Waiata 10
1 He aha koe ka tu mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowa? ka whakangarongaro ai i nga wa o te he?
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? [why] dost thou overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?
2 E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tukino ana i te tangata iti: kia hopukina ratou ki nga whakaaro i whakaaro ai ratou.
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
3 E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tnngata kino ki te hiahia o tona ngakau, a ko te hunga apo taonga, e whakakahore ana, ae ra, e whakahawea ana ki a Ihowa.
Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.
4 Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tona mata, E kore e hiahiatia e ia. Kei roto i ona whakaaro katoa e mea ana, Kahore he Atua.
The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.
5 Whanoke tonu ona ara i nga wa katoa; kei runga noa ake au whakaritenga te kitea e ia, he mea whakatupereru e ia ona hoariri katoa.
His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.
6 E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria: kahore hoki he he moku a nga whakatupuranga katoa.
For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.
7 Ki tonu tona mangai i te kanga, i te hianga, i te tukino: kei raro i tona arero te whanoke me te teka.
Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.
8 E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i nga pa koraha: e kohurutia ana e ia te hunga harakore i nga wahi ngaro; e matatau ana ona kanohi ki te hunga rawakore.
He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.
9 E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tona kuhunga: e whanga ana kia hopukia te tangata iti: e hopukia ana e ia te tangata iti, ua kumea ki tana. kupenga.
He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.
10 Kupapa ana ia, piko ana, hinga ana te hunga rawakore i ana mea kaha.
He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
11 E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, Ka wareware te Atua: e huna ana ia i tona mata, e kore ia e kite ake tonu atu.
For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.
12 Whakatika, e Ihowa, e te Atua, takiritia tou ringa: kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.
Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.
13 He aha te tangata kino ka whakahawea ai ki te Atua? kua mea ia i roto i tona ngakau, E kore tenei e whakatakina e koe.
Wherefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].
14 Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe te whanoke me te whakatoi, a ka utua e tou ringa: e tuku ana te rawakore i a ia ano ki a koe; ko koe hei tuara mo te pani.
Thou seest [it]; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.
15 Whatiia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino; tena ko te tangata nanakia, whakatakina tona kino, kia kahore ra ano e kitea e koe.
Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.
16 Ko Ihowa te Kingi ake ake: kua kahore ke nga tauiwi i tona whenua.
The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out his land.
17 E Ihowa, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti: mau ano o ratou ngakau e whakapai, ka tahuri ano tou taringa ki te whakarongo:
The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
18 Ki te whakawa mo te pani, mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, kei whakamataku a mua ake te tangata o te whenua.
to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.
