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I tēnei rā, kia tangata whakaaro nui koe i tētahi mea: tiakina te mātauranga. Kohikohia ki roto i tō ngākau, e rite ana ki te tangata e whakaputu rawa ana ki tōna whare, he iti i tēnei wā, he raina i runga i te raina, he iti i konei, he iti i kō. Kaua e whakahāwea ki te wāhanga iti; koia tēnā te tikanga o te whakaako a te Atua. Ā, kia mahara ki tōna whāinga. Ehara te whāinga i te mōhio ki te tini o nga mea, i te whakaaro nui i tēnei ao; engari ko te whāinga kia mōhio ki te Atua tonu, me Ihu Karaiti i tonoa mai e ia — nō te mea ko tēnei te ora tonu. Nō reira, whakarerea ō whakaaro ake, tangohia ana ōna, nō te mea ko te hunga whakaiti e whakaakona ana e ia, ā, ko te hunga e mākona ana ki a rātou anō e kore e taea e ia te whakaki. Kia tupu koe i roto i te aroha noa, me te mātauranga o tō tātou Ariki, o tō tātou Kaiwhakaora, o Ihu Karaiti. Ko tāu e mōhio nei ki a ia i tēnei rā, kia mau tonu ki reira; ā, ngana kia mōhio pai ake ki a ia āpōpō. He mōhiotanga e tiakina ana, e tupu ana, koia te taonga e whakaputua ana e te tangata whakaaro nui. Rapua kia kitea.

E te Ariki, ko koe te Atua e whakaako nei i te tangata ki te mātauranga, kāhore hoki i whakaakona koe e tētahi. Nō reira ka haere mai ahau i runga i te ngākau papaku, kahore he mea ōku, kia whakakīia ai ahau e koe. Meinga ahau kia noho hei tangata whakaaro nui, e whakapupu nei i te mātauranga ki roto i tōna ngākau, kaua hei kūware, e kai nei i te kūwaretanga. Whakaakona ahau, he rārangi ki runga i te rārangi, he wāhi iti i konei, he wāhi iti i korā, kaua hoki ahau e whakaiti ki taua wāhi iti. Whakaorangia ahau i te mātauranga e whakapupuhi noa ana, ā, homai ki ahau te mātauranga e whakatupu ake ana, e kawea ana i runga i te aroha. Otirā, kia kaua ahau e noho wawe ki te mōhio kētanga ki a koe; mā ahau e mōhio ki a KOE, ko te Atua pono kotahi anake, me Ihu Karaiti i tonoa mai e koe, nō te mea ko tēnei te ora tonu. Kia whiti mai tō māramatanga ki roto i tōku ngākau, ā, homai ki ahau te māramatanga o te mātauranga o tōu korōria i te mata o Ihu Karaiti. Nā, i te mea ka mātaotao haere te aroha o te tokomaha, meinga ahau kia tupu tonu, kia kaua e ngoikore — kia mau tonu ahau a te mutunga, kia kaua e mahana-anga noa, kia kitea ai ahau e pono, e ako tonu ana i a koe, tae noa ki te rā o tōu korōria. Āmine.