1 Muri iho i ēnei mea ka whakakite a Īhu i a ia ki ngā ākonga i te moana o Taipiria; ko tāna whakakitenga tēnei.
2 E noho tahi ana a Haimona Pita, a Tamati, ko Ririmu nei tōna ingoa, a Natanahira o Kana o Karirī, ngā tama a Heperi, me tētahi tokorua atu anō o āna ākonga.
3 Ka mea a Haimona Pita ki a rātou, “Ka haere ahau ki te hao.”
4 Nā, ka pūao te ata, ko Īhu e tū ana i tātahi; otiia, kīhai ngā ākonga i mōhio ko Īhu ia.
5 Nā, ko te meatanga a Īhu ki a rātou, “E tama mā, kāhore ā koutou kai?”
6 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Makā te kupenga ki te taha matau o te kaipuke, ā, ka mau ētahi.”
7 Kātahi, ka mea te ākonga i arohaina e Īhu ki a Pita, “Ko te Ariki!” Ā, nō te rongonga o Haimona Pita, ko te Ariki, ka whītikiria tōna kākahu, e tū kau ana hoki ia, ā, rere ana ki te moana.
8 Ko ērā ākonga ia i hoe i runga i te poti, kīhai hoki i mamao atu i te whenua, me te mea e rua rau whatīanga, e kukume ana i te kupenga, i ngā ika.
9 Heoi, nō tō rātou ūnga ki uta, ka kite i te kāpura waro me ngā ika e takoto ana i runga, me tētahi taro.
10 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Hōmai ētahi o ngā ika kua mau nā i a koutou.”
11 Nā, haere ana a Haimona Pita, ā, kūmea ana e ia te kupenga ki uta, kī tonu i ngā ika nunui, kotahi rau e rima tekau mā toru; ā, ahakoa tini, kīhai i pakaru te kupenga.
12 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, “Haere mai ki te kai.” Heoi, kīhai tētahi o ngā ākonga i māia ki te ui ki a ia, “Ko wai koe?” I mōhio hoki ko te Ariki.
13 Nā, ka haere a Īhu, ka mau ki te taro, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki a rātou, me ngā ika.
14 Ko te toru tēnei o ngā putanga o Īhu ki āna ākonga, i muri i tōna aranga ake i te hunga mate.
15 Ā, ka mutu tā rātou kai, ka mea a Īhu ki a Haimona Pita, “E Haimona, tama a Hona, rahi atu rānei tōu aroha ki ahau i tō ēnei?”
16 Ka mea anō ia ki a ia, ko te rua o ngā meatanga, “E Haimona, tama a Hona, e aroha ana koe ki ahau?”
17 Ka mea ia ki a ia, ko te toru o ngā meatanga, “E Haimona, tama a Hona, e aroha ana koe ki ahau?”
18 He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koe, i tōu tamarikitanga, i whītiki koe i a koe, i haere ki tāu wāhi i pai ai. Ka koroheketia koe, ka whakamārōtia e koe ōu ringa, he tangata kē hoki māna koe e whītiki, e kawe ki te wāhi e kore ai koe e pai.”
19 (I kōrerotia tēnei e ia, hei tohu mō te mate e whakakorōria ai ia i te Atua.) Ā, ka puaki tēnei kupu ana, ka mea ia ki a ia, “Haere mai i muri i ahau.”
20 Nō te tahuritanga, o Pita, ka kite i te ākonga i aroha ai a Īhu e aru ana; ko tērā hoki i whakawhirinaki rā ki tōna uma i te hapa, i mea rā, “E te Ariki, ko wai te kaituku mōu?”
21 Ā, i te kitenga o Pita i a ia, ka mea ki a Īhu, “E te Ariki, e aha rā tēnei?”
22 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Ki te pai ahau kia noho tonu ia kia tae mai rā anō ahau, hei aha māu? Haere mai koe i muri i ahau.”
23 Heoi, ka puta atu tēnei kupu ki ngā hoa, e kore taua ākonga e mate. Otiia, kīhai a Īhu i mea ki a ia, “E kore ia e mate”; engari, “Ki te pai ahau kia noho tonu ia kia tae mai rā anō ahau, hei aha māu?”
24 Ko taua ākonga tēnei e whakaatu nei i ēnei mea, ko te kaituhituhi hoki ia i ēnei mea; e mōhio ana anō mātou e tika ana tāna whakaatu.
25 Nā, tērā atu anō tōna tini o ngā mea i mea ai a Īhu me i tuhia katoatia, e mea ana ahau, e kore pea te ao nei e whai takotoranga mō ngā pukapuka e tuhia.