E hoʻomanaʻo i kēia pule iā Iesu e kōkua aku iā ʻoe i kahi hihia paʻakikī

Ka Haku ʻo Iesū Kristo
ʻaʻole maopopo iā mākou pehea e kamaʻilio ai e pili ana iā ʻoe,
lilo kā mākou ʻōlelo i nāwaliwali, kūpono ʻole, hoʻokokoke ʻana.
ʻO ʻoe wale nō, e ka Haku, ka Logou.
Hōʻike ʻia i kēlā me kēia me ka huaʻōlelo o ke ola;
ʻike kēlā me kēia ʻo ʻoe ke ʻano,
ke ʻano o ke ola,
iā ʻoe ka ʻōlelo o ke kāhea,
o ka Vocation hoʻoholo no ke ala o kēlā me kēia.
ʻO ʻoe, e Iesū, ka mōakāka o ka Makua,
ʻO splendor, mahalo i ka Makua,
e hana i ka ʻike ʻana iā ʻoe, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka Makua;
ke hoʻolohe nei iā ʻoe, lohe mākou i ka ʻōlelo a ka Makua,
ʻo ia ka Ultimate, Word Definitive,
ma waho o ia mea ʻaʻohe mea i koe,
no ka mea he huaʻōlelo hoʻoholo
i loko o laila nā mea āpau a mākou e makemake ai.
Hōʻike ʻia iā mākou, i kāu Humanity a me kou hanohano:
e hōʻoia i ka hopu ʻana iā ʻoe, paʻa mākou i ka Hōʻailona,
Hele i kēlā me kēia makemake
ʻO ia ka mea e hilinaʻi ai i kēlā me kēia manawa o ko mākou ola,
kēlā me kēia mole i loko o ko mākou kino,
kēlā me kēia kihi o ko mākou mau manaʻo,
kā mākou hana a hana paha.
ʻO ia ke Akua, ma luna o nā mea āpau,
mai kahi mai nā mea āpau a ua hana ʻia nā mea āpau
a pili pū nā mea āpau,
ʻO ia ka mea e loaʻa ai ka ikaika i ka mea āpau,
ʻo wai ka Haku o ke ola a me ka make,
o ka manawa a me ke ao pau ʻole,
o ka hauʻoli a me ka ʻeha,
o ka pō a me ke ao,
hōʻike i loko ou, e Iesū, e ka Haku,
Ua hana ke kanaka i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua.

ʻO Carlo Maria Martini