Ehetere 6
1 I taua po kihai i moe te kingi, a ka mea kia kawea mai te pukapuka whakamahara ki nga meatanga o nga ra. Na ka korerotia ki te aroaro o te kingi.
Pea naʻe ʻikai faʻa mohe ʻae tuʻi ʻi he pō ko ia, pea naʻe fekau ʻe ia ke ʻomi ʻae tohi fakamatala meʻa fakapuleʻanga: pea naʻe lau ia ʻi hono ʻao.
2 Na ka kitea, kua oti te tuhituhi te whakaatu a Mororekai mo Pikitana raua ko Terehe, mo nga rangatira ruma tokorua a te kingi, he kaitiaki tetau, i whai raua kia pa te ringa ki a Kingi Ahahueruha.
Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻi he tohi, naʻe fakahā ʻe Motekiai ʻa Pikitani mo Telesi, ko e ongo tauhi fale ʻoe tuʻi, ʻaia naʻe ʻiate kinaua ʻae matapā, ʻaia naʻa na kumi ke lapasi ʻae tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo.
3 Na ka mea te kingi, He aha te honore, te kororia, i whiwhi ai a Mororekai mo tenei? Ano ra ko nga tangata a te kingi i mahi nei ki a ia, Kihai tetahi mea i meatia ki a ia.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “Ko e hā ʻae fakaongoongolelei mo e fakahikihiki naʻe fai kia Motekiai ki he meʻa ni?” Pea pehē ai ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae tuʻi ʻaia naʻe tauhi ia, “naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa naʻe fai maʻana.”
4 Na ka mea te kingi, Ko wai kei te marae? Na tera a Hamana kua tae mai ki te marae o waho o te whare o te kingi, ki te korero ki te kingi, kia taronatia a Mororekai ki runga ki te tarawa kua oti te hanga mona.
Pea pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “Ko hai ʻoku ʻi loto fale?” Pea vakai kuo hoko ange ʻa Hamani ki he fale ʻituʻa ʻoe fale ʻoe tuʻi, ke lea ki he tuʻi ke tautau ʻa Motekiai ki he tautauʻanga naʻa ne teuteu.
5 Na ka mea nga tangata a te kingi ki a ia, Ko Hamana tenei e tu mai nei i te marae. Ano ra ko te kingi, Kia haere mai ia.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae tuʻi kiate ia, “Vakai, ko Hamani ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he fale [ʻituʻa].” Pea pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “Tuku ke haʻu ia.”
6 Heoi ka haere mai a Hamana. Na ka mea te kingi ke a ia, Ko te aha kia meatia ki ta te kingi tangata e pai ai kia whakahonoretia? Na ko te meatanga ake a Hamana i roto i tona ngakau, Ko wai atu i ahau ta te kingi e pai ai kia whakahonoretia?
Ko ia naʻe hū ange ʻa Hamani. Pea pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻoku lelei ke fai ki he tangata ʻoku fiefia ʻae tuʻi ke fakaongoongolelei?” Pea naʻe mahalo ʻe Hamani ʻi hono loto, “Ko hai ʻe fiefia ai ʻae tuʻi ke fakaongolelei ʻo lahi hake ʻiate au?”
7 Na ka mea a Hamana ki te kingi, Mo ta te kingi tangata e pai ai kia whakahonoretia,
Pea naʻe lea ʻa Hamani ki he tuʻi, [ʻo pehē], “Ko e tangata ʻoku fiefia ai ʻae tuʻi ke fakaongoongolelei.
8 Me kawe mai nga kakahu kingi, e kakahu nei te kingi me te hoiho ano e ekengia ana e te kingi, potae rawa he karauna kingi ki tona matenga;
Tuku ke ʻomi ʻae ngaahi kofu fakatuʻi ʻaia ʻoku faʻa ʻai ʻe he tuʻi, mo e hoosi ʻoku heka ai ʻae tuʻi, mo e tatā fakatuʻi ʻaia ʻoku ʻai ki hono fofonga:
9 Na ka hoatu taua kakahu me te hoiho ke te ringa o tetahi o nga tino rangatira a te kingi, kia whakakakahuria atu ki te tangata e pai ai te kingi kia whakahonoretia; na ka mea i a ia kia eke i runga i te hoiho i te waharoa o te pa, ka karanga haer e ai i mua i a ia, Ka peneitia te tangata e pai ai te kingi kia whakahonoretia.
Pea tuku ʻae ngaahi kofu ni mo e hoosi ki he nima ʻoe tokotaha ʻoe houʻeiki lahi ʻoe tuʻi, koeʻuhi, ke nau teuʻi ʻaki ia ʻae tangata ʻaia ʻoku fiefia ai ʻae tuʻi ke fakahikihiki, pea ʻomi heka hoosi ia ʻi he hala lahi ʻoe kolo, pea lea kalanga ʻi hono ʻao, ‘ʻE fai pehē ki he tangata ʻaia ʻoku loto fiemālie ʻae tuʻi ke fakahikihiki.’”
10 Katahi ka mea te kingi ki a Hamana, Kia hohoro tau tiki atu i te kakahu, i te hoiho, i tau i ki na, ka pera ai ki a Mororekai, ki te Hurai, e noho nei i te kuwaha o te kingi. Kei taka tetahi kupu o nga mea katoa i korerotia e koe.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia Hamani, “Fai vave, ʻave ʻae ngaahi kofu mo e hoosi, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo ke tala, pea fai pehē pē kia Motekiai ko e Siu, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ʻi he matapā ʻoe tuʻi: ʻoua naʻa liʻaki ha meʻa siʻi ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē kuo ke lea ki ai.”
11 Katahi ka tikina e Hamana te kakahu, me te hoiho, a whakakakahuria ana e ia a Mororekai, arahina ana i runga i te hoiho i te waharoa o te pa, me te karanga ano i tona aroaro, Ka peneitia te tangata e pai ai te kingi kia whakahonoretia.
Pea naʻe toʻo ai ʻe Hamani ʻae ngaahi kofu, mo e hoosi, ʻo ne teuʻi ʻa Motekiai, ʻo ne ʻave ia ʻi he heka hoosi ʻi he hala lahi ʻoe kolo, pea naʻe kalanga ʻi hono ʻao, “ʻE fai pehē pe ki he tangata ʻaia ʻoku loto fiemālie ki ai ʻae tuʻi ke fakahikihiki.”
12 Na hoki ana a Mororekai ki te kuwaha o te kingi; ko Hamana ia i hohoro ki tona whare, pouri tonu, hipoki rawa te mahunga.
Pea naʻe toe haʻu ʻa Motekiai ki he matapā ʻoe tuʻi. Ka naʻe ʻalu fakavave ʻa Hamani ki hono fale, kuo ʻufiʻufi hono ʻulu.
13 Na ka korerotia e Hamana ki tana wahine, ki a Herehe, ki ona hoa katoa nga mea katoa i pa ki a ia. Katahi ana tangata mohio, ratou ko tana wahine, ko Herehe, ka mea ki a ia, Ki te mea no nga uri o nga Hurai a Mororekai, kua timata na koe te hing a i tona aroaro, e kore koe e kaha i a ia, engari ka hinga rawa koe i tona aroaro.
Pea naʻe tala ʻe Hamani kia Selesi ko hono uaifi mo hono kāinga kotoa pē ʻae meʻa kotoa pē kuo hoko kiate ia. Pea naʻe pehē ai ʻe heʻene kau tangata poto mo Selesi ko hono uaifi, “Kapau ʻoku ʻi he hako ʻoe kakai Siu ʻa Motekiai, ʻaia ko e ʻao ʻoʻona kuo kamata ai hoʻo hinga, ʻe ʻikai te ke faʻa ikuʻi ia, ka ko e moʻoni te ke hinga ʻi hono ʻao.”
14 I a ratou e korero ana ki a ia, ka tae mai nga rangatira ruma a te kingi, porangi tonu, hei arahi mo Hamana ki te hakari i taka e Ehetere.
Pea lolotonga ʻenau kei talanoa mo ia, mo ʻene haʻu ai ʻae kau tauhi fale ʻoe tuʻi, pea fakatoʻotoʻo ke ʻomi ʻa Hamani ki he kātoanga naʻe teu ʻe Eseta.
