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He Whakaaro o tētahi Kīngi Kaikauwhau

¹Ko ngā kupu a te Kaikauwhau, arā a te tama a Rāwiri, i kīngi nei ki Hiruhārama:²“He tino horihori rawa,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau,“he tino horihori rawa; he horihori katoa!”

³He aha te pai ki te tangata o tōna māuiui katoae māuiui ai ia i raro i te rā?⁴Ko tēnei whakatupuranga e haere atu ana,ko tērā whakatupuranga e haere mai ana;ko te whenua ia, mau tonu.⁵E whiti ana hoki te rā, e heke atu ana te rā,hohoro tonu atu ki tōna wāhi i whiti mai ai.⁶E anga ana te hau ki te tonga,nā, ka taka ki te raki;he hanga takataka tonu tāna i tōna ara,ā, ka hoki mai anō te hau ki ōna takatakanga.⁷E rere ana ngā awa katoa ki te moana,heoi kāhore e kī te moana;ko te wāhi i rere mai ai ngā awa,ka hoki atu anō rātou ki reira.⁸Māuiui rawa ngā mea katoa,e kore e taea e te tangata te kōrero;e kore te kanohi e ngata i te mātakitaki,e kore te taringa e kī i te whakarongo.⁹Ko tō mua mea koia anō hei mea āianei,ā, ko te mea i mahia i mua ka mahia anō āianei;kāhore hoki he mea hou i raro i te rā.¹⁰Tērā anō rānei he mea e kī ai tētahi,“Titiro, he mea hou tēnei”?He mea ia nō ngā wā ō mua,nō ērā i mua atu i a tātou.¹¹Kāhore he mahara ki ngā whakatupuranga o mua;kāhore hoki e maharatiangā whakatupuranga e haere maiā muri nei e te hunga ō muri atu.

Te Huakore o te Whai Whakaaronui

¹²Ko ahau, ko te Kaikauwhau, te kīngi o Īharaira i Hiruhārama.¹³Nā, ka whakaangahia e ahau tōku ngākau ki te whakaaro nui hei rapu, hei kimi i ngā mea katoa e mahia ana i raro i te rangi. Nā te Atua tēnei whakararuraru kino i hōmai ki ngā tama a te tangata hei whakararu i a rātou.¹⁴Kua kite ahau i ngā mea katoa e mahia ana i raro i te rā; nanā, he horihori katoa, he whai hoki i te hau.¹⁵Ko te mea piko e kore e taea te whakahāngai;ko te mea koha e kore e taea te tatau.

¹⁶I kōrerorero ahau ki tōku ngākau, i mea, “Nanā, kua whiwhi rawa ahau i te whakaaro nui ki runga ake i ō te hunga katoa i mua atu i ahau i Hiruhārama; āe rā, he maha ngā mea kua kitea e tōku ngākau o te whakaaro nui, o te mātauranga.”¹⁷Nā, ka whakaangahia e ahau tōku ngākau kia mōhio ki te whakaaro nui, kia mōhio ki te haurangi, ki te wairangi; ā, kua kite ahau he whai anō hoki tēnei i te hau.¹⁸Mā te nui hoki o te whakaaro ka nui ai te pōuri,ā, ko te tangata e whakaneke ake anai te mātauranga e whakaneke ake ana i te mamae.