Taku tama, Tiakina te whakahau a to papa, Kaua e whakarerea te ture a tou whaea: Herea ratou i runga i tou ngakau, ka herea ki to kaki (Whakatauki 6:20-21)
Whakahonoretia tou papa, me tō whaea, kia roa ai to ora. Koina te ture me te kupu whakaari a te Ariki, To tatou Matua. He mea nui mo te Ariki, ka rongo koe ki o maatua, ka tuku i a koe ki a raatau. He aha tenei mea nui? Na te mea ko nga matua he pirihimana o te rangatiratanga o te rangi. He māngai o te Atua Runga Rawa. Ka kore koe e whakarongo ki o maatua, A kaua e tuku ki o raatau hiahia, Me pehea e rongo ai koe ki te Atua, ka tuku ki a ia?
Ka tipu koe, ka hiahia koe ki te haere i to ara ake. Ka kore koe e whakahonore i o matua, na te kore e whakarongo ki a raatau me te kore e mahi i o raatau hiahia, kia tutu ki runga ki a ratou etc., katahi ka tupu koe, Ka tino uaua ki a koe te tuku ki a Ihowa, a ki te whakarongo ki a ia, ka mahi i tana hiahia.
Ka rite ki te roa o te hiahia o te tamaiti, e kore e 'pakaru’ I te wā o te tamarikitanga, Ka hiahia te tamaiti ki te mahi i tana ake mahi. Ko te hiahia o te tamaiti ka taea te waiho i te pota ki te toenga o tana oranga. Na reira he mea nui hei matua, Hei whakaara i tetahi tamaiti i runga i te wehi ki a Ihowa; i roto i tana kupu, me te whakaako i te tamaiti kia ngohengohe, kia whakatika hoki ratou.
Kia mau ki o mātua
Māu hoki, Ka rite ki te tamaiti, He mea nui kia ngohengohe ki o maatua. Whakarongo ki te kupu a tou papa, ki te ture hoki o tou whaea, e faauruhia e te kupu. Herea ki o ngakau, herea ki to kaki, kia kore ratou e whakarere ia koe. Whakaarohia mo ratou i ia ra, ka haere i roto. Kaua e whakarere i a ratou.
Me mohio koe, e aroha ana o maatua ki a koe, a ko te hiahia anake te mea pai mo koe. Ka rite ki te Matua e aroha ana ki a tatou, a kua Homai ki a maatau ana whakahau, Na te mea e hiahia ana ia anake te mea pai mo tatou me te pupuri i a maatau ki te mahi kino.
'Kia tote mo te whenua’
