MAIA O TE MINITATANGA.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 96, 26 August 1852, Page 4

MAIA O TE MINITATANGA.

Nui rawa atu te maia, mete toa o J. W. Pereha o te Hahi M. E. te korero miharo mona, na ona kai tuhituhi, a, ekore e ahei te whakarere noa taua korero e ahau, he pai lioki no tcnei mea i wliakaaro ai aliau kia Uikiianm ki nga kai liiiro o to iiii]ic>pa. He Iraniutu to Tc Pcrelia, lie lioia lana tangala i Harinia, otira, lie langala lulu rawa ia, no reira i peia atti ai i lana hoialauga. Eiiia, ctoni ona whawliaitauga ki le kopo ki ona hoa korerorero, a, ko ona rawa i rukca lioalia i roto i le kino, i le liara. Te hacrcnga o laua langala nci, a to whare o le mama luakana, a Henera Ho Roua, ka takoto tana kope me le karanga situ, ki le kaliore tana rangalira, lona mama, e honiai i nga karauna a rinia ran, ka puliia ia ki le kope. Ahakna lie niaia rawa a le Henera, i uiahara ia k\ le kino o laua nauakia, no reira, lioalu ana te pukapnka mo nga nioni, lino korrro ana laua rangalira ki a ia ki le kino o lana inahi. Eke ana tana tamaiti ki tnnn lioilio, liari nacre ana ki ana nioni. I te ahiahi i liacrcro ki le wahi i in ai te whare o tona matua tcina, o Te Pcrelia, wliakaaro lomi ilio taua langala kia \iaere atu ki tona whare. No te taengaalu, ka korcrotia ki tona matua la raua inna ko Re Runa, a, whakakitea ana te pukapnka i tuliia c IVe Rona,—wliakakitea ana ki a Te Porcha. Ka tango a Te Pcrelia i te pukapnka i whakari inai ra c tona Iramntn,' - liiiro wliakalau ana ki a ia; no te pulanga oetalii kupu ona, kohia ana ki tc putea o ana kakalm, a, men atu ana kite Irainutii, " E men ana an e le lamaiti nei, lie inea liuihanga c koe lenei pukapnka, a, ckoree aliei tewliakalioki alii ki a koe, engari, kia rongo ra ano aliau ki te kupu o loku luakana. Pula kau auo enei knpu, ka tu le ugutti o te kope o tona Irannitii ki le uina o Tc Pcrelia. Ka mca atu a Tc Pcrelia, " Ko loku orauga e man ana i to niana o la e kalia rawa ana, a, ekoro an o mkua kia whakamalca mo le tika o tabu c mca nci, ckorc hoki to pohowaliowatanga c lukua c Ia kia pula i lenei wahi." No tc kilenga o tc iramulu i le maia o Te Pcrelia, ka korcroiia alu te inataku o te luakana o Re Rona ki tc mate, pera ia lie lioia lera, no nuia, kua tini ana wliawhailanga. Ano ko Tc Pcrelia alu, "Mataku i tc male! Mo tealia an i malakii ai ilemate? Ka rua nci te kau ma rinia o aku tail i whukaminita ai au kite Ariki o te oranga, a, liei konei an, ka welii kite mate? Kaliore, ekoro, engari, mi.n le welii ki le mate! He tangala takoro linilianga koe, he langala inahi i le lie, a. mca .ina koe, he rangalira koe! E whakawai ana i te wahinc c nolio pai ana, a karanga ana koe, lierangatira koe! E tango ana koe i tc kope hei pupiihi langala a, mea ana koe lie lionorclanga lena nou ! A nga alu lo titiro, ko te kanohi whaiiui c le Rangi e lau ana ki runga ki a koe; me wiriwiri koe ki tc aroaroo to Kai Hanga, c male i a Ia i le wa polopolo lo tinana, ko to wairua, ka whiua c ia ki tc alii whanariki, ki reira ka ai, akc, ake." Koma tonu nga kanohi o laua tangala i le penciianga atu, c kawe ana te ngakan mataku, c kawe ana te puku whakatakariri. Waiho i kona riri ai tc; langala ra, kaliore i aha a Te Pereha; kaliore i mea ki le liki palu iiiona, ka!:ore i mca kia 0111:1 alu, kaliore i welii. Korcro tonu alu ia ki lana wiianaiiuga kino, 110 ka kilca noalia, ka liaere ka marie to ngakau, no kona ka lino arolia alu tc korcrc ki a ia, malum ake tc ngakau pupuhi a lera, whakarongo inaori ana ki nga ukoranga a te mama.

Kiliai i whakahokia atu to puknpuka o to luaktiiKi eTc Percha; oliia, i men ia, maiia c rapu tctalii likanga e wliiwhi ai laua Iraniiitii ki le moiii. No konei, ka koropiko to Minita ra ka inoi ki to Alua mo tonn wliaiiutuiga liara mii, muringa ilio, ka Imam ki a ia elahi mca, lici Itoko men iuona, n, tiikua alii ana tana langata i runga i tc korero nrolia i runga i te rangimaric.—l'uliapuka Whakamana i tc Wlutkapono no lutraponia.