1 Ā, i mea anō ia ki āna ākonga, "Tērā tētahi tangata whai rawa i mua, he tuari taonga tōna; ā, ka kōrero­tia ki a ia kei te mau­mau­ria e ia āna taonga. 2 Nā, karanga­tia ana ia e ia, ā, ka mea atu ia ki a ia, ‘He aha tēnei e rangona nei e ahau mōu? Kōrero­tia mai te tikanga o ngā mea i tuari­tia e koe; e kore hoki e āhei kia waiho koe hei tuari.’ 3 Nā, ko te mea­tanga a taua tuari i roto i a ia, ‘Me aha ahau? E tango­hia ana hoki i ahau te tuari­tanga e tōku ariki; e kore ahau e kaha ki te keri; e whaka­mā ana ahau ki te tono mea māku. 4 E mōhio ana ahau ki tāku e mea ai, mō tōku peinga rawa­tanga atu i te tuari­tanga, ka ai ō rātou whare hei tuku­nga atu mōku.’

5 "Nā, ka karanga­tia e ia tēnei tangata, tēnei tangata o te hunga i a rātou nei ētahi mea a tōna ariki, ka mea ia ki te tua­tahi, ‘E hia ngā mea a tōku ariki i a koe?’ 6 Nā, ka mea tērā, ‘Kotahi rau mēhua hinu.’ Nā, ko tāna mea­tanga ki a ia, ‘Tango­hia tāu puka­puka, hohoro te noho, tuhi­tuhia e rima tekau.’ 7 Kātahi ia ka mea ki tētahi, ‘E hia hoki i a koe?’ ka mea ia, ‘Kotahi rau mēhua wīti.’ Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, ‘Tango­hia tāu puka­puka, tuhi­tuhia e waru tekau.’

8 "Nā, ka mihia te tuari kino e tōna ariki, mōna i whai whaka­aro; engari hoki ngā tama­riki o tēnei ao, i tō rātou whaka­papa­ranga, nui kē te whaka­aro i tō ngā tama­riki o te mārama.

9 "Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, waiho te taonga kino hei mea i ētahi hoa aroha mō koutou; mō te hē rawa iho, ka ai he tuku­nga atu mō koutou ki ngā whare ora tonu. 10 Ko ia e pono ana ki te mea nohi­nohi rawa, e pono anō i te mea nui; ko ia e kore e tika i te mea nohi­nohi rawa, e kore anō e tika i te mea nui. 11 Nā, ki te kāhore i pono tā koutou mahi ki te taonga hē, mā wai e tuku ki a koutou hei tiaki i te taonga pono? 12 Ki te kāhore koutou i pono i te mea a te tangata kē, mā wai e hoatu he mea mā koutou ake ki a koutou?

13 "E kore e āhei i te pono­nga te mahi ki ngā ranga­tira toko­rua; ka kino hoki ki tētahi, ka aroha ki tētahi; ka ū rānei ki tētahi, ka whaka­hāwea ki tētahi. E kore e āhei i a koutou te mahi ki te Atua, ki te taonga."

14 Ā, ko ngā Parihi, he hunga apoapo moni i rongo ki ēnei mea katoa, ā, ka whaka­hī rātou ki a ia. 15 Nā, ko tāna mea­tanga ki a rātou, "Ko koutou te hunga e whaka­tika­tika ana i a koutou anō i te aro­aro o ngā tāngata; ko te Atua ia e mātau ana ki ō koutou ngākau; ko te mea hoki e whaka­nuia ana e ngā tāngata hei mea whaka­riha­riha i te aro­aro o te Atua.

16 "I tutuki te ture me ngā poro­piti ki a Hoani; nō reira i kauwhau­tia mai ai te ranga­tira­tanga o te Atua, ā, tāruke ana ngā tāngata katoa ki roto. 17 Erangi te pahemo­tanga o te rangi, o te whenua e takoto noa ana, e kore ia tētahi tohu o te ture e taka.

18 "Ki te whaka­rere tētahi i tāna wahine, ā, ka mārena i tētahi atu, e pūremu ana ia; ki te mārena tētahi te wahine kua whaka­rērea e te tangata, e pūremu ana ia."

19 "Nā, tērā tētahi tangata whai taonga i mua, he kākahu pāpura ōna, he rīnena pai, ā, ko tāna mahi he kai tonu i ngā kai papai i ngā rā katoa. 20 Nā, ka whaka­takoto­ria ki tōna kūwaha tētahi tangata rawa­kore, ko Raharuhi te ingoa, he tū­whenua, 21 e hia­hia ana hoki kia whāngaia ki ngā konga­konga e nga­horo ana i te tēpu a te tangata taonga; ā, ko ngā kurī rawa hoki i haere mai, ka miti­miti i ōna mate.

22 "Nāwai ā, ka mate te tangata rawa­kore, ā, kawea ana e ngā ana­hera ki te uma o Āperahama. Ā, ka mate hoki ko te tangata taonga, ā, tanu­mia ana. 23 Ā, i te rēinga ka ti­tiro ake ia, i a ia e whaka­mamae­tia ana, ka kite i a Āperahama i tawhiti, me Raharuhi i tōna uma. 24 Nā, ka karanga ia, ka mea, ‘E pā, e Āperahama, kia aroha ki ahau, tonoa mai hoki a Raharuhi ki te tou i te pito o tōna mati­hao ki te wai, hei whaka­mātao i tōku arero; e mamae ana hoki ahau i tēnei mura.’

25 "Otirā, ka mea a Āperahama, ‘E tama, kia mahara kua riro i a koe āu mea papai i a koe e ora ana, he kino ia ngā mea i a Raharuhi; nā, ka whaka­mārie­tia nei ia, e whaka­mamae­tia ana koe. 26 Hāunga anō ēnei mea katoa, kua oti te whaka­pūmau tētahi tawhā nui i waenga­nui o koutou, o mātou. Ā, ki te mea ētahi ki te whaka­whiti atu i konei ki a koutou, e kore e āhei; e kore anō e whiti mai i konā ki a mātou.’ 27 Anō rā ko tērā, ‘Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koe, e pā, kia tonoa ia ki te whare o tōku pāpā; 28 toko­rima hoki ōku tēina? Kia kōrero ai ia ki a rātou, kei haere mai hoki rātou ki tēnei wāhi mamae.’

29 "Ka mea a Āperahama ki a ia, ‘Kei a rātou rā a Mohi rātou ko ngā poro­piti; me whaka­rongo ki a rātou.’ 30 Ka mea ia, ‘Kāhore, e pā, e Āperahama, engari ki te haere atu tētahi ki a rātou o te hunga mate, ka rīpe­netā rātou.’ 31 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, ‘Ki te kore rātou e whaka­rongo ki a Mohi, ki ngā poro­piti hoki, e kore anō e whaka­ae ahakoa ara ake te tangata i te hunga mate.’ "