﻿Ko te Pukapuka a  HĒMI  ki ngā Tāngata Katoa.
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Nā Hēmi, nā te pono­nga a te Atua, a te Ariki hoki, a Īhu Karaiti, ki ngā hapū kotahi tekau mā rua e noho marara ana: Tēnā koutou. 
Kīa iho, e ōku tēina, he mea hari nui ina taka koutou ki ngā whaka­mā­tautau­ranga maha; 
e mātau ana hoki koutou, ko te whaka­mā­tautau­ranga o tō koutou whaka­pono hei mahi i te manawa­nui. 
Nā, kia puta rawa te mahi a te manawa­nui, kia tino tika ai koutou, kia toitū ai, tē hapa i tētahi mea. 
Ki te hapa tētahi o koutou i te mātau­ranga, me īnoi ia ki te Atua, e hōmai nui nei ki te katoa, kāhore hoki āna tāwai mai; ā, ka hōmai ki a ia. 
Otirā, me īnoi whaka­pono ia, kaua e rua­rua. Ko te tangata rua­rua hoki, tōna rite kei te ngaru o te moana, e pūhia ana e te hau, e ākina ana. 
Kaua hoki taua tangata e mea, e whi­whi ia ki tētahi mea i te Ariki. 
E kore te tangata ngākau rua e ū i āna hanga katoa. 
Ko te teina iti, kia whaka­mana­mana ia i te mea ka whaka­neke­hia ake ia, 
me te tangata taonga anō, i te mea ka whaka­iti­tia. Ka memeha atu hoki ia, ānō he puāwai taru­taru. 
Ko te pu­tanga mai hoki o te rā me te hau wera anō, nā, kua maroke te taru­taru, kua nga­horo tōna puāwai, ā, ngaro iho te ātanga o tōna āhua. Ka pērā anō te tangata taonga, ka memeha atu i ōna hāere­ere­nga. 
Ka hari te tangata e ū ake ana ki te whaka­mā­tautau­ranga. Nō te mea hoki ka oti ia te whaka­mā­tau­tau, ka whi­whi ia ki te karauna o te ora, kua whaka­aria mai nei e te Ariki mō te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia. 
Kaua tētahi e mea ina whaka­mā­tau­tau­ria, “E whaka­mā­tau­tau­ria ana ahau e te Atua.” E kore hoki te Atua e taea te whaka­mā­tau­tau e te kino, e kore anō hoki ia e whaka­mā­tau­tau i tētahi. 
Engari he mea whaka­mā­tau­tau te tangata, i a ia e kūmea ana, e poaina ana e tōna hia­hia ake anō. 
Nā, i te hapū­tanga o te hia­hia, ka whānau ko te hara; ā, i te otinga o te hara, ka whānau ko te mate. 
Kei whaka­pōhēhē­tia koutou, e ōku tēina aroha. 
Nō runga ngā hōmai­tanga papai katoa, ngā mea katoa e tino tika ana, he mea heke iho nō te Matua o ngā whaka­mārama, kāhore nei ōna pu­tanga kētanga, kāhore hoki he ātā­rangi o te tahuri. 
Nā tōna hia­hia ake anō tātou whānau ai, he mea­tanga nā te kupu o te pono, kia meinga ai tātou me he mātā­mua mō āna mea i hanga ai. 
Kei te mōhio koutou ki tēnei, e ōku hoa aroha, kia hohoro ngā tāngata katoa ki te whaka­rongo, kia pūhoi ki te kōrero, kia pūhoi ki te riri. 
E kore hoki tā te Atua tika e mahia e tō te tangata riri. 
Heoi, me whaka­rere katoa atu ngā tikanga poke, me te hara e hua tonu nei, me tahuri mārire ki te kupu kua oti te whaka­tō iho; e taea hoki e tēnei te whaka­ora ō koutou wairua. 
Hei kai­mahi anō koutou i te kupu, kaua hei kai­whaka­rongo anake, kei tini­hanga­tia koutou e koutou anō. 
Ki te mea hoki he kai­whaka­rongo tētahi i te kupu, ehara nei i te kai­mahi, he rite ia ki te tangata e mā­taki­taki ana ki tōna kanohi māori i roto i te whaka­ata, 
i tōna mā­taki­taki­nga hoki i a ia anō, haere ana, ware­ware tonu ake he āhua pēhea rānei tōna. 
Tēnā ko te tangata e āta ti­tiro iho ana ki te ture tino tika, ki te mea here­kore, ā, ka ū tonu, he kai­whaka­rongo anō ia e kore e ware­ware, engari, e mahi ana i te mahi, e hari anō tēnei i tāna mahi. 
Ki te mea he āhua kara­kia tō tētahi i roto i a koutou, ki te kore e pa­rai­re­tia e ia tōna arero, he tini­hanga hoki tāna ki tōna ngākau, he mau­mau kara­kia tāna. 
Ko te kara­kia pono, ko te mea poke­kore ki te aro­aro o te Atua Matua, ko ia tēnei: Ko te tiro­tiro i ngā pani i ngā pouaru i ō rātou mate, ko te tiaki i a ia ake kei poke i te ao. 
