KOTAHI MURUNGA, KORE HE MEA I MAHUE.

Hoa Maori, Issue 3, 1 July 1885, Page 3

KOTAHI MURUNGA, KORE HE ME A I MAHUE.

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{ffiEßA tetahi kaumatua kahore tona (Ms. ngakau i tino rangimarie i te maharahara alee Id ona tini hara, otira e whakapuaki ana ia i nga atawhai nui a te Atua ki a ia i ona tan katoa. B 92 ona tan, a, ka niea ia, " e whakawhetai ana ahau kite Atua mo ona atawhai i enei tau katoa!" Ka ki atu ahau, " E taku hoa kaumatua, kia whakawhetai ngatahi tana ki te Atua mo te wairua whakawhetai e pupu ake nei i roto ia taua apiti, ki Ona atawhai Ida taua i tenei ao. Otira kua koroheke koe, meake mahue i akoe tenei takiwa atawhaitanga. Tena Ida patai atu ahau ki a koe, " Pehea mo o hara o tena 90 tau ? E pehea he kupu mau mehemea ka karangatia koe kiatu Id te aroaro o te Atua?" Ka whakaaroaro ia, a, ka ki wiri mai te reo, " Me whaki tonu atu ahau i aku hara." " A kite mea tetahi, ' Ko ahau e tu Id te aroaro o te Atua mou, maku e whakautu e whakarite o hara katoa I'" Katahi ka marama te paparinga katoa ka mea " hei atawhai whakahara tena." Ka ki atu ahau, " E hoa, kua tonoa mai e te Atna Tana Tama i te rangi, a, kua tae mai a Ihu ki tenei ao, a, kua horoia e Ia i tono whakapatunga taputanga i tona tmana, ou hara katoa. Na te Atua i mea kia tau iho ki a Ia te kino o tatou katoa. . . . Nana koki nga hara o te tini i waha, nana ano i wawao te hunga he."— 53. 6, 12. Ko koe tetahi o a te Atua tangata whakapono, otira kahore koe e tino okiold ana i tona aroaro, no te mea, kahore ano koe kia ata hopu i ta te Atua kupu

mou, e, kua whakaotia e Ia ou hara kotoa, a, ko te whakapainga mau. Kua whakaeangia e Urn ou hara kite aroaro o te Atua, ki ona toto ake. E kore rawa ahau e wareware wawe Id te miharo o taua kaumatua i tona whakatikanga mai, mete mea ake, " kua mauria mai e koe i tenei ra he rongo pai—kahore ano ahau kia rongo i te penei ki mua atu—Ko te Ariki ko Ihu Karaiti pu kia mate moku a kia kotahi Ona tahinga atu i oku hara katoa! kahore he mea e purutia e ahau i a la, mana katoa tenei toenga ake o taku ora." Kihai i roa ka ki mai ia " te pai whakahara o tenei mehemea e pono ana. Ka titiro mai ano ia ka mea, ' Otira e tika ana, ne ?' Ka ki atu ahau, ' E ai ra ta te Atua kupu,' Nana pu i waha o tatou hara ki Tona tinana ake Id runga kite ripeka, a, tenei ake ' Nona te whiunga i mau ai to tatou rongo. kei ona karawarawa hold he rongoa mo tatou.' " —lhaia 53. 5. Katahi ia ka oha mai ka mea, " kua tatu taku ngakau. Heoi te mea maku he tatari marie atu mete whakawhetai ki a la mo tona mahi i mahi ai Ia moku." Kua rongo atu ano ia ki ta te Atua mahi mona, a, ko tana tikanga he whakamahara ake, he whaki i ona hara me te inoi ano kite Atua kia horoia, ia tau, otira katahi ka whiwhi ia kite ngakau whai rangimarie. E kai korero, e pewhea ana koe ? E whakapono ana koe kite Arild kia Ihu ? E pena ana koe me to tatou kaumatua e rapu ana kite whaki i o hara he mea kia whiwhi ai koe i te rangimarietanga i te Atua ? E, —Whakapono ki ta Ihu mahi i mahi ai, a, e hari, ko nga hara katoa, o te hunga katoa, e whakapono ana ki a la, i tahia katoatia atu e la ki Maunga Kawari.