Waiata

Chapter 62

1 Ko te Atua anake tāku e tatari nei; kei a ia te whakaoranga mōku.

2 Ko ia anake tōku kōhatu, tōku whakaoranga, tōku pā hoki, e kore e nui tōku ngāueuetanga.

3 Kia pēhea te roa o tā koutou tatau ki te tangata, kia whakamatea ai e koutou, e koutou katoa, ka rite ki te taiepa e tūngou ana, ki te wāwā ka tata te hinga?

4 Heoi anō tā rātou e rūnanga ai ko te turaki i a ia i tōna wāhi teitei; E āhuareka ana ki te teka; e manaaki ana ō rātou māngai, ā, e kanga ana a roto i a rātou. Hera

5 Tatari, e tōku wairua, ki te Atua anake; ko ia tāku e tūmanako nei.

6 Ko ia anake tōku kōhatu, tōku whakaoranga, tōku pā hoki; e kore ahau e whakangāueuetia.

7 Kei te Atua te whakaoranga mōku, te korōria anō mōku; kei te Atua te kōhatu o tōku kaha, tōku piringa.

8 Whakawhirinaki ki a ia i ngā wā katoa, e te iwi, ringihia tō koutou ngākau ki tōna aroaro; hei piringa mō tātou te Atua. Hera

9 He pono he mea memeha noa ngā ware, he teka noa ngā rangatira; ki te pāunatia rātou, māmā noa ake rātou tahi i te horihori.

10 Kaua e whakawhirinaki ki te tūkino, kei wairangi hoki ki te pāhua; ki te tini haere ngā taonga, kei whakamanawa tō koutou ngākau ki reira.

11 Kotahi kōrerotanga a te Atua, ka rua ōku rongonga i tēnei: nō te Atua te kaha,

12 nāu anō, e te Ariki, te mahi tohu; rite tonu hoki ki tāna mahi tāu utu ki te tangata.