MŌ TE Ū KI TE KAWENATA (#10241)

Kia whakaūhia aku hīkoi, e Te Ariki, ki Tōu Ara kia whaikahatia ai e Koe ō mātou ngākau ki te whakarongo ki a Koe. Kia hurihia ō mātou kanohi ki te ātaahua o Tōu kotahitanga, kia harikoa hoki ō mātou ngākau ki ngā tohu o Tōu atuatanga kotahi. Whakareia ō mātou tinana ki te korowai o Tōu whai rawa, tangohia mai i ō mātou karu te ārai o te haratanga, tukua mai te kapu o Tō atawhai; ka whaikōrerotia ai e te mauri o ngā koiora katoa ko Tōu korōria i te aroaro o te kitenga i Tōu nui. Nō reira kia whakaaturia Koe e Koe anō, e Te Ariki, mā Tāu kupu aroha me te pohewa o Tōu atuatanga, kia whakakiia ai ō mātou wairua ora ki te harakoa tapu o te karakia - he karakia ka rewa ki runga rawa o ngā kupu me ngā reta, he mea o kō kē atu o te mumura o te pū me te oro - ka tūhonotia ngā mea katoa ka kore katoa ai i mua i te whakaaturanga o Tōu miharo.

E Te Ariki! Ko ēnei he pononga kua piripono ki Tāu Kawenata me Tāu Tūtohinga kua ū tonu ki te taura o te piripono ki Tō Kaupapa, kua mau pū ki te remu o te kākahu o Tōu korōria. Āwhinatia rātou, e Te Ariki, ki Tō atawhai, whakaūhia ki Tōu kaha, ka whakapakaritia ai ō rātou hūhā ki te whakarongo ki a Koe. 

Ko Koe te Poumuru hara, te Tohu Tūpore.

-`Abdu'l-Bahá
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MŌ TE Ū KI TE KAWENATA (#10242)

E Te Atua mākoha! Kia whakamoemititia Koe i te mea Nāu ahau i whakaoho, Nāu i tō mai te hiringa o te mahara. Nāu i hōmai te karu hei titiro, i aroha mai ki te taringa rongo, Nāu ahau i ārahi ki Tōu kīngitanga, i arataki ki te huarahi tika hei haerenga māku, Nāu ahau i tātaki ki Tōu nei Ara. Nāu te huarahi tika i whakaata mai, nāu ahau i uru atu ai ki te Āka o te Whakaoranga. e Te Atua! Māu ahau e tū tika, Māu ahau e tū pakari, e tū mārō. Māu e kaupare atu ngā whakamātau ririhau, Māu ahau e tiaki, e whakaruru ki roto o te pātūwatawata o Tāu Kawenata, Oati hoki. Ko Koe te Pūkaha. Kitea ana e Koe ngā mea katoa. e rangona ana e Koe ngā mea katoa. 

E Koe e Te Atua Arohanui. Tukua mai ki ahau he ngākau, rite ki te karaehe, he mea ngiha ki te rama o Tōu aroha, whakatakā mai ki ahau tētahi whakaaro e hurihia ai tēnei ao ki tētahi kāri rohi mā te rawa wairua. 

Ko Koe te Mākoha, te Tohu Atawhai. Ko Koe Te Atua Marere Nui.

-`Abdu'l-Bahá
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