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E To Matou Matua
The Lord's Prayer
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E to matou Matua
1
i te rangi
Kia tapu
2
tou Ingoa
3
Kia tae mai tou rangatira-tanga
4
.
Kia meatia
5
tau e pai ai
ki runga ki te whenua,
kia rite ano ki to te rangi.
Our arent in the spirit wor!"
Sa#re" is $our %ame
&ring us 'our (hie)!$ ru!e*
Ma$ it happen in the wa$ that is to 'ou,
goo"*
ma$ it happen on earth
in the same wa$ as in spirit wor!".
Homai ki a matou aianei
he taro
+
ma matou mo tenei ra.
Murua
,
o matou hara
Me matou hoki e muru nei
i o te hunga
-
e hara ana ki a
matou.
.ua hoki matou e kawea kia
whaka-waia*
/
0i1e us now
the )oo" we nee" this "a$.
.
Strip us o) our sins*
0i1e us 2a#k what we ha1e !ost*
so that we, the s!a1es o) sin, ma$ 2e with
$ou again.
3o not !ea" us into temptation*
Engari whaka-orangia
14
matou, i te
kino5
Ma$ we 2e who!e, awa$ )rom things e1i!*
6hrough $our #hie)!$ position, is
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%ou hoki te rangatira-tanga,
te kaha,
me te kororia,
.ke, ake, ake.
.mine.
the power
an" the g!or$.
7ore1er an" e1er
.men
1. Matua Matua in Maori is a mu#h 2igger wor" than
7ather. It means parent - )ema!e as we!! as a
ma!e, suggesting the #aring, !o1ing, "is#ip!ining,
he!ping, prote#ting aspe#t o) 0o".
2. Tapu Man$ Maori, an" a!so akeha, non-Maori o)
genera!!$ European "es#ent, regar" tapu as
meaning )or2i""en. &ut is a!so "es#ripti1e o)
re1eren#e, respe#t, honour.
3. Ingoa
Ingoa, meaning name, is 1er$ important to man$
peop!e o) a!! ra#es, an" here it re)!e#ts the spe#ia!
an" important #hara#ter o) 0o".
4.
Rangatira-tanga
8angatiratanga - the #hie)!$ ru!e o) a rangatira.
6o man$ Maori, rangatira means the #hie), the
2oss, the 2ig one. &ut in Maori so#iet$ rangatira
imp!ies responsi2!e !ea"ership, gui"an#e,
e"u#ation an" nurture o) the peop!e.
8angatiratanga suggests a 0o" who #ares an"
prote#ts, an" to whom #onse9uent!$ there is
!o$a!t$ as part o) a re!ationship.
5. Kia meatia ...
6he phrase Kia meatia is i"iomati#, o)ten use"
instea" o) other spe#i)i# "es#ripti1e phrases.
Meatia is the passi1e )orm o) the 1er2 mea, do, or
deal with. So Kia meatia means May it be done,
May it be dealt with.
6. Taro 6aro is wi"e!$ use" in tropi#a! o!$nesia as an
e9ui1a!ent to 2rea", an" here "es#ri2es )oo" that
is use)u! to the Maori in man$ situations. It is the
)oo" o) !i)e, a metaphor )or e1er$thing nee"e" )or
human !i)e.
7. Murua Muru, the a#ti1e 1oi#e o) the murua, re#a!!s an
an#ient Maori pra#ti#e where2$ upon a person:s
"eath his or her #ontemporaries wou!" "es#en"
upon the "e#ease":s house an" strip it o)
e1er$thing it #ontaine". In e))e#t the Maori
pra$er sa$s (ome muru us* sei;e us an" take
awa$ e1er$thing 2a"* our sins, a!! that has gone
wrong* a!! that wi!! stop us 2eing with $ou, 0o".
8. Hunga
Hunga are those without status - #ommoners,
1asse!s, s!a1es. In o!"er o!$nesian usage, this
wor" ha" #onnotations o) an insigni)i#ant parti#!e
o) an$thing* a #rum2* )ine rain "rops, "is#ar"e"
)!a< threa"s.
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9. Whaa-!aia.
=hakawhia is tempation or enticement. 6his is an
1-34s Maori 1ersion o) the o!" Eng!ish
pra$er-!ine Lead us not into temptation whi#h has
a!wa$s #reate" pro2!ems an" arguments among
&i2!i#a! s#ho!ars. 6he s#ho!ars now gi1e us Save
us from the time of trial.
1". Whaa-
ora-ngia
6he Eng!ish pra$er-!ine Deliver us from evil has
2een e<pan"e" in the Maori. =haka-ora-ngia
in#!u"es the wor" ora, life, health, wellbeing,
happiness, an" it suggests peace, salvation an"
wholeness.


E 6e .riki
=hakarongo mai ra kia matou
E 6e .riki
6itiro mai ra kia matou
6e Matua o tamariki
E whakapono ana matou kia Koe
.ue .ue
6e Matua 6e 6amati =airua 6apu E
>or"
!isten to us
>or"
wat#h o1er us
7ather o) us #hi!"ren
we 2e!ie1e in 'ou
In"ee"
6he 7ather, Son an" Ho!$ Spirit
E To Matou Matua on record
1//, (3, 6e Matapihi, Gateway to the past - window to the future.
1/// (3.Hato aora, ! years on.
&oth o) these #hoirs were #on"u#te" 2$ Mor1in Simon.
ossi2!$ he #ompose" the tune use" in these re#or"ings.

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