Upoko XIV.
TE KUKUPA TAPU. Ka tu te Kai Kauwhai i te taha o tetehi Awa i roto i nga Rakau. Kowai ena tangata e liaere tonu mai na ki a ia, kei o ratou Paparinga ano o ratou roimata ? Ko enei nga Tangata Rawa Kore, ko o latou kakahu ano he kakahu paru. Ka manako mai ka ngawari ki a ratou te Kai Kauwhau—haere ana ia me ratou kite Awa. Ka horoia ratou eia kite Wai, ka inoi tahi ia me ratou. Etu ana te iwi katoa i te taha e te Awa e hiahia ana kite Horoi i roto ite Wai Otira, he rawa Kore katoa enei e hiahia nei kite Horoi kite Wai—kaore hoki tetehi o te Huihuinga whakapehapeha e haeretahi iho mete Kai Kauhau kite Wai. Ka haere mai hoki tetehi atu Taitamariki papaku atu i te katoa. Heoi, ka titiro atu ki a ia te kai kauhau manawapa ana ia ki a ia, mete mea ano ia he Kingi ki tana titiro, he pono, he whakaaro nui rawa atu tana ! Kihai te kai Kauhau i pai kia heke tahi atu raua kite Wai—heoi, ka kukume taua Taitamariki papaku i te Kai Kauhau kia heke atu raua kite Wai.
A to ratou haerenga ake i t e Wai—ia ratou e inoi ana. ]£ a anga ake o ratou kanohi ki noa Rangi. He aha tena Kanapa. tanga ? tera atu ite Maramatanga o te Ra. He aha tena mea e rere iho na ite Rangi? no te Manu te alma ! e hara ite m ea ko nga manu o tenei Ao, ara o te whenua. Engari he Kukupa no te Rangi. Koia te Wairua Tapu o te Atua! A noha ana te Wairua Tapu H runga kite Mahunga o te Taitamariki papaku e koa e inoi ra i roto ite Wai. Whakarongo! Heaha tena Harurutanga i te Rangi ? He reo Ehara i te reo no tetehi tangata o tenei Ao. h.hara i te tetehi Anahera ranei. Engari, He reo, e whakapuaki mai ana i etehi kupu haringa, kupu mataku. Te rongorongo a te Kai Kauhau, kaha tonu tana whakaronga ki tena Reo. < Ka hopohopo te Kai Kauhau ki tena Taitamariki i haere papaku mai nei ki a ia.
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Korimako, Issue 16, 15 June 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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370Upoko XIV. Korimako, Issue 16, 15 June 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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