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He Whakatauki anō nā Horomona

¹He whakatauki anō ēnei nā Horomona, he mea tuhi e ngā tāngata a Hetekia kīngi o Hūrā.

²Ko tō te Atua whakakorōria, he huna mea;ko tō ngā kīngi whakakorōria he rapu mea.³Ko te rangi mō te tiketike, ko te whenua mō te hōhonu,ā, ko te ngākau o ngā kīngi, tē taea te rapu.⁴Tahia atu te para i te hiriwa,ā, ka puta mai he oko mā te kaitahi para;⁵tangohia atu te tangata kino i te aroaro o te kīngi,ā, ka ū tōna torōna i runga i te tika.⁶Kei whakaputa i a koe ki mua i te aroaro o te kīngi,kei tū hoki ki te wāhi o ngā metararahi.⁷He pai kē hoki kia kīia mai ki a koe, “Haere mai ki runga nei,”i te mea kia whakahokia iho koe ki raro i te aroaro o te rangatira.I kitea nei e ōu kanohi⁸kei hohoro te haere ki te ngangare,kei kore e kitea e koe tāu e mea ai i tōna mutunga iho,ina meinga koe e tōu hoa kia whakamā.⁹Tohea tāu tohe ki tōu hoa tonu,ā, kaua e whākina te mea huna a tētahi:¹⁰kei kohukohutia koe e te tangata i rongo,ā, kore ake tōu ingoa kino e tahuri atu.

¹¹He kupu i tika te kōrero,ko tōna rite kei ngā āporo kōura i roto i ngā kete hiriwa.¹²He pērā i te whakakai kōura, i te whakapaipai kōura parakorekoia anō te ako a te whakaaro nui ki te taringa rongo.¹³Rite tonu ki te mātao o te hukarere i te kotinga wītite karere pono ki ōna kaingare;ka ora hoki i a ia te ngākau o ōna ariki.¹⁴He pērā i ngā kapua me te hau uakore,koia anō te rite o te tangata e whakamanamana ana ki āna hākari horihori.¹⁵Mā te roa e whakamanawanui ana ka whakaae mai ai te kīngi,ā, mā te arero ngāwari ka mangungu ai te wheua.¹⁶Kua kitea e koe he honi, kainga ko te wāhi e mākona ai koe;kei kī rawa koe i taua mea, ka ruakina e koe.¹⁷Kia takitahi tōu waewae ki te whare o tōu hoa;kei hōhā ia ki a koe, ā, ka kino ki a koe.¹⁸Ko te tangata e whakaatu teka ana mō tōna hoa,he patu ia, he hoari, ā, he pere koi.¹⁹Ko te whakawhirinaki ki te tangata tinihanga i te wā o te raru,e rite ana ki te niho whati, ki te waewae kua takoki.²⁰Ko te tangata e waiata ana ki te ngākau pōuri,e rite ana ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te kākahu i te rangi māeke,ki te winika hoki i runga i te hōura.

²¹Ki te matekai tōu hoariri whāngaia ki te taro;ki te matewai whakainumia ki te wai;²²ka pūrangatia hoki e koe he waro kāpura ki tōna māhunga,ā, ka utua tāu e Ihowā.²³E mauria ana mai e te hauraro he ua;e pērātia ana hoki e te arero ngautuarā, he kanohi pukuriri.²⁴He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui,i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare māhorahora.²⁵He rongo pai nō te whenua tawhiti,tōna rite kei ngā wai mātao ki te wairua matewai.²⁶Me te manawa-whenua i takatakahia, me te puna i whakaparuparutia,koia anō te tangata tika e hinga ana i te aroaro o te tangata kino.²⁷Ehara i te mea pai te kai nui i te honi;waihoki ko ā te tangata rapu i tō rātou ake korōria ehara i te korōria.²⁸Ko te tangata e kore nei e pēhi i tōna wairua,e rite ana ki te pā kua pakaru, kāhore ōna taiepa.