o te tōnga o te rā ka whakahaua e Hohua kia tangohia ki raro o ngā rākau, kia makā hoki ki roto ki te ana i piri ai rātou, kia whakatakotoria hoki ētahi kōhatu nunui ki te kūwaha o te ana; e takoto mai nei ā taea noatia tēnei rā. 
Ā, horo ana i a Hohua a Makera i taua rangi anō, patua iho ana hoki e ia ki te mata o te hoari, me tōna kīngi anō; i whakangaromia rawatia rātou e ia me ngā wairua katoa i roto, kāhore he mōrehu i mahue i a ia; ā, pērātia ana e ia te kīngi o Makera me tāna i mea ai ki te kīngi o Heriko. 
Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa i Makera ki Rīpina, ā, tauria ana e ia a Rīpina. 
Ā, i hōmai anō e Ihowā a reira, me tōna kīngi, ki te ringa o Īharaira. Nā, patua iho e ia a reira ki te mata o te hoari, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto; kīhai i mahue i a ia tētahi mōrehu i reira; heoi pērātia ana e ia te kīngi o reira me tāna i mea ai ki te kīngi o Heriko. 
Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua i Rīpina, rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa, ki Rakihi, ā, whakapaea ana a reira, tauria ana e ia. 
Ā, i hōmai e Ihowā a Rakihi ki te ringa o Īharaira, ā, horo ana a reira i a ia i te rua o ngā rā; patua iho hoki ki te mata o te hoari, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto; i rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Rīpina. 
I reira anō ka haere mai a Hōrama kīngi o Kētere hei āwhina mō Rakihi; ā, patua iho ia me tōna iwi e Hohua, ā, kāhore rawa tētahi mōrehu ōna i toe. 
Nā, ka haere atu a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa i Rakihi ki Ekerona; ā, whakapaea ana a reira e rātou, tauria ana. 
Nā, horo ana a reira i a rātou i taua rangi anō, patua ana hoki ki te mata o te hoari, ko ngā tāngata katoa i roto hunā iho e ia i taua rangi anō, rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Rakihi. 
Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua i Ekerona, me Īharaira katoa anō hoki ki Heperona, ā, tauria ana a reira e ia. 
Ā, horo ana i a rātou a reira, patua iho hoki ki te mata o te hoari, me tōna kīngi, me ōna pā katoa, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto. Kāhore tētahi mōrehu i mahue i a ia, rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Ekerona; nā, hunā iho e ia a reira, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto. 
Kātahi ka hoki a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa ki Repiri; ka tatau hoki ki reira. 
Ā, riro ana i a ia a reira me tōna kīngi, me ōna pā katoa; ā, patua iho e rātou ki te mata o te hoari, whakangaromia katoatia ana hoki ngā tāngata i roto. Kāhore tētahi mōrehu i mahue i a ia; ko tāna i mea ai ki Heperona i meatia anō e ia ki Repiri, ki tōna kīngi; i pērā anō me tāna i mea ai ki Rīpina, ki tōna kīngi. 
Nā, patua ana e Hohua te whenua katoa, te whenua pukepuke, te tonga, te mānia me ngā pukenga wai, me ngā kīngi katoa hoki o reira; kāhore i waiho e ia tētahi mōrehu. Engari, i hunā katoatia e ia ngā mea whai manawa i rite tonu ki tā Ihowā, ki tā te Atua o Īharaira, i whakahau ai. 
Nā, patua ana rātou e Hohua i Karehepārenea ā tae noa ki Kaha, me te whenua katoa hoki o Kohena ā tae noa ki Kipeono. 
Ko ēnei kīngi katoa me tō rātou oneone i riro i a Hohua i te whakaekenga kotahi, nō te mea i roto i a Īharaira a Ihowā e whawhai atu ana. 
Nā, hoki ana a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa ki te puni, ki Kirikara. 
