Chapter 79

Te Fārihia o te Nā Tarahu Nui

和大怨,必有余怨,安可以为善?
是以圣人执左契而不责于人。有德司契,无德司彻。
天道无亲,常与善人。
I te fārihia te nā tarahu nā mua, e toe rā te ha'apu iti. Peāaha ra, e taa i te huru moni nei? No reira, te ta'ata mātau, e ha'apu iāna i te pepa nō te fare moni, aeā e ha'apu rā i te ta'ata nō te mau moni. Te hau moni nō te ta'ata mātau, te fāri nō te hau o te mau moni aore rā. Te huru nō te rahi rā, aore rāna e ha'api i te ta'ata, aeā e fāriatoa 'ā i te ta'ata mātau.

Manaʻo Hohonu

E aha tēia ʻāʻahito?

E ha'apu te mau pāpū nō te rahi rā i te huru nō te fāri nō te ta'ata. Aeā, i te fārihia te nā tarahu nui, e toe rā te ha'apu iti. E ha'amanara'a tēia: e mātau roa te ta'ata mātau i tāna mau mea, aeā aore a'e e ha'apu i te ta'ata nō tō rāua mau mea. Te huru nō te rahi rā, aore a'ea e ha'api i te tahi ta'ata, aeā e fāriatoa 'ā iā rā iā rā.

E pēhea tōna ʻāʻano ia'u?

I te 'āmui au i te nā mau ha'apu iōtōku, e manao au e fāri au iā rā. Aeā, e ha'apu rā te ha'apu iti, 'ē, e toe mau tonu. No reira, e 'āmui roa au e tae mai i te mea nō te fāri nō te huru, aeā aore au e ha'apu i te ta'ata.

E aha tāʻu e rave i tēia mahana?

I teie mahana, i mua i te ha'apu nō te ta'ata nō te tahi mau mea, e ha'apu vau i te ta'ata mō te mau moni aore rā mea nō tāna i fa'a'ino iā 'u. E fāri au i te huru nō te mātau.

Nā ʻāʻahito Tutahi

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