The Laws of England, Compiled and translated into the Māori language.
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[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Pākehā]
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Kia tangata tino tutika nga Kai-whakirite-whakawa. Aua rawa o wharara te whakaaro, e aroha ki tetahi taha ranei, ki tetahi taha ranei.
Kaua rawa he utn-whakapati e tae mai ki te ringaringa, hei whakawheau ke i te tikanga whakawa, hei pati i tona whakaaro kia pai ki ta tetahi tangata korero. (Tirohia "Utu-whakapati," 15.) Kaati hei titiro mana, ko te Ture anake, ka mahi ai i ta te Ture i whakarite ai. "Kei whakahaere he koutou ina whakarite whakawa; kaua e whakaaro ki te kanohi o te rawa-kore, kaua hoki e whakahonoretia te kanohi o te nui: me whakarite whakawa koe mo tou hoa "i runga i te tika."—Rewitikuha, 19 Upoko, 15 Rarangi.
"He mea ano hoki enei ma te hunga whakaaro nui. E hara i te mea pai kia whakaaro ki "te kanohi tangata i te mea ka whakarite whakawa."—Nga Whakatauki, 24 Upoko, 23 Rarangi.
Kaua te Kai-whakarite-wakawa e wehi i te Rangatira, i te tangata nui; kaua ano hoki ia e whakahawea ki te tutua. Kaua ia e mataku ki te whakahe a te tangata. Heoi tonu hei whakaaronga mana, ko tana meatanga kia haere tonu i runga i ta te Ture i whakarite ai; a ke rana whakarite whakawa me tika i runga i te korero i whakatakotoria ki tona aroare i te Wkakawakanga "Ki te mea he tautotohe ta etahi tangata, a ka haere mai kia whakariteritea, "na, me whakarite ta raua whakawa: me whakatika ta te tika, me whakahe ta te he."—Tiute ronomi, 25 Upoko, 1 Rarangi.
Ko to riri nui a Te Atua e tau ana ki range ki te tangata e whakarite he ana i te whakawa, kaore nei e waiho tana whakarite i runga i te tika, erangi, e whakaaro ana ki te tangata nui, e pehi ana i ta te iwikore. "Kia kanga te tangata e whakaputa ke ana i te whakaritenga whakawa mo te manege, mo te pani, mo te pouaru. A, ma te iwi katoa e mea mai, Amine." Tiuteronomi, 27 Upoko, 19 Rarangi.