Te hau mahana, e haamata noa te mau taata i raro ia reira ia reira; e tahi, e hoohiahiahia a e haamana; e tahi, e mataniurrarihia; e tahi, e aniraahia. Inā rā te aore te faith, e aore te faith. Ua haamata noa te hau i te parau; poipoi noa iho, ua faaitoito, ua parau te mau taata: "Ua tika noa tō māua mau mea.
Manaʻo Hohonu
E aha tēia ʻāʻahito?
I tēnā puta tetahi aratai e iti haamata noa, e aore e haamanaia e te nunaa. Inā rā te hau e matahiti ia, e aore te faith i roto i te mau taata.
E pēhea tōna ʻāʻano ia'u?
Uamea rā te hiọ o te faaroo i te mau mea, e faaroo roa pū au i te mea e faaipoipohia ra. Ua hiọ roa au i te haamata noa, a e hiọ au i te fafau noa.
E aha tāʻu e rave i tēia mahana?
Inā tō rā, e faaroo noa i te mea e fafau noa ai, a e aore e faaipoipo i te mau mea i raro iāu.
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!'
AI Modern
Te hau mahana, e haamata noa te mau taata i raro ia reira ia reira; e tahi, e hoohiahiahia a e haamana; e tahi, e mataniurrarihia; e tahi, e aniraahia. Inā rā te aore te faith, e aore te faith. Ua haamata noa te hau i te parau; poipoi noa iho, ua faaitoito, ua parau te mau taata: "Ua tika noa tō māua mau mea.
Toʻu Manaʻo
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