Priljubljene svetopisemske vrstice iz Matiu 1

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Ā, e whānau ia he tama, me hua e koe tōna ingoa ko Īhu; nō te mea māna e whakaora tōna iwi i ō rātou hara.”

“Nā, ka hapū te wāhina, ka whānau hoki he tama, ā, ka huaina e rātou tōna ingoa ko Emānuera,” ko tōna whakamāoritanga tēnei, “Kei a tātou te Atua.”

Otiia, i a ia e hurihuri ana i ēnei mea, nā, ka puta moemoeā mai tētahi anahera a te Ariki ki a ia, ka mea, “E Hōhepa, e te tama a Rāwiri, kaua e hopohopo ki te tango i a Meri, i tāu wahine; nā te Wairua Tapu hoki tōna hapū.

Nā, ko te whānautanga tēnei o Īhu Karaiti; he mea taumau a Meri, tōna whaea, mā Hōhepa, ā, i te mea kīanō rāua i tata noa ki a rāua, ka kitea kua hapū ia i te Wairua Tapu. Otirā, he tangata tika tāna tahu, a Hōhepa, ā, kāhore ōna ngākau kia whakakitea nuitia ia, ka mea kia whakarērea pukutia.