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He Whakawhetai mō te Whakaoranga i te Māuiui
1 E aroha ana ahau ki a Ihowā;
mōna i whakarongo ki tōku reo, ki āku īnoi.
2 I tahuri mai tōna taringa ki ahau;
mō reira ka karanga ahau ki a ia i ahau e ora ana.
3 I karapotia ahau e ngā whakawiringa a te mate;
mau pū ahau i ngā mamae o te rēinga,
i kite ahau i te pāwera, i te pōuri.
4 Nā, ko tāku karangatanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā:
“Tēnā rā, e Ihowā, whakaorangia tōku wairua!”
5 He atawhai a Ihowā, he tika;
āe, he aroha tō tātou Atua.
6 E tiakina ana e Ihowā te hunga kūware;
i whakaititia ahau, ā, nāna ahau i whakaora.
7 E hoki, e tōku wairua, ki tōu okiokinga;
kua atawhaitia hoki koe e Ihowā.
8 Nāu hoki tōku wairua i whakaora kei mate,
ōku kanohi kei whai roimata,
ōku waewae kei paheke.
9 Tērā ahau e hāereere i te aroaro o Ihowā
i te whenua o te ora.
10 I whakapono ahau, koia ahau i kōrero ai;
“He nui tōku whakawhiunga.”
11 I mea ahau i tōku ohoreretanga,
“He teka kau ngā tāngata katoa.”
12 He aha tāku e whakahoki ai ki a Ihowā
mō āna atawhainga katoa i ahau?
13 Ka mau ahau ki te kapu o te whakaoranga,
ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā.
14 Ka whakamanā e ahau āku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowā
i te aroaro o tāna iwi katoa.
15 He mea utu nui ki tā Ihowā titiro
te matenga o tāna hunga tapu.
16 E Ihowā, he pono ko ahau tāu pononga;
ko ahau tāu pononga, ko te tama a tāu pononga wahine;
nāu i wewete ōku here.
17 Ka tukua e ahau te patunga tapu, arā te whakawhetai;
ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā.
18 Ka whakamanā e ahau āku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowā,
āe, ki te aroaro o tāna iwi katoa,
19 ki ngā marae o te whare o Ihowā,
ki waenganui ōu, e Hiruhārama.
Whakamoemititia a Ihowā!