Pure ki te awhina i te whanau e mate nei

E Ihowa, kua mohio koe ki ahau, e toku whanau.
Kaore koe e hiahia ki nga kupu maha na te mea ka kite koe i te pouri, te whakama,
te wehi me te uaua ki te hono tika (taku tane / wahine).
E mohio ana koe ki te maha o tenei ahuatanga e mamae ai ahau.
E mohio ana hoki koe ki nga take huna o tena katoa,
era take kaore au e tino marama ki te mohio.
Na tenei take ka raru ahau i oku he katoa,
taku koretake ki te whakatau he nui ake i ahau ake ka hiahia au ki to awhina.
He maha nga wa ka whakaatuhia ai ahau e te whakaaro koinei (he he taku tane / wahine),
o ta matou whanau, nga mahi, o nga tamariki,
engari e kite ana au ko te he kaore e tika ana i tetahi taha
kei ahau ano hoki aku kawenga.
E Pa, i runga i te ingoa o Ihu, na roto i te inoi a Meri,
homai ki a au me toku whanau te Wairua e korero nei koe ki te katoa
ko te marama ki te whai i te pono, te kaha ki te hinga i te mau uaua,
te aroha ki te wikitoria i te mauruuru katoa, te whakamatautau me te wehewehe.
Ka tautokohia (a / o) e To Wairua Tapu e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakapuaki i taku hiahia
kia noho pono ki taku (tane / wahine),
rite ki whakakitea e ahau ki a koutou i te hahi, i te take o toku marena.
Ka whakahoutia e au taku hiahia kia tatari marie mo tenei ahuatanga ki,
na roto i to awhina, huringa tika, whakaekea ana ki a koe i ia ra
aku mamae me aku mamae mo te whakatapu o ahau me aku hoa aroha.
Kei te hiahia au kia nui ake to waa ka noho mai i a koe
ki te murunga hara kore (ki taku tane / wahine),
no te mea ka taea e tatou te whai hua mai i te aroha noa o te houhanga rongo
me te whakaurutanga hou ki a koutou me o matou
hei mea mo tou honore me te pai o to matou whanau.
Amine.