Chapter 28
1 Ka karanga ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā, e tōku kōhatu, kaua e wahangū ki ahau. Ki te wahangū hoki koe ki ahau, ka rite ahau ki te hunga e heke atu ana ki te poka.
2 Whakarongo ki tōku reo īnoi, ua karanga ahau ki a koe, ina totoro ōku ringa ki tōu ahurewa tapu.
3 Kaua ahau e kūmea tahitia me te hunga hē; me ngā kaimahi i te kino, he mārie ā rātou kupu ki ō rātou hoa, he kino ia kei roto i ō rātou ngākau.
4 Kia rite ki ā rātou mahi tāu e hoatu ai ki a rātou, ki te kino anō o ā rātou hanga; kia rite ki ngā mahi a ō rātou ringa tāu e hoatu ai ki a rātou, whakahokia tā rātou utu ki a rātou.
5 Nā, kāhore nei rātou e whakaaro ki ngā mahi a Ihowā, ki ngā meatanga a ōna ringa, mō reira ka whakahoroa iho rātou e ia, e kore anō e whakatūria ake.
6 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā mōna i whakarongo mai ki tōku reo īnoi.
7 Ko Ihowā tōku kaha, tōku whakangungu rākau; i whakawhirinaki tōku ngākau ki a ia, ā, āwhinatia ana ahau; koia i hari ai tōku ngākau, i whakamoemiti ai hoki tāku waiata ki a ia.
8 Ko Ihowā tō rātou kaha, ko ia anō te kaha whakaora o tāna tangata i whakawahi ai.
9 Whakaorangia tāu iwi, manaakitia tōu kāinga tupu; whāngainga rātou, whakaarahia ake ake.