Nehemia 1:5 - Paipera Tapu 20125 ā, ka mea ahau: “Auē, e Ihowā, e te Atua o te rangi, ko te Atua nui ia e wehingia ana, e pupuri ana i te kawenata, i te atawhai mō te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia, e pupuri ana i āna whakahau; Faic an caibideilTe Paipera Tapu 19525 A ka mea ahau, Aue, e Ihowa, e te Atua o te rangi, ko te Atua nui ia e wehingia ana, e pupuri ana i te kawenata, i te atawhai mo te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia, e pupuri ana i ana whakahau: Faic an caibideil |
Nā, ka titiro ahau, ka whakatika ki runga, ka mea ki ngā rangatira, ki ngā tāngata nunui, ki ērā atu anō o te iwi, “Kaua e wehi ki a rātou. Kia mahara ki te Ariki, ki te mea nui e wehingia ana, ka whawhai kia ora ai ō koutou tuākana, tēina, ā koutou tama, ā koutou tamāhine, ā koutou wāhine, me ō koutou whare.”
“Nā, tēnā, e tō mātou Atua, e te Atua nui, e te Atua kaha, e wehingia ana, e pupuri nei i te kawenata, i te mahi tohu kei iti ki tāu titiro te hē katoa i pā mai nei ki a mātou, ki ō mātou kīngi, ki ō mātou rangatira, ki ō mātou tohunga, ki ō mātou poropiti, ki ō mātou mātua, ki tāu iwi katoa, o ngā rā o ngā kīngi o Ahiria ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā.