Psalms 129

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

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

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet 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 on 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 has 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 all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

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

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up:

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

7 With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.

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

8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be on 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.