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He Whakamoemiti mō te Whakaoranga

Nā Rāwiri, i tōna āhua i rerekē rā i te aroaro o Apīmereke; nā peia ana ia, ā, haere ana.

1Ka whakapaingia e ahau a Ihowā i ngā wā katoa;he whakamoemiti tonu tā tōku māngai ki a ia.2Ka whakamanamana tōku wairua ki a Ihowā;ka rongo te hunga māhaki, ā, ka hari.3Kia whakanui tahi tātou i a Ihowā,kia whakateitei tahi hoki i tōna ingoa.
4I rapu ahau i a Ihowā, ā, rongo mai ana ia ki ahau,whakaorangia ana ahau e ia i ōku wehi katoa.5I titiro rātou ki a ia, ā, kua mārama;ā, kāhore rawa he whakamā o ō rātou mata.6I karanga tēnei tangata iti, ā, whakarongo ana a Ihowā,whakaora ana i a ia i ōna whakapāwera katoa.7E noho ana te anahera a Ihowā i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha,o te hunga e wehi ana i a ia, ā, e whakaora ana i a rātou.8Whakamātauria, kia kite ai koutou i te pai o Ihowā;ka hari te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.9Kia wehi ki a Ihowā, e tōna hunga tapu;e kore hoki e hapa ngā tāngata e wehi ana i a ia.10E hapa ana ngā kūao raiona, e mate ana i te kai;ko te hunga ia e rapu ana ki a Ihowā,e kore e hapa i tētahi mea pai.
11Haere mai, e ngā tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau;māku koutou e ako kia wehi ki a Ihowā.12Ko wai te tangata e hiahia ana ki te ora,e whai ana kia maha ngā rā, kia kite i te pai?13Tiakina tōu arero kei kino,ōu ngutu kei kōrero hīanga.14Mawehe atu i te kino, mahia te pai;rapua te āta noho, whāia hoki.
15E tau ana ngā kanohi o Ihowā ki te hunga tika;me ōna taringa ki tā rātou karanga.16E hē ana te mata o Ihowā ki ngā kaimahi i te kino,hei hātepe i a rātou i te whenua kei maharatia.17I karanga te hunga tika, ā, i whakarongo a Ihowā,whakaorangia ana rātou e ia i ō rātou whakapāwera katoa.18E tata ana a Ihowā ki te hunga ngākau marū;ka whakaorangia anō e ia te hunga wairua iro.
19He tini ngā mate o te tangata tika;otiia, e whakaorangia ana ia e Ihowā i roto i ērā katoa.20E tiakina ana e ia ōna wheua katoa;e kore tētahi e whati.21Ka mate i te kino te tangata hara,ā, ka hē te hunga e kino ana ki te tangata tika.22E hokona ana e Ihowā te wairua o āna pononga;e kore anō e hē tētahi o te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.