Te Whakapono Ōkatiha

He pono, e whakapono ana mātou ki te Atua kotahi, ki te Atua Matua Kaha Rawa, te Kaihanga o te rangi me te whenua, o ngā mea katoa e kitea ana, e kore hoki e kitea.

E whakapono ana mātou ki te Ariki kotahi, ki a Īhu Karaiti, te Tama kotahi a te Atua, i whānau mai i te Matua i mua i ngā ao katoa. He Māramatanga nō te Māramatanga, he Atua pono nō te Atua pono; i whānau, kāore i hanga; kotahi tōna āhua me te Matua; nāna ngā mea katoa i hanga.

Mō mātou te tangata, mō tō mātou whakaoranga hoki, i heke iho ia i te rangi; nā te Wairua Tapu me te Wahine Tapu a Meri ia i whai kikokiko ai, ā, ka tangata.

I ripekatia ia mō mātou i raro i a Ponotio Pirato, i mamae, ā, i tanumia; i te toru o ngā rā ka ara ake ia i te hunga mate, e ai ki ngā Karaipiture.

I kake ia ki te rangi, ā, e noho ana ki te ringa matau o tōna Matua; ka hoki mai ia i runga i te korōria ki te whakawā i te hunga ora me te hunga mate; kāore he mutunga o tōna rangatiratanga.

Āe, e whakapono ana mātou ki te Wairua Tapu, te Ariki, te Kaihomai Ora, e puta mai ana i te Matua; e koropikoria ana, e whakakorōriatia ana me te Matua me te Tama; nāna i kōrero mā ngā poropiti.

Ki te Hāhi kotahi, tapu, puta noa i te ao, ā, nā ngā āpōtoro. E whakaae ana mātou ki te iriiri kotahi hei murunga hara.

E tatari ana mātou ki te aranga o te hunga mate me te ora o te ao e tū mai nei. Āmine.