Kaikauwhau4
1Nā, ka tahuri ahau, ā, ka titiro ki ngā tūkinotanga katoa e mahia nei i raro i te rā.Nā, ko ngā roimata o te hunga i tūkinotia,kāhore hoki ō rātou kaiwhakamārie;ā, he kaha kei te ringa o ō rātou kaitūkino,otiia kāhore ō rātou kaiwhakamārie.2Nā, ko tāku whakamoemiti ki te hunga mate kua mate noa ake,nui atu i tāku ki te hunga ora e ora nei.3Engari ia pai atu i a rāuate tangata kāhore anō i whānau noa,kāhore anō i kite noa i te mahi hēe mahia nei i raro i te rā.4Nā, ka kite ahau i te māuiui katoa, i ngā mahi tohunga katoa, he mea hoki tēnei e hae ai te tangata ki tōna hoa. He horihori anō hoki tēnei, ā, he whai kau i te hau.5Ko te wairangi, kei te kōtui i ōna ringa,ā, kainga ana e ia ōna kikokiko ake.6He pai kē te ringa kī i runga i te āta noho,i ngā ringa kī e rua, ki te mea he ruha,he whai noa i te hau.7Kātahi ahau ka tahuri, ā, ka kite i te horihori i raro i te rā:8he tangata tērā, ko ia anake, kāhore hoki ōna tokorua;āe rā, kāhore anō hoki āna tama, ōna tuākana, tēina rānei;heoi kāhore he mutunga o tāna mahi katoa,e kore anō hoki ōna kanohi e mākona i ngā taonga.Nā, ka mea ia, “Ki a wai tōku whakaaro i ahau ka mahi nei,ka whakatiki nei i tōku wairua ki te pai?”He horihori anō tēnei, he raruraru kino.