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He Matekiri Whakaaro o te Oranga

¹Ko te ingoa pai, pai atu i te hinu utu nui;ko te rā o te matenga, pai atu i te rā o tō te tangata whānautanga.²Ko te haere ki te whare tangihanga,pai atu i te haere ki te whare hākari;ko te mutunga hoki ia o ngā tāngata katoa;ā, ka rongoātia e te tangata ora ki roto ki tōna ngākau.³Ko te ngākau mamae, pai atu i te kata;mā te pōuri hoki o te mata ka pai ai te ngākau.⁴Kei te whare tangihanga te ngākau o te hunga whakaaro nui;kei te whare ia o te kata te ngākau o ngā wairangi.⁵Ko te whakarongo, ina rīria te hē e te tangata whakaaro nui,pai atu i tā te tangata whakarongo ki te waiata a ngā wairangi.⁶Rite tonu hoki ki te papātanga o ngā tātarāmoai raro i te kōhua te kata a te wairangi.He horihori anō tēnei.⁷He pono mā te pāhua ka wairangi ai te tangata whakaaro nui,mā te mea hōmai noa hoki ka kore ai te ngākau mahara.

⁸Ko te mutunga o te mea, pai atu i tōna tīmatanga;pai atu te wairua manawanui i te wairua whakakake.⁹Kei hohoro tōu wairua ki te riri;kei te uma hoki o ngā wairangi te riri e noho ana.

¹⁰Kaua e mea, “He aha ngā rangi ō mua i pai ake ai i ēnei?”Kāhore hoki he whakaaro nui ōu i ui ai koe ki tēnā.

¹¹He pai tonu te whakaaro nui, ānō he taonga tuku iho;āe rā, he pai rawa ake ki te hunga e kite ana i te rā.¹²Hei whakamarumaru iho te whakaaro nui, hei pērā hoki i te moni te whakamarumaru;ko te pai ia o te mātauranga koia tēnei, ka ora i te whakaaro nui ngā tāngata nāna.¹³Whakaaroa tā te Atua mahi;ko wai hoki hei mea kia tika tāna i mea ai kia hape?¹⁴I te rā pai kia koa,ā, i te rā kino whakaaro;kua mahia nei hoki e te Atua tētahi kia takoto tahi me tētahi,he mea kia kaua ai e kitea e te tangata tētahi mea i muri i a ia.

Ngā Aupiki o te Oranga

¹⁵Kua kite ahau i tēnei katoa i ngā rā ōku i te horihori;he tangata tika tētahi, ngaro iho ia i runga i tōna tika;he tangata kino tētahi, roa noa iho ia i te ao i runga i tōna kino.¹⁶Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu tika;kaua hoki e whakanuia rawatia ōu whakaaro;he aha koe i whakangaro ai i a koe?¹⁷Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu kino,kaua anō hoki e wairangi;kia mate koe hei aha, i te mea kāhore anō tōu wā kia rite noa?¹⁸He pai ki te puritia tēnei kupu e koe;kaua hoki tōu ringa e unuhia mai i tērā;ko te tangata hoki e wehi ana i te Atua ka puta mai i roto i ērā katoa.

¹⁹Ko te whakaaro nui rahi ake tōna kaha mō te tangata whakaaroi tō ngā rangatira kotahi tekau i roto i te pā.

²⁰Kāhore hoki he tangata tika i te whenua e mahi ana i te pai,ā, kāhore ōna hara.²¹Kaua anō e whakarongo ki ngā mea katoa e kōrerotia ana;kei rongo koe ki tāu pononga e kanga ana i a koe;²²he maha hoki ngā wā, e mōhio ana tōu ngākau,i kanga ai koe anō i ētahi.

²³I whakamātauria e ahau tēnei katoa, he mea whakaaro mārie; i mea ahau,“Ka whakaaro nui ahau,”otiia i matara noa atu tēnei i ahau.²⁴Ko te mea onāianei he tawhiti rawa, he hōhonu rawa hoki;ko wai hei kite?²⁵I anga tōku ngākau, i mea kia mōhio, kia kimihia,kia rapua ngā whakaaro nui me ngā tikanga,kia mōhio anō hoki he wairangi te kino,he pōrangi te wairangi.

²⁶Ā, ka kite ahau i te mea kawa atu i te mate,arā i te wahine, he rore nei,he kupenga tōna ngākau,he rāhiri hoki ōna ringa.Ko te tangata e paingia ana e te Atua ka mawhiti i a ia;ko te tangata hara ia ka mau i a ia.

²⁷“Nanā, kua kitea tēnei e ahau,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau, “he mea whakarite tētahi mea ki tētahi, kia kitea ai te tikanga.²⁸He mea e rapua nei anō e tōku wairua, ā, kāhore anō i kitea; kotahi te tangata i kitea e ahau i roto i te mano. Nā, i roto i ēnei katoa kāhore ahau i kite i tētahi wahine.²⁹Nanā, ko tēnei anake i kitea e ahau, arā i tika te tangata i tā te Atua hanganga; engari he maha ngā tikanga i rapua e rātou.”