¹¶ Na Horomona. Homai, e te Atua, au whakaritenga ki te kingi, me tou tika ki te tama a te kingi.

¹{For Solomon.} O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

²¶ Mana e whakawa tou iwi i runga i te tika, au rawakore i runga i te whakawa tika.

²He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.

³Ka kawea mai e nga maunga te rongo mau ki te iwi, e nga pukepuke i runga i te tika.

³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.

⁴Ka whakawa ia mo nga ware o te iwi: ka whakaorangia e ia nga tamariki a te rawakore; mongamonga noa i a ia te kaitukino.

⁴He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

⁵I te ra e mau ana, i te marama hoki, ka pera te mau o to ratou wehi ki a koe i nga whakatupuranga katoa.

⁵They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

⁶E heke iho ia ano he ua ki runga ki te kotinga tarutaru, me nga ua e whakamakuku nei i te whenua.

⁶He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

⁷Ka tupu te tangata tika i ona ra: tona roa ano o te ata noho, a kore noa te marama.

⁷In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more.

⁸Ka kingi ia i tenei moana, a tae noa ki tetahi moana, i te awa, a nga pito atu ano o te whenua.

⁸And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

⁹Ka piko ki tona aroaro te hunga o te koraha: a ka mitimiti ona hoariri i te puehu.

⁹The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.

¹⁰Ka maua mai he hakari e nga kingi o Tarahihi, o nga motu: ka kawea mai he tahua e nga kingi o Hepa, o Tepa.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:

¹¹Ae, ka koropiko nga kingi katoa ki a ia: ka mahi nga iwi katoa ki a ia.

¹¹Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.

¹²Ka ora hoki i a ia te rawakore ua tangi atu, te ware hoki me te tangata kahore nei ona kaiawhina.

¹²For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;

¹³E tohu ia i te tangata iti, i te rawakore; ka ora ano i a ia nga wairua o nga rawakore.

¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:

¹⁴Ka hokona e ia to ratou wairua i roto i te tukino, i te tutu, he mea utu nui hoki o ratou toto ki tana titiro.

¹⁴He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵A e ora ratou; ka hoatu ano ki a ia he koura no Hepa: ka tukua tonutia hoki te inoi mona; ka whakapaingia ia i tenei ra, i tenei ra.

¹⁵And he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually: all the day shall he be blessed.

¹⁶He kutanga witi tera i runga i te whenua, i te tihi o nga maunga; ngarue ana ona hua, ano ko Repanona, a ka rite te tupu o nga tangata o te pa ki to te tarutaru o te whenua.

¹⁶There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.

¹⁷Ka mau tonu tona ingoa ake ake; ka rite tona ingoa ki te ra te pumau: kei roto i a ia te manaaki mo te tangata; ka korerotia tona koa e nga iwi katoa.

¹⁷His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

¹⁸¶ Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, te Atua, te Atua o Iharaira: ko ia nei anake hei mahi i nga mahi whakamiharo;

¹⁸Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things!

¹⁹Kia whakapaingia ano tona ingoa kororia mo ake tonu atu; kia ki katoa hoki te whenua i tona kororia. Amine, ae Amine.

¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen.

²⁰Ko te mutunga tenei o nga inoi a Rawiri, a te tama a Hehe.

²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.