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He Hīmene Whakawhetai
1 Whakawhetai ki a Ihowā, he pai hoki ia;
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.
2 Whakawhetai ki te Atua o ngā atua;
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.
3 Whakawhetai ki te Ariki o ngā ariki;
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.
4 E mahi nei tōna kotahi i ngā merekara nunui,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
5 i tohunga rawa nei ki te hanga i ngā rangi,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
6 i whakatakoto nei i te whenua ki runga ki ngā wai,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
7 ki te kaihanga i ngā whakamārama nunui,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
8 i te rā hei tohutohu i te awatea,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
9 i te marama me ngā whetū hei tohutohu i te pō,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.
10 Ki te kaipatu i Īhipa, arā i ā rātou mātāmua,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
11 ā, ārahina mai ana a Īharaira i waenganui i a rātou,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
12 nā te ringa kaha me te tākakau mārō,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
13 i tapahi nei i te Moana Whero ā motu rawa,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
14 ā, meinga ana a Īharaira kia haere rā waenganui,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
15 ā, hurihia ana a Parao me āna mano ki te Moana Whero,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
16 i ārahi nei i tāna iwi rā te koraha,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
17 i patu nei i ngā kīngi nunui,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
18 i whakamate nei i ngā kīngi rongo nui,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
19 i a Hihona kīngi o ngā Amori,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
20 i a Oka kīngi o Pahana,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
21 ā, hōmai ana tō rātou whenua hei kāinga pūmau,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
22 hei kāinga pūmau mō Īharaira, mō tāna pononga,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.
23 I mahara nei ki a tātou i tō tātou itinga,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
24 ā, whakaorangia ana tātou i ō tātou hoariri,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu;
25 ko ia te kaihōmai i te kai mā ngā kikokiko katoa,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.
26 Whakawhetai ki te Atua o te rangi,
he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.

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