Psalms 35
1 [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with 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 stand up for my help.
Kia mau ki te whakangungu rakau, ki te puapua; whakatika hei awhina moku
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I [am] thy 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 be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
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 chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [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 let the angel of the LORD persecute 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 net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for 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 destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
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 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
A ka koa toku wairua ki a Ihowa, ka hari ki tana whakaoranga.
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, even the poor and the needy from him that spoileth 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 False witnesses arose; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew 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 [to] the spoiling of my soul.
Utua ana e ratou taku pai ki te kino, a whakatupu pani ana toku wairua.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into 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 myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
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 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and assembled themselves: [yes], the abjects assembled themselves against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased 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 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Rite tonu ki nga kaiwhakakata o nga hakari, tetea ana o ratou niho ki ahau.
17 LORD, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling 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 thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among many people.
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 my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Kei hari pokanoa ki ahau oku hoariri; kei whakakini te kanohi o te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
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 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
Ina, hamama ana o ratou mangai ki ahau, e ki ana, Ha, ha, kua kite to matou kanohi.
22 [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me.
Kua kite koe, e Ihowa: kaua ra e wahangu; e te Ariki, kei matara i ahau.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [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 my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over 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, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
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 ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify [themselves] 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 shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity 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 speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.
A ka korerotia e toku arero tau mahi tika, me te whakamoemiti ki a koe i te ra roa.
