Ko te inoi ki te Atua Matua

Ka whakapai ahau ki a koe te Matua Mo Nga Mea Tapu
ko koe i hanga i ahau,
tukua ahau mai i nga ngoikoretanga katoa e
ata aro mai ki nga hiahia o etahi atu.
Ka patai atu koe ki te murunga mai i etahi wa
Kaore ahau i mahi pono ki a koe
engari manako mai koe i taku murunga o
meinga e ahau te aroha noa ki te ora i to whanaungatanga.
Ko au anake te whakawhirinaki ki a koe,
homai koa ma'u te Wairua Tapu mo
whakarerea ahau e koe anake.
Kia whakapaingia tou ingoa tapu.
kia whakapaingia koe i te rangi
he hanahana koe, he tapu.
Tena koa papa,
tena koa taku tono
Kei te tahuri atu ahau ki a koe i tenei ra
He tangata hara ahau e korero ana
ki a koe e tono mo te hiahia nui
(whakaingoa he aroha noa e hiahia ana koe)
Ko to tamaiti a Ihu, ka mea "inoi, ka whiwhi koe"
Tena ra, whakarongo mai ki ahau, whakaorangia ahau:
mai i tenei kino e nui
Kei te pouri ahau.
I tuu ahau i taku oranga katoa
o koutou ringa, maka atu katoa
Toku whakawhirinaki ki a koe,
ko koe taku matua i te rangi e
he pai rawa taau mahi ki a tamariki.
Tena ra, e te papa tapu, kaore koe e mahi
whakarerea nga tamariki katoa,
whakarongo mai ki ahau, whakaorangia ahau i nga kino katoa.
Ka whakawhetai atu ahau ki a koe e te papa tapu,
i roto i te meka mohio ahau ka whakarongo koe ki te
toku inoi me nga mea katoa mo au.
He nui koe, he nui koe,
he pai koe, ko koe anake te mea,
Aroha ki a ia o ana tamariki
A ka oti, ka tiakina, ka whakaorangia.
Kia ora koutou matua tapu mo
nga mea katoa hei mahi ma koutou.
Ka manaaki ahau ki a koe.