Kenehi.
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Nā, ka karanga a Hākopa ki āna tamariki, ka mea, “Huihui mai, ā, ka kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea e pono ki a koutou i ngā rā ō muri. 
Huihui mai, whakarongo hoki, e ngā tama a Hākopa; whakarongo hoki ki a Īharaira, ki tō koutou pāpā. 
“E Reupena, ko koe tāku mātāmua, tōku pakaritanga, me te tīmatanga o tōku kaha; te hiranga ake o te korōria, te hiranga ake hoki o te kaha. 
He mea pōkarekare, ānō he wai, e kore koe e kake; mō tōu pikitanga i te moenga o tōu pāpā; pōkea iho e koe a reira – i pikitia e ia tōku takotoranga! 
“He tuakana, he teina, a Himiona rāua ko Rīwai; he rākau riri kino ā rāua hoari. 
Kaua e tomo, e tōku wairua, ki tō rāua rūnanga; kaua e huihuia, e tōku korōria, ki tō rāua whakaminenga – i patu tangata hoki rāua i a rāua e riri ana, ā, he hīkaka nō rāua i kopa ai te kau. 
Kia kangā tō rāua riri, i kaha nei; me tō rāua āritarita, nō te mea he nanakia! Ka wehea atu rāua e ahau ki roto ki a Hākopa, ka whakamararatia hoki rāua ki roto ki a Īharaira. 
“E Hūrā, ko koe e whakamoemititia e ōu tuākana, e ōu tēina; ka ū tōu ringa ki te kakī o ōu hoariri; ka piko ki a koe ngā tama a tōu pāpā. 
He kūao raiona a Hūrā; i kake atu koe, e tāku tama, i te haenga. I piko, i tāpapa ia, i pērā me te raiona, i pērā hoki me te raiona kātua – mā wai ia e whakaoho? 
E kore e riro kē te hēpeta i a Hūrā, me te tokotoko o te kāwana i waenganui o ōna waewae, kia tae mai rā anō a Hiro; ā, ka rongo ngā iwi katoa ki a ia. 
Ka herea e ia tana kūao ki te wāina, te tama hoki a tana kāihe ki te wāina pai rawa; ka horoia e ia ōna kākahu ki te wāina, ōna weruweru hoki ki te toto o te karepe. 
Ka mumura hoki ōna kanohi i te wāina, ka mā ōna niho i te waiū. 
“Ka noho a Hepurona ki te wahapū o te moana; hei wahapū anō ia mō ngā kaipuke; ka tutuki atu hoki tōna rohe ki Hairona. 
“He kāihe kaha a Ihākara, e tāpapa ana i waenga o ngā moenga hipi e rua; 
ā, i tōna kitenga i te okiokinga he pai, i te whenua hoki he āhuareka; nā, ka tukua iho e ia tōna pokohiwi ki te pīkaunga, ā, meinga ana ia hei pononga hōmai takoha. 
“Ka whakawā a Rāna i tōna iwi, ka pērā ānō me tētahi o ngā iwi o Īharaira. 
Hei nākahi a Rāna ki te ara, hei neke hoki ki te huarahi, e ngau ai i te rekereke o te hōiho, ā, ka taka whakamuri tōna kaieke. 
“Kua tatari atu ahau ki tāu whakaoranga, e Ihowā. 
“Ko Kara, ka āki te ope ki runga ki a ia; otiia ka āki ia ki tō rātou rekereke. 
“Ko tā Āhera, ka mōmona tāna taro, ā, he kai kīngi ōna hua. 
“Ko Napatari, he hāta kua tukua kia haere; e hōmai ana e ia ngā kupu papai. 
“Ko Hōhepa he peka hua, he peka hua i te taha o te puna; e toro atu ana ōna manga ki tua o te taiepa. 
I whakatupu kino ngā kaikōpere i a ia, i pere mai hoki, i kino hoki ki a ia. 
Otiia, i mau tāna kōpere i runga i te kaha, ā, i whakapakaritia ngā tākakau o ōna ringa e ngā ringa o te Mea Kaha o Hākopa, nō reira nei te hēpara, te kāmaka o Īharaira, 
arā e te Atua o tōu pāpā, māna anō koe e āwhina; e te Kaha Rawa hoki, māna e tuku mai ki a koe ngā manaaki o te rangi i runga, ngā manaaki hoki o te rire e takoto ana i raro, ngā manaaki o ngā ū, o te kōpū hoki. 
Hira ake ngā manaaki a tōu pāpā i ngā manaaki a ōku tūpuna, tae atu ana ki tērā taha rawa o ngā pukepuke tū tonu; ka tau iho ēnā mea ki runga ki te mātenga o Hōhepa, ki te tumuaki hoki ōna i motuhia atu nei i ōna tuākana. 
“Ka haehae a Pineamine ānō he wuruhi, ka kainga e ia te tūpāpaku i te ata, ā, i te ahiahi ka tuwhaina e ia ngā taonga parakete.” 
Ko ēnei katoa ngā iwi kotahi tekau mā rua o Īharaira, ko te kōrero hoki tēnei a tō rātou pāpā ki a rātou, ko tāna manaaki i a rātou, i manaakitia rātou e ia, tēnei, tēnei, me tōna manaaki anō. 
Ā, i whakahau ia ki a rātou, i mea ki a rātou, “Ka kohia atu ahau ki tōku iwi. Tanumia ahau ki ōku mātua, ki te ana i te pārae o Eperona Hiti, 
ki te ana i te pārae o Makapera, i te ritenga o Mamere, i te whenua o Kanaana, i hokona, me te pārae anō, e Āperahama i a Eperona Hiti, kia puritia hei tanumanga. 
I tanumia a Āperahama rāua ko Hara, ko tāna wahine, ki reira; i tanumia a Īhaka rāua ko Ripeka, ko tāna wahine, ki reira; i tanumia hoki a Rea e ahau ki reira. 
I hokona te pārae me te ana i reira i ngā tama a Hete.” 
Ā, ka mutu te whakahau a Hākopa ki āna tama, ka pēpeke ake ōna waewae ki roto ki te moenga, ā, ka hemo, ka kohia atu ki tōna iwi. 
