Ngā Waiata a Horomona WHAKATAKI Anei ētahi o ngā waiata tino ataahua o te rangimārie me te harikoa o te ao. Heoi, ko tō rātou takenga mai, te rā i tuhia ai, me te tikanga tuturu o te nuinga o ngā whiti, ko tētahi tonu o ngā mea ngaro nui o te ao tuhituhi. Kua tae mai ēnei ki a tātou i roto i tētahi tuhinga tawhito rawa atu i te reo Hiria. E kitea ana ko taua tuhinga he whakamāoritanga mai i te reo Kariki taketake. Kua puta he tautohetohe nui mō ēnei Odes; ko tētahi o ngā whakamārama tino whaitake ko ngā waiata ēnei a ngā Karaitiana hou i iriiria o te rautau tuatahi. He mea miharo te ngaro o ngā kōrero tuku iho. Kāore tō rātou kanapa e whakaata ana i ngā rā o mua. Kāore rātou e tango mai i te Kawenata Tawhito, i ngā Rongopai rānei. Ko te whakaaweawe o ēnei whiti i ahu mai i te ringa tuatahi. E whakamahara ana i a koe ki te kōrero a Aristides, "He iwi hou e whakaranua ana ki a rātou tetahi mea Atua." Anei te kaha me te māramatanga e kitea ai e tātou ngā ritenga ōrite i roto i ngā wāhanga tino teitei o ngā Karaipiture. Mō ēnei waiata ngaro whakamiharo, nā J. Rendel Harris, MA., Hon. Fellow o Clare College, Cambridge mātou i whakamāori. E kī ana ia mō ēnei waiata: "Kāore he mea e whakaaetia ana e te katoa mēnā kāore ngā waiata i te tino ataahua, ā, he tino uara wairua." ODE 1 1 Kei runga i tōku mahunga a Ihowā, hei karauna; e kore ahau e haere noa atu me ia. 2 I whatu rātou i te karauna o te pono mōku, ā, i meinga ō manga kia pihi ake i roto i ahau. 3 Ehara hoki i te mea he karauna maroke e kore nei e pihi: engari kei runga koe i tōku mahunga e ora ana, ā, kua puāwai koe i runga i tōku mahunga. 4 Kua pakari ō hua, kua tino pai, kī tonu i tāu whakaoranga. ODE 2 (Kāore anō kia kitea he wāhanga o tēnei Ode.) ODE 3 1 . . . I kakahuria e au:
2 Kei a ia ōna mema. Ā, kei runga i a rātou ahau e tū ana, ā, e aroha ana ia ki ahau: 3 Kāore hoki ahau i mōhio ki te aroha ki te Ariki, me i kāore ia i aroha ki ahau. 4 Ko wai hoki e taea te wehewehe i te aroha, ko te tangata anake e arohaina ana? 5 E aroha ana ahau ki te Mea e Arohaina ana, ā, e aroha ana tōku wairua ki a Ia: 6 Ā, ko te wāhi e okioki ai ia, kei reira anō hoki ahau; 7 Ā, e kore ahau e noho hei manene, nā te mea ki te Ariki, ki te Runga Rawa, ki te Aroha, kāhore he amuamu. 8 Kua honoa ahau ki te I-run, kua kitea hoki e te Aroha te Aroha, 9 Nā te mea ka aroha ahau ki a ia, ko te Tama ia, ka waiho ahau hei tama; 10 Ko te tangata hoki e honoa ana ki a Ia, e kore nei e mate, ka waiho hoki ia hei mea mate; 11 Ā, ko te tangata e ahuareka ana ki te Mea Ora, ka ora ia. 12 Ko te Wairua tēnei o Ihowā, e kore nei e teka, e whakaako ana i ngā tama a te tangata kia mōhio ki āna ara. 13 Kia whakaaro nui, kia mātau, kia mataara. Hareruia. ODE 4 1 Kāore he tangata, e tōku Atua, e whakaputa ke i tōu wāhi tapu; 2 Kāore hoki e taea e ia te whakaputa ke, te whakanoho rānei ki tētahi atu wāhi: nā te mea kāore ōna mana ki runga i taua mea: 3 Nāu hoki i hanga tōu wāhi tapu i mua i tō hanganga i ētahi atu wāhi: 4 E kore te mea pakeke e whakarerekētia e te mea taitamariki i a ia anō. 5 Kua tukua e koe tōu ngākau, e te Ariki, ki te hunga whakapono ki a koe: e kore rawa koe e ngoikore, e kore hoki e kore he hua. 6 He nui atu te utu mō te haora kotahi o tōu whakapono i ngā rā me ngā tau katoa. 7 Ko wai hoki e kakahuria e ia tōu atawhai, ā, ka mamae? 8 E mōhiotia ana hoki tō hiri, e mōhiotia ana hoki e āu mea hanga: ā, e puritia ana e ō ope (o te rangi): ā, ko ngā anahera whiriwhiri e whakakakahuria ana ki taua hiri. 9 Nāu i homai tōu wairua ki a mātou: ehara i te mea nāu i hiahia ki a mātou, engari nā mātou i hiahia ki a koe: 10 Ringihia mai ōu tomairangi ki runga i a mātou, whakatuwheratia hoki ō puna wai momona e ringihia mai ai te waiū me te honi ki a mātou: 11 Kāore hoki he ripeneta i a koe, e ripeneta ai koe ki tetahi mea i oatitia e koe: 12 Ā, kua whakakitea mai te mutunga ki tōu aroaro: nāu hoki i homai noa mai;