Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;

He waiata; he pikitanga. He ki tenei ma Iharaira, Ka maha a ratou tukinotanga i ahau o toku tamarikitanga ake;

2 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.

Ka maha a ratou tukinotanga i ahau o toku tamarikitanga ake; heoi kihai ahau i taea e ratou.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

I parautia toku tuara e nga kaiparau; he roa a ratou parautanga.

4 The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

He tika ta Ihowa: motu pu i a ia nga aho a te hunga kino.

5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

Kia whakama, kia whakahokia ki muri, te hunga katoa e kino nei ki Hiona.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

Kia rite ratou ki te tarutaru i nga tuanui, e memenge nei i te mea kiano i tupu ake.

7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

E kore nei e ki te ringa o te kaikoti, te uma hoki o te kaipaihere.

8 Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'

E kore ano te hunga e haere ana i te taha e mea, Kia tau ki a koutou te manaaki a Ihowa: ko ta matou manaaki tenei ki a koutou i runga i te ingoa o Ihowa.