Ruka.
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Nā, kei te huihui anō tērā ngā mano, tōna tini, nō ka takatakahi i a rātou anō, ā, ka anga ia ka kōrero i te tuatahi tonu ki āna ākonga, ka mea, “Kia tūpato i te rēwena o ngā Parihi; arā i te tinihanga. 
Kāhore hoki he mea i hīpokina e mahue te hura; kāhore hoki tētahi mea ngaro e mahue te mōhio. 
Mō konei ko tā koutou e kōrero ai i te pōuri, ka rangona i te mārama. Ko tā koutou e kī ai ki te taringa i ngā rūma i roto rawa, ka kauwhautia i runga o ngā whare.” 
“Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, e ōku hoa, kaua e wehi ki te hunga e whakamate nei i te tinana, ā muri iho kāhore he mea e taea e rātou. 
Engari māku e whakaatu ki a koutou tā koutou e wehi ai. E wehi ki a ia kei a ia nei te mana, i muri i tāna whakamatenga, ki te maka ki Kehena. Āe rā hoki, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, e wehi ki a ia! 
“Kāhore ianei e hokona ngā pīhoihoi e rima ki ngā pātene e rua, ā, kāhore tētahi o rātou e wareware i te Atua? 
Heoi, kua oti katoa te tatau ngā makawe katoa nei o ō koutou mātenga. Kaua e wehi; engari koutou i ngā pīhoihoi maha.” 
“Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, ki te whakaae tētahi ki ahau i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, ka whakaaetia anō ia e te Tama a te tangata i te aroaro o ngā anahera a te Atua. 
Ki te whakakāhore tētahi i ahau i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, ka whakakāhoretia anō ia i te aroaro o ngā anahera a te Atua. 
Ki te kōrero tētahi he whakahē mō te Tama a te tangata, ka murua tōna hara; tēnā ko te tangata e kohukohua ai te Wairua Tapu, e kore tōna e murua. 
“Ki te kawea koutou ki ngā whare karakia, ki ngā rangatira, ki te hunga whai mana, kaua e mānukanuka ki te pēhea, ki te aha rānei e whakahoki atu ai koutou, ki tā koutou rānei e kōrero ai. 
Mā te Wairua Tapu hoki koutou e ako i taua hāora anō ki ngā mea e tika ana kia kōrerotia e koutou.” 
Nā, ka mea tētahi i roto i te mano ki a ia, “E te Kaiwhakaako, mea atu ki tōku tuakana, kia wehea mai mōku tētahi wāhi o te kāinga.” 
Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a ia, “E te tangata nei, nā wai ahau i mea hei kaiwhakawā, hei kaiwehewehe i waenganui i a koutou?” 
I mea anō ia ki a rātou, “Kia mahara, kia tūpato ki te apo; ehara i te mea mā te nui o ngā taonga a te tangata e ora ai ia.” 
Nā, ka kōrerotia e ia tētahi kupu whakarite ki a rātou, ka mea: “Nā, he nui te hua o te whenua o tētahi tangata whai taonga. 
Nā, ka whakaaroaro ia i roto i a ia, ‘Me pēhea ahau? Kāhore hoki ōku wāhi hei putunga mō āku hua.’ 
“Ā, ka mea ia, ‘Tēnei tāku e mea ai, ka wāwāhia e ahau ōku whare wīti, ā, ka hangā kia nui. Ā, ka kohikohia ki reira āku hua katoa, me āku taonga. 
Kātahi ahau ka mea ki tōku wairua, E tōku wairua, ka maha āu mea papai kei te rongoā mō ngā tau e maha; noho noa iho, e kai, e inu, kia koa te ngākau.’ 
“Otiia, ka mea te Atua ki a ia, ‘Kūware, ko ā tēnei pō anō tangohia ai tōu wairua i a koe; ā, mā wai ngā mea kua pae nā i a koe?’ 
“Nā, ka pēnā te tangata e whakapūranga ana i te taonga māna ake, ā, kāhore e hua tāna whaka te Atua.” 
Nā, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, “Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, kaua e mānukanuka ki tō koutou oranga, ki tā koutou e kai ai, ki te tinana rānei, ki tā koutou e kākahu ai. 
Rahi atu te ora i te kai, me te tinana i te kākahu. 
Whakaaroa ngā raweni: kāhore nei e whakatō, kāhore e kokoti, kāhore ā rātou pākoro, kāhore he whare wīti, heoi, e whāngaia ana rātou e te Atua. Tērā noa ake koutou i ngā manu? 
Ā, ko wai o koutou e taea e ia te whakaaro iho, te hono tētahi wāhi ki tōna roa, kia kotahi te whatīanga? 
Ā, ki te kore e taea e koutou te mea nohinohi rawa, he aha i mānukanuka ai ki tētahi atu? 
“Whakaaroa ngā rengarenga, tō rātou tupu; e kore nei e mahi, e kore e miro, nā, ko tāku tēnei ki a koutou, kīhai a Horomona me tōna korōria katoa i rite ki tētahi o ēnei te whai kākahu. 
Nā, ki te pēnei tā te Atua whakakākahu i te tarutaru i te pārae, kei reira āianei, ā, āpōpō ka makā ki te oumu. Tērā noa ake tāna i a koutou, e te hunga whakapono iti. 
Kaua rā e rapu ki tā koutou e kai ai, ki tā koutou e inu ai, kaua e tīrengi noa te whakaaro. 
E rapu ana hoki ngā iwi o te ao i ēnei mea katoa, otirā e mātau ana tō koutou Matua e matea ana e koutou ēnei mea. 
Engari rapua te rangatiratanga o te Atua; ā, ka tāpiritia ēnei mea katoa mā koutou.” 
“Kaua e mataku, e te kāhui nohinohi; kua pai hoki tō koutou Matua ki te hōmai i te rangatiratanga ki a koutou. 
Hokona ō koutou taonga, hoatu he mea mā te hunga rawakore. Hangā mā koutou he pēke moni e kore e tawhitotia, he taonga ki te rangi e kore e memeha, ki te wāhi e kore nei e tata atu te tāhae, e kore anō te huhu e kai. 
Ko te wāhi hoki i tō koutou taonga, ko reira anō ō koutou ngākau.” 
“Whītikiria ō koutou hope, tahuna ngā rama kia kā; 
ko tō koutou rite hei ngā tāngata e tatari ana ki tō rātou rangatira, ina hoki mai i te hākari o te mārena, mō tōna tae rawa mai, ka pātōtō, nā uaki tonu atu rātou ki a ia. 
Ka koa ngā pononga e rokohina mai e tō rātou rangatira, ā tōna taenga mai, e mataara ana. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ka whītiki ia i a ia, ā, ka mea i a rātou kia noho, ka haere ki te mahi mea mā rātou. 
Ā, ki te haere mai ia i te rua o ngā mataaratanga, i te toru rānei, ā, ka rokohina mai e pērā ana anō, ka koa aua pononga. 
Otirā, kia mōhio koutou ki tēnei, me i mātau te tangata i te whare, ki te wā e haere mai ai te tāhae, kua mataara ia, ā, kāhore i tukua kia pokaia tōna whare. 
Kia tatanga rā koutou, nō te mea e puta mai te Tama a te tangata i te hāora e kore ai koutou e mahara.” 
Nā, ka mea a Pita ki a ia, “E te Ariki, ki a mātou tēnei kupu whakarite e kōrero nei koe? Ki te katoa rānei?” 
Nā, ka mea te Ariki, “Ko wai rā te tuari pono, mahara, e meinga e tōna ariki hei rangatira mō āna tāngata, hei hoatu i te mēhua kai i te wā e tika ai? 
Ka koa taua pononga, ki te rokohina e tōna rangatira ina tae mai, e pēnā ana. 
He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ka meinga ia hei rangatira mō āna taonga katoa. 
Otirā, ki te mea taua pononga i roto i tōna ngākau, ‘Ka roa te haerenga mai o tōku ariki’; ā, ka anga, ka whiu i ngā pononga tāne, i ngā pononga wāhine, ka kai, ka inu, ka haurangi, 
ka haere mai te rangatira o taua pononga i te rā e kore ai ia e mahara, i te hāora e kore ai ia e mōhio, ā, ka hautopea ia, ka meinga mōna he wāhi i roto i te hunga whakapono kore. 
“Nā, ko taua pononga, i mōhio nei ki tā tōna rangatira i pai ai, ā, kīhai i whakaaro wawe, kīhai hoki i mea i tāna i pai ai, he maha ngā whiu mōna. 
Tēnā, ko ia kīhai i mōhio, ā, i mahi i ngā mea e tika ai kia whiua, he torutoru ngā whiu mōna. Ko te tangata hoki i nui te hoatutanga ki a ia he nui anō hei hōmaitanga māna; ā, ko te tangata i nui te tukunga ki a ia, hira noa atu te mea e tonoa i a ia.” 
“I haere mai ahau ki te maka kāpura ki te whenua; ā, ka pēhea ahau, mehemea kua kā kē? 
Otirā, he iriiringa tōku e iriiria ai ahau; anō tōku tākarekare kia oti rā anō! 
E mea ana rānei koutou, i haere mai ahau ki te hōmai i te rangimārire ki te whenua? Tēnei tāku kupu ki a koutou, kāhore; engari i te wehewehe. 
Hei ngā rā hoki e takoto ake nei ka tokorima i roto i te whare kotahi, ā, ka tahuri ki a rātou anō, tokotoru ki te tokorua, tokorua ki te tokotoru. 
Ka tahuri atu te pāpā ki te tama, te tama ki te pāpā, te whaea ki te tamāhine, te tamāhine ki tōna whaea, te hungawai wahine ki tāna hunaonga wahine, me te hunaonga wahine ki tōna hungawai wahine.” 
Ā, i mea anō ia ki ngā mano, “Ka kite koutou i te kapua e puta mai ana i te hauāuru, nā, mea tonu ake koutou, ‘He ua te haere mai nei,’ ā, ko ia anō ia. 
Ka kite koutou i te tonga e pupuhi ana, ka mea koutou, ‘Meāke ko te werawera,’ ā, ko ia anō ia. 
E te hunga tinihanga, e mātau ana koutou ki te titiro ki te mata o te whenua, o te rangi; he aha koutou tē mātau ai ki te titiro ki tēnei tāima?” 
“Ā, he aha koutou tē whakaaro noa ake ai i te mea tika? 
I a kōrua ko tōu hoa tauwhāinga e haere ana ki te kaiwhakawā, hei te huarahi anō kia kaha te mea kia makere atu ia i a koe; kei tōia koe e ia ki te kaiwhakawā, ā, ka tukua koe e te kaiwhakawā ki te kātipa, ā, ka makā koe e te kātipa ki te whare herehere. 
Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe, E kore rawa koe e puta mai i reira, kia poto rā anō ngā moni iti rawa te utu e koe.” 
