Kua haere ia ki te rapu i a Ātama,
tō tātou matua tuatahi, me te mea he hipi ngaro.
He hiahia nui ki te toro atu ki te hunga e noho ana i te pōuri
ā, i te atarangi o te mate,
Kua wehe atu ia i te pouri
Ātama i roto i ōna here
me Īwa, i herehere tahi rāua…
—Kauwhau Tawhito mō te Rāhoroi Tapu
Catechism o te Ekalesia Katorika (CCC), n. 635

 

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