Psalms 52
1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri; na Rawiri, i a Roeke Eromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, Kua tae a Rawiri ki te whare o Ahimereke. He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui? He pumau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.
2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.
3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth.
E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera)
4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.
Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu; ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka takiritia atu i tou nohoanga, ka hutia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. (Hera)
6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,
7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Inana, ko te tangata tenei kihai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mona; otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o ana taonga, whakapakari ana i runga i tana mahi kino.
8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te oriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua: ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.
9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nau hoki tenei i mea: ka tumanako ano ki tou ingoa; he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tau hunga tapu.
