Te ngoikoretanga o te hikoi tuatahi: I te wā kāore anō koe i te whānau, engari kua nui ake i te tokorua

Ko te noho tokorua te āhua tino ngākau nui, engari totoka noa hoki i waenga i te tāne me te wahine. Kāore anō kōrua kia mārena, kāore anō kōrua i te whānau. E tū noa ana kōrua i te paepae o tētahi ki tētahi: i te wā e rapu pono ana koe i te tangata ki ō kanohi, i te wā e hiahia katoa ana tō wairua ki te noho tata me te hikoi atu ki a ia, engari kei roto e kōpipiri ana te mataku — te mataku kei whakapōrearea noatia, kei whakararuraru i tōna rangimārie, kei whakakahoretia rānei koe.

I runga tonu i tēnei whakawhitinga kōmā, ko te kore kōrero me te whakapehapeha te tino kaiwhakamā — ka whakamū ana i te tangata. Nā te mataku ki te hikoi tuatahi me te whāki i ngā mea e pupū ana i roto i te wairua, ka ngaro te wā utu nui e kore e taea te whakahoki mai.

Ka tīmata te Ao o ngā Tokorua i te pono ki a koe anō me tētahi atu. He wāhi tēnei i hangaia mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te hanga hononga mō te oranga katoa — nō reira, kua rite rātou ki te whakarongo tuatahi ki tō rātou ake ngākau, ki ō rātou tino kare ā-roto, me te mutu te huna i ēnei i roto i te noho puku.