He Aha Ta Te Paipera E Kii Ai Mo Te Whakamana i te Whakaaro (Temperance)? — Karakia me te Inoi · Nga Karaipiture KJV me nga Nama a Strong

Ko tēnei rā, i mua i te kawenga o te rā i a koe ki ngā wāhi katoa e hiahia ai, tīkina te ture tuatahi: whakahaeretia tō wairua ake. Koinā te mana nui rawa atu kua hoatu ki te tangata — he nui ake i te hopu i tētahi pā. Ka tūtaki koe ki tētahi mea e tika ana e hiahia ana ki te whakahaere i a koe, me tētahi mea kāore e tika ana e hiahia ana ki te hoko i a koe; ā, ka kī te tangata whakahaere tika, "Kāo" ki ēnei mea e rua. Kia mataara. Kia matatū tonu. Whakahaeretia tō tinana, kaua e tukua tētahi wāhi mō te kikokiko. Kāore koe e hiahia kia kaha anake koe, nā te mea he hua nō te Wairua te ngākau whakahaere tika — e tupu ana i runga i tāna waina, ehara i tāu ake. Whakatauhia i roto i tō ngākau i mua i te haerenga mai o te wā o te whakamātautau, pēnei i tā Raniera i whakatau ai i mua i te whakatakotoranga o te kai a te kīngi ki mua i a ia; ā, i te wā e mau ai te hara ki tō kākahu, oma, pēnei i a Hohepa i oma ai. Ko tāu e tuku atu ana mōna he wāhanga kākahu; ko tāu e pupuri ana ko koe anō. Ka whakaakona koe e te aroha noa kia kī, "Kāo" ki te kore whakaute ki te Atua, ā, ka oma te tangata whakahaere tika mō tētahi karauna e kore rawa e memeha. Rapua kia kitea.

E te Ariki, ko koe te Atua e homai ana i te Wairua, ā, ko te hua o te Wairua he whakamanawanui; nō reira ehara i te kaha ōku e tono ana ahau, engari ko tōu. Whakaakona ahau i tēnei rā ki te whakahaere i tōku ake wairua, he mea nui ake i te hopu i tētahi pā; meinga ahau kia puhoi ki te riri, kia whai whakaaro, kia mataara, nō te mea kei te haereere taku hoariri e rapu ana. Pupuritia tōku tinana kia whakahaeretia, kaua rawa hoki tētahi mea whakaaetia e tū hei rangatira mōku; kaua ahau e tuku wāhi ki te kikokiko, kia mātuatia ai ōna hiahia. Whakatakotoria te whakaaro i roto i tōku ngākau i mua i te haerenga mai o te haora whakamātautau, kia rite ki tā Raniera i whakatau wawe ai; ā, ina pupuri te hara i ahau, homai ki ahau ngā waewae o Hohepa, kia oma, kia tiaki hoki i ahau kia mā. Nā, i te mea ka matoke haere te aroha o te tokomaha, homai ki ahau te whakamanawanui e mau tonu ai ahau ki te mutunga, kia kore ai ahau e mahana-mahana noa — pupuri i ahau kia whakataetae i runga i nga tikanga, kei rerekētia ahau, engari kia riro mai i ahau te karauna e kore nei e memeha. Nō reira whakaakona ahau, mā tōu aroha noa, kia kī, "Kāo" ki te kore whakaaro ki te Atua me nga hiahia o te ao, ā, kia noho tāu i runga i te ngākau mahara, i te tika, me te ngākau karakia, me te tūmanako ki taua tūmanako whakapaingia. Āmine.