Chapter 27

Te Hoe Marohi - Te Ngaro o ngā Mahi Whakapai

善行无辙迹,善言无瑕谪,善数不用筹策,善闭无关楗而不可开,善结无绳约而不可解。
是以圣人常善救人,故无弃人;常善救物,故无弃物。是谓袭明。
故善人者,不善人之师;不善人者,善人之资。不贵其师,不爱其资,虽智大迷,是谓要妙。
He mea tika te haere kia kore e mau i ngā tapuae. He mea tika te kōrero kia kore e mau i ngā hara. He mea tika te tatau kia kore e hiahiatia ngā mea pupū. He mea tika te kati kia kore e hiahiatia ngā kurupae, engari e kore e taea te whakatuwhera. He mea tika te here kia kore e hiahiatia te aho, engari e kore e taea te wetewete.
Nā reira, e noho ana te tangata tapairu i ia wā, i ia wā, ki te whakaora i ngā tāngata, nā reira kāore he tangata e waiho kia ngaro; i ia wā, i ia wā hoki ia ki te whakaora i ngā mea katoa, nā reira kāore he mea e waiho kia ngaro. Ko tēnei te kīia ko te māramatanga rāhui.
Nā reira, e mau ana te tangata mārama, ehara ia i te pouako mō te hunga māka; engari, mā te hunga māka e whāngaihia te tangata mārama. Tēnā, kāore e whakautea ana pouako, kāore e mohiotia ana āna pūtore, ahakoa he mātauranga nui, he pokey āhua tonu, ko tēnei te tikanga hōhonu o te tāone.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

E kōrero ana tēnei uparatanga mō te hunga ka mahi i ngā mea tika i runga i te ngākau mārama, ka waihō e rātou he tohu, kāore he taonga, kāore he tapu. He tapu kē atu tō rātou āhua, he ngāwari, he hōhonu. Mā te hunga tapairu e whakaora ngā tāngata katoa, kia kore ai he mea e waiho kia ngaro, kia kore hoki he tangata e waiho kia māngere.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

He tino ōpaki nui tēnei mōku. I a au e ako ana ki te noho pūmāu, ka mōhio ahau, arā anō ētahi wā ka āwhina ahau i ētahi atu, engari mā te tapairu o tōku ake mahi, mā te tika o tōku ake kōrero, ka taea e au te whakaako ake. Kāore e hiahiatia kia kōrero nui, engari mā te āhua o tōku noho, ka taea e au te whakaora i ētahi atu.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, ka mahi ahau i ngā mea katoa i runga i te tapairu, ahakoa iti, ahakoa nui. Ka kōrero ahau i ngā kōrero tika, engari kia ngāwari, kia kaua e whakapātarotaro. Ka whai ahau kia rite tōku mahi ki te haere o te wai - kia ngāwari, kia hōhonu, kia kaua e waiho he tohu.

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