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E Whiwhi ana te Kino i te Whakawhiunga Tika

¹Kātahi ka whakautua e Topara Naamati, i mea ia:²“Nā konā ōku whakaaro i whakahoki kupu ake ai i roto i ahau;nā reira anō ahau i hohoro ai.³Kua rongo ahau i te whakahē mōku, e pā ai te whakamā ki ahau,ā, nā te wairua o tōku ngākau mahara te kupu whakahoki ki ahau.

⁴“Kāhore rānei koe i mōhio ki tēnei i mua noa atu,i te wā rā anō i whakanohoia ai te tangata ki runga ki te whenua;⁵he poto te wā e whakamanamana ai te tangata kino,ā, ko te hari o te tangata atuakore he wheriko kau?⁶Ahakoa eke noa tōna nui ki ngā rangi,ā, pā atu tōna māhunga ki ngā kapua;⁷ka memeha atu anō ia ā ake ake, ka pērā anō me tōna paru;ko te hunga kua kite i a ia, ka mea, ‘Kei hea ia?’⁸Ka rere atu ia ānō he moemoeā, e kore anō hoki e kitea;āe ka āia atu ia, ānō he rekanga kanohi nō te pō.⁹Ko te kanohi i kite i a ia e kore e kite anō;ā, heoi anō tirohanga a tōna wāhi ki a ia.¹⁰E whakamānawareka āna tamariki i ngā rawakore,mā ōna ringa anō e whakahoki ōna rawa.¹¹E kī ana ōna wheua i te tamarikitanga;engari ka takoto tahi me ia i roto i te puehu.

¹²“Ahakoa reka te kino i roto i tōna māngai,ahakoa hunā e ia i raro i tōna arero;¹³ahakoa manawapātia noatia e ia, ā, kāhore e mahue i a ia,heoi pupuri tonu i roto i tōna māngai;¹⁴otirā, ka puta kē tāna kai i roto i ōna whēkau,ko te au o ngā ahipi i roto i a ia.¹⁵I horomia e ia te taonga, ka ruakina mai anō e ia;mā te Atua e ākiri mai i roto i tōna kōpū.¹⁶Ka ngotea e ia te hūware whakamate o ngā ahipi;ka mate anō ia i te arero o te waipera.¹⁷E kore ia e kite i ngā awa,i ngā wai rere o te honi, o te pata.¹⁸Ko tāna i uaua ai ka whakahokia e ia, e kore anō e horomia;ko tāna utu ka rite ki ōna taonga; e kore anō e koa ki reira.¹⁹Nāna hoki i tūkino ngā rawakore, whakarērea iho;murua ana e ia he whare, ā, e kore e hangā anō e ia.

²⁰“I te mea kāhore ia i kite i te tatūtanga i roto i a ia,e kore anō ētahi o ngā mea e matea nuitia ana e ia e mau ki a ia.²¹Kāhore tētahi mea i toe i kore te horomia e ia;nō reira, e kore tētahi mea pai ōna e mau tonu.²²I a ia e whiwhi nui nei i te rawa, e rawakore anō ia;ka tae mai ki a ia ngā ringa katoa o te hunga kei roto i te mate.²³I a ia ka mea ki te whakakī i tōna kōpū,ka makā mai e te Atua te kaha o tōna riri ki runga ki a ia,ā, ka ringihia iho ki a ia, i a ia anō e kai ana.²⁴Ka rere atu ia i te patu rino,ka tū ia i te kōpere parāhi, puta pū.²⁵E unuhia ana, kua puta mai i roto i te tinana,inā, puta mai ana te mata wheriko i roto i tōna au;kua tau ngā wehi ki a ia.²⁶Ko te pōuri katoa kei te takoto mai mō āna taonga;ka kainga ia e te ahi, kīhai i pūhia e te tangata;mā reira e pau ai te toenga i roto i tōna tēneti.²⁷Ka whakakitea mai tōna hē e ngā rangika whakatika mai anō te whenua ki a ia.²⁸Ko ngā hua o tōna whare ka riro,ka rere, ānō he wai, ōna mea i te rā e riri ai ia.²⁹Ko tā te Atua wāhi tēnei mā te tangata kino,ko te taonga tupu i kīia e te Atua mōna.”