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Te Ariki o ngā Kararehe

¹“E mōhiotia ana rānei e koe te wā e whānau ai ngā koati mohoao o te kāmaka?E kitea pūtia ana rānei e koe te wā e whakamamae ai ngā hāta?²E taua anō rānei e koe ngā marama e rite ana i a rātou?E mōhio ana rānei koe ki te wā e whānau ai rātou?³Tuohu ana rātou, kua puta mai ā rātou kūao,ākiritia mai ana e rātou ō rātou mea whakapōuri.⁴E pai ana te āhua o ā rātou kūao, e tupu ana i te pārae;ka haere atu rātou, ā, kāhore e hoki mai anō.

⁵“Nā wai i tuku te kāihe mohoao kia haere noa atu;ngā here o te kāihe mohoao, nā wai i wewete?⁶Ko te whare i whakaritea nei e ahau mōna, ko te koraha;ko ōna nohoanga ko te wāhi tītōhea.⁷Whakahāweatia iho e ia te ngangau o te pā;e kore ia e rongo ki te reo o te kaiakiaki.⁸Ko tōna wāhi kai kei te tuahiwi o ngā maunga,e rapua ana e ia ngā mea matomato katoa.

⁹“E pai rānei te unikanga kia mahi ki a koe?Kei tāu takotoranga kai rānei he moenga mōna?¹⁰E herea rānei e koe te unikanga ki tōna taura i te awa parautanga?E rakarakatia rānei e ia ngā raorao me tāna whai anō i a koe?¹¹E whakawhirinaki atu rānei koe ki a ia, nō te mea e nui ana tōna kaha?E whakarērea atu rānei e koe tāu mahi māna?¹²E whakapono atu rānei koe māna āu hua e whakahoki mai;māna e kohikohi mai ki tāu patunga wīti?

¹³“E whakamanamana ana te parirau o te otereti;otirā he atawhai anō rānei tā ōna hou, tā ōna raukura?¹⁴E whakarērea ana e ia ōna hua ki te whenua,whakamahanatia iho e ia ki te puehu,¹⁵wareware ake ia tērā pea e pēpē i te waewae,e takahia rānei e te kīrehe o te pārae.¹⁶He mea pakeke ia ki āna pī, me te mea ehara i a ia;ahakoa ka maumauria tāna mahi, kāhore ōna manawapā;¹⁷nō te mea i whakakāhoretia e te Atua he ngākau mahara mōna,kīhai hoki i hōmai he whakaaro ki a ia.¹⁸I te wā e maranga ai ia ki runga,whakahāweatia iho e ia te hōiho rāua ko tōna kaieke.

¹⁹“Nāu rānei i hoatu tōna kaha ki te hōiho?Nāu rānei tōna kakī i whakakākahu ki te huruhuru?²⁰Nāu rānei ia i mea kia pekepeke, kia pērā me te māwhitiwhiti?He hanga whakawehi te korōria o tōna whewhengu.²¹E hūkari ana ia i te raorao, me te koa anō ki tōna kaha;tika tonu ia ki te hunga mau patu.²²Whakahāwea ana ia ki te wehi, kāhore ōna mataku;e kore anō ia e nunumi mai i te hoari.²³Papā ana te papa pere ki tōna taha,te tao e rarapa ana, me te tīmata.²⁴E horomia ana e ia te whenua, me te ngangau me te riri;kāhore ia i te whakapono ko te reo tērā o te tētere.²⁵Ka tangi ana te tētere ka mea ia, ‘Ha, ha!’I tawhiti anō ka hongia e ia te pakanga,te whatitiri o ngā rangatira, me te hāmama.

²⁶“He mōhio nōu i rere ai te kāhu,i roha ai i ōna parirau, i anga ai whaka te tonga?²⁷Nāu te kupu i kake ai te ēkara?I hangā ai e ia tāna ōhanga ki te wāhi tiketike?²⁸Noho ana ia i runga i te kāmaka, kei reira tōna kāinga,kei te kāmaka keokeo, kei te pā kaha.²⁹Ā, rapua ana e ia he kai i reira;e kite atu ana ōna kanohi i tawhiti.³⁰Horomititia ake ana hoki ngā toto e āna pī;ā, ko te wāhi i ngā tūpāpaku, kei reira anō ia.”