Ihāia 55

He Pōwhiri ki te Oranga Makuru

1 "Ē! E ngā tāngata katoa e matewai ana,

haere mai ki ngā wai;

me te tangata kāhore āna moni;

haere mai, hokona, kainga!

Haere mai, hokona he wāina, he waiū;

kaua he moni, kaua he utu.

2 He aha rā i hokona ai e koutou te moni mō ngā mea ehara i te taro,

tō koutou uaua mō ngā mea e kore ai koutou e mākona?

Āta whakarongo mai ki ahau, ā, kainga te mea pai;

kia ora hoki ō koutou wairua i ngā mea mōmona.

3 Tahuri mai ō koutou taringa, haere mai ki ahau;

whakarongo mai, ā, ka ora ō koutou wairua.

Ā, māku e whakarite ki a koutou he kawenata mau tonu,

arā ngā atawhainga pono i a Rāwiri.

4 Nanā, kua waiho ia e ahau hei kaiwhakaatu ki ngā iwi,

hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakahau mō ngā tauiwi.

5 Nanā, ka karanga koe i te iwi kīhai i mōhiotia e koe;

ka rere mai anō ki a koe ngā iwi kāhore i mōhio ki a koe;

mō Ihowā hoki, mō tōu Atua, mō te Mea Tapu o Īharaira;

nāna hoki koe i whakanui.

6 Rapua a Ihowā, kei kitea ana ia,

karangatia atu, kei tata ana mai ia;