Te Rā o Valentine Hainamana — Te Hakari Qixi

Hītori me ngā pūrākau o te Hakari Takirua o te Whitu

I ahu mai te Hakari Tuawhitu Takirua i te pūrākau o te kōtiro whatu me te hepara kau, he kōrero aroha i kōrerotia mō ngā mano tau. I ngā wā o mua, i te kāinga Niu (Kau) o te tāone o Nanyang, i noho tētahi hepara kau taitamariki ko Niu Lang te ingoa me tōna tuakana me tōna tāne-wahine i muri i te matenga o ōna mātua. I kino te mahi a tōna tāne-wahine ki a ia, me te tono kia mahi ia i te nui o te mahi uaua. I tētahi ngahuru, i tono ia ki a ia kia hepara i ngā kau e iwa, engari i tono kia whakahokia mai ngā kau tekau. I noho a Niu Lang i raro i tētahi rākau me te manukanuka me aha ia hei whakahoki mai i ngā kau tekau ki a ia. I puta mai tētahi koroheke makawe mā ki tōna aroaro, ā, i pātai atu ki a ia he aha ia i āhua manukanuka ai. I muri i tana rongonga i tana kōrero, ka menemene te koroheke, ā, ka mea, "Kaua e manukanuka, kei te Maunga Funiu tētahi kau mate. Ki te tiaki pai koe i te kau, ka tere te ora, ā, ka taea e koe te kawe i a ia ki te kāinga."

I piki a Niu Lang ki te Maunga Funiu, ā, ka kitea e ia te kau mate. I kōrero te kau ki a ia he kau hina tonu ia nō te rangi, ā, kua takahi i te ture o te rangi. I whati tōna waewae i a ia e noho manene ana i te whenua, ā, kāore i taea te neke. Me horoi te waewae whati ki te tomairangi o ngā rau putiputi mō te marama kotahi kia ora ai ia. I tiaki a Niu Lang i te kau tawhito mā te ara wawe ki te tiki tomairangi, te horoi i tōna waewae whara, te whāngai i a ia i te awatea, me te moe i tōna taha i te pō. I muri i te marama kotahi, kua ora te kau tawhito, ā, ka hoki harikoa a Niu Lang ki te kāinga me ngā kau tekau.

I te kāinga, kāore tana auwahine i pai ake te manaaki i a ia, ā, i te mutunga ka peia ia e Niu Lang. Kāore a Niu Lang i tango i tetahi mea engari ko te kau tawhito anake.

I tētahi rā, ka heke iho a Zhi Nv, he kōtiro whatu, e mōhiotia ana ko te whitu o ngā patupaiarehe me ētahi atu patupaiarehe e ono ki te whenua ki te tākaro me te kaukau i te awa. Nā te āwhina a te kau tawhito, ka tūtaki a Niu Lang ki a Zhi Nv, ā, ka aroha rāua i te kitenga tuatahi. Nō muri mai ka heke iho a Zhi Nv ki te whenua, ā, ka noho ko ia hei wahine mā Niu Lang. Ka whānau he tama, he tamāhine, ā, ka noho harikoa rāua. Engari i mōhio wawe te Atua o te Rangi mō tā rāua marena. I heke iho te Atua Wahine o te Rangi ki te whakahoki i a Zhi Nv ki te rangi. I akiakihia tēnei tokorua aroha kia wehe tetahi i tetahi.

I kōrero te kau tawhito ki a Niu Lang ka tata mate ia, ā, i muri i tōna matenga ka taea e Niu Lang te whakamahi i tōna kiri hei hanga i ētahi hu hiako kia taea ai e ia te whai i a Zhi Nv me ēnei hu makutu. I muri i ana tohutohu, ka kakahuria e Niu Lang ngā hu hiako, ka haria ā rāua tamariki tokorua, ka whaia a Zhi Nv i te rangi. I mua i te taea e rātou te hopu i a Zhi Nv, ka tangohia e te Atua Wahine o te Rangi tana titi makawe, ka tāia he awa whānui, taratara i te rangi hei wehe i te tokorua. Ko tā rāua anake he mātakitaki tetahi ki tetahi i ia taha o te awa me ngā roimata i ō rāua kanohi. Nā te pā o tō rāua aroha, ka rere atu ngā mano tini o ngā māpi ki te hanga piriti i runga i te awa kia taea ai e rāua te tūtaki i runga i te piriti. Kāore i taea e te Atua Wahine o te Rangi te aukati i a rāua. Nā te āwangawanga i tukua rāua kia tūtaki kotahi i ia tau i te whitu o ngā rā o te whitu o ngā marama.

Nō muri mai ka riro te whitu o ngā rā o te whitu o ngā marama hei te rā o Valentine Hainamana.

Te Rā: Te Hakari Takirua o te Tuawhitu.