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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Kiato Tangata

E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Kiato Tangata

koia a Ngati Tora

Tera te tu i taua tuatua ra. Kua aere atura ratou ki te maunga e tiki kai na ratau, e kua [unclear: roko] ia e te po, kua moe atura ratau ki te maunga, i taua po ra. Tera ta ratau angaanga taki tua i taua po ra, e kia tae ki te [unclear: turuaipo] kua varea ia ratau ravarai e te moe, kare ua, e ua i topa ana, kua moe atura ratau ravarai, kua tinai nae te moe ia ratau, kua topa atura te ua, e ua maata kare ua akerai ratau i kite? [gap — reason: unclear] kare ua akerai ratau i kite, kia puke ra te vai, kua taia atura ratau, e te vai kare roa tetai, i toe, e riro atura ei mate no ratau, tera te ara kua kai kino ratau i to ratau Atua kare ua ratau i akamama kai na to ratau Atua, kua riri to ratau Atua ia ratau.. E tika rai tei tuatua ia e Iehova ko tei akaruke i to ratau Atua. Kua noo rekareka ua ki te au akono anga o teianei ao, "E [unclear: akapeia] ra me puke a Ioridana." Ieremia XII. 5 "Te apenga o te kanga."