Taku tama, pupuri aku kupu, Kapohia aku whakahau ki a koe (Whakatauki 7:1)
Na te Matua i whakahau tana Tama, kia mau tonu ana kupu, ki te waiho i ana whakahau ki a ia. Ko te taua mea e pa ana ki a tatou, Ka rite ano ki te hunga whakapono. Kua homai e te Matua ki a maatau tana whakahau kia mau ki tana kupu, a ki te whakatakoto i ana whakahau ki a matou, kia haere ai matou i roto i reira.
Ko te kupu ko to kāpehu, Ko to kaiarahi i roto i te koiora. Ka hiahia koe ki te tohutohu, Me tahuri koe ki te kupu mo nga whakautu. Ka hoatu e te papa ki a koe nga tohutohu tika me te whakautu tika, Ki o patai katoa.
Engari ko te mea, Ka kitea e koe te whakautu ki tana kupu, Ka whakarongo koe ki tana kupu? Ka mahia e koe tana i korero ai ki a koe kia mahia? Ka whai koe i runga i tana tohutohu, ka paopao ranei koe, ka haere i to ara ake?
E hia o tana kupu kei roto i a koe? Kei te whakapau koe i te waa ki a ia (I te kupu), i ia ra? Ranei .....
Ki te tino aroha koe ki a Ihu, Mena he tino Aroha te Matua, katahi koe ka pupuri i ana whakahau, ka waiho hei kaimahi mo te kupu. Ka wehe koe i a koe mai i te ao, Ka whai koe i runga i te tohutohu a to papa, A ka mau koutou ki tana i pai ai.
'Kia tote mo te whenua’
