1Nā, ka mau a Nātapa rāua ko Apihu, ngā tama a Ārona, ki ā rāua tahu kakara, ā, makā ana he ahi ki roto, ā, whakatakotoria iho e rāua he whakakakara ki runga, nā, whakaherea ana e rāua he ahi kē ki te aroaro o Ihowā, he mea kīhai i whakahaua e ia ki a rāua.
2Nā, ko te putanga mai o te ahi i te aroaro o Ihowā, ā, pau ake rāua, ā, mate iho rāua i te aroaro o Ihowā.
3Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki a Ārona, “Ko te mea tēnei i kōrero rā a Ihowā, i mea rā,
‘Me whakatapu ahau e te hunga katoa
e whakatata mai ana ki ahau,
me whakakorōria anō hoki ahau
ki te aroaro o te iwi katoa.’ ”
Ā, whakarongo puku ana a Ārona.
4Nā, ka karanga a Mohi ki a Mihāera rāua ko Eritapana, ngā tama a Utiere matua kēkē o Ārona, ka mea ki a rāua, “Haere mai, maua atu ō kōrua tuākana i mua i te wāhi tapu, ki waho o te puni.”
5Nā, ka haere rāua, ka mau i a rāua i roto i ō rāua koti ki waho o te puni; i pērā anō rāua me tā Mohi i kī ai.
6Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki a Ārona, rātou ko āna tama ko Ereātara, ko Itamara, “Kaua ngā makawe o ō koutou mātenga e waiho kia mahora noa, kaua anō hoki e haea ō koutou kākahu; kei mate koutou, kei rīria hoki te iwi katoa. Engari kia tangihia e ō koutou tēina, e te whare katoa o Īharaira, te tahunga i tahuna nei e Ihowā.
7Kaua hoki koutou e puta i te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, kei mate koutou; kei runga hoki i a koutou te hinu whakawahi a Ihowā.” Nā, ka meatia e rātou tā Mohi i kōrero ai.
Tikanga mō ngā Tohunga8Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Ārona, ka mea,
9“Kaua e inumia he wāina, tētahi wai whakahaurangi rānei, e koutou tahi ko āu tama, ina haere ki te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, kei mate koutou. Hei tikanga pūmau tēnei ki ō koutou whakatupuranga.
10Kia taea ai hoki te wehe, te tapu me te noa, te poke me te pokekore;
11kia taea ai hoki te whakaako i ngā tama a Īharaira ki ngā tikanga katoa i kōrerotia e Ihowā ki a rātou, arā e Mohi.”
12I kōrero anō a Mohi ki a Ārona, ki āna tama anō i ora, ki a Ereātara, ki a Itamara: “Tīkina te whakahere totokore e toe ana o ngā whakahere ahi a Ihowā, ka kai rēwenakore ai ki te taha o te āta, he tino tapu hoki;
13ā, me kai ki te wāhi tapu, ko taua wāhi hoki o ngā whakahere ahi a Ihowā māu, mā āu tama hoki; ko te mea tēnā i whakahaua ki ahau.
14Ko te uma poipoi me te hūhā hapahapai me kai ki te wāhi pokekore, e koe, e koutou tahi ko āu tama, ko āu tamāhine; i whakaritea hoki ēnā hei wāhi māu, hei wāhi hoki mā āu tama, he mea hōmai nō roto i ngā patunga mō te pai a ngā tama a Īharaira.”
15Me kawe tahi mai e rātou te hūhā hapahapai, te uma poipoi, me te ngako mō ngā whakahere ahi, ā, ka poipoia hei whakahere poipoi ki te aroaro o Ihowā; ā, ka waiho mā koutou tahi ko āu tama; hei tikanga pūmau tēnei; ko tā Ihowā hoki i whakahau ai.
16Nā, ka āta rapu a Mohi i te koati o te whakahere hara, nā, kua tahuna – nā, ka riri ia ki a Ereātara rāua ko Itamara, ki ngā tama a Ārona i ora, ka mea,
17“He aha tē kainga ai e koutou te whakahere hara ki te wāhi tapu, he tino tapu nei hoki, ā, kua hōmai anō mā koutou, mā koutou hoki e waha te kino o te whakaminenga, e whakamārie hoki mō rātou ki te aroaro o Ihowā?
18Titiro hoki, kāhore anō ōna toto i kawea ki roto ki te wāhi tapu; ko te tikanga kia kainga tēnā e koutou ki te wāhi tapu, ko tāku hoki i whakahau ai.”
19Nā, ka mea atu a Ārona ki a Mohi, “Nanā, nōnāianei i whakaherea ai e rātou tā rātou whakahere hara, me tā rātou tahunga tinana, ki te aroaro o Ihowā; ā, kua pā mai ēnei mea ki ahau! Ā, me i kainga te whakahere hara e ahau ināianei, tērā rānei e manakohia mai e Ihowā?”
20Ā, ka rongo a Mohi, nā, ka whakaae.
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