Whakatauki.
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He whakatauki anō ēnei nā Horomona, he mea tuhi e ngā tāngata a Hetekia kīngi o Hūrā. 
Ko tō te Atua whakakorōria, he huna mea; ko tō ngā kīngi whakakorōria he rapu mea. 
Ko te rangi mō te tiketike, ko te whenua mō te hōhonu, ā, ko te ngākau o ngā kīngi, tē taea te rapu. 
Tahia atu te para i te hiriwa, ā, ka puta mai he oko mā te kaitahi para; 
tangohia atu te tangata kino i te aroaro o te kīngi, ā, ka ū tōna torōna i runga i te tika. 
Kei whakaputa i a koe ki mua i te aroaro o te kīngi, kei tū hoki ki te wāhi o ngā metararahi. 
He pai kē hoki kia kīia mai ki a koe, “Haere mai ki runga nei,” i te mea kia whakahokia iho koe ki raro i te aroaro o te rangatira. I kitea nei e ōu kanohi 
kei hohoro te haere ki te ngangare, kei kore e kitea e koe tāu e mea ai i tōna mutunga iho, ina meinga koe e tōu hoa kia whakamā. 
Tohea tāu tohe ki tōu hoa tonu, ā, kaua e whākina te mea huna a tētahi: 
kei kohukohutia koe e te tangata i rongo, ā, kore ake tōu ingoa kino e tahuri atu. 
He kupu i tika te kōrero, ko tōna rite kei ngā āporo kōura i roto i ngā kete hiriwa. 
He pērā i te whakakai kōura, i te whakapaipai kōura parakore koia anō te ako a te whakaaro nui ki te taringa rongo. 
Rite tonu ki te mātao o te hukarere i te kotinga wīti te karere pono ki ōna kaingare; ka ora hoki i a ia te ngākau o ōna ariki. 
He pērā i ngā kapua me te hau uakore, koia anō te rite o te tangata e whakamanamana ana ki āna hākari horihori. 
Mā te roa e whakamanawanui ana ka whakaae mai ai te kīngi, ā, mā te arero ngāwari ka mangungu ai te wheua. 
Kua kitea e koe he honi, kainga ko te wāhi e mākona ai koe; kei kī rawa koe i taua mea, ka ruakina e koe. 
Kia takitahi tōu waewae ki te whare o tōu hoa; kei hōhā ia ki a koe, ā, ka kino ki a koe. 
Ko te tangata e whakaatu teka ana mō tōna hoa, he patu ia, he hoari, ā, he pere koi. 
Ko te whakawhirinaki ki te tangata tinihanga i te wā o te raru, e rite ana ki te niho whati, ki te waewae kua takoki. 
Ko te tangata e waiata ana ki te ngākau pōuri, e rite ana ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te kākahu i te rangi māeke, ki te winika hoki i runga i te hōura. 
Ki te matekai tōu hoariri whāngaia ki te taro; ki te matewai whakainumia ki te wai; 
ka pūrangatia hoki e koe he waro kāpura ki tōna māhunga, ā, ka utua tāu e Ihowā. 
E mauria ana mai e te hauraro he ua; e pērātia ana hoki e te arero ngautuarā, he kanohi pukuriri. 
He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui, i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare māhorahora. 
He rongo pai nō te whenua tawhiti, tōna rite kei ngā wai mātao ki te wairua matewai. 
Me te manawa-whenua i takatakahia, me te puna i whakaparuparutia, koia anō te tangata tika e hinga ana i te aroaro o te tangata kino. 
Ehara i te mea pai te kai nui i te honi; waihoki ko ā te tangata rapu i tō rātou ake korōria ehara i te korōria. 
Ko te tangata e kore nei e pēhi i tōna wairua, e rite ana ki te pā kua pakaru, kāhore ōna taiepa. 
