Psalms 109
1 God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E te Atua, e whakamoemiti nei ahau, kei wahangu koe:
2 because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
Kua puaki hoki te mangai o te tangata kino me te mangai o te tangata tinihanga, ki te he moku: he teka o ratou arero, e korero nei moku.
3 They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara, a i whawhai takekore ki ahau.
4 I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
Mo toku aroha he riri ta ratou whakautu: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku.
5 In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
E homai ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha.
6 They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu he hoariri ki tona ringa matau.
7 And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia waiho ano tana inoi hei hara.
8 [Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
Kia torutoru ona ra; kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu.
9 Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine.
10 Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
Kia kopikopiko noa ana tamariki, pinono ai: kia rapu kai hoki ma ratou i o ratou wahi mokemoke.
11 Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
Kia haoa e te kaituku moni ana mea katoa; kia pahuatia hoki e nga tangata iwi ke ana mauiuitanga.
12 Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi hei atawhai i ana pani.
13 Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
Kia hatepea putia ona uri: a i to muri whakatupuranga kia horoia rawatia atu o ratou ingoa.
14 Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua: kei murua hoki te hara o tona whaea.
15 think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
Kia mau tonu ki te aroaro o Ihowa: kia hatepea atu ai e ia te maharatanga ki a ratou i runga i te whenua.
16 He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
Mona kihai i mahara ki te mahi tohu: heoi tukino ana ia i te ware, i te rawakore, i te hunga ngakau maru, kia patua ai ratou.
17 He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless him!
Ae ra, i pai ia ki te kanga, a kua tae mai ki a ia: kihai ia i aro ki te manaaki, heoi kua mamao tera i a ia.
18 He cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
I kakahu ia i te kanga ki a ia, ano ko tona kakahu: na kua tae tera ki roto ki a ia ano he wai, me he hinu hoki ki roto ki ona wheua.
19 Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki e whitikiria tonutia ai ia.
20 Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
Na hei utu tena ma Ihowa ki oku hoariri, ki te hunga hoki e korero kino nei ki toku wairua.
21 But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
Kia puta tau mahi moku, e te Atua, e te Ariki, he whakaaro ki tou ingoa: na te mea he pai tau mahi tohu, whakaorangia ahau,
22 [I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae hoki toku ngakau i roto i ahau.
23 [I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
Ka riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he mawhitiwhiti.
24 My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; a e kohia ana te ngako o oku kikokiko.
25 The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka kite ratou i ahau, ka ruru o ratou matenga.
26 Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau.
27 [When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
Kia matau ai ratou ko tou ringa itene: a nau tenei, e Ihowa, i mea.
28 They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika; ko tau pononga ia kia hari.
29 Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a ko to ratou numinumi hei koroka hipoki mo ratou.
30 But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
Ka tino whakawhetai toku mangai ki a Ihowa, ae ra, ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a ia i waenganui o te mano.
31 [I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
E tu hoki ia ki te ringa matau o te rawakore, hei whakaora i a ia i te hunga e whakahe ana i tona wairua.
