Whakatauki.
8.
He teka ianei kei te karanga te whakaaro nui, e puaki ana anō te reo o te mātauranga? 
I runga i ngā wāhi tiketike tōna tūranga, i te ara i te tūtakitanga o ngā huarahi; 
hāmama ana ia i te taha o ngā kūwaha, i te ngutu o te pā, i te tomokanga atu i ngā tatau: 
“Ki a koutou, e ngā tāngata, tāku karanga; ki ngā tama anō a te tangata tōku reo. 
E ngā kūware, kia mātau koutou ki te ngārahu tūpato; e ngā wairangi, kia mōhio te ngākau. 
Whakarongo mai, ka kōrerotia hoki e ahau ngā mea pai rawa; ko tā ōku ngutu e whakapuaki ai ko ngā mea e rite ana. 
He pono hoki te kōrero a tōku māngai; he mea whakarihariha anō te kino ki ōku ngutu. 
Kei runga i te tika ngā kupu katoa a tōku māngai; kāhore he whakapeka, he whanokē rānei, i roto. 
Ko ēnei katoa he mārama ki te tangata e mātau ana, he tika ki te hunga i kitea ai te mōhio. 
Manakohia mai tāku ako, kaua te hiriwa; ko te mātauranga, nui atu i te kōura pai rawa. 
Pai atu hoki te whakaaro nui i ngā rupi; e kore hoki ngā mea katoa e minaminatia nei e tau hei whakarite mōna. 
“Kua meinga e ahau, e te whakaaro nui, ko te ngārahu pai hei nohoanga mōku, e kitea ana e ahau te mōhio me te āta whakaaro. 
Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā koia tēnā ko te kino ki te hē. E kino ana ahau ki te whakapehapeha, ki te whakakake, ki te ara hē, ki te māngai whanokē. 
Ko te whakaaro tika, ko te whakaaro nui, nāku; ko ahau te mātauranga, kei ahau te kaha. 
Nāku ngā kīngi i kīngi ai, nāku ngā rangatira i whakatakoto ai i te tika. 
Nāku i whai rangatiratanga ai ngā rangatira, ngā tāngata nunui, arā ngā kaiwhakawā katoa o te whenua. 
E arohaina ana e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau; ko te hunga hoki e āta rapu ana i ahau, e kite rātou i ahau. 
He taonga, he korōria kei ahau, āe rā, he rawa mau tonu, he tika. 
Pai atu ōku hua i te kōura, āe rā, i te kōura parakore; ko ngā mea e puta ana i ahau, pai atu i te hiriwa kōwhiri. 
Kei ngā ara o te tika ahau e haere ana, kei waenganui i ngā huarahi o te whakawā; 
kia meinga ai e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau kia whiwhi ki te rawa, kia whakakīia ai e ahau ā rātou takotoranga taonga.” 
“I a Ihowā ahau, nō te tīmatanga rā anō o ōna ara, nō mua atu i āna mahi o neherā. 
Nōnamata riro ahau i whakaritea ai, nō te tīmatanga, nō mua atu i te whenua. 
I te mea kāhore anō ngā rire, kua whānau ahau; i te mea kīanō he puna whai wai. 
Nō mua atu i te whakaūnga o ngā maunga, nō mua i ngā pukepuke tōku whānautanga; 
i te mea kāhore anō i hangā noatia e ia te whenua, me ngā pārae, me te tīmatanga o te puehu o te ao. 
I tāna whakatūranga i ngā rangi, i reira anō ahau; i tāna whakaritenga i te awhi mō te mata o te rire; 
i tāna whakapūmautanga i ngā rangi i runga; i te totōtanga o ngā puna o te rire; 
i tāna rohenga mai i te moana, kei takahia tāna kupu e ngā wai; i tāna waitohutanga i ngā tūranga o te whenua, 
i reira ahau i tōna taha, he tohunga ki ngā mahi; he ahau nōna i ia rā, i ia rā, e koa ana i ngā wā katoa i tōna aroaro; 
e koa ana ki tāna ao, ā, ko tāku i āhuareka ai ko ngā tama a te tangata. 
“Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau; ka hari hoki te hunga e pupuri ana i ōku ara. 
Whakarongo mai ki te ako, kia whai whakaaro ai koutou; kaua hoki e paopaongia. 
Ka hari te tangata e whakarongo ana ki ahau, e tatari ana i ōku tatau i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, e whanga ana i ngā pou o ōku kūwaha. 
Ko te tangata hoki e kite ana i ahau, e kite ana i te ora, ka whiwhi anō ia ki tā Ihowā manako mai. 
Ko te tangata ia e hara ana ki ahau, he mahi nanakia tāna ki tōna wairua ake; ko te hunga katoa e kino ana ki ahau, e aroha ana ki te mate.” 
