I WAENGANUI 0 TE AHI.
Tera tetahi tangata whakapono no to tatou Hahi, he Maori no Inia. Ko te haerenga mai o tetahi Pakeha whakapono kore, kite whakatoi i tana Inia, mo tana tahuritanga kite whakapono M a te Karaiti. “ Kaore he painga e puta atu ki a koe i runga i to tahuritanga kite whakapono. Tena, he aha te painga kua homai e te Karaiti mou Ko te patai tenei a taua tangata whakapono kore. » Katahi ka whakahokia atu e te Inia, “ Nana ahau i ora ai.” Ko te kiianga atu a te Pakeha, “ Tena whakamaramatia te tikanga o to kupu.” Katahi te Inia ka ki atu. “E pai ana. Whai mai i muri i ahau kia whakamaramatia aieahau te tikanga o taku- kupu.’’ Ka whakatika raua, ka arahina e te Inia tana hoa ki waho o te whare. Te taenga atu ki te marae, ka kohikohia mai he rau rakau maroke, ka whakatakoto kia rite ai kite ahua o tetahi ringi nui. Katahi ka kimitia e taua Inia he toke. Ka kitea, ka tukua e ia te toke ki waenganui o te ringi rau rakau. Katahi ka takirihia e ia he maati, ka hoatu ki roto ki nga rau maroke nei. Ko te muranga o taua ringi, a taiawhio noa. Kua kore he wahi hei putanga atu mo te toke ra. Kua kaha te mura o nga rau maroke ra kua kaha hoki te whakawiri, te takaokeoke o te toke ra. No te roanga o te Pakeha whaka-pono-kore nei e matakitaki ana, (mete kore hoki ona e mohio kite tikanga o te mahi a te Inia), katahi ka totoro atu te ringa o te Inia kite toke ra, i roto i te au o te ahi, ka hapainga mai e ia, ka kawea ki tetahi wahi pai, ka hoatu ki roto ki nga otaota haere atu ai. Katahi te Inia nei ka tahuri ki tana hoa paktha, ka ki atu ki a ia, “ Na kei te rite ki tena, ta te Karaiti i mahi ai moku. 1 roto ahau i nga muramura ahi o te reinga, kore rawa he huarahi i kitea hei putanga atu moku i roto i taua muramura. I tau te riri o te Atua ki runga ki ahau. Ko te mate anake i mua i ahau. Na te Karaiti i tango ki runga ki a ia te utu i rite ai moku. I mate ia mo oku hara. I rite ahau ki tetahi mounga i unuhia mai i roto i te Ahi. (Hakaraia 3, 2.) Ahakoa i rite ahau ki tetahi toke, inaianei kua whakatungia ahau e ia kite turanga hou. “Ko ia ano te
aroha o s to Atua ki te ao, homai ana e ia tana Tama kotabi, kia kahore ai e mate te tangara e wbakapono ano ki a ia engari kia whiwhi ai ki te oranga tonutanga.” (Hoani
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 6, 1 August 1898, Page 4
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478I WAENGANUI 0 TE AHI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 6, 1 August 1898, Page 4
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