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I tēnei rā anō, ka maharatia te matenga whakamate o te tapu manaakitia a Marina, nāna i hinga ai a Tiapora. Ko ia tētahi o ngā tamāhine a ngā rangatira o Anatioka. He karakia whakapakoko ōna mātua. I te matenga o tōna whaea, ka tukua ia e tōna matua ki tētahi kaitiaki hei whakatupu i a ia, ā, he Karaitiana taua kaitiaki. Nāna i whakaako a Marina ki te Whakapono ki a te Karaiti. I te taenga o Marina ki te tekau mā rima o ōna tau, ka mate tōna matua. I tētahi rā ka rongo ia i tōna kaitiaki e kōrero ana mō te oranga o ngā kaiwhakaatu pono me te korōria ka riro i a rātou i te Rangatiratanga o te Rangi. Ka hiahia nui ia kia riro ia hei kaiwhakaatu pono i runga i te Ingoa o te Ariki, o te Karaiti.
I tētahi rā ka puta a Marina i tōna whare me āna pononga wahine, ā, i a ia i te huarahi ka pahure ia i a Loparius Eporotus, te kāwana, nāna ia i miharo nui i tana kitenga i a ia. Ka whakahau ia kia kawea mai ia ki a ia. I te taenga mai o ngā hōia ki a ia, ka kī atu ia ki a rātou he Karaitiana ia. Nō te kōrerotanga atu o tērā e rātou ki te kāwana, ka pōuri ia, nā te mea i pai ia ki a ia, ā, ka kawea mai ia ki a ia mā te kaha. Ka tukua e ia ki a ia te karakia ki ngā whakapakoko, ka tono kia whakarērea e ia te Atua, engari ka whakakāhore ia. Kātahi ka pātai ia ki a ia, "Ko wai tō ingoa?
Nō hea koe?" Ka kī atu ia ki a ia, "He Karaitiana ahau. E whakapono ana ahau ki te Ariki, ki a te Karaiti, ā, ko Marina tōku ingoa." Ka whakamātau ia ki te whakawai i a ia mā ngā kupu whakaari maha, ka oati hoki ki te marena i a ia, engari kāhore ia i whakarongo atu. Nō te kanga me te whakahāwea a Marina i a ia, ka whakahau ia kia waruhia tōna tinana ki ngā heru rino, kātahi ka mukua ki te wāina kawa, ki te tote, me te raima, ā, ka mahia e rātou. Heoi anō, ka manawanui ia me te kaha. Ka whiua ia e rātou ki te whare herehere, e whakaaro ana e tata ana ia ki te mate.
Tonu tonu ka tae mai te anahera a te Ariki, ka whakaora i ōna tūnga katoa. I a ia e tū ana e īnoi ana, ko ōna ringa e tōrohia ana ki te āhua o te rīpeka, ka puta mai tētahi neke nui, whakamataku. Nō tana kitenga ka mataku ia, ka wiri tōna tinana katoa. Ka horomia ia e te neke, ā, kua tata tōna wairua te wehe atu i a ia. Ka hanga e ia te tohu o te rīpeka, ka īnoi i a ia i roto i te kōpū o te neke. Ka pakaru te neke, ka hinga ki te whenua, ka mate. Ka puta a Marina kāhore i tūngia.
I te ata o te rā i muri mai, ka whakahau te kāwana kia kawea mai ia ki a ia. Nō tana kitenga kua ora pai ia, ka miharo nui ia, ka kī atu ki a ia, "E Marina, kua kitea tō mākutu i tēnei rā, nā reira whakarongo mai ki ahau.
Karakia ki ngā atua, ka nui te pai mōu, ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe ngā mea katoa i oati ai ahau ki a koe." Ka titiro whakahāwea ia ki a ia me ngā whakapakoko wahangū, ka kī atu, "E karakia ana ahau ki te Ariki, ki a Ihu Karaiti, ki te Tama a te Atua Ora, ki te Atua o ngā rangi me te whenua, ā, ahakoa he aha tāu e hiahia ana ki te mahi ki ahau, mahia, ka kore hoki ahau e whakarongo ki a koe." Ka whakahau te kāwana kia whakairihia ia ki te wīra, ki te wīra kuru, ā, kia kuruhia kia tino kaha. Ka pērā rātou, kātahi ka whiua ia ki te whare herehere. Ka tae mai te anahera a te Ariki ki a ia, ka whakaora i a ia.
Kātahi ka puta a Tiapora ki a ia, ka kī, "E Marina, ki te whakarongo koe ki te kāwana ka pai tērā mōu, kāhore hoki he aroha ōna, ā, e hiahia ana ia ki te muku i tō ingoa i te mata o te whenua." Ka mōhio ia ko Tiapora ia. Tonu tonu ka mau ia ki ngā makawe o tōna māhunga, ka mau hoki ki tētahi rākau rino, ka tīmata ki te patu i a ia, me te kī atu, "Mutu, e Hātana." Kātahi ka herea e ia ki te tohu o te rīpeka, kia kaua ia e wehe atu i tōna aroaro, kia kōrerotia rā anō e ia ki a ia ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e ia ki te iwi tangata.
Nō te tāmitanga e ia, ka kī atu ia ki a ia, "Ko ahau te kaiwhakaahua i te puremu, i te tāhae, i te kohukohu, i ngā hiahia o te ao, hei mea pai, hei mea minamina ki te tangata. Ā, ki te kore ahau e taea te hinga i a ia, ka takina e ahau te moe me te māngere ki a ia, kia kore ai ia e īnoi, kia kore ai e tono i te murunga o ōna hara." Tonu tonu ka peia atu ia e te tapu.
Nō te kitenga o te kāwana i a ia, ka miharo nui ia, kātahi ka whakahau kia hurahia tōna tinana, ā, kia whakakīia tētahi kōhua nui ki te mata rewa, ka rumakina ia ki roto. Nō te mahinga e rātou i tērā, ka tono ia ki te Ariki kia meinga tēnei hei iriiri mōna. Ka tukua e te Ariki tana anahera i te āhua o te kūkupa. Ka rumakina ia me te kī, "I runga i te Ingoa o te Matua, o te Tama, o te Wairua Tapu, kotahi Atua. Āmine." Ka karangatia ia e tētahi reo nō te rangi, ka kī, "E Marina, kua iriiria koe ki te wai iriiri." Ka tino hari ia, ā, ka rongo te hunga i reira i ngā mea i pā ki te tapu. He tokomaha o rātou i whakapono. Ka whakahau te kāwana kia tapahia ō rātou kakī, kātahi i muri mai ka whakahau kia tapahia te māhunga tapu o Marina.
Ka mau te kaiwhakamate i a ia, ka haere ki waho o te tāone, kātahi ka kī atu ki a ia, "E taku rangatira, e Marina, e kite ana ahau i te anahera a te Ariki, me te karauna o te mārama kanapa." Ka kī atu ia, "E tono ana ahau ki a koe kia tatari mai koe ki ahau kia mutu rā anō taku īnoi." Ka tōrohia e ia ōna ringa, ka īnoi kaha, kātahi ka kī atu ki te kaiwhakamate, "Mahia tāu i whakahaua ai." Ka tuohu tōna kakī ki te kaiwhakamate, ka kī atu ia ki a ia, "Kāhore i taea e ahau te pērā." Ka kī atu te tapu ki a ia, "Ki te kore koe e pērā, kāhore he wāhi mōu i te Rangatiratanga o te Atua." Nō tana rongonga i āna kupu, ka mau ia ki te hoari, ka tapahia tōna kakī, kātahi ka tapahia hoki e ia tōna ake kakī, me te kī, "E whakapono ana ahau ki te Atua o te tapu a Marina." Ka hinga ia ki tōna taha, ā, ka riro i a ia te karauna o te whakamatenga pono i te Rangatiratanga o te Rangi.
Kua whakaaturia mai e te Ariki i tōna tinana he tohu maha me ngā merekara whakaora. Kei te kāinga ināianei tōna tinana i te whare karakia o te Wahine, o Meri te Whaea Atua i Haret El-Roum. Kia tau mai ki a tātou āna īnoi me āna inoi takawaenga, ā, kia korōria ki te Atua ake ake. Āmine.