"TE MANGERE."

Toa Takitini, Issue 79, 1 March 1928, Page 744

" TE MANGERE."

“NA TAMATI KARAERA” (THOS. CARLYLE). Na T. Wi-Repa i ivhakamaori. KO wai koe e para-waha na mo ton oranga mangere? E 5 whakahihi mai na he kore non e mahi? E whakaatu mai na ion taonga piata; iou urunga ngohengohe; i on moenga kopungapunga kia an ai te moe i tan wa o te ra e hiahia ana? Titiro whakarunga, titiro whakararo, whakaatutia mai kia au te tangata toa, he mangere. Whakaatutia mai hoki te tangata tapu, te atua, mete rewera, a, he mangere. Kei roto anake pea i ton ropu to tangata mangere e whakamanamana na ki tona mangere. A, ko koe anake ranei tana tangata e whakamanamana na ki ton mangere. Kaati, ka mutu pea i a koe. I runga i te rangi, i runga i te whenua, i roto i te wai i raro ite whenua, kaore tetahf i rite ki a koe. He tangata tuatahi koe no ton momo i hangaia mai kite Ao. Kaore he mea pena ia koe i hangaia mai i mua. He hua ton momo no enei tan e rima tekau ka taha ake nei. Kotahi tonu te Ngarara whakahaehae ote Ao: ko te tangata mangere. He aha ra tona whakapono? “He korero parau te Ao: He wahi e whiwhi ai te murere kite patipati: e, whiwhi ai hoki te whanako i etahi kai ahua pai tonu. He teka te Atua; he teka te tangata me tona ora.” Otira, ko wai o tatau e kaha, kite ki kua oti ia ia nga mahi o tona oranga? Ahakoa ko wai o tatau e kaha ana te mahi, he iti nei nga koha o tona mahi e puta kia ia. Heoi ra he mahi, na reira mahia. Epa ana kia tatau te tika ote pepeha a Hamuera: “Ko te nuinga o tooku oranga kua moumoutia e au.” Engari ko te tangata kaore ana mahi; e kitea ana i nga hui nunui e titakataka ana i roto i nga kakahu ataahua; he tau kite matakitaki atu a ona hoa mahikore; e kirikiri-a ana kite hunga ahuwhenua; heoi tana he whakawhanau tamariki mai hei mangere pera ano

me ia. Ma wai ona mangere e whangai? Mangere ma, kaua e whakakiia te Ao kite mangere. He tamtam te mangere, he ngahere te mangere, he kai kore te mangere, he manakore te mangere. Kei whakawhirinaki koe ki nga taonga ate ahuwhenua o matua, o tipuna i tuku iho ai kia koe. Man tonu, e kawe ton koiwi ka whiwhi koe. Me mate porangi te mangere Te rongoa o tenei mate porangi ko te mahi: he karakia hoki te mahi. Na reira ka taea te pei tg rewera porangi ki waho ote tangata. He tangata tu mokemoke te mangere: a, ko wai e pirangi kite whakahoa kia ai? Mangere, whakakamakama ake i a koe; tahuri kite mahi me kore koe e uni kite kahui ote hunga totika ote Ao.