Lucas 1

Te Waiata Whakawhetai a Meri

46 Ā, ka mea a Meri,

"Ka whakanui tōku wairua i te Ariki;

47 e hari ana tōku wairua ki te Atua, ki tōku Kaiwhakaora;

48 mōna i titiro ki te iti o tāna pononga;

tā te mea hoki kātahi ahau ka kīia e ngā whakatupuranga katoa

e haere ake nei, he wahine hari.

49 He nui hoki ngā mahi a te Mea Kaha ki ahau.

He tapu hoki tōna ingoa;

50 he mahi tohu tāna ki te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia,

ki tēnei whakatupuranga, ki tēnei whakatupuranga.

51 Kua whakaputaina he kaha e ia, arā e tōna ringa;

nāna te hunga whakakake i marara ai, i te whakaaro o ō rātou ngākau.

52 Kua whakatakā e ia ngā piriniha i ō rātou torōna,

ā, whakateiteitia ake ana te hunga iti.

53 Kua whakakīia e ia te hunga mate hiakai ki ngā mea pai;

kua tonoa kautia atu te hunga taonga.

54 Kua tautokona e ia a Īharaira, tāna pononga,

he whakamahara hoki ki tāna mahi tohu.

55 Ki a Āperahama rātou ko tāna whānau ake tonu atu,

pērā hoki me tāna i kōrero ai ki ō tātou mātua."