Beleza
A verdadeira beleza vem de dentro. A Bíblia ensina que o encanto é enganoso e a formosura é vã, mas a mulher que teme ao Senhor — essa sim merece louvor.
He mea teka noa te manako, he mea horihori te ātaahua;
tēnā ko te wahine e wehi ana i a Ihowā, ko ia e whakamoemititia.
Ko te whakapaipai mō koutou, kauaka hei tō waho, kauaka hei te makawe i whiria, kauaka hei te whakapiringa o ngā mea kōura, kauaka hei te whakakākahuranga o ngā kākahu; engari, hei te tangata ngaro o te ngākau, hei te kākahu e kore e pirau, arā te wairua māhaki, te wairua rangimārie, he mea utu nui hoki tēnei i te aroaro o te Atua.
Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, "Kaua e titiro ki tōna āhua, ki tōna roa rānei, i a ia e tū nā; kua whakaparahako hoki ahau ki a ia. E kore hoki e rite tā Ihowā ki tā te tangata titiro; he titiro hoki tā te tangata ki te kanohi; ko tā Ihowā ia he titiro ki te ngākau."
Ko ngā wāhine hoki kia mau i te kākahu ātaahua, kia tū whakamā, kia whai whakaaro; kauaka te makawe whiri, te kōura, te peara, te kākahu utu nui, engari, ko te mea e tau ana mō ngā wāhine e whakaae ana ki te karakia, arā, ko ngā mahi pai.
I a koe hoki ōku whatumanawa;
nāu hoki ahau i hīpoki i roto i te kōpū o tōku whaea.
Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe;
he mea whakawehi, he mea whakamīharo tōku hanganga;
he mahi whakamīharo āu mahi,
mōhio rawa anō tōku wairua ki tēnā.
He ātaahua katoa koe, e tōku hoa;
kāhore hoki ōu koha.
Nā, ka hangā e te Atua te tangata rite tonu ki a ia;
i hangā e ia kia rite ki te Atua;
i hangā rāua he tāne, he wahine.
He mahinga hoki tātou nāna, he mea hanga i roto i a Karaiti Īhu mō ngā mahi pai i whakaritea e te Atua i mua hei hāereerenga mō tātou.
"E ara, kia mārama; kua tae mai hoki tōu mārama,
kua whiti te korōria o Ihowā ki a koe.
Ko te tarutaru e maroke, ko te puāwai e memenge;
ko te kupu ia a tō tātou Atua, tū tonu."
Koia hoki tātou tē ngākaukore ai; heoi, ahakoa haere iho tātou ki te pirau, arā tō waho tangata, e whakahoutia ana anō tō roto i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā.
"Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, kaua e mānukanuka ki tō koutou ora, ki tā koutou e kai ai, ki tā koutou e inu ai; ki ō koutou tinana rānei, ki tā koutou e kākahu ai. Ehara oti te ora i te rahi atu i te kai, me te tinana i te kākahu?