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 kīa 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 whaka­kīa 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."