Psalms 81
1 To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Kititi. Na Ahapa. Kia kaha te waiata ki te Atua, ki to tatou kaha: kia hari te hamama ki te Atua o Hakopa.
2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:
Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
5 He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.
I whakatakotoria tenei e ia ma Hohepa hei whakaaturanga, i tona haerenga puta noa i te whenua o Ihipa: i rongo ai ahau ki reira i tetahi reo, kahore ahau i matau.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
I karanga koe ki ahau i te pouritanga, a kua ora koe i ahau; i whakahoki kupu ahau ki a koe i te wahi ngaro o te whatitiri; i whakamatau i a koe ki nga wai o Meripa. (Hera)
8 Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
10 I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Ko Ihowa ahau, ko tou Atua, i arahina mai ai koe i te whenua o Ihipa: kia nui te kowhera o tou mangai, a maku e whakaki.
11 But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
Otiia kihai taku iwi i pai ki te whakarongo ki toku reo: kihai ano a Iharaira i aro ki ahau.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
Na tukua atu ana ratou e ahau ki te maro o o ratou ngakau: a haere ana ratou i runga i o ratou whakaaro.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Penei e kore e aha kua whati i ahau te tara o o ratou hoariri: kua tahuri ano toku ringa ki o ratou hoariri.
15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
Ko te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowa kua ngohengohe ki a ia: ko to ratou taima ia kua mau tonu.
16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
Kua whangainga hoki ratou e ia ki te witi pai rawa, kua whakamakonatia ano koe e ahau ki te honi i roto i te kohatu.
