Te Tuuturu ki te Ariki: Te karakia a St. Augustine!

Tena ra, e toku Atua, kia mohio ahau ki a koe me te aroha ki a koe kia pai ai taku koa ki a koe. Ahakoa kaore e taea e au te mahi tino i tenei ao, kia pai ake ahau i tenei ra, i tenei ra kia taea ra ano e au. Tukuna ahau kia mohio ake i tenei ao, kia mohio ai ahau ki a koe i te rangi. Tukuna ahau kia mohio atu ki a koe i konei, kia tino aroha ai ahau ki a koe i reira, kia tino nui ai taku koa i konei, kia tino ki te rangi me koe. 

E te Atua pono, tukua mai ki ahau te hari o te rangi e kiia nei e koe kia ki tonu taku hari. I tenei wa, kia whakaarohia e taku hinengaro, kia korero toku arero mo taua mea, kia hiahia taku ngakau, kia korero toku waha mo taua mea, taku wairua e hiakai ana ki a ia, kia hiainu taku kikokiko ki taua mea, kei te hiahia katoa ahau, a taea noatia te wa e Ka taea e au te uru atu i roto i te mate ki te koa o toku Ariki, ki reira noho tonu ai, ao mutu kore. Āmine

E te Ariki, e Ihu, kia mohio ahau ki ahau, kia mohio hoki ki a koe, kaua e hiahia ki tetahi mea, ko koe anake. Tukua ahau kia kino ki ahau, ka aroha ki a koe. Tukua ahau kia mahi katoa mo koe. Tukua ahau kia whakaiti me te whakanui i a koe. Kaua e whakaarohia tetahi mea ke atu ko koe anake.
Tukua ahau kia mate ki ahau ka noho ki roto i a koe. Tukua ahau kia whakaae ko nga mea ka pa ki a koe. Tukua ahau ki te panga i ahau ka whai i a koe,
me te hiahia tonu ki te whai i a koe. Tukua ahau kia mawhiti atu i ahau, ka whakawhirinaki atu ki a koe, kia tika ai ahau hei awhina mo koe.

Tukua ahau kia wehi mo au, kia wehi ahau i a koe kia uru atu ahau ki roto i o hunga e kowhiria ana e koe. Tukua ahau kia whakawhirinaki ki a au ano ka whakawhirinaki atu ki a koe. Tukua ahau kia ngohengohe ki a koe. Tukua ahau kia piri ki tetahi atu, ko koe anake, a kia rawakore ahau i a koe. Titiro mai ki ahau, kia aroha ai ahau ki a koe. Karangatia ahau, kia kite atu ai ahau i a koe, kia koa tonu ai koe.