Raniera 8

1 I te toru o nga tau o te kingitanga o Kingi Perehatara ka puta mai he kite ki ahau, ara ki ahau, ki a Raniera, i muri i tera i puta ra ki ahau i te timatanga.

‌ʻI hono tolu taʻu ʻoe pule ʻae tuʻi ko Pelesasa, naʻe ai ʻae meʻa naʻe hā mai kiate au, ʻio, kiate au Taniela, ʻi he hili ange ia ʻaia naʻe tomuʻa hā mai.

2 I kite moemoea ahau: na i toku kitenga, i Huhana ahau, i te kainga kingi, i tera i te kawanatanga o Erama: na ka kite moemoea ahau, a i te taha ahau o te awa o Urai.

Pea ne u mamata ki he meʻa hā mai; pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi heʻeku mamata, ne u ʻi Susani ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he vahe fonua ʻo ʻIlami; pea ne u mamata ʻi he meʻa hā mai, pea naʻaku ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ko ʻUlai.

3 Na ko te marangatanga ake o oku kanohi, ka kite ahau, na, ko tetahi hipi toa e tu ana i te ritenga o te awa, e rua ona haona, roa noa atu nga haona ki runga, kei runga atu ia tetahi i tetahi: na, ko tera i purero ra, no muri rawa i puta ai.

Pea ne u hanga hake hoku mata ʻo mamata, pea vakai, naʻe tuʻu ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ʻae sipitangata pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae nifo ʻe ua: pea naʻe māʻolunga ʻae ongo nifo; ka naʻe māʻolunga ʻae taha ʻi he taha, pea naʻe tupu fakamuimui ʻaia naʻe māʻolunga.

4 I kite ano ahau i te hipi toa e aki ana whaka te hauauru, whaka te raki, whaka te tonga; a kore noa iho tetahi kararehe i tu ki tona aroaro, kahore hoki he tangata hei whakaora i roto i tona ringa; heoi mahia ana e ia tana i pai ai, a nui haere a na ia.

Ne u mamata ki he sipitangata naʻe ʻoho fano ki he potu hihifo, mo e tokelau mo e tonga; ko ia naʻe ʻikai faʻa tuʻu ʻi hono ʻao ha fanga manu kehe, pea naʻe ʻikai ai ha niʻihi ʻe lavaʻi ha fakahaofi mei hono nima; ka naʻa ne fai ki he anga ʻo hono loto, pea ne hoko ʻo lahi.

5 Na i ahau e whakaaroaro ana, na ko te putanga mai o tetahi koati toa i te hauauru, i te mata o te whenua katoa, kihai ano ia i pa ki te whenua: a he haona to te koati i waenganui i ona kanohi, he mea e whakamaua e te titiro.

Pea ʻi heʻeku kei fakakaukau, vakai naʻe haʻu ha kosi tangata mei he potu hihifo ʻi he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tuʻu ki he kelekele: pea naʻe ʻi he kosi ha nifo māsila ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono mata.

6 Na ka haere mai ia ki te hipi toa e rua nei ona haona, i kitea atu ra e ahau e tu ana i te ritenga o te awa, rere atu ana ki a ia, me te weriweri katoa o tona kaha.

Pea naʻa ne haʻu ki he sipitangata ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻae nifo ʻe ua, ʻaia ne u mamata ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he veʻe vaitafe, pea naʻa ne ʻoho mālohi kiate ia ʻi heʻene lili.

7 I kite ano ahau i a ia e whakatata ana ki te hipi toa, riri tonu ki a ia, patua iho e ia te hipi toa, whatiia ana e ia ona haona e rua, kahore hoki he kaha o te hipi toa ki te tu ki tona aroaro; kei te turaki ia i a ia ki te whenua, takatakahia a na ia e ia; kahore hoki he kaiwhakaora mo te kipi toa i roto i tona ringa.

Pea ne u mamata ki heʻene ʻunuʻunu atu ki he sipitangata, pea naʻa ne ʻoho mālohi kiate ia, pea ne taaʻi ʻae sipitangata, ʻo fesiʻi hono ongo nifo: pea naʻe ʻikai ha mālohi ʻi he sipitangata ke tuʻu ʻi hono ʻao, ka naʻa ne lī hifo ia ki he kelekele pea ne malaki ia: pea naʻe ʻikai ha taha ke fakahaofi ʻae sipitangata mei hono nima.

8 Na kua nui noa atu te koati toa, kua kaha, na ka whati te haona nui, a e wha nga mea e whakamaua atu e te titiro i puta ake i tona turanga, he mea e anga ana ki nga hau e wha o te rangi.

Ko ia naʻe hoko ʻo lahi ʻaupito ʻae kosi tangata: pea ʻi he lolotonga ʻa ʻene mālohi naʻe fasi ʻae nifo māsila; pea ke fetongi ia, naʻe tupu hake ʻae nifo ʻe fā ki he feituʻu matangi ʻe fā ʻoe langi.

9 Na kua puta ake i roto i tetahi o era tetahi haona iti; kua nui noa atu whaka te tonga, whaka te rawhiti, whaka te whenua ahuareka.

Pea naʻe tupu mei ha taha ʻiate kinautolu ha kihiʻi nifo siʻi, ʻaia naʻe tupu ʻo lahi ʻaupito, ki he potu tonga, pea mo e potu hahake, pea mo e fonua ʻoe monūʻia.

10 I nui haere ano a tae tonu ki te ope o te rangi, whakataka ana e ia ki te whenua etahi o te ope, o nga whetu hoki, takatakahia ana e ia.

Pea naʻe tupu ia ʻo lahi, ʻio, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe langi, pea naʻa ne lī hifo ʻae kau māʻolunga niʻihi, pea mo e ngaahi fetuʻu ki he kelekele, ʻo ne malaki ʻakinautolu.

11 Ae ra, i tae ano tana whakanui i a ia ki te rangatira o te ope, whakakorea iho e ia i a ia te patunga tapu, te mea tuturu, turakina iho tona wahi tapu.

‌ʻIo, naʻa mo e ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi naʻa ne fai fakafielahi ki ai, pea naʻe taʻofi meiate ia ʻae feilaulau ʻaho, pea naʻe fakalieliaʻi hono potu tapu.

12 I homai ano te ope ki a ia me te patunga tapu tuturu, na te kino hoki, na turakina iho e ia te pono ki te whenua; a mahi ana, kake ana.

Pea naʻe tuku kiate ia ʻae kautau ke taʻofi ʻaki ʻae feilaulau ʻaho koeʻuhi ko e angahala, pea naʻa ne fakahifo ki lalo ʻae moʻoni, pea naʻa ne faʻa fai mo tupu lelei.

13 Katahi ka rongo ahau i tetahi anahera tapu e korero ana, a ka mea tetahi atu anahera tapu ki tera i korero ra; Kia pehea te roa o te kitenga mo te patunga tapu tuturu, mo te he whakangaro e tukua ai te wahi tapu me te ope kia takatakahia?

Pea ne u fanongo ki he tokotaha ʻoe kau māʻoniʻoni naʻe lea, pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha kehe ʻoe kau māʻoniʻoni ki he tokotaha ko ia naʻe lea, “ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻoe meʻa hā mai ki he feilaulau ʻaho, pea mo e angahala fakamalaʻia ʻaia ʻoku tukuange ai ʻae potu māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e kau tau ke moloki hifo ʻi he vaʻe?”

14 Na ka mea ia ki ahau, Kia taka nga ahiahi me nga ata e rua mano e toru rau, ko reira te wahi tapu purea ai.

Pea naʻa ne pehē mai kiate ia, “ʻO aʻu ki hono ua afe ma tolungeau ʻoe ʻaho; ʻaia ʻe toki fakamaʻa ai ʻae potu māʻoniʻoni.”

15 Na ka kite ahau, a Raniera, i taua kite; ka rapua e ahau te tikanga, na me te mea he ahua tangata e tu ana i toku aroaro.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻeku mamata, ʻio, ko au Taniela, ki he meʻa hā mai, mo ʻeku kumi ki hono ʻuhinga, pea ʻiloange naʻe hangē ne tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao ha tangata.

16 I rongo ano ahau i te reo tangata i te takiwa o nga tahatika o Urai e karanga ana, e mea ana, E Kapariera, kia mohio te tangata nei ki te tikanga o te kite.

Pea ne u fanongo ki he leʻo ʻoe tangata mei he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo kauvai ʻo ʻUlai, ʻaia naʻe ui ʻo pehē, “ʻE Kepeleli ke ke fakapotoʻi ʻae tangata ni ke ne ʻilo ʻae meʻa hā mai.”

17 Heoi ka haere mai tera ki te wahi i tu ai ahau; a, i tona taenga mai ka wehi ahau, tapapa ana ahau. Na ka mea ia ki ahau, Kia mohio koe, e te tama a te tangata: mo nga wa hoki o te mutunga te kite ra.

Ko ia naʻa ne haʻu ʻo ofi ki he potu ʻaia ne u tuʻu ai: pea ʻi heʻene haʻu ne u manavahē, pea ne u tō fakafoʻohifo ki hoku mata: pea ne pehē mai kiate au, “Ke ke ʻilo ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, he ka aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻoe kuonga ʻe hoko ai ʻae meʻa hā mai.”

18 Na, i a ia e korero ana ki ahau, ka riro ahau i te moe, he moe reka, me toku mata e anga ana ki te whenua: otiia i pa ia ki ahau, a whakaturia ana ahau ki runga.

Pea ʻi heʻene kei lea kiate au, naʻaku mohe maʻu mo hoku mata ki he kelekele: ka naʻa ne ala mai kiate au, pea fokotuʻu hake au.

19 Na ka mea ia, Nana, ka meinga e ahau kia mohio koe ki nga mea e puta mai i te mutunga o te riri: no te wa hoki tera i whakaritea o te mutunga.

Pea ne pehē, “Vakai, te u fakapotoʻi koe ʻi he ngaahi meʻa e hoko ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe houhau: koeʻuhi ʻe hoko ʻae ngataʻanga ʻi hono kuonga kuo tuʻutuʻuni.

20 Ko te hipi toa i kitea ra e koe i nga haona e rua, ko nga kingi era o Meria, o Pahia.

“Ko e sipitangata ʻaia naʻa ke mamata ai naʻe ua hono nifo, ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Mitia mo Peasia ia.

21 Ko te koati toa puhuruhuru, ko te kingi tera o Kariki: a ko te haona nui i waenganui i ona kanohi, ko te kingi tuatahi tera.

Pea ko e kosi fulufulu ko e tuʻi Kalisi ia; pea ko e nifo māsila ʻoku ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono ongo mata ko e ʻuluaki tuʻi ia.

22 Na, mo te mea i whati ra, i puta ake ra e wha ki tona turanga, tera e ara ake e wha nga kingitanga i roto i te iwi, e kore ia e rite te kaha ki tona.

Pea koeʻuhi foki naʻe fasi ia, pea tuʻu hake ai ʻae toko fā, ʻe tuʻu hake mei he puleʻanga ʻae puleʻanga ʻe fā, ka e ʻikai tatau mo hono mālohi ʻoʻona.

23 Na, i te mutunga o to ratou kingitanga, i te mea ka tae ta nga poka ke ki te tutukitanga, ka ara ake he kingi he kanohi hinana tona, e matau ana ki nga kupu ngaro.

“Pea ʻi he kuonga fakamui ʻo honau puleʻanga, ʻoka hoko ʻo kakato ʻae ngaahi angahala, ʻe tuʻu hake ha tuʻi ʻoku fofonga houhau, pea faʻa ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻilongataʻa.

24 A tera e nui tona kaha, otiia ehara i te mea na tona kaha ake: he hanga whakamiharo tana whakangaro; ka kake ano ia, ka mahi i tana e pai ai, ka whakangaro i nga tangata nunui ratou ko te iwi tapu.

Pea ko hono mālohi ʻe lahi ʻaupito, ka e ʻikai ʻi heʻene mālohi ʻaʻana: pea te ne fai ʻae fakaʻauha fakamanavahē, pea ʻe tupu pe ia mo faʻa fai, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae kakai mālohi mo māʻoniʻoni.

25 Ma tana ngarahu mohio ano ka meinga ai e ia te tinihanga o tona ringa kia kake; ka whakanui ano ia i a ia i roto i tona ngakau, he tokomaha hoki e ngaro i a ia i runga i to ratou noho warea; ka whakatika ano ia ki te rangatira o nga rangatira; o tiia ka wawahia ia, ehara ano i te mea na te ringa.

Pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fai fakapotopoto foki, te ne ʻai ke ʻaonga ʻae kākā ʻi hono nima; pea te ne fakafuofua lahi ia ʻi hono loto, pea te ne fakaʻauha ʻae tokolahi ʻaki ʻae melino; pea te ne tuʻu hake foki ki he ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi ʻeiki; ka e fesiʻi ia taʻeala ki ai ha nima.

26 Na, ko te kite o nga ahiahi, o nga ata, ko tera i korerotia ra, pono tonu: engari kopia atu e koe te kite; he mea hoki ia mo nga ra maha kei te haere mai.

Pea ko e meʻa hā mai ʻoe efiafi mo e pongipongi, ʻaia naʻe tala ʻoku moʻoni ia: ko ia ke ke tāpuni ke maʻu ʻae meʻa hā mai; he ko e meʻa ia ki he ngaahi ʻaho lahi.”

27 Na kua iwikore noa iho ahau, a Raniera, he maha nga ra oku e mate ana; muri iho ka maranga ahau, a mahia ana e ahau te mahi a te kingi; miharo tonu ano ki taua kite, kihai ia i matauria e tetahi.

Pea ko au Taniela ne u pongia, pea ne u mahaki ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho niʻihi; pea hili ia ne u tuʻu hake ʻo fai ʻae ngāue ʻae tuʻi: pea ne u ofo ʻi he meʻa hā mai, ka naʻe ʻikai ʻilo hono ʻuhinga ʻe ha taha.