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I aua rā ka whaka­takoto­ria he tikanga e Hīhā Ākuhata kia tuhi­tuhia te ao katoa. 
Ko te tuhi­tuhi­nga tua­tahi tēnei i meatia i te wā ko Kuirinia te kāwana o Hīria. 
Ā, ka haere ngā tāngata katoa kia tuhi­tuhia, ia tangata, ia tangata, ki tōna ake pā. 
I haere atu anō a Hōhepa i Kariri, i te pā, i Nahareta, ki Hūria, ki te pā o Rāwiri, ko Pēterehema te ingoa; nō te mea nō te whare ia, nō te kāwei o Rāwiri. 
Kia tuhi­tuhia ai rāua ko tāna wahine taumau, ko Meri, e hapū ana ia. 
Ā, i a rāua i reira, ka rite ngā rā e whānau ai ia. 
Nā, ka whānau tāna mātā­mua, ā, takaia ana e ia ki ngā kākahu, ka whaka­takoto­ria ki te takoto­ranga kai mā ngā kararehe; nō te mea kāhore he wāhi mō rātou i te whare. 
I taua wāhi hoki ētahi hēpara e noho koraha ana, e tiaki ana i tā rātou kāhui i te pō. 
Nā, tū ana tētahi ana­hera a te Ariki i ō rātou taha, ā, whiti ana te korōria o te Ariki ki a rātou, ā, tawhio noa; ā, nui whaka­hara­hara tō rātou wehi. 
Nā, ka mea te ana­hera ki a rātou, “Kaua e mataku, tā te mea he kai­kauwhau tēnei ahau ki a koutou mō te hari nui, meāke puta mai ki te iwi katoa. 
Nō nāia­nei hoki i whānau ai he Kai­whaka­ora mō koutou i te pā o Rāwiri, arā a te Karaiti, te Ariki. 
Ko te tohu tēnei ki a koutou; e kite koutou i te tama­iti ka oti te tākai ki te kākahu, e takoto ana i te takoto­ranga kai mā ngā kararehe.” 
Nā, oho­rere tonu ko tētahi ope nui o te rangi e tū tahi ana me taua ana­hera, e whaka­moe­miti ana ki te Atua, e mea ana: 
“Kia whai korōria te Atua i runga rawa, kia mau te rongo ki runga ki te whenua, me te whaka­aro pai ki ngā tāngata!” 
Ā, ka mawehe atu ngā ana­hera i a rātou ki te rangi, ka mea ngā hēpara tētahi ki tētahi, “Tātou ka haere ki Pēterehema, kia kite i tēnei mea kua puta nei, kua whaka­pua­kina mai nei e te Ariki ki a tātou.” 
Nā, kaikā tonu tā rātou haere, ā, ka kite i a Meri, i a Hōhepa i te tama­iti hoki e takoto ana i te takoto­ranga kai mā ngā kararehe. 
Ā, nō ka kite, ka whaka­pua­kina te mea i kōrero­tia ki a rātou mō tēnei tama­iti. 
Ā, mīharo ana ngā kai­whaka­rongo katoa ki ēnei mea, i kōrero­tia nei ki a rātou e ngā hēpara. 
Ko Meri ia i āta rongoā i ēnei mea katoa, me te whaka­aro­aro i roto i tōna ngākau. 
Nā, ka hoki ngā hēpara, me te whaka­korōria, me te whaka­moe­miti ki te Atua mō ngā mea katoa i rongo nei, i kite nei rātou, i rite nei ki ngā mea i kōrero­tia ki a rātou. 
Ā, nō ka rite ngā rā e waru, e kotia ai te tama­iti, ka huaina tōna ingoa ko Īhu, ko tā te ana­hera i hua ai i te mea kāhore anō i hapū tōna whaea. 
Ā, ka rite ngā rā e purea ai te whaea, e whaka­ritea ai te ture a Mohi, ka kawea ia e rātou ki Hiruhārama, kia tāpaea ki te Ariki. 
Kia pērā­tia me te mea i tuhi­tuhia ki te ture a te Ariki: “Ko ngā tāne katoa e oroko puta mai i te kōpū, e kīa he tapu ki te Ariki.” 
Kia hoatu anō he patu­nga tapu, te mea i kōrero­tia i roto i te ture a te Ariki, kia rua kūkupa, kia rua rānei pī kūkupa. 
Nā, i Hiruhārama tētahi tangata, ko Himiona te ingoa; he tangata tika, he tangata whaka­aro, e tatari ana ki te whaka­hari­nga o Īharaira, kei runga hoki te Wairua Tapu i a ia. 
Nā, kua whaka­mahara­tia ia e te Wairua Tapu, e kore ia e kite i te mate, kia kite rā anō ia i tā te Ariki Karaiti. 
Nā, ka haere ia ki te teme­para, he mea­tanga nā te Wairua; ā, i ngā mātua e mau ana i te tama­iti, i a Īhu, kia meatia ai e rāua ki a ia tā te ture i whaka­rite ai, 
ka tango ia i a ia ki ōna ringa, ka whaka­pai ki te Atua, ka mea: 
“Kātahi, e te Ariki, ka tukua tāu pono­nga kia haere i runga i te rangi­mārie, ka pērā me tāu i kōrero ai. 
Ka kite nei hoki ōku kanohi i tāu whaka­ora­nga, 
ka whaka­takoto­ria nei e koe ki te aro­aro o ngā iwi katoa; 
hei whaka­mārama e kite ai ngā tauiwi, hei korōria hoki mō tāu iwi, mō Īharaira.” 
Ā, mīharo tonu a Hōhepa rāua ko tōna whaea ki ngā kupu i kōrero­tia mōna. 
Nā, ka manaaki a Himiona i a rāua, ā, ka mea ki tōna whaea, ki a Meri, “Nana, ka waiho tēnei tama hei taka­nga, hei aranga, mō te tini o te tangata i roto i a Īharaira; hei tohu hoki e kōrero­tia kino­tia. 
Āe rā, ka tika atu anō te hoari, ā, puta noa i tōu ake wairua, e hura­hia ai ngā whaka­aro o ngā ngākau maha.” 
Ā, tērā hoki tētahi ko Ana, he poro­piti, he tamā­hine nā Panuera, nō te iwi o Āhera; kua kaumātua ia, e whitu ngā tau o tōna wāhina­tanga ake i noho ai i te tāne. 
He pouaru, kua waru tekau mā whā rawa ōna tau e pērā ana; heoi, kīhai i mahue i a ia te teme­para; he kara­kia tonu tāna, he noho­puku, he īnoi, i te pō, i te ao. 
Nā, ka tae atu ia i taua hāora anō, ka whaka­whetai ki te Ariki, ā, kōrero­tia ana ia e ia ki te hunga katoa o Hiruhārama e tatari ana ki te whaka­ora­nga. 
Ā, nō ka oti ngā mea katoa e rite ana ki tā te Ariki ture, ka hoki rātou ki Kariri, ki tō rātou ake pā, ki Nahareta. 
Nā, ka tupu te tama­iti, ka pakari haere, ka kī i ngā whaka­aro nunui, ā, i runga i a ia te aroha noa o te Atua. 
Ā, i haere ōna mātua i ia tau, i ia tau ki Hiruhārama i te Hākari o te Kape­nga. 
Ā, ka tekau mā rua ōna tau, ka haere rātou i runga i ngā rite­nga o te hākari. 
Ā, ka rite ngā rā, i a rāua e hoki ana, ka whaka­ware iho te tama­iti, a Īhu, i Hiruhārama; kīhai hoki ōna mātua i mōhio. 
I mahara hoki rāua kei roto ia i te tira, nā, ka haere, kotahi te rā ki te ara; ā, ka rapu rāua i a ia i roto i ngā whanau­nga, i ā rāua tāngata hoki i mōhio ai. 
Ā, nō te kore­nga i kitea ia, hoki ana rāua ki Hiruhārama, ki te rapu i a ia. 
Ā muri iho i ngā rā e toru ka kitea ia i roto i te teme­para, e noho ana i waenga­nui o ngā kai­whaka­ako, e whaka­rongo ana ki a rātou, e ui ana ki a rātou. 
Ā, mīharo katoa ki tōna mātau­ranga, ki āna kōrero, te hunga i rongo ki a ia. 
Ā, nō ka kite rāua i a ia, ka tino mīharo; ka mea tōna whaea ki a ia, “E tama, he aha koe i pēnei ai ki a māua? Nā, pōuri noa iho māua ko tōu pāpā, i a māua i rapu nei i a koe.” 
Ka mea ia ki a rāua, “He aha kōrua i rapu ai i ahau? Kīhai kōrua i mahara kia noho ahau i te whare o tōku Matua?” 
Heoi, kīhai rāua i mātau ki te kupu i kōrero­tia rā e ia ki a rāua. 
Nā, ka haere tahi atu ia me rāua ka tae ki Nahareta, ka ngohe­ngohe ia ki a rāua. Ko tōna whaea ia i rongoā i ēnei kupu katoa i roto i tōna ngākau. 
Nā, ka kake haere a Īhu te whaka­aro nui, te kaumātua, ka pai­ngia anō e te Atua, e te tangata. 
