Taku tama, ki te waiho koe hei whakakapi mo tou hoa, ki te mea i pakia tou ringa ki te tangata ke, Kua mahangatia koe e nga kupu a tou mangai, kua mau koe i nga kupu a tou mangai. Mahia tenei inaianei, taku tama, kia ora ai koe, ina tae koe ki roto ki te ringa o tou hoa; haere, whakaiti koe, kia mohio koe ki to hoa. Kei tukua iho te moe ki ou kanohi, kei tunewha ou kamo. Whakaora i a koe ano he anaterope i roto i te ringa o te kaiwhai, ano he manu i te ringa o te kaihopu (Whakatauki 6:1-5)
Ki te kore koe e aro, me te tupato, e nehenehe te reira e tupu, na nga kupu a tou mangai, na au mahi, ka mau koe ki te mahanga a te rewera, ka hopukina hoki hei whakarau. Me pehea koe e mahi ai? Na roto i te whakapumautanga (he kawenata) me te tangata ke; na roto i te noho hei taumau mo to hoa, me te papaki i tou ringa me te tangata ke. Te tauhou, ko wai me kore koe e whai hononga (tahitanga) me.
Ka whakatupato te papa ki te tama, kia kaua e uru ki nga tangata ke. E mohio ana ia, e haere ana te manene i te pouri, Na tera (s)mana hoki koutou e kukume ki te pouri (te rangatiratanga o te rewera). Mena ko to hoa, tauhou, kei a koe te pupuri, ina tae koe ki te ringa o to hoa, katahi koe ka whakaora i a koe ano, ma te whakaiti i a koe ano, ma te whakakaha i to hoa. Whakaorangia koe ma te tu i runga i te whakapono, e na roto i te aroraa i te pouri e te patoiraa i te diabolo
Kaua e hoatu te moe ki o kanohi
Kia mataara, kia mataara! Kaua e hoatu te moe ki o kanohi, kei tunewha ou kamo. Engari kia mataara, Kia mataara. Whakaorangia koe, ano he anaterope i te ringa o te kaiwhai, ano he manu i te ringa o te kaihopu.
Te hoa me te tauhou, kotahi anake te mea e pirangi ana ko te arahi i a koe ki te whakangaromanga. Whakarongo ki te reo o te Wairua Tapu, a kia arahina, me te whakatupato, i a ia me te Kupu. Kaua e tuku ia koe ki te katoa, engari kia mataara, kia mataara.
Ko to mahi, ki te kauwhau i te rongopai ki tou hoa tata, me te aroha ki tou hoa tata ano ko koe. Engari me tiaki koe i to raatau oranga. A kaua e tukua, ki te kukume ia koe ki roto i to ratou 'ao', to ratou huru oraraa, kia noho ai koutou kia rite ki te ao.
‘Ko te tote o te tote’
