1Tērā tētahi tangata i te whenua o Uhu, ko Hopa tōna ingoa. Ā, ko taua tangata he tangata tapatahi, he tika, he tangata wehi ki te Atua, mawehe i te kino.
2Nā, ka puta ōna uri, tokowhitu ngā tama, tokotoru ngā tamāhine.
3Ko āna rawa hoki, e whitu mano ngā hipi, e toru mano ngā kāmera, ko ngā kau, e rima rau ngā ioka, e rima rau ngā kāihe uha, ā, ko āna pononga he tini noa atu. Nā reira, nui atu taua tangata i ngā tāngata katoa o te rāwhiti.
4Nā, ka haere āna tama, ka takā he hākari ki ō rātou whare, he rā ki tō tēnei, he rā ki tō tēnei; ā, ka tukua he karere hei karanga i ō rātou tuāhine tokotoru kia kai tahi, kia inu tahi rātou.
5Ā, ka taka ngā rā o tā rātou kai hākari, ka unga tāngata a Hopa, ā, whakatapua ana rātou, maranga wawe ana ia i te ata, whakaekea ana e ia he tahunga tinana, rite tonu ki a rātou katoa te maha; i mea hoki a Hopa, “Tērā pea kua hara āku tama, kua kanga ki te Atua i roto i ō rātou ngākau.” Ko tā Hopa mahi tonu tēnei i ngā rā katoa.
6Nā, i tētahi o aua rā ka haere mai ngā tama a te Atua, kia tū ai rātou i te aroaro o Ihowā, ā, haere ana mai a Hātana i roto i a rātou.
7Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hātana, “I haere mai koe i hea?”
Anō rā ko Hātana ki a Ihowā, ka mea, “I te kōpikopiko, i te hāereere i te whenua.”
8Anō rā ko Ihowā ki a Hātana, “Kua mahara rānei tōu ngākau ki tāku pononga, ki a Hopa, kāhore hoki he rite mōna i te whenua, he tangata ngākau tapatahi, he tika, e wehi ana i te Atua, e mawehe ana i te kino?”
9Anō rā ko Hātana ki a Ihowā, ka mea, “He wehi noa ianei tō Hopa i te Atua?
10He teka ianei kua oti ia te karapoti e koe ki te taiepa, me tōna whare, me āna mea katoa? Kua manaakitia e koe te mahi a ōna ringa, kua nui haere hoki āna kararehe i runga i te whenua.
11Engari totoro tōu ringa, pā atu ki āna mea katoa; inā, ka kanga ia i a koe ki tōu aroaro.”
12Anō rā ko Ihowā ki a Hātana, “Nanā, ko āna mea katoa kei tōu ringa, kaua ia tōu ringa e totoro ki a ia.” Heoi, haere atu ana a Hātana i te aroaro o Ihowā.
Te Whakamātautau Tuatahi o Hopa13Nā, i tētahi o ngā rā i te mea e kai ana āna tama, āna tamāhine, e inu wāina ana i roto i te whare o tō rātou tuakana,
14ka haere mai tētahi karere ki a Hopa, ka mea, “I te parau ngā kau, me te kai anō ngā kāihe i tō rātou taha,
15nā, ka kōkiri mai ngā Hapeana, kāhakina ana rātou; ko ngā tāngata hoki, patua iho ki te mata o te hoari; ko ahau anake kua mawhiti mai, tōku kotahi, hei kōrero ki a koe.”
16I tēnei anō e kōrero ana, ka tae mai anō tētahi, ka mea, “Kua taka iho he ahi nā te Atua i te rangi, ā, toro ana i roto i ngā hipi, i ngā tāngata, ā, pau noa, ko ahau anake kua mawhiti mai, tōku kotahi, hei kōrero ki a koe.”
17I tēnei anō e kōrero ana, ka tae mai anō tētahi, ka mea, “Wehea ake e ngā Karari e toru ngā matua, huaki ana ki ngā kāmera, kāhakina ana e rātou; ko ngā tāngata patua iho ki te mata o te hoari, ā, ko ahau anake kua mawhiti mai, tōku kotahi, hei kōrero ki a koe.”
18I tēnei anō e kōrero ana, ka tae mai anō tētahi, ka mea, “Ko āu tama, ko āu tamāhine, i te kai, i te inu wāina i roto i te whare o tō rātou tuākana,
19nā, ko te putanga mai o tētahi hau nui i te koraha, patu pū ki ngā koki e whā o te whare, hinga ana ki runga ki ngā taitamariki; mate ake rātou; ā, ko ahau anake kua mawhiti mai, tōku kotahi, hei kōrero ki a koe.”
20Kātahi ka whakatika a Hopa; haea ana e ia tōna koroka; heua ana tōna māhunga; takoto ana ki te whenua; koropiko ana,
21ā, ka mea ia,
“I puta tahanga mai ahau i te kōpū o tōku whaea,
ā, ka hoki tahanga atu anō ahau ki reira.
Nā Ihowā i hōmai, nā Ihowā i tango;
kia whakapaingia te ingoa o Ihowā.”
22I tēnei katoa kīhai a Hopa i hara, kīhai anō i whakakūware ki tā te Atua.
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