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Nga kōrero a Reweti Kohere Mā

Te Inoi a Tuta Nihoniho

Te Inoi a Tuta Nihoniho

'E to mātou matua[119] i Poneke;
kia tapu tōu ingoa,
kia tau iho tōu mana;
homai ki a mātou he ture pai i tēnei tau, i tēnei tau;
murua o mātou hara moumou oneone;
herea o mātou mōrehu whenua;
kaua rawa e whakaaetia a mātou tono
kia wetekina nga here o o mātou whenua
engari whakawhānuitia he ture
hei whakakaha i o mātou uaua ki te ahuwhenua,
kia pērā me ta te Tuaiho[120] e kii rā
ma te werawera o tōu mata e kai ai koe i te kai,
a hoki noa koe ki te oneone,
i tangohia mai nei koe i reira,
he puehu koe, ā, ka hoki anō ki te puehu. āmine'

Na Tuta Nihoniho

He whakamārama: Kaore i kitea e māua ēnei kōrero i roto o Te Pīpīwharauroa, i Te Toa Takitini rānei.—Nga Etita

[119]Tō mātou matua: Na ēnei kupu, tērā pea ētahi tāngata e kī ko te kaupapa o te inoi a Tuta Nihoniho ko te inoi a te Ariki, arā ka eke ki te kupu a te Pākehā he parody. Kaore te Maori e mōhio ki te parody engari te whakawhitiwhiti i nga kupu. He tika tonu te inoi a Tuta, ko te mate nui hoki tēnei o te Maori, ā, ko tō Tuta mate anō hoki, he hoko whenua. He tangata whai whakaaro a Tuta, ā kāhore ia e mōhio ki te nukarau, ki te tinihanga, i haere tangi atu tana wairua ki te pō. I whaoria te ingoa o Tuta ki tēnei wāhi no te mea he kōrero e kataina e te tangata.

[120]Tuaiho: Aro o mua iho, he ingoa mo Ihowa. Ko te kanganga a te Atua i te whenua kei a Kenehi III, 17-19.