Te Tama Ngaro
11 I mea anō ia, "Tokorua ngā tama a tētahi tangata. 12 Ka mea tō muri o rāua ki tōna pāpā, ‘E pā, hōmai ki ahau te wāhi taonga e wehea e koe mōku.’ Nā, ka wehewehea e ia ki a rāua tōna oranga. 13 Ā, kīhai i maha ngā rā, ka kohikohia e te tama ō muri ngā mea katoa, ā, haere ana ki te whenua tawhiti, maumauria ana ōna taonga ki reira, he tōreretanga ki te kino. 14 Ā, nō ka poto āna mea katoa, ka pā te matekai ki taua whenua, ā, ka tīmata ia te rawakore. 15 Nā, ka haere ia, ka piri ki tētahi o ngā tāngata o taua whenua; ka tonoa e ia ki āna māra ki te whāngai poaka. 16 I hiahia hoki ia kia whakakīa tōna kōpū ki ngā kiri e kainga ana e ngā poaka, heoi, kīhai i hoatu e tētahi ki a ia. 17 Nō te hokinga ake ia o ōna whakaaro, ka mea ia, ‘Anō te tini o ngā kaimahi a tōku pāpā, he nui noa atu ā rātou taro, ko ahau ia ka ngaro i te kaikore! 18 Ka whakatika ahau, ka haere ki tōku matua, ka mea ki a ia, E pā, kua hara ahau ki te rangi, ki tōu aroaro anō. 19 Ā, heoi anō tikanga kia kīa ahau he tama nāu; meinga ahau kia rite ki tētahi o āu kaimahi.’ 20 Nā, ka whakatika ia, ā, haere ana ki tōna matua.
"Nā, i a ia anō i tawhiti, ka kite tōna matua i a ia, ka aroha, ka oma, hinga iho ki tōna kakī kihi ana i a ia. 21 Nā, ko te meatanga a te tama ki a ia, ‘E pā, kua hara ahau ki te rangi, ki tōu aroaro anō, ā, heoi anō tikanga kia kīa ahau he tama nāu.’ 22 Nā, ka mea te matua ki āna pononga, ‘Kia hohoro te mau mai i te kākahu pai rawa, ā, ka whakakākahu ki a ia; hōmai hoki he mōwhiti mō tōna ringa, he hū hoki mō ōna waewae. 23 Kawea mai anō te kūao kau, te mea whāngai, patua, kia kai tātou, kia koa te ngākau. 24 Ko tēnei tama hoki āku i mate, ā, kua ora; i ngaro, ā, kua kitea.’ Ā, ka anga rātou ka koa.