Upoko 2
Ka kawea e Rīhai tana hapū ki roto ki te koraha i te taha o te Moana Whero—Ka mahue tō rātou whenua—Ka tukuna e Rīhai tētahi whakahere ki te Ariki me te whakaako anō i āna tama kia ngohengohe ai ki ngā whakahaunga—Ka amuamu a Rāmana rāua ko Remuere ki tō rāua matua—Ka ngohengohe a Nīwhai, ā, ka inoi i roto i te whakapono; ka kōrero te Ariki ki a ia, ka whiriwhiria ia hei rangatira mō runga i ōna tuākana. Takiwā 600 M.K.
1 Nana rā, i pahawa ake, i kōrero ai te Ariki ki tōku matua, āe rā, i roto i tētahi moemoeā, ka mea atu ki a ia: Kua manaakitia koe e Rīhai, nā ngā mea i mahi nei koe; ā, nā tō ū tonu ki te whakapuaki ki tēnei iwi i ngā mea i whakahaua ai e ahau ki a koe, nana, e whai ana rātou ki te muru i tō oranga.
2 Ā, i pahawa ake, i whakahau ai te Ariki ki tōku matua, i roto rawa i tētahi moemoeā, me kawe e ia tōna hapū, ā, me wehe atu ki roto i te koraha.
3 Ā, i pahawa ake, i ngohengohe ia ki te kupu a te Ariki, nā reira ia i mea ai i tā te Ariki i whakahau ai ki a ia.
4 Ā, i pahawa ake, i wehe atu ia ki roto i te koraha. Ā, ka mahue i a ia tōna whare, me tōna whenua tuku iho, me ana kōura, me ana hiriwā, me ana mea utu nui, kāore he mea i mauria e ia, hāunga ko tōna hapū, me ngā ō, me ngā tēneti, ā, ka wehe atu ki roto i te koraha.
5 Ā, ka haere iho ia ki ngā rohe e pātata ana ki te tahatai o te Moana Whero; ā, ka haere ia i te koraha i roto i ngā rohe e pātata ake ana ki te Moana Whero; ā, ka haere tahi i te koraha me tōna hapū, koia rā anō ko tōku whaea, ko Haraia, ko ōku tuākana, ko Rāmana, ko Remuere rātou ko Hāmi.
6 Ā, i pahawa ake ngā rā e toru i a ia e haere ana i te koraha, ka whakatūria e ia tōna tēneti i tētahi raorao ki te taha o tētahi awa wai.
7 Ā, i pahawa ake, i hangaia ai e ia he āta kōhatu, ā, ka mahia e ia he whakahere ki te Ariki, ā, ka tuku whakawhetai ki te Ariki tō tātou Atua.
8 Ā, i pahawa ake, i huaina ai e ia te ingoa o te awa, ko Rāmana, ā, ka pau atu ki roto i te Moana Whero; ā, ka tū te raorao i roto i ngā rohe e pātata ana ki te pūaha o reira.
9 Ā, kitea ana e tōku matua te paunga atu o ngā wai o te awa ki roto i te mātāpuna o te Moana Whero, ka kōrero ia ki a Rāmana, ka mea: Auē, me i pēnei koe ki te awa nei, e rere tonu ana ki roto i te mātāpuna o te tika katoa.
10 Ā, ka kōrero ia ki a Remuere: Auē, me i pēnei koe ki te raorao nei, e ū ana, e pūmau ana, e kore e nekeneke i runga i te pupuri ki ngā whakahaunga a te Ariki.
11 Nā, koinei i kōrero ai ia nā te kakī mārōtanga a Rāmana rāua ko Remuere; nana rā, i amuamu rāua i roto i ngā mea maha ki tō rāua matua, nā te mea he tangata matakite ia, ā, nāna hoki rāua i arataki ki waho atu i te whenua o Hiruharama, kia whakarērea tō rāua whenua tuku iho, me ā rāua kōura, me ā rāua hiriwā, me ā rāua mea utu nui, kia mate ai i te koraha. Ā, koinei i kī ai rāua kua mahia e ia nō ngā whakaaro kūare o tōna ngākau.
12 Ā, koia a Rāmana rāua ko Remuere, ko rāua ngā mātāmua, i amuamu ai ki tō rāua matua. Ā, ka amuamu nei rāua nā te mea kāore rāua i te mōhio ki ngā mahinga a taua Atua nāna nei rāua i hanga.
13 Kīhai anō rāua i whakapono ko Hiruharama, ko taua pā nui rawa atu, e taea nei te whakangaro e ai ki ngā kupu a ngā poropiti. Ā, ka pērā anō rāua ki ngā Hūrai e noho ana ki Hiruharama, i whai nei kia murua te oranga o tōku matua.
14 Ā, i pahawa ake, i kōrero tōku matua ki a rāua i te raorao o Remuere, i runga i te kaha, e kī ana ki te Wairua, tae atu ana ki te tūwiriwiritanga o ō rāua tīnana i tōna aroaro. Ā, ka whakapōauau ia i a rāua, kia kaua rawa ai e hamumu atu ki a ia; nā reira, ka mahi rāua i tāna i whakahaua ai rāua.
15 Ā, ka noho tēneti tōku matua.
16 Ā, i pahawa ake, ko au, ko Nīwhai, e tamariki rawa nei, hei ahakoa rā e kaitā ā-tīnana nei, ā, e hihiri nui ana anō kia mōhio ai ki ngā mea ngaro o te Atua, nā reira, ka karanga ake ahau ki te Ariki; ā, nana, ka puta mai ia ki ahau, ā, ka whakangāwaritia tōku ngākau e whakapono ai au ki ngā kupu katoa kua kōrerotia nei e tōku matua; nā reira, kāore aku haututū ki a ia pērā i ōku tuākana.
17 Ā, ka kōrero au ki a Hāmi, e whakamōhiotia ana ki a ia ngā mea kua whakakitea mai e te Ariki ki ahau nā tōna Wairua Tapu. Ā, i pahawa ake, i whakapono ia ki aku kupu.
18 Engari, nana, kāore a Rāmana rāua ko Remuere i whakarongo ki aku kupu; ā, ka pōuri i te mārōtanga o ō rāua ngākau ka karanga au ki te Ariki mō rāua.
19 Ā, i pahawa ake, i kōrero mai te Ariki ki ahau, ka mea: Kua manaakitia nei koe, e Nīwhai, nā tō whakapono, nāu anō au i rapu i runga i te kaha, i runga i te ngākau pāpaku.
20 Ā, inā hoki ka pupuri koe ki aku whakahaunga, ka whaioranga koe, ka arahina anō hoki ki tētahi whenua whakaari; āe rā, he whenua anō kua whakaritea e au mōu; āe rā, he whenua e pai ake ana i ērā atu whenua katoa.
21 Ā, inā hoki ka haututū ō tuākana ki a koe, ka hātepea atu rāua i te aroaro o te Ariki.
22 Ā, inā hoki ka pupuri koe i aku whakahaunga, ka whakatūria koe hei rangatira, hei kaiako i runga i ō tuākana.
23 Nana rā, hei taua rā ka haututū rātou ki ahau, ka kanga au i a rātou ki tētahi kanga nanakia, ā, kua kore e whaimana i runga i ō uri, heoi, ka haututū rātou ki ahau anō hoki.
24 Ā, mehemea rā anō ka haututū ki ahau, ka noho mai rātou hei whiu ki ō uri, hei whakaohooho i a rātou ki ngā huarahi o te whakamaharatanga.