Ko tetahi whare whakawa ko tera mo nga moni tarewa. Kite kahore i maha ake ite rua tekau nga moni e whaia ana (nga utu ranei mo te mahi, mo te taonga ranei i hokona) ka kawea ki taua whare; ama te rangatira o taua whare, ma te kai whakarite moni tarewa, e karere atu te tangata e whakawakia ana, kia haere mai ki a ia. Na, ka whakarongo ia ki nga korero a tetahi, a tetahi, a kite tika i taua tangata ano nga moni a tetahi, na ka whakarite ia kia homai eia; a, kite kahore e homai, na, ka mea te kai whakarite moni tarewa kia hokona etahi o ona taonga, a ko nga utu o aua taonga hei utu mo aua moni tarewa, mo nga taonga hoki i tohea nei. Kite kahore etahi o ona taonga e kitea, ka whiua kite whare herehere te tangata ia ia nei aua moni, kite mea he Pakeha. Kite mea he tangata Maori, e kore e herea mo te moni tarewa ; no te mea e ki ana a Kawana, e kore e tika; he kuare hoki te tangata Maori ki a te Pakeha tikanga. Kite mea e maha ake ana i nga pauna e rua tekau nga pauna e tohea ana r e kore e whakaritea e aua kai whakarite. E ngari, ka waiho ma te tino kai whakarite whakawa ratou ko te tekau ma rua. Kite mea te tangata Maori kia whakaritea tetahi whakawa, me haere ia kite kai tiaki o te tangata Maori; a mana e whakaatu tikanga e tika ai tana tohe.
Ko ta te Pakeha tikanga tenei mo te whiu i te tutu, mo te whakakore ite pakanga. Tena e te tangata Maori, whakaarohia, e pai ana ranei, e rite ana ki ta koutou te pai. Kia mahara hoki, na tenei i nui ai matou, i nui ai matou, i nui ai hoki o matou taonga; na ta koutou i tokotorutoru ai koutou, i rawakore ai, i nojho kino ai. Ko ta te Pakeha tino tikanga tpnev; Ttia kotahi ano ture mete katoa: kaua e tukna te tangata kia whakatika ake kite rapu utu mona, ina ahatia e tetahi atu tangata ; e ngari me waiho ma te tino kai whakarite ratou ko te tekau ma rua e whakarite. Me i penei te tangata Maori, ka tahi ia ka kite ite pai. Ki te tohe koutou ki to mua tikanga—kia rongo mai koutou—ka kite koutou i te tikanga o tenei kupu " a ka whakaururutia e Ihowa te whenua hei utu mo te kino o nga tangata i noho i runga." Me aha e kake ai, e ora ai? Kia rite te mahi ki ta te Karaiti i whakatakoto mai ai. Kia mahara ki enei kupu e rua:— 1. Katie tera tangata, e tera tangata, te haere kite taua. Waiho ma te kai whakarite whakawa ratou ko ona hoa te tikanga mo te totohe. 2. Tukua kia whiua te kai mahi i te kino. Kaua hoki te tangata e whiua mo te hara o tetahi atu. Heoi ano.
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Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 26, 19 October 1848, Page 4
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510Untitled Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 26, 19 October 1848, Page 4
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