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“Ko ahau, i tū ake ahau i te tau tuatahi o Tariuha Meri, ki te whakaū, ki te whakakaha i a ia. 
“Nā, ka whakaatu ahau ināianei ki a koe i te pono. Nanā, tērā e ara ake anō ētahi atu kīngi e toru i Pahia; ā, ko te tuawhā, ka nui noa atu ngā taonga i ō te katoa. Nā, kia kaha ia i ōna taonga, ka whakaohokia e ia te katoa ki te whawhai ki te kīngitanga o Kariki. 
Nā tērā e tū ake tētahi kīngi mārohirohi, he nui tōna kīngitanga e kīngi ai ia, ā, ka mahia e ia tāna e pai ai. 
Ā, ina tū ake ia, ka pakaru tōna kīngitanga, ka wehewehea atu ki ngā hau e whā o te rangi. Kāhore ia ki ō muri i a ia, e kore anō e rite ki tōna kīngitanga i kīngi ai ia; nō te mea ka hūtia atu tōna kīngitanga, mō ētahi atu anō ia ehara nei i ēnei. 
“Nā, ka kaha te kīngi o te tonga, me tētahi o āna rangatira; ka neke ake anō tōna kaha ki runga ake i tō tērā, ā, ka kīngi; hei kīngitanga nui tōna kīngitanga. 
Nā, i te mutunga o ngā tau ka honoa rāua, ka haere mai hoki te tamāhine a te kīngi o te tonga, ki te kīngi o te raki ki te whakarite tikanga. Otiia, e kore e mau i taua wahine te kaha o tōna ringa; e kore anō e tū te tāne me tōna ringa. Heoi, ka tukua atu te wahine, me te hunga nāna ia i kawe mai, me te matua tāne nāna nei ia, me tōna kaiwhakakaha i aua wā. 
“Otiia tērā e tū ake tētahi i tōna wāhi, he manga nō ngā pakiaka o te wahine, ā, ka haere mai ki te taua, ka tomo ki te pā o te kīngi o te raki, ā, ka mahi i roto i a rātou, ka kaha anō. 
Ka whakaraua anō e ia ō rātou atua, ā rātou whakapakoko whakarewa, ā rātou oko anō hoki e matenuitia ana, ngā mea hiriwa, ngā mea kōura, ka kawea ki Īhipa; ā, ka mutu tāna whawhai ki te kīngi o te raki mō ētahi tau. 
Ā, ka haere ia ki te kīngitanga o te kīngi o te tonga, engari ka hoki anō ia ki tōna ake whenua. 
“Nā, ka whawhai āna tama, ā, ka huihuia e rātou he ope, he maha ngā taua. Nā, ka haere mai aua ope, kei te waipuke te rite, ā, puta rawa atu. Ā, ka hoki rātou, ka whawhai, ā tae tonu ki tō tērā pā. 
Nā, ka riri te kīngi o te tonga, ā, ka puta mai, ka whawhai ki a ia, arā, ki te kīngi o te raki; ā, he nui te ope e ara i tēnei, ā, ka hoatu te ope ki tō tērā ringa. 
Ā, ka whakaarahia te ope, ka kake tōna ngākau; ā, ka whakatakā e ia ngā mano tini, otiia e kore ia e whai kaha. 
Nā, ka hoki mai te kīngi o te raki, maha atu hoki i ō mua te ope e ara i a ia; ā, ka tae mai ia i te mutunga o ētahi wā, arā o ngā tau, he nui tāna ope, he nui ngā taonga. 
“I aua wā he tokomaha e whakatika ki te kīngi o te tonga. Ka whakakake anō ngā tama tutū o tōu iwi, kia tutuki ai te kite rā; otiia ka taka rātou. 
Heoi, ka haere mai te kīngi o te raki; ka haupūria ake anō he pukepuke e ia, ā, ka riro i a ia te pā he nui rawa nei te taiepa. E kore anō ngā ringa o te tonga e ū, e kore anō tāna iwi i whiriwhiri ai, kāhore he kaha e ū ai. 
Otiia, ko tēnei ka haere mai nei ki a ia, ka mahia e ia tāna e pai ai, e kore anō tētahi e tū ki tōna aroaro. Nā, ka tū ia ki te whenua ātaahua, ā, kei tōna ringa te whakangaromanga. 
Ka anga anō tōna mata, ka mea kia haere mai ia i runga i te kaha o tōna kīngitanga katoa, me te hunga tika anō hei hoa mōna; nā, ka mahi ia i tāna e pai ai. Ka hōmai anō e ia ki a ia te tamāhine a ngā wāhine, hei takakino māna. Otiia, e kore tērā e tū, e kore hoki e mahi mōna. 
I muri i tēnei ka tahuri tōna mata ki ngā motu, ā, he maha e riro i a ia. Otiia, mā tētahi rangatira e mea kia mutu te ingoa kino e tāpaea ana e ia. Āe rā, ka meinga e ia tāna whakaingoa kino kia hoki ki a ia anō. 
Kātahi tōna mata ka tahuri atu ki ngā pā o tōna whenua; otiia ka tūtuki ōna waewae, ā, ka hinga ia, kore ake e kitea. 
“Kātahi ka tū ake i tōna wāhi tētahi māna e mea he kaitono takoha kia takahi i roto i te korōria o te kīngitanga. Otiia, kia torutoru ake ngā rā ka whakangaromia ai, kāhore he riri, kāhore hoki he whawhai. 
Ka whakatika ake anō ki runga ki tōna wāhi tētahi tangata e whakahāweatia ana, ehara nei te korōria o te rangatiratanga i te mea hoatu ki a ia. Ka haere mai ia i te wā āta noho, ā, ka riro i a ia te kīngitanga, nā te patipati. 
Ā, ka taupokina rātou e ngā ringa o te waipuke i tōna aroaro, mongamonga noa rātou; me te rangatira anō hoki o te kawenata. 
I muri anō i tāna whakaaetanga kōrero ka mahi tinihanga ia. Ka haere mai hoki ia, ā, ka kaha, he torutoru anō hoki āna tāngata. 
Hei te wā āta noho ka tae mai ia ki ngā wāhi mōmona rā anō o te kāwanatanga; ka mahia e ia ngā mea kīhai i mahia e ōna mātua, e ngā mātua o ōna mātua; ka tītaria anō e ia ngā mea parakete, ngā mea pāhua, ngā taonga, ki roto ki a rātou. Āe rā, ka whakaaroa anō e ia ōna whakaaro mō ngā pā, ā, kia taka rā anō tētahi tāima. 
“Ka whakaohokia anō e ia tōna kaha me tōna māia ki te whawhai ki te kīngi o te tonga, he nui te ope; ka oho anō hoki te kīngi o te tonga, ka whawhai, he ope nui atu, he kaha atu; otiia e kore ia e tū. Nō te mea ka whakaaroa e rātou he whakaaro kino mōna. 
Inā, ka pakaru ia i te hunga i kai i tāna wāhi kai, ko te taua hoki a tērā kei te waipuke te rite. He tokomaha anō e hinga, mate rawa. 
Nā, ko ēnei kīngi tokorua, ko ō rāua ngākau ka mea mō te kino, ā, ka kōrero teka rāua i te tēpu kotahi; otiia kāhore he painga; ka noho tonu mai hoki te mutunga, hei te wā i whakaritea. 
Hei reira ia ka hoki ki tōna whenua me ngā taonga maha; ā, ko tōna ngākau ka mea ki te takahi i te kawenata tapu; ka mahi ia i tāna e pai ai, ā, ka hoki atu ki tōna whenua. 
“I te wā i whakaritea ka hoki ia, ā, ka haere mai ki te tonga; otiia e kore e rite tō muri nei ki tō mua rā. 
Nō te mea ka rere mai ngā kaipuke o Kitimi ki te whawhai ki a ia. Nā, ka pōuri ia, ā, ka hoki, ka riri ki te kawenata tapu, ā, ka mahi ia i tāna e pai ai; ā, ka tino hoki ia, ka whai whakaaro ki te hunga i whakarērea ai te kawenata tapu. 
“Ka ara anō ētahi ringa hei whakauru mōna, ā, ka whakapokea te wāhi tapu, arā te wāhi kaha, ka whakakāhoretia anō e rātou te patunga tapu, te mea tūturu, ka tū anō i a rātou te mea whakarihariha, te mea whakangaro. 
Nā, ko te hunga e mahi kino ana ki te kawenata ka whakangaua kētia e ia, he mea whakapati nāna; ko te hunga ia e mōhio ana ki tō rātou Atua, ka kaha rātou, ka mahi i ngā mahi. 
“Nā, ko te hunga whakaaro nui i roto i te iwi, he tokomaha a rātou e whakaako ai. Otiia, he maha ngā rā e hinga ai rātou i te hoari, i te mura, i te whakarau, i te pāhua. 
Ā, ka hinga rātou, ka āwhinatia mai rātou, he iti ia te āwhina. He tokomaha ia e piri ki a rātou, he mea whakapati. 
Ka hinga anō ētahi o te hunga mātau, he mea e tahia ai tō rātou para, e pokekore ai, e mā ai rātou, ā taea noatia te wā a te whakamutunga. Nō te mea ko taua mea mō te wā rā anō i whakaritea. 
“Ka mahia anō e te kīngi tāna e pai ai; ka whakaneke ake anō i a ia, ka whakanui i a ia ki runga ake i ngā atua katoa, he whakamīharo anō āna whakapehapeha mō te Atua o ngā atua. Ka kake anō ia, taea noatia te whakapōtonga o te riri. Ka mahia hoki te mea i whakaritea. 
E kore anō ia e whai whakaaro ki ngā atua o ōna mātua, e hiahia rānei ki te wahine, e kore anō e whai whakaaro ki tētahi atua. Nō te mea ko ia tāna e whakanui ai ki runga ake i te katoa. 
Otiia, i tōna wāhi anō ka whakahōnoretia e ia te atua o ngā wāhi kaha; he atua kīhai i mōhiotia e ōna mātua tāna e whakahōnore ai ki te kōura, ki te hiriwa, ki te kōhatu utu nui, ki ngā mea e matenuitia ana. 
Ko tāna tēnei e mea ai i ngā wāhi tino kaha, ā, ko tōna hoa ko tētahi atua kē. Ko te tangata e whakaae ana ki a ia ka whakanuia e ia ki te korōria. Ā, ka meinga rātou e ia hei kāwana mō ngā tāngata tokomaha ka wehewehea anō hoki e ia te whenua mō tētahi utu.” 
“Ā, i ngā wā o te mutunga ka whawhai te kīngi o te tonga ki a ia; ā, ka kōkiri mai te kīngi o te raki ānō he paroro te rite, me ngā hāriata, me ngā kaieke hōiho, me ngā kaipuke maha; ā, ka tomo ia ki ngā whenua, ka pāha me te waipuke, ā, tika tonu atu. 
Ka tae anō ia ki te whenua ātaahua, ā, he maha ngā whenua e hinga. Ko ēnei ia e mawhiti i roto i tōna ringa, ko Ēroma, ko Moapa, ko ngā upoko o ngā tama a Āmona. 
Ka totoro anō tōna ringa ki ngā whenua; e kore anō te whenua o Īhipa e mawhiti. 
Otiia, ka noho ko ia hei rangatira mō ngā taonga, arā mō te kōura, mō te hiriwa, mō ngā mea katoa o Īhipa e matenuitia ana; ā, ka whai ngā Rūpimi me ngā Etiopiana i ōna takahanga. 
Otiia, ka raruraru ia i ngā kōrero i te rāwhiti, i te raki; nā, he nui te riri e puta mai ai ia, ā, he tokomaha ana e whakangaro ai, e huna ai. 
Ā, ka whakatūria e ia ngā tēneti o tōna whare kīngi, ki waenganui o te moana, o te maunga tapu ātaahua; otiia ka tae ia ki tōna mutunga, kāhore hoki he āwhina mōna.” 
