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- (He himene na Ahapa.) He pono e pai ana te Atua ki a Iharaira, te hunga ngakau ma.
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- Ko ahau ia, wahi iti kua tapepa oku waewae: me i kotahi kua paheke aku takahanga.
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- I hae hoki ahau ki te hunga kuare, i taku kitenga i te tangata hara e kake ana.
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- Kahore hoki he whakawiringa a te mate i a ratou: a e maro ana o ratou uaua.
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- Kahore nga mea whakapouri tangata e pa ki a ratou; kahore ano hoki ratou e whiua tahitia me te mano o te tangata.
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- No reira, anō he hei te whakakake e awhi nei i a ratou, anō he kakahu te tutu e hipokina nei ratou.
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- Pupuhi ana o ratou kanohi i te ngako: he nui rawa nga whakaaro a o ratou ngakau.
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- E whakahi ana ratou, e korero kino ana mo te whakatoi: kei runga noa ake a ratou korero.
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- Tutuki tonu o ratou mangai ki nga rangi: e kopikopiko ana hoki o ratou arero i runga i te whenua.
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- Koia tona iwi i hoki mai ai ki konei: a e whakawiria mai ana he wai mo ratou, kī tonu te kapa.
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- E mea ana ratou, Ma te aha e matau ai te Atua? he matauranga koia to te Runga-rawa?
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- Na, ko te hunga kino tenei, e kake nei i te ao, e hua nei o ratou taonga.
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- He pono he maumau taku whakamakanga i toku ngakau, taku horoinga hoki i oku ringaringa ki te hara-koretanga.
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- E whiua ana hoki ahau i te roa o te ra, e pakia ana i tenei ata, i tenei ata.
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- Ki te mea ahau, Ka penei taku korero, na, e tinihanga ana ahau ki te whakatupuranga o o tamariki.
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- I taku meatanga kia matauria tenei, ka kite ahau he mahi whakauaua.
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- Tae noa ahau ki te wahi tapu o te Atua, katahi au ka mohio ki to ratou mutunga iho.
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- He pono i whakaturia ratou e koe ki nga wahi pahekeheke; i whakatakā iho ratou e koe ki te whakangaromanga.
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- Ano te pānga whakareretanga o to ratou hunanga: kua tino pau rawa ratou i nga wehi.
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- Ka rite ki te rekanga kanohi, ina ara ake te tangata, tāu whakahaweatanga ki to ratou ahua, e te Ariki, ina ara ake koe.
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- Na, mamae noa iho toku ngakau, a hukihuki ana oku whatumanawa.
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- He whakaaro-kore hoki ahau, he kuare: me te mea he kirehe ahau i tou aroaro.
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- Ahakoa ra kei a koe tonu ahau; e puritia ana e koe toku ringaringa matau.
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- Ma to whakaaro ahau e arahi; muri iho ka riro ahau i a koe ki te kororia.
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- Ko wai hoki toku i te rangi aua koe? kahore atu hoki aku i te whenua e hiahia ai, ko koe anake.
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- Hemo iho oku kikokiko me toku ngakau: ko te Atua ia te kaha o toku ngakau, me toku wahi ake ake.
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- Na, te hunga e mamao atu ana i a koe ka mate ratou: ka whakangaromia e koe te hunga puremu katoa e whakarere nei i a koe.
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- Ko ahau ia he pai ano ki a au te whakatata ki te Atua: kua waiho e ahau te Ariki, a Ihowa, hei whakawhirinakitanga moku, ka whakapuakina ano e ahau au mahi katoa.