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55
He Pōwhiri ki te Oranga Makuru
1 “Ē! E ngā tāngata katoa e matewai ana,
haere mai ki ngā wai;
me te tangata kāhore āna moni;
haere mai, hokona, kainga!
Haere mai, hokona he wāina, he waiū;
kaua he moni, kaua he utu.
2 He aha rā i hokona ai e koutou te moni mō ngā mea ehara i te taro,
tō koutou uaua mō ngā mea e kore ai koutou e mākona?
Āta whakarongo mai ki ahau, ā, kainga te mea pai;
kia ora hoki ō koutou wairua i ngā mea mōmona.
3 Tahuri mai ō koutou taringa, haere mai ki ahau;
whakarongo mai, ā, ka ora ō koutou wairua.
Ā, māku e whakarite ki a koutou he kawenata mau tonu,
arā ngā atawhainga pono i a Rāwiri.
4 Nanā, kua waiho ia e ahau hei kaiwhakaatu ki ngā iwi,
hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakahau mō ngā tauiwi.
5 Nanā, ka karanga koe i te iwi kīhai i mōhiotia e koe;
ka rere mai anō ki a koe ngā iwi kāhore i mōhio ki a koe;
mō Ihowā hoki, mō tōu Atua, mō te Mea Tapu o Īharaira;
nāna hoki koe i whakanui.
6 Rapua a Ihowā, kei kitea ana ia,
karangatia atu, kei tata ana mai ia;
7 kia whakarere te tangata kino i tōna ara,
te tangata mahi hē i ōna whakaaro;
kia hoki ki a Ihowā, ā, ka aroha ia ki a ia;
ki tō tātou Atua hoki he nui rawa hoki tāna mahi tohu.
8 “Ehara hoki ōku whakaaro i ō koutou whakaaro,
ō koutou huarahi i ōku huarahi,”
e ai tā Ihowā.
9 “Tā te mea e ikeike ake ana te rangi i te whenua,
waihoki ko ōku huarahi e ikeike ake ana i ō koutou huarahi,
ko ōku whakaaro i ō koutou whakaaro.
10 Ka rite hoki ki te ua rāua ko te hukarere
e rere iho ana i te rangi,
ā, e kore e hoki ki reira;
engari e whakamākūkū ana i te whenua,
e mea ana kia whai hua, kia pihi ake,
kia hōmai anō he purapura mā te kaiwhakatō,
he taro mā te tangata e kai ana;
11 ka pēnā anō tāku kupu e puta ana i tōku māngai;
e kore e hoki kau mai ki ahau;
engari ka meatia tāku i pai ai,
ka taea hoki tāku i unga atu ai.
12 Tā te mea ka haere atu koutou me te hari anō,
ka ārahina i runga i te rangimārie;
ka pakaru mai te waiata a ngā maunga,
a ngā pukepuke, i tō koutou aroaro,
ā, ka papaki ringa ngā rākau katoa o te whenua.
13 He tātarāmoa i mua, ka puta ake he kauri;
he tūmatakuru i mua, ka puta ake he ramarama;
ā, ka waiho hei ingoa ki a Ihowā,
hei tohu mō ā mua tonu atu,
e kore e motuhia.”

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