TE MANA NUI O NGA MATUA.
(Na te Pihopa o Merepana). " lil UI ana koe ki a au i te mea tino kaha S' J kite whakahaere i aku mahi, i aku kupu, i oku whakaaro, i te ao, kotahi ano
taku whakahoki ara ko tenei : ■Ko nga whakaakoranga aku matua i a au e tamariki ana. i whakaaKona au e aku matua kite inoi ite ata x te ahiahi o taku tamarikitanga ake ano ; kia aroba kia whakahonore i te Paipera ; kia pono, kia ngawari, kia tika hold aku banga katoa ; kia kaua e wareware e kite tonu ana te Atua iaauite ao ite po. I wliakaakona ahau ki enei mea ki roto ki toku abuatanga. I whakatupatoria matou mo nga mahi kino mo nga tangata kino i te ao, kei am matou i a ratou mehemea he aroba to matou kite Atua. Heoi, kaua e miharo kite kaha o aku kupu kia pai kia kaha te whakaakoranga i nga tamariki i a ratou ano i roto i te kohanga i mua atu ito ratou rerenga kite ao. ° Kite kite ahau i te tamaiti e turi ana e whakakeke ana ranei ki ona matua ka mamae toku ngakau. Kahore i rite tonu te ahua o nga matua ko etahi he kino, otira ko nga matua e waiho noa ana i a ratou tamariki kia am ana i o ratou hiahia ano, kahore e riri e whakaako, e whakatahuri, he take nui tenei no nga he tino kino. I muri iho i te mana o nga matua, o te kainga, i waimarie au i toku whakahoatanga ki etabi tangata pai, wahins pai, ko a ratou kupu ko to ratou aroba etahi o aku taonga tino ataahua i tenei ao ; a i nga tau e huri ana kei te tupu tonu toku mobio kite kaha kite aroha o to tatou Ariki o Ihu Karaiti. 1a kore rawa au c mahi i tetahi mea nui kite mea kahore au i matua ui ki a la mehemea e whakaae ana ia ki tana mahi; ahe mano ana whakamananga i aku inoi, i arahina ai au e la ma nga huarahi i mabaratia e au i aua ra he huarahi pouri, otira no muri mai kitea ana e au ko nga huarahi tino pai atu era. Ko taku inoi tenei i nga wa katoa : kite Ariki he pebea tau hiahia moku ? Ko tenei ranei. Whakakitea mai ki a au ou ara, e Ihovva; whakaakona abau ki on huarahi. Ko te Atua, i rotoi a Ibu Karaiti, toku kaiarahi, e aroba ana hold la ki a au, e tino rnatau ana au ki tenei o nga mea katoa i te ao. Koia nei taku whakahoki ki to patai, a ko toku biabia kia tokomaha nga tangata e matau kite marie nui kite ngakau oraora, e kitea nei e au i roto i tenei abuatanga. Ko enei mea toku kai-arahi i ia ra i ia ra, a kabore ano au kia kite noa i te ram i nga mea katoa."
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 78, 1 August 1904, Page 9
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504TE MANA NUI O NGA MATUA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 78, 1 August 1904, Page 9
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