Chapter 81

Te Au Parautefaa no te Mau Mea Maoriteriteri

信言不美,美言不信。善者不辩,辩者不善。知者不博,博者不知。
圣人不积,既以为人己愈有,既以与人己愈多。
天之道,利而不害;圣人之道,为而不争。
Taata mau te au parau ra, e haamaiti; te au parau haamaiti, e mārau. Te taata hau, e hoe rahi; te taata hoe rahi, e haamaiti. Te taata mata, e haamaiti parau rahi; te taata parau rahi, e haamaiti mata. Te hau tapu, e haamaiti hōhonu. I te hoe mea ia vaihi i te tahi, e ananahi nōna; i te hoe mea ia tōroa i te tahi, e rahi nōna. Te ara a te rangi, e fafauhia no te mou anā, e haamaiti pepea; te ara a te hau tapu, e haamata no te mou, e haamaiti aratai.

Manaʻo Hohonu

E aha tēia ʻāʻahito?

Te mau parau maoriteriteri ra, e haamaiti haamaiti; te parau noatia, e mārau. Te taata hau, e haamaiti hoe; te taata hoe, e haamaiti hau. Te taata mata, e haamaiti parau rahi; te taata parau rahi, e haamaiti mata. Te hau tapu, e haamaiti puai. I te hoe mea ia vaihi i te tahi, e ananahi nōna; i te hoe mea ia tōroa i te tahi, e rahi nōna. Te ara a te rangi, e fafauhia no te mou, e haamaiti pepea.

E pēhea tōna ʻāʻano ia'u?

Teie parau, e haamau no te haamaiti o te parau hōmohomo, e te haamau no te anā e te fāaito. E haamau ra vau, i teie mau mahana, e haamaiti aratai i te taata e hoe rahi nei iā vau. E haamau no te fāaito i te tahi, aita rō vau e hiō i te parau tāpohi. Te hau tapu, e haamata no te mou, e haamaiti aratai — teie ra, e taata hiō vau ia haamata.

E aha tāʻu e rave i tēia mahana?

I teie mahana, e parau mā tau i te tahi taata, aita rō e haamaiti haamaiti no te hoe mea tiamanaha. E tōroa i te tahi mea nā vau, i te parau, i te aamu, i te hoē mea ātea. E haamata no te mou, e haamaiti aratai — e hoe mea mātau i te hoe mahana.

Nā ʻāʻahito Tutahi

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