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“Ko ia e pono ana ki te mea nohinohi rawa, e pono anō i te mea nui; ko ia e kore e tika i te mea nohinohi rawa, e kore anō e tika i te mea nui.

“E kore e āhei i te pononga te mahi ki ngā rangatira tokorua; ka kino hoki ki tētahi, ka aroha ki tētahi; ka ū rānei ki tētahi, ka whakahāwea ki tētahi. E kore e āhei i a koutou te mahi ki te Atua, ki te taonga.”

Nā, ki te kāhore i pono tā koutou mahi ki te taonga hē, mā wai e tuku ki a koutou hei tiaki i te taonga pono? Ki te kāhore koutou i pono i te mea a te tangata kē, mā wai e hoatu he mea mā koutou ake ki a koutou?

“Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, ‘Ki te kore rātou e whakarongo ki a Mohi, ki ngā poropiti hoki, e kore anō e whakaae ahakoa ara ake te tangata i te hunga mate.’ ”

“Ki te whakarere tētahi i tāna wahine, ā, ka mārena i tētahi atu, e pūremu ana ia; ki te mārena tētahi te wahine kua whakarērea e te tangata, e pūremu ana ia.”