I kite ahau i roto i te whakakitenga, me te mea i uru ahau ki roto i te ruma poka i whanau ai ahau ka whanau he tamaiti, engari kaore he korero mo tona whanautanga, penei ranei, ko te tamaiti tenei i whanau i ahau, engari kare he korero i roto, kaore au i ngenge, kare he mamae, engari i tu ahau i runga i oku waewae, engari i runga i te honore o te Atua, “mai he toto, he mea ranei i puta mai i roto i ahau”.
Na ka mau ratou ki te horoi i a ia, no reira ka haere ahau ki te tango i a ia i a ratou, ka ki mai ratou kia kaua ahau e tatari, katahi ka tahia ka tahia e ratou ki raro i te wai, ahakoa kahore ahau i kite i tetahi mea kahore he poke o tona tinana, ko te tikanga, engari i te wa tuatahi ka tukuna ia ki raro i te wai me tona mata ki taku aronga, ka kata ahau me te ataata he ataata tino ataahua, ka kii tonu ahau ki taku whaea, titiro ki tana kata.
Ka korero ranei ahau ki toku whaea i te wa tuatahi ka kite ia i ahau ka kata ia, ka mohio ia ko au!
Ko tetahi mea penei, a ka mau toku ngakau i roto i te whakakitenga, ka tino nui oku whakaaro ki a ia, tae noa ki muri i taku oho ake i te kite, a tae noa ki te wa e tuhituhi ana ahau i tenei.
Kare hoki te whakakitenga i whakaatu ki a ia, he whanau hou tonu ia, he kotiro iti, Pepi, engari ko ia. Ma te Atua e manaaki, kei te pupuri ia ia ano, he tino kitea, he tino ataahua ona ahua. Ma te Atua e manaaki.
Na ko tera, ka noho ia ki ahau i roto i te moemoea, ka ki atu ahau ki toku whaea, “He hua manu, he aha ranei?” Ka ki atu ia, “Aue, he tiketike rawa.” Ko te tikanga he tiketike te ma.
Ma te Atua e manaaki
A, i muri i te kitenga a tae noa mai ki naianei, he tino harikoa kei roto i toku uma, he ahua tino ataahua, he aha tena?
A, i nga wa katoa ka mahara ahau ki tetahi mea motuhake, ka pirangi ahau ki te whakatutuki, ka tatari ahau mo te wa roa, ka inoi ahau mo taua mea, ka pai ake taku uma, ka tino pai tenei kare.
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