Kenehi 48
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Ka Manaakitia a Ēparaima rāua ko Mānahi e Hākopa
1Nā, i muri i ēnei mea, ka kōrerotia ki a Hōhepa, “Nanā, e mate ana tōu pāpā.” Ā, ka tango ia i āna tamariki tokorua, i a Mānahi rāua ko Ēparaima, hei hoa mōna. 2Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Hākopa, ka meatia, “Nā, ko Hōhepa, ko tāu tama, tēnei te haere mai nei ki a koe,” nā, ka whakakaha ake a Īharaira i a ia, ā, ka noho ki runga i te moenga.
3Nā, ka mea a Hākopa ki a Hōhepa, “I puta mai te Atua Kaha Rawa ki ahau i Rutu, i te whenua o Kanaana, i manaaki i ahau, 4i mea anō ki ahau, ‘Nā, ka meinga koe e ahau kia hua, ka whakanui ahau i a koe, ka meinga hoki koe e ahau hei huinga iwi; ā, ka hoatu e ahau tēnei whenua ki ōu uri i muri i a koe hei kāinga pūmau.’
5“Nā, ko āu tama tokorua, ko Ēparaima rāua ko Mānahi, i whānau nei māu ki te whenua o Īhipa i mua ake o tōku taenga mai ki a koe, ki Īhipa, māku ēnā; ka riro mai rāua i ahau, ka pērā anō me Reupena rāua ko Himiona. 6Ā, ko tāu whānau e whānau māu i muri i a rāua, māu ēnā; ka huaina ki a rātou te ingoa o ō rātou tuākana i tō rātou kāinga pūmau. 7Ko ahau hoki, i tōku haerenga mai i Parana, ka mate a Rahera ki tōku taha, ki te whenua o Kanaana, ki te ara, e takoto mai ana he wāhi e haere atu ai ki Ēparata; ā, tanumia ana e ahau ki reira ki te ara ki Ēparata” (arā ki Pēterehema).
8Ā, ka kite a Īharaira i ngā tama a Hōhepa, ka mea, “Ko wai ēnei?”
9Ā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki tōna pāpā, “Ko āku tama ēnei i hōmai e te Atua ki ahau i konei.”
Ka mea ia, “Nekehia mai nei ki ahau, kia manaaki ai ahau i a rāua.”
10Nā, he atarua ngā kanohi o Īharaira, nā, te koroheke hoki, kīhai ia i āhei te kite atu. Nā, ka whakatata ia i a rāua ki a ia, ā, ka kihi ia i a rāua, ka awhi hoki i a rāua.
11Nā, ka mea a Īharaira ki a Hōhepa, “Kīhai ahau i mea ka kite ahau i tōu mata. Kua whakakitea mai nei anō hoki e te Atua ōu uri ki ahau.”
12Nā, ka nekehia atu rāua e Hōhepa i roto i ōna turi, ā, ka piko tōna mata ki te whenua. 13Nā, ka puritia rāua e Hōhepa, a Ēparaima e tōna ringa matau ki te mauī o Īharaira, a Mānahi e tōna mauī ki te matau o Īharaira, ā, ka whakatata atu ia i a rāua ki a ia. 14Nā, ka torona e Īharaira tōna ringa matau, ā, whakatakotoria ana e ia ki runga ki te mātenga o Ēparaima, ko ia anō hoki te teina, me tōna ringa mauī hoki ki runga ki te mātenga o Mānahi, he āta whakatakoto hoki nāna i ōna ringa, ko Mānahi hoki te mātāmua.
15Nā, ka manaaki ia i a Hōhepa, ka mea,
“Mā te Atua i hāereere nei ōku mātua,
a Āperahama rāua ko Īhaka i tōna aroaro,
mā te Atua nāna nei ahau i whāngai i ahau
i ora nei ā taea noatia tēnei rā,
16mā te anahera nāna nei ahau i whakaora i roto i ngā hē katoa,
e manaaki ēnei tamariki;
ā, kia huaina tōku ingoa ki a rāua,
me te ingoa hoki o ōku mātua,
o Āperahama rāua ko Īhaka;
ā, kia tino nui haere rāua i waenganui i te whenua.”
17Ā, nō te kitenga o Hōhepa kua whakatakotoria e tōna pāpā tōna matau ki runga ki te mātenga o Ēparaima, ka kino ki tāna titiro; ā, ka whakarewaina ake e ia te ringa o tōna pāpā, kia nekehia atu e ia i te mātenga o Ēparaima ki runga ki te mātenga o Mānahi. 18Ā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki tōna pāpā, “Kaua e pēnā, e tōku pāpā; ko te tuakana hoki tēnei; whakatakotoria tōu matau ki runga ki tōna mātenga.”
19Nā, ka whakakāhore tōna pāpā, ka mea, “E mōhio ana ahau, e tāku tama, e mōhio ana ahau. Ka whakatupu iwi anō tēnei, ka nui anō hoki ia. Otiia, ka nui atu tōna teina i a ia, ā, ka waiho ōna uri hei iwi maha.” 20Nā, ka manaaki ia i a rāua i taua rangi, ka mea,
“Ko koe tā Īharaira manaakitanga,
ā, ka kōrerotia,
‘Kia meinga koe e te Atua kia rite ki a Ēparaima,
kia rite hoki ki a Mānahi.’ ”
Nā, ka makā e ia a Ēparaima ki mua i a Mānahi.
21Nā, ka mea a Īharaira ki a Hōhepa, “Ka mate tēnei ahau; hei a koutou ia te Atua, māna hoki koutou e whakahoki ki te whenua o ō koutou mātua. 22Nā, kotahi te wāhi ka hoatu nei e ahau mōu, e hira ake ai tōu i tō ōu tuākana, ko tāku hoki i tango ai i ngā Amori ki tāku hoari, ki tāku kōpere.”
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Ngā Ringa Hāpai i te Paipera Tapu ki Aotearoa 1952, 2012 © (Bible Society New Zealand inc. 1952, 2012).
