Chapter 74

Ka Kāore te Iwi e Mataku ki te Mate

民不畏死,奈何以死惧之?若使民常畏死,而为奇者,吾得执而杀之,孰敢?
常有司杀者杀。夫代司杀者杀,是谓代大匠斫。夫代大匠斫者,希有不伤其手矣。
Ki te kore te iwi e mataku ki te mate, he aha rā e whakamataku ai i a rātou ki te mate? Mehemea i mau tonu te iwi ki te mataku ki te mate, māku e mau te hunga mahi kino, e patu—ā, wai ra e āhei te werohia? I nāianei, kei reira tonu tētehi kairāpi whakamate. Tērā whakatau nā, ko te hunga nā rātou anō te whakamate i mahi, ko te ahua kua rūpekehia te kaihanga nui rawa. Ko te hunga i whakakapi i te kaihanga nui ki te purei i te rākau, he iti noa iho ō rātou pūtike ki te maunga kōpaka.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

E kōrero ana tēnei upane ki te mate me te kore mōhia. Ki te kore te iwi e mataku ki te mate, kāhore he take o te whakamatakutanga. Engari, mehemea ka mau te iwi ki te mataku ki te mate, ka taea te whiu i te hunga hē. He mea nui kia mōhiotia ko wai te kairāpi whakamate tūturu—kāhore i te tika kia kawea e ētehi atu.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

I ēnei rā, kei te maumu tonu au i ngā mea o te ao me te whakamomori. Ka āta whakaaro au ki ngā wā ka tino kōkē tēnei, ka pā ki te mate me te wā roa. Ko te ako nui, kia kaua e whakawhirinaki ki te mataku, engari kia whai i te tika.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, ka titiro au ki ōku ake mahi me te anga whakamua. Ka kite au i ngā mea kei te pāpā atu i a au, ka kōrero mō te tika me te aurara o te ao.

Wāhanga Honohono

Ōku Huritao

He aha tēnei wāhanga e whakaoho i a koe? Ka pēhea koe e whakamahi ai?

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