Waiata
28:1 Ka karanga ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, e toku kohatu; kei wahangu koe ki ahau: kei kore koe
wahangu ki ahau, ka rite ahau ki te hunga e heke atu ana ki te rua.
28:2 Whakarongo ki toku reo inoi, ua karanga ahau ki a koe, ina ara ahau ki runga
ko oku ringa ki tou ahurewa tapu.
28:3 Kaua ahau e kumea tahitia me te hunga kino, me nga kaimahi i te kino.
he rongo mau ta ratou korero ki o ratou hoa, he kino ia kei roto i o ratou ngakau.
28:4 Kia rite ki a ratou mahi tau e hoatu ai ki a ratou, ki ta ratou kino ano
a ratou mahi: hoatu ki a ratou te mahi ao ratou ringa; hoatu ki
ratou to ratou koraha.
28:5 No te mea kahore ratou e whakaaro ki nga mahi a Ihowa, ki nga mahi a ana mahi
ringa, mana ratou e whakamoti, e kore ano e hanga.
28:6 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa mona i whakarongo mai ki toku reo
nga inoi.
28:7 Ko Ihowa toku kaha, toku whakangungu rakau; i whakawhirinaki toku ngakau ki a ia, a ko ahau tenei
i awhinatia: koia i hari ai toku ngakau; a ka waiata ahau
whakamoemititia ia.
28:8 Ko Ihowa to ratou kaha, ko ia ano tona kaha whakaora
i whakawahia.
28:9 Whakaorangia tau iwi, manaakitia tou kainga tupu: whangainga ratou, whakaarahia ake
ratou ake ake.