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Whakamātautau me Whakawai

12 Ka hari te tangata e ū ake ana ki te whaka­mā­tautau­ranga. Nō te mea hoki ka oti ia te whaka­mā­tau­tau, ka whi­whi ia ki te karauna o te ora, kua whaka­aria mai nei e te Ariki mō te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia. 13 Kaua tētahi e mea ina whaka­mā­tau­tau­ria, "E whaka­mā­tau­tau­ria ana ahau e te Atua." E kore hoki te Atua e taea te whaka­mā­tau­tau e te kino, e kore anō hoki ia e whaka­mā­tau­tau i tētahi. 14 Engari he mea whaka­mā­tau­tau te tangata, i a ia e kūmea ana, e poaina ana e tōna hia­hia ake anō. 15 Nā, i te hapū­tanga o te hia­hia, ka whānau ko te hara; ā, i te otinga o te hara, ka whānau ko te mate.