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He Whakawhetai mō te Whakaoranga i te Māuiui

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