Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Mary, did you know
– Meri, i mohio koe
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
– E haere ana tō tamaiti i runga i te wai i tētahi rā?
Mary, did you know
– Meri, i mohio koe
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
– Ka whakaorangia e tō tamaiti ā tātou tama me ā tātou tamahine?
Did you know
– I mohio koe
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
– Kua tae mai to tamaiti ki te hanga i a koe hou?
This child that you’ve delivered
– Tenei tamaiti kua tukua e koe
Will soon deliver you
– Ka hohoro te whakaora ia koe
Mary, did you know
– Meri, i mohio koe
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
– Ka hoatu e tō tamaiti te tirohanga ki tētahi tangata matapo?
Mary, did you know
– Meri, i mohio koe
That your baby boy will calm a storm with His hand?
– Ka marino te tamaiti i Te tupuhi ki Tona ringa?
Did you know
– I mohio koe
That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
– Kua haere to tamaiti ki te wahi i takahia ai e nga anahera?
And when you kiss your little baby
– A ka kihi koe i tō pēpi iti
You’ve kissed the face of God
– Kua kihi koe i te mata O Te Atua
Mary, did you know?
– Meri, i mohio koe?
The blind will see
– Ka kite te matapo
The deaf will hear
– Ka rongo nga turi
And the dead will live again
– A ka ora ano te hunga mate
The lame will leap
– Ka peke te ngenge
The dumb will speak
– Ka korero te wahangu
The praises of the Lamb
– Ko nga whakamoemiti A te Reme
Mary, did you know
– Meri, i mohio koe
That your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
– Ko tōu tamaiti Te Ariki o te hanga katoa?
Mary, did you know
– Meri, i mohio koe
That your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
– E whakahaere ana tō tamaiti i ngā iwi i tētahi rā?
Did you know
– I mohio koe
That your baby boy is heaven’s perfect Lamb?
– Ko tōu tamaiti ko te Reme tino pai o te rangi?
This sleeping child you’re holding
– Tenei tamaiti moe kei te pupuri koe
Is the Great I Am
– Ko Ahau Te Mea Nui
Oh, Mary did you know?
– Aue, I mohio Koe Ki A Meri?
