Whakapuhua tēnei Pātai Pātai: Kei te tiaki tō waea i tētahi kauwhata pai? Ae, ka mahi te kauwhata pērā i te kape mana tangata mō tō waea. Ka tiaki i te muri me ngā tahataha o tō waea i ngā pakipaki, ngā patu, me ngā kaweawe. Tae noa ki te mea kei te hanga tō upoko ki te tiaki i a koe i tō haerenga papa, ka tiaki te kauwhata i tō waea i ngā ahēhea. Pērā i te mea kei a koe te tiaki i a koe, me tiaki koe i tō waea!
He whariki whakamuri mārohirohi e whai āheitanga ana ki to waea. Tauira tangata: Kīhai ka kitea he mea nui kia pēnei ngā kaihanga katoa o ō hoa i ia rangi. Ki te pai rawa, ka nganohi? Nā, ko tērā anō te mea mo to waea! He maha ngā whariki whakamuri, ā, kei raro i auahi kākā me ngā hanganga mōhiohio, kia whai manaaki koe i tō wairua, i tō āheitanga, me ō mahi. Kia hiahia koe ki ngā kākā nui e kitea ana, ki ngā hanga whakanui e kitea ana, he whariki whakamuri e tika ana mo koe. Engari me tēnei, ka ea tō waea he mea nui noa iho i a koe!
Whakahau tō moni ki te whakamahia i tō pōneketanga mai i ngā kawe me ngā raru. Kei a koe i mērētia ai tō pōneke ki te whenua? Nui rawa te mate ki te kite i a ia e porangi nei! Ki te kite i a ia e porangi nei, he wā kei roto i tō tinana hei hāpai i tō waewae. Nāheko, me te kaiwhakarite whakapuaki, ka pai koe ki te kite i tō pōneke e tiakina ana. Ko te utu matua o te kaiwhakarite e āwhina ki te tiaki i te pūnaha o ngā poro me te whakanoho i ngā kawe kia kore ai e mahue i te noho nui o tō pōneke. Nā reira, ka noho hoki tō pōneke hei whakakī me te whakatika moe!
Ko ngā pūtē ake ki runga i tō waea e noho haumaru ana me te kawe i tō waea. Kei a koe i whakamātau ki te hiki i te pūtē pūoro ki runga i tētahi waea, ka kite koe i te whakaputa mai i te whakamāoritanga o te pūtē, nā te mea i te atamai rawa te kēhi? Koia nei te mea nui e āta whakaritea ai te kakekēhi hei whakaatu i a koe i roto i tētahi kakekēhi e whakanuia ana. Kua hangaia te kakekēhi hei whakarite i tō waea, kia taea e koe te whakaae ki ngā pūtē me ngā pūnaha katoa, kāore i ngā take. Ki te ita nei, ka nui ake te wāhanga me te māmā i te whakamahi i tō waea!
Ka taea hoki e rātou whakatipu i te kauwhata ki muri me ngā mahi tētahi mea nui, ā, me te whīwhi i ngā rākau o ētahi wāhi rerekē. Ko ōu waea ko ōu hoa pai rawa; kei a koe ia i runga i a koe, heoi anō koe ka haere atu. Nā reira, ehara i te mea he pai rawa, e pai ana kia whakapai i a koe i tō waha? He maha ngā tae me ngā mahi hei whiriwhiria mai, ā, ka taea e koe whakauru i tō kauwhata ki muri ki tō whatumanawa rānei, ki tō mahi rānei. Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakahauwā i tēnā rangi, ki te hiahia hoki koe ki te whakanuia i tētahi pūmau, he kauwhata ki muri e pai ana ki a koe i tō rangi. Kāore i konei e kitea ai kia pai rawa te tirohanga o ōu waea!