Waiata

Chapter 64

1 Whakarongo ki tōku reo, e te Atua, ina īnoi atu ahau; tiakina tōku ora i te wehi o te hoariri.

2 Hunā ahau i te whakaaro ngaro o te hunga kino, i te ngangau a ngā kaimahi i te hē.

3 Kua whakakoi nei i ō rātou arero, ānō he hoari, kua whakatika nei i ā rātou pere, arā i ngā kupu kikino.

4 Hei kōperenga pukutanga mā rātou ki te tangata tika; kitea rawatia ake kua kōpere ki a ia, kāhore hoki he wehi.

5 E whakamāia ana rātou i a rātou anō ki te mea kino; e rūnanga ana kia whakatakotoria pukutia he rore, e mea ana, "Ko wai e kite i a rātou?"

6 E rapu hara ana rātou; e mea ana, "Kua āta rapu mārie tātou." Taea noatia te hōhonutanga o te whakaaro o ia tangata, ā, ko te ngākau he hōhonu.

7 Mā te Atua ia e kōpere he pere ki a rātou kitea rawatia ake kua tū rātou.

8 Heoi, ka meinga rātou kia tapatu, ko tō rātou arero ake anō ka tū atu ki a rātou; ā, ka rūrū i tō rātou mātenga te hunga katoa e kite i a rātou.

9 Ka wehi anō hoki ngā tāngata katoa, ka whakapuaki i te mahi a te Atua; ka āta maharatia hoki e rātou tāna mahi.

10 Ka koa te tangata tika ki a Ihowā, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia; ka whakamanamana anō te hunga ngākau tika katoa.