Chapter 9
Te Whakapiki me te Heke
Taketake
金玉满堂，莫之能守；富贵而骄，自遗其咎。
功遂身退，天之道也。
Whakamaoritanga
Te mea i oti i te whakawhānui, kāore e pūmau.
Te koura, te pounamu kua kī rawa te whare, kāore he tangata e taea te tiaki.
Te tangata whai taonga, ka nanakia, ka puta te he mōna anō.
Ina mutu te mahi, haere atu; ko tēnei te ara o te rangi, o te ao.
Me mutu koe i te wā e tōmua rā, engari kia kaua e whakapikia rawa.
Te mea i oti i te whakawhānui, kāore e pūmau.
Te koura, te pounamu kua kī rawa te whare, kāore he tangata e taea te tiaki.
Te tangata whai taonga, ka nanakia, ka puta te he mōna anō.
Ina mutu te mahi, haere atu; ko tēnei te ara o te rangi, o te ao.
Whakaaroaro Hōhonu
He aha tēnei upoko mō?
E ai ki tēnei kupu, ko te mea e tino nui rawa, e tino kaha rawa, ka hinga ngā mea katoa. Ko te hōhā, ko te rawakore, ko te kaha rawa, kāore e roa. Ka taea te koura me te pounamu te tiaki? Kāore. Ka taea te rangatira te noho pūmau i tōna taonga? Kāore. Ina ka nanakia te tangata i tōna aorangi, ka puta he kino mōna anō. Engari ina mutu te mahi nui, me haere atu, me noho hōhā. Ko tēnei te ara o te rangi, o te ao - kia haere tahi me te mārama, kia noho tahi me te hauāuru.
He aha tēnei ki ahau?
I roto i tōku ao, kei te nui te wheako ki te tūhura ake i ngā mea katoa. Kei te nui tēnei. Kei te nui tēnei. Engari i ahu mai tēnei kupu, kei te ako ahau: kia mataara ahau ki te nui rawa, ki te kaha rawa, ki te tino eke. Me mōhio ahau, ina nui rawa tētahi mea, ka tino hinga. Ina mutu te mahi, me mōhio ahau ki te haere atu, ki te tuku i ētahi atu mahi ki ētahi atu ringa. Ko tēnei te ara o te rangi, kāore e noho pūmau.
He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?
I tēnei rā, me titiro ahau ki ngā mea e nui ana i roto i tōku ao. Me aha ahau ina kei te nui rawa tētahi mea? Me tango i tētahi wāhanga, me tuku kia rere. Me ako ahau ki te mutu i te wā e tae ana, kia kaua e whakapikia rawa. Ina mutu tētahi mahi nui, me whakaaro ki te haere atu, ki te tuku i te wāhi mō ētahi atu. Ko tēnei te ara o te rangi, o te ao - te haere tahi, te mutu tahi.
Wāhanga Honohono
Ōku Huritao
He aha tēnei wāhanga e whakaoho i a koe? Ka pēhea koe e whakamahi ai?