December 12, 2011, First Reading

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Book of the Prophet Zechariah 2:10 – 13

(Alternatively listed as verses 2:14 – 17 in other versions of the Bible.)

2:10 Himene, kia hari, tamahine a Hiona. Inaha hoki, Ka whakatata atu ahau, a ka noho ahau i waenganui i a koe, e ai ta Ihowa.
2:11 A he maha nga iwi e whakauru ki a Ihowa i taua ra, a ka waiho ratou hei iwi maku, a ka noho ahau i waenganui i a koe. A ka mohio koutou na Ihowa o nga mano ahau i unga mai ki a koutou.
2:12 a ka riro i a Ihowa tona wahi, Hura, i te whenua tapu, engari ka whiriwhiria ano e ia a Hiruharama.
2:13 Whakarongoa nga kikokiko katoa i te aroaro o Ihowa: kua whakatika mai hoki ia i tona nohoanga tapu.