Psalms 74
1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
He Makiri na Ahapa. E te Atua, he aha i panga ai matou e koe ake ake? He aha i pongere ai tou riri ki nga hipi o tau mara?
2 Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.
Mahara ki tau whakaminenga i hokona e koe i mua, i utua e koe hei iwi mo tou kainga tupu; a ki tenei Maunga Hiona i nohoia nei e koe.
3 Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Hiki ake ou waewae ki nga whakangaromanga e mau tonu nei, ki nga mahi kino katoa a te hoariri ki te wahi tapu.
4 Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
Kua hamama nei ou hoariri i waenganui i au whakaminenga, kua whakaturia e ratou a ratou kara hei tohu.
5 [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
E rite ana ratou ki nga tangata e hapai ana i te titaha ki te puia rakau.
6 But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers.
Inaianei ia e tukitukia ana e ratou ona mea whakairo, pakaruhia iho ana ki te titaha, ki te hama.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
Kua toua tou wahi tapu ki te kapura, kua noa i a ratou te nohoanga o tou ingoa, kei te whenua e takoto ana.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
I mea to ratou ngakau, Me whakangaro ratou a poto ake: kua tahuna e ratou nga whare huihui katoa o te Atua i te whenua.
9 We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.
Kahore matou e kite i o matou tohu, kahore atu he poropiti, kahore hoki tetahi o matou e matau ana kia pehea ake te roa.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
E te Atua, kia pehea ake te roa o te tawai a te hoariri? Ka kohukohu tonu ranei te hoariri ki tou ingoa ake ake?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
He aha i pepeke ai tou ringa, tou matau? Unuhia i roto i tou uma, whakamotitia ratou.
12 For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Ko te Atua ia toku Kingi o tua iho, e mahi whakaora ana i waenganui i te whenua.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Nau, na tou kaha i wawae te moana: pakaru ana i a koe nga matenga o nga tarakona i nga wai.
14 Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, [and] didst give him [to be] food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Mongamonga noa i a koe nga matenga o rewiatana: a hoatu ana ia e koe hei kai ma te iwi o te koraha.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers.
I wahia e koe te puna me te roma; mimiti ake i a koe nga awa nunui.
16 The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Nau te ao, nau hoki te po; nau i whakarite te marama me te ra.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Nau i whakatu nga rohe katoa o te whenua: te raumati me te hotoke, he mea whakarite ena nau.
18 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Kia mahara ki tenei, kua tawai te hoariri, e Ihowa: kua kohukohu te hunga poauau ki tou ingoa.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Kaua e tukua te wairua o tau kukupa ki te kirehe: kei wareware ake ake ki te whakaminenga o au rawakore.
20 Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Whakaaroa te kawenata; kua kiki hoki nga wahi pouri o te whenua i nga nohoanga nanakia.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Kei hoki whakama mai te tangata e tukinotia ana: kia whakamoemititia tou ingoa e te ware, e te rawakore.
22 Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
E ara, e te Atua, tohea tau tohe: mahara ki ta te tangata poauau tawai ki a koe a pau noa te ra.
23 Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.
Kei wareware ki te reo o ou hoariri: e kake tonu ana te ngangau a te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe.
