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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.2He 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.3Tahuri 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.4Nanā, kua waiho ia e ahau hei kaiwhakaatu ki ngā iwi,hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakahau mō ngā tauiwi.5Nanā, 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.6Rapua a Ihowā, kei kitea ana ia,karangatia atu, kei tata ana mai ia;7kia 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.10Ka rite hoki ki te ua rāua ko te hukareree 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;11ka 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.12Tā 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.13He 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.”