1Ā, ka taka ngā tau e rua, ka moe a Parao; nā, i te taha ia o te awa e tū ana.
2Nā, ko te putanga ake o ngā kau e whitu i roto i te awa, he āhua pai, e whai kiko ana; ā, ka kai rātou i roto i ngā wīwī.
3Nā, ko te putanga ake anō o ētahi kau e whitu i muri i a rātou i roto i te awa, he āhua kino, he kikokore; ā, tū ana rātou i te taha o ērā kau i te pareparenga o te awa.
4Nā, ka kainga e ngā kau āhua kino, kikokore, ngā kau āhua pai e whitu, ngā mea mōmona. Ā, ka ara ake a Parao.
5Ā, ka parangia anō ia, nā, ko te rua o āna moe. Nā, ko te putanga ake o ngā puku wīti e whitu, kotahi anō hoki te kakau, he mea whai kiko, he pai.
6Nā, ko ngā puku e whitu e tupu ake ana i muri i ērā, he mea kikokore, he mea ngingio i te marangai.
7Ā, horomia ake ngā puku whai kiko e whitu, ngā mea whai kai, e ngā puku kikokore e whitu. Ko te aranga ake o Parao; nā, he moe!
8Ā, i te ata; nā, ka pororaru tōna wairua; ā, ka tono tāngata ia ki te karanga i ngā tohunga māori katoa o Īhipa, me ngā mea mōhio katoa o reira. Ā, kōrerotia atu ana tāna moe e Parao ki a rātou, otiia, kīhai i taea e tētahi te whakaatu i te tikanga o aua moe ki a Parao.
9Nā, ka kōrero te tino kaiwhakainu ki a Parao, ka mea, “Kātahi ahau ka mahara ki ōku hē.
10I riri mai a Parao ki āna pononga, ā, i tuku i ahau kia puritia ki roto ki te whare o te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki, ahau me te tino kaihanga taro.
11Ā, ka moe māua i tētahi moe i te pō kotahi, ahau, a ia hoki; i moe māua ahau, a ia, me te tikanga anō o ā māua moe.
12Nā, i reira i a māua tētahi taitama Hiperu, he pononga nā te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki; ā, ka kōrerotia e māua ki a ia, ā, whakaaturia mai ana e ia te tikanga o ā māua moe ki a māua; rite tonu tāna whakaaturanga ki tā tērā moe, ki tāku.
13Ā, tika tonu tāna i whakaatu ai ki a māua; ko ahau i whakahokia e ia ki tāku mahi, ko tērā i tāronatia.”
14Nā, ka tono tangata a Parao, hei karanga i a Hōhepa, ā, ka hohoro rātou te mau mai i a ia i roto i te whare herehere. Nā, ka heu ia i a ia, ka tango i ētahi kākahu kē mōna, ā, haere ana ki a Parao.
15Ā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, “I moe ahau i tētahi moe, ā, kāhore he tangata hei whakaatu i tōna tikanga. Nā, kua tae mai tōu rongo ki ahau, e kōrerotia ana ki te rongo koe i te moe ka taea e koe te whakaatu tōna tikanga.”
16Nā, ka whakahoki a Hōhepa ki a Parao, ka mea, “Ehara i ahau; mā te Atua e whakahoki te kupu pai ki a Parao.”
17Nā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, “I ahau e moe ana, nā, e tū ana ahau i te pareparenga o te awa;
18nā, ka puta ake i te awa ngā kau e whitu, he mea whai kiko, he āhua pai; ā, ka kai rātou i roto i ngā wīwī.
19Nā, ko te putanga ake o ētahi atu kau e whitu i muri i ērā, he hīroki, he āhua kino noa iho, he kikokore, kāhore ahau i kite i tō rātou rite te kino i te whenua katoa o Īhipa.
20Nā, ka kainga ngā kau e whitu ō mua, ngā mea mōmona, e ngā kau hīroki, e ngā mea kino;
21ā, i tō rātou toremitanga ki roto i a rātou, e kore e mōhiotia kua toremi rātou ki roto i a rātou; he mau tonu hoki tō rātou āhua kino, he pērā me tō te tīmatanga. Nā, ka ara ahau.
22“Nā, i kite anō ahau i ahau e moe ana, ko ngā puku wīti e whitu e tupu ake ana i te kakau kotahi, he mea whai kai, he mea pai.
23Nā, ko ngā puku e whitu, he mea taramore, he mea kikokore, i ngingio nei i te marangai, e tupu ake ana i muri i aua puku;
24ā, horomia ake ngā puku papai e whitu e ngā puku kikokore. Nā, ka kōrerotia e ahau ki ngā tohunga māori; ā, kāhore tētahi hei whakaatu ki ahau.”
25Nā, ko te meatanga a Hōhepa ki a Parao, “Ko te moe a Parao kotahi tonu; e whakaaturia ana e te Atua ki a Parao ngā mea e meatia ana e ia.
26Ko ngā kau pai e whitu, e whitu ngā tau; ko ngā puku pai anō e whitu, e whitu ngā tau; kotahi anō te moe.
27Ā, ko ngā kau hīroki e whitu, ko ngā mea kino i puta ake rā i muri i a rātou, e whitu ēnā ngā tau; ā, ko ngā puku wīti e whitu, ko ngā mea i ngingio i te marangai, e whitu ēnā ngā tau matekai.
28“Ko te mea tēnā i kōrerotia e ahau ki a Parao; ko tā te Atua e mea ai e whakakitea ana e ia ki a Parao.
29Nanā, e whitu ngā tau e haere mai nei e nui ai te hua o te whenua katoa o Īhipa;
30ā, e whitu ngā tau matekai e ara ake i muri i ērā; ā, ka wareware katoa te hua i te whenua o Īhipa; ā, ka ngaro te whenua i te matekai.
31Ā, e kore taua hua e mōhiotia e te whenua, i taua matekai hoki ō muri; nō te mea he tino nanakia.
32Ā, i tuaruatia ai te moe a Parao, he mea pūmau nā te Atua, ka hohoro anō te meatia e te Atua.
33“Nā, reira, me titiro e Parao tētahi tangata mōhio, whai whakaaro, kia tukua e ia ngā tikanga o te whenua o Īhipa ki a ia.
34Kia meatia tēnei e Parao, kia whakaritea hoki e ia ētahi kaitirotiro mō te whenua, ā, kia tangohia e ia te rima o ngā wāhi o te whenua o Īhipa i ngā tau hua e whitu.
35Kia kohia hoki ngā kai katoa o ēnei tau pai e haere ake nei, kia āmitia mai hoki he wīti ki raro i te ringa o Parao, kia tohungia anō hoki he kai i roto i ngā pā.
36Nā, ka pae taua kai mā te whenua mō ngā tau matekai e whitu e puta mai ana ki te whenua o Īhipa; e kore ai e ngaro te whenua i te matekai.”
Ka Whakarangatira i Īhipa a Hōhepa37Ā, he pai taua mea ki te titiro a Parao, ki te titiro hoki a āna tāngata katoa.
38Nā, ka mea a Parao ki āna tāngata, “E kitea rānei e tātou he pēnei, he tangata kei a ia nei te Wairua o te Atua?”
39Ā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, “Nā, kua whakakitea nei e te Atua ēnei mea katoa ki a koe, kāhore hoki he tangata hei rite mōu, te mōhio, te whai whakaaro.
40Ko koe hei rangatira mō tōku whare, ā, mā tāu kupu tōku iwi katoa e tohutohu; ko te torōna anake te mea e nui ake ai ahau i a koe.”
41Ā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, “Titiro, kua waiho nei koe e ahau hei rangatira mō te whenua katoa o Īhipa.”
42Nā, ka tangohia e Parao tōna mōwhiti i tōna ringa, ā, kuhua ana e ia ki te ringa o Hōhepa, i whakakākahuria hoki ia e ia ki ngā kākahu rīnena pai, ā, whakaheia ana he hei kōura ki tōna kakī.
43I whakaekea anō ia e ia ki runga ki te tuarua o ōna hāriata; ā, ka karangatia e rātou i mua i a ia, “Kia piko te turi!” Ka waiho ia e ia hei rangatira mō te whenua katoa o Īhipa.
44I mea anō a Parao ki a Hōhepa, “Ko Parao ahau, ā, ki te kāhore koe, e kore e ara ake te ringa, te waewae rānei o tētahi i te whenua katoa o Īhipa.”
45Nā, ka huaina e Parao te ingoa o Hōhepa. Ko Tawhanatapaneaha; ā, i hōmai anō e ia hei wahine māna, a Ahenata, tamāhine a Potiwhera, tohunga o Ono. Nā, ka haere a Hōhepa ā puta noa i te whenua katoa o Īhipa.
46E toru tekau ngā tau o Hōhepa i tōna tūranga i te aroaro o Parao, o te kīngi o Īhipa. Nā, ka puta atu a Hōhepa i te aroaro o Parao, ā, ka haere ā puta noa i te whenua katoa o Īhipa.
47Ā, i ngā tau hua e whitu, me te mea he aohanga nā te ringa te hua o te whenua.
48Nā, ka kohia e ia ngā kai katoa o ngā tau e whitu i puta ki te whenua o Īhipa, ā, rongoātia ana te kai ki ngā pā. Ko te kai o te māra i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha o te pā, i rongoātia e ia ki taua pā anō.
49Heoi, āmitia ana e Hōhepa he wīti, me te mea ko te onepū o te moana, he hira whakaharahara; ā, whakarērea noatia iho e ia te tatau; kāhore hoki i taea te tatau.
50Nā, ka whānau ngā tama tokorua a Hōhepa, i te mea kāhore anō kia puta noa ngā tau matekai, i whānau hoki i a rāua ko Ahenata tamāhine a Potiwhera tohunga o Ono.
51Ā, i huaina e Hōhepa te ingoa o te mātāmua ko Mānahi, “Nō te mea,” e kī ana ia, “kua meinga ahau e te Atua kia wareware ki tāku mahi nui katoa, ki te whare katoa anō hoki o tōku pāpā.”
52Ā, i huaina e ia te ingoa o te tuarua ko Ēparaima, “Mōku hoki i meinga e te Atua kia hua ki te whenua o tōku tangihanga.”
53Nā, ka taka ngā tau hua e whitu i puta mai rā ki te whenua o Īhipa,
54ā, ka tīmata ngā tau matekai e whitu te puta ake, ka pērā hoki me tā Hōhepa i kōrero ai. Ā, i ngā whenua katoa te matekai; ko te whenua katoa ia o Īhipa i whai taro.
55Nā, i te matenga o te whenua katoa o Īhipa i te kai, ka tangi te iwi ki a Parao ki te taro mā rātou; ā, ka mea a Parao ki ngā Īhipiana katoa, “Haere ki a Hōhepa; me mea e koutou tāna e mea ai ki a koutou.”
56Nā, i runga i te mata katoa o te whenua te matekai; ā, ka wāhia e Hōhepa ngā toa katoa, ā, hokona ana e ia ki ngā Īhipiana; he nanakia hoki te matekai i te whenua o Īhipa.
57Ā, ka haere ngā whenua katoa ki Īhipa, ki a Hōhepa, ki te hoko wīti; nō te mea he nui rawa te matekai o ngā whenua katoa.
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