Aniversário de criança
O aniversário de uma criança é momento de celebrar o presente precioso que Deus deu. Cada criança é formada e conhecida por Deus desde antes de nascer.
I a koe hoki ōku whatumanawa;
nāu hoki ahau i hīpoki i roto i te kōpū o tōku whaea.
Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe;
he mea whakawehi, he mea whakamīharo tōku hanganga;
he mahi whakamīharo āu mahi,
mōhio rawa anō tōku wairua ki tēnā.
Kīhai i hunā ōku wāhi i a koe,
i ahau e hangā ngarotia ana,
e āta whakairohia ana i ngā wāhi hōhonu rawa o te whenua.
I kite ōu kanohi i ahau, kāhore anō kia āhua noa.
I tuhituhia katoatia anō hoki ōku wāhi ki tāu pukapuka,
i ngā rangi i whakaahua ai,
i te mea kāhore anō tētahi i oti noa.
Kia pēhea mai hoki te matenui o ōu whakaaro ki ahau, e te Atua;
koia anō te ranea, ina huihuia!
Ko te rā tēnei i hangā e Ihowā
kia whakamanamana, kia koa tātou i reira.
Ākona mātou ki te tatau i ō mātou rā,
kia anga ai te ngākau ki te whakaaro.
Nāu ahau i tautoko ake nō te kōpū mai anō;
nāu ahau i tango mai i roto i ngā whēkau o tōku whaea.
Ko koe tāku e whakamoemiti tonu ai.
Kotahi tāku mea i īnoi ai i a Ihowā,
ko tāku tēnā e rapu ai:
kia noho i te whare o Ihowā
i ngā rā katoa e ora ai ahau,
kia kite ai i te ātaahua o Ihowā,
kia ui ai i roto i tōna temepara.
Nāu ia ahau i whakawhānau mai i roto i te kōpū,
i mea hoki kia tūmanako, i ahau i ngā ū o tōku whaea.
He mea whakarere atu ahau ki runga ki a koe nō te kōpū mai;
ko koe tōku Atua nō te kōpū mai anō o tōku whaea.
Ko tēnei tamaiti tāku i īnoi ai; ā, hōmai ana e Ihowā ki ahau tāku mea i īnoi ai ahau ki a ia.
He tama anō hoki ahau ki tōku pāpā,
ā, he ngāwari, he mea kotahi e matenuitia ana e tōku whaea,
i whakaako anō ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau,
"Puritia āku kupu e tōu ngākau;
kia mau ki āku whakahau, ā, e ora koe.
Kia hari tonu i roto i te Ariki; ko tāku kupu anō tēnei, Kia hari!
Nā, ka tupu te tamaiti, ka pakari haere, ka kī i ngā whakaaro nunui, ā, i runga i a ia te aroha noa o te Atua.