1Kei runga i ahau te Wairua o te Ariki, o Ihowā;
nā Ihowā nei hoki ahau i whakawahi
hei kauwhau i te rongo pai ki te hunga māhaki.
Kua ungā mai ahau e ia ki te takai i te hunga ngākau marū,
ki te kauwhau ki ngā whakarau kia haere noa,
ki ngā herehere, kua tuwhera te whare herehere;
2kia karangatia te tau manako mai o Ihowā,
te rā rapu utu o tō tātou Atua;
kia whakamārietia te hunga katoa e tangi ana;
3kia whakatakotoria he tikanga mō te hunga katoa o Hiona e tangi ana,
kia whakaputaia kētia ō rātou pungarehu hei ātaahua,
te tangihanga, hei hinu koa,
te wairua pōuri hei kākahu whakamoemiti;
ā, ka kīia rātou he rākau nā te tika,
he mea whakatō nā Ihowā,
kia whai korōria ai ia.
4Ka hangā anō e rātou ngā wāhi kua ururuatia noatia ake,
ka ara i a rātou ngā wāhi kua kore rawa i mua,
ka whakahoutia e rātou ngā pā kua ururuatia,
ngā mea kua kore i ērā whakatupuranga noa atu.
5Ā, ka tū te tangata kē, ka whāngai i ā koutou hipi,
ko ngā tama anō a te tangata kē hei kaiparau mā koutou,
hei kaitiaki wāina mā koutou.
6Ko koutou ia ka kīia ko ngā tohunga a Ihowā,
ka kīia koutou ko ngā minita a tō tātou Atua;
ko ngā taonga o ngā tauiwi hei kai mā koutou,
ko tō rātou korōria hei whakamanamana mā koutou.
7Mō tō koutou whakamā e rua ngā whakautu;
mō te numinumi kau ka koa rātou ki tā rātou wāhi;
āe rā, i tō rātou whenua ka haere rua mai ngā mea mā rātou,
ka mau tonu hoki tō rātou koa.
8“E aroha ana hoki ahau, a Ihowā,
ki te whakawā, e kino ana ki te pāhua, ki te whakahaere hē.
Ka hoatu anō e ahau i runga i te pono tā rātou i mahi ai,
ka whakaritea he kawenata mau tonu ki a rātou.
9Ka mātauria anō tō rātou uri i roto i ngā tauiwi,
ō rātou whānau i roto i ngā iwi.
Ko te hunga katoa e kite ana i a rātou
ka mōhio ki a rātou he uri nō tā Ihowā i manaaki ai.”
10Ka nui tōku koa ki a Ihowā,
ka whakamanamana tōku wairua ki tōku Atua.
Kua whakakākahuria hoki ahau e ia ki ngā kākahu o te whakaoranga,
ropia mai ana e ia te tika ki ahau hei koroka;
ka rite ki tā te tāne mārena hou e kōpare nei i te whakapaipai ki a ia,
ki tā te wahine mārena hou whakapaipai i a ia ki āna mea whakapaipai.
11Ka rite hoki ki tā te whenua e mea nei i tōna tupu kia kōkiri ake,
ki tā te kāri e mea nei i ngā mea kua whakatōkia ki reira kia tupu,
ka pēnā anō tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, ka meinga e ia te tika me te whakamoemiti
kia tupu ki te aroaro o ngā iwi katoa.
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