Psalms 35
1 [A Psalm] of David. Judge you, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me.
Na Rawiri. E ngana, e Ihowa, ki te hunga e tohe ana ki ahau: whawhaitia te hunga e whawhai nei ki ahau.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.
Kia mau ki te whakangungu rakau, ki te puapua; whakatika hei awhina moku
3 Bring forth a sword, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am your salvation.
Unuhia te tao, araia te ara o te hunga e whai nei i ahau: ki mai ki toku wairua, Ko ahau tou whakaoranga.
4 Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.
Kia whakama, kia numinumi te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ahau: kia whakahokia ki muri, kia whakapoauautia te hunga e whakatakoto ana i te kino moku.
5 Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them.
Kia rite ratou ki te papapa e puhia ana e te hau; kia aia haeretia e te anahera a Ihowa.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.
Kia pouri to ratou ara, kia pahekeheke: kia whaia ratou e te anahera a Ihowa.
7 For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.
Kahore hoki he rawa i huna ai e ratou te poka o ta ratou kupenga moku; he mea keri takekore kia mate ai ahau.
8 Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.
Kia rokohanga poauautia ia e te ngaromanga; kia mau ano ko ia i tana kupenga i huna ai: kia taka ia ki taua tino ngaromanga.
9 But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation.
A ka koa toku wairua ki a Ihowa, ka hari ki tana whakaoranga.
10 All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to you? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yes, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
Ka ki katoa oku wheua, E Ihowa, ko wai te rite mou, mo te kaiwhakaora o te iti i te tangata e kaha ake ana i a ia, ae o te iti, o te rawakore i tona kaipahua?
11 Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not.
Whakatika ana nga kaiwhakapae teka: whakawakia ana ahau mo nga mea kihai nei ahau i matau atu.
12 They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.
Utua ana e ratou taku pai ki te kino, a whakatupu pani ana toku wairua.
13 But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my [own] bosom.
Tena ko ahau, i a ratou e mate ana, he kahu taratara toku, waikauwere ana toku wairua, kihai i kai: a hoki mai ana taku inoi ki toku uma.
14 I behaved agreeably towards them as [if it had been] our neighbour [or] brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.
Ko toku ahua me te mea he hoa ia, he teina noku: kupapa noa iho ahau, ano he tangata e tangi ana ki tona whaea.
15 Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew [it] not: they were scattered, but repented not.
I toku paheketanga ia koa ana ratou, huihui ana; huihui ana nga tangata kino noa iho hei hoariri moku, kihai ano ahau i mohio; haehae ana ratou i ahau, kihai hoki i mutu.
16 They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.
Rite tonu ki nga kaiwhakakata o nga hakari, tetea ana o ratou niho ki ahau.
17 O Lord, when will you look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.
E te Ariki, kia pehea te roa o tau titiro kau mai? Whakaorangia toku wairua i a ratou whakangaromanga, taku e aroha nei, i nga raiona.
18 I will give thanks to you even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise you.
Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe i roto i te whakaminenga nui, ka whakamoemiti ki a koe i roto i te iwi maha.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.
Kei hari pokanoa ki ahau oku hoariri; kei whakakini te kanohi o te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau.
20 For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in [their] anger.
Ehara hoki ta ratou i te korero mo te rangimarie; heoi kei te whakatakoto kupu tinihanga ratou mo te hunga ata noho o te whenua.
21 And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen [it].
Ina, hamama ana o ratou mangai ki ahau, e ki ana, Ha, ha, kua kite to matou kanohi.
22 You have seen [it], O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not [yourself] from me.
Kua kite koe, e Ihowa: kaua ra e wahangu; e te Ariki, kei matara i ahau.
23 Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgement, [even] to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Oho ake, e ara ki te whakarite i toku whakawa, ki taku tautohe, e toku Atua, e toku Ariki.
24 Judge me, O Lord, according to your righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me.
Kia rite ki tou tika te whakarite moku, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kei koa ano ratou ki ahau.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, [it is pleasing] to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.
Kei mea ratou i roto i o ratou ngakau, Ha, ko ta matou tena i pai ai: kei mea ratou, Kua horomia ia e tatou.
26 Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.
Kia whakama, kia numinumi ngatahi, te hunga e koa ana ina he ahau: kia whakakakahuria ki te whakama, ki te numinumi, te hunga e whakakake ana ki ahau.
27 Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant.
Kia hamama i te hari, kia koa te hunga e pai ana ki taku mahi tika: ae, kia mea tonu, kia whakanuia a Ihowa e whakapai nei ki te ora o tana pononga.
28 And my tongue shall meditate on your righteousness, [and] on your praise all the day.
A ka korerotia e toku arero tau mahi tika, me te whakamoemiti ki a koe i te ra roa.
