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Kīia iho, e ōku tēina, he mea hari nui ina taka koutou ki ngā whakamātautauranga maha; e mātau ana hoki koutou, ko te whakamātautauranga o tō koutou whakapono hei mahi i te manawanui.

Ki te hapa tētahi o koutou i te mātauranga, me īnoi ia ki te Atua, e hōmai nui nei ki te katoa, kāhore hoki āna tāwai mai; ā, ka hōmai ki a ia.

Kei te mōhio koutou ki tēnei, e ōku hoa aroha, kia hohoro ngā tāngata katoa ki te whakarongo, kia pūhoi ki te kōrero, kia pūhoi ki te riri.

Nā, kia puta rawa te mahi a te manawanui, kia tino tika ai koutou, kia toitū ai, tē hapa i tētahi mea.

Hei kaimahi anō koutou i te kupu, kaua hei kaiwhakarongo anake, kei tinihangatia koutou e koutou anō.

Ka hari te tangata e ū ake ana ki te whakamātautauranga. Nō te mea hoki ka oti ia te whakamātautau, ka whiwhi ia ki te karauna o te ora, kua whakaaria mai nei e te Ariki mō te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia.

Nō runga ngā hōmaitanga papai katoa, ngā mea katoa e tino tika ana, he mea heke iho nō te Matua o ngā whakamārama, kāhore nei ōna putanga kētanga, kāhore hoki he ātārangi o te tahuri.

Ki te mea hoki he kaiwhakarongo tētahi i te kupu, ehara nei i te kaimahi, he rite ia ki te tangata e mātakitaki ana ki tōna kanohi māori i roto i te whakaata: i tōna mātakitakinga hoki i a ia anō, haere ana, wareware tonu ake he āhua pēhea rānei tōna.

Ko te karakia pono, ko te mea poke kore ki te aroaro o te Atua Matua, ko ia tēnei: Ko te tirotiro i ngā pani i ngā pouaru i ō rātou mate, ko te tiaki i a ia ake kei poke i te ao.

Kaua tētahi e mea ina whakamātautauria, “E whakamātautauria ana ahau e te Atua.” E kore hoki te Atua e taea te whakamātautau e te kino, e kore anō hoki ia e whakamātautau i tētahi. Engari he mea whakamātautau te tangata, i a ia e kūmea ana, e poaina ana e tōna hiahia ake anō.

Ko te teina iti, kia whakamanamana ia i te mea ka whakanekehia ake ia