Māka.
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I aua rā, i te mea he nui rawa te mano, kāhore hoki he kai mā rātou, ka karanga a Īhu ki āna ākonga, ka mea ki a rātou, 
“E aroha ana ahau ki ngā tāngata, ka toru nei hoki ō rātou rā e noho ana ki ahau, ā, kāhore ā rātou kai. 
Ki te tonoa pukutia rātou e ahau ki tō rātou kāinga, ka hemo ki te ara; i haere mai hoki ētahi o rātou i tawhiti.” 
Nā, ka whakahokia e āna ākonga ki a ia, “Me aha e te tangata ka mākona ai ēnei i te taro i konei, i te koraha?” 
Ka ui ia ki a rātou, “E hia ā koutou taro?” Ka mea rātou, “E whitu.” 
Nā, ka mea ia ki te mano kia noho ki te whenua; ā, ka mau ki ngā taro e whitu, ka whakawhetai, ka whawhati, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki āna ākonga kia whakatakotoria ki mua i a rātou; whakatakotoria ana e rātou mā te mano. 
He ika anō a rātou torutoru nei, he mea nonohi, ā, ka mutu te whakapai, ka mea ia kia whakatakotoria hoki ērā. 
Nā, kai ana rātou, ā, ka mākona, ā, kohia ake ana o ngā whatiwhatinga i toe e whitu ngā kete. 
Me te mea e whā mano te hunga i kai, ā, tonoa atu ana rātou e ia. 
Nā, eke tonu ia rātou ko āna ākonga ki te kaipuke, ā, ka tae ki ngā wāhi o Taramanuta. 
Nā, ka puta mai ngā Parihi, ka anga, ka totohe ki a ia, ka rapu tohu ki ia i te rangi, hei whakamātautau mōna. 
Nā, ka hotu tōna wairua, ka mea ia, “He aha tēnei whakatupuranga ka rapu ai ki te tohu? He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore e hoatu he tohu ki tēnei whakatupuranga.” 
Nā, mahue ake rātou i a ia, ā, eke ana anō ki te kaipuke, rere ana ki tērā taha. 
Nā, i wareware rātou ki te mau taro, kotahi tonu ā rātou taro i te kaipuke. 
Nā, ka whakatūpato ia i a rātou, ka mea, “Kia mahara, kia tūpato i te rēwena a ngā Parihi, i te rēwena hoki a Herora.” 
Ā, ka kōrerorero rātou ki a rātou anō, ka mea, “Nō te mea kāhore ā tātou taro.” 
Ka mōhio a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, “He aha koutou ka kōrerorero ai nō te mea kāhore ā koutou taro? Kīanō koutou i mātau noa, kīanō i mahara? E pakeke tonu ana anō rānei ō koutou ngākau? 
He kanohi nei ō koutou, ā, kāhore e kite? He taringa nei ō koutou, ā, kāhore e rongo? Kāhore e mahara? 
I ahau i whawhati i ngā taro e rima mā ngā mano e rima, e hia ngā kete kī o ngā whatiwhatinga i kohia e koutou?” Ka mea rātou ki a ia, “Kotahi tekau mā rua.” 
“Ā, i ngā taro hoki e whitu mā ngā mano e whā, e hia ngā kete kī o ngā whatiwhatinga i kohia e koutou?” Ka mea rātou, “E whitu.” 
Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Kāhore anō ia koutou kia mātau noa?” 
Ā, ka tae rātou ki Petahaira. Nā, ka kawea mai e rātou he matapō ki a ia, ka īnoi ki a ia kia whakapāngia e ia. 
Nā, ka mau ia ki te ringa o te matapō, ka ārahi i a ia ki waho o te kāinga; ka tuwha ki ōna kanohi, ā, ka whakapā i ōna ringa ki a ia, ka ui ki a ia me kore ia e kite i tētahi mea. 
Nā, ka titiro ake ia, ka mea, “E kite ana ahau i ngā tāngata e hāereere ana me te mea he rākau.” 
Me i reira, ka whakapākia anō ngā ringa ki ōna kanohi, ka mea i a ia kia titiro. Nā, ka ora ia, ā, ka mārama te titiro ki ngā mea katoa. 
Nā, ka tono ia i a ia ki tōna whare, ka mea atu, “Kaua e tomo ki te kāinga.” 
Nā, ka haere a Īhu rātou ko āna ākonga ki ngā kāinga o Hiharia Piripai, ā, i te ara ka ui ia ki āna ākonga, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ki tā ngā tāngata kī, ko wai ahau?” 
Nā, ko tā rātou whakahokinga, “Ko Hoani Kaiiriiri; ki tā ētahi, ko Irāia; ki tā ētahi, ko tētahi o ngā poropiti.” 
Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, “Ki tā koutou nā kī, ko wai ahau?” Nā, ka whakahoki a Pita, ka mea ki a ia, “Ko te Karaiti koe.” 
Nā, ka whakatūpato ia i a rātou, kia kaua ia e kōrerotia ki te tangata. 
Kātahi ia ka anga, ka whakaako i a rātou, kua takoto te tikanga kia maha ngā mamae o te Tama a te tangata, kia whakakinongia hoki e ngā kaumātua, e ngā tohunga nui, e ngā karaipi, ā, kia whakamatea, ā, kia ara anō ina pahure ngā rā e toru. 
I kōrerotia matanuitia anō taua kupu e ia. Nā, ka mau a Pita ki a ia, ka anga, ka whakahē ki tāna. 
Otirā, ka tahuri ia, ā, i te kitenga i āna ākonga, ka whakahē ki tā Pita, ka mea, “Haere ki muri i ahau, e Hātana. Kāhore hoki ōu ngākau ki ngā mea a te Atua, engari, ki a te tangata.” 
Nā, ka karangatia e ia te mano, rātou ko āna ākonga, ka mea ki a rātou, “Ki te mea tētahi tangata kia haere mai ki te whai i ahau, me whakakāhore ia i a ia anō, me amo i tōna rīpeka, ka aru ai i ahau. 
Ki te whai tētahi kia ora, ka mate ia; ki te mate hoki tētahi, mōna i whakaaro ki ahau, ki te rongopai hoki, ka ora ia. 
Ā, he aha te pai ki te tangata, ki te riro i a ia te ao katoa, ā, ka kore he ora mōna? 
He aha hoki tā te tangata e hoatu ai hei utu mōna kia ora? 
Ki te whakamā hoki tētahi ki ahau, ki āku kōrero, i tēnei whakatupuranga pūremu, kino, ka whakamā anō te Tama a te tangata ki a ia, ina haere mai i runga i te korōria o tōna Matua, rātou ko ngā anahera tapu.” 
