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Nā, ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou he mana e takahi ai koutou i runga i ngā nākahi, i ngā kopiona, i te kaha katoa anō o te hoa whawhai; ā, e kore rawa koutou e mate i tētahi mea.

Ka whakahoki te Ariki, ka mea ki a ia, “E Māta, e Māta, e mānukanuka ana koe, e raruraru ana ki ngā mea maha. Kotahi ia te mea e matea ana; ā, kua whiriwhiria e Meri tēnā wāhi pai, e kore nei e tangohia i a ia.”

Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, “ ‘Kia whakapaua tōu ngākau, tōu wairua, tōu kaha, tōu hinengaro, ki te aroha ki te Ariki, ki tōu Atua; me aroha hoki ki tōu hoa tata ānō ko koe.’ ”

I mea anō ia ki a rātou, “He nui te kotinga, ko ngā kaimahi ia he ruarua; nā, īnoi atu ki te Ariki nāna te kotinga, kia tonoa e ia he kaimahi ki tāna kotinga.

“Nā, ki tōu whakaaro, ko wai o tēnei tokotoru te hoa ōna i tūtaki nei ki ngā kaipāhua?” Ka mea ia, “Ko tērā i atawhaitia ai ia.” Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, “Haere, kia pērā anō tāu mahi.”

Haere! Nanā, ka tonoa nei koutou e ahau, ānō he reme ki waenganui o ngā wuruhi.