The Laws of England, Compiled and translated into the Māori language.
4. Whakapae Hara-Kirimina
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4. Whakapae Hara-Kirimina.
Kia marama te titiro ki tenei Hara: ehara i te mea ko te whakapae kau, ko te mea kau ranei na te tangata, tena e whakapaea e ia tetehi atu tangata ki te Hara-Kirimina; hua atu mekore take ahua tika, me mea ranei na taua tangata whakapae kia homai ai he moni e tera. Me he mea whai take ahua tika ki te whakaaro iho o te tangata e mea ai tona whakaaro he Hara-Kirimina ta tetahi tangata, me whakaatu ano e ia ki tetahi Kai-whakarite-whakawa, kahore ona he; engari, ka kore e whakaaturia e ia ka tahi ka he. Me he ngakau whanoke tona i whakapaea ai, i whakawehiwehingia ai ranei ki te whakapae, ka he ano ia. Tena, he whakapaenga i meatia i runga i te whakaaro tika, ekore tera e riria e te Ture.
Ki te mea te tangata i whakapaea peratia i runga i te whakaaro tika, ahakoa te tika te hara i whakapaea ki a ia, ki te mea ia kia whahawakia te tangata nana i whakapae, ekore e tika. He Kai-awhina te Ture mo te tangata e mea ana ki te hapai ki te whakamana i a ia.