Waiata 10
1 He aha koe ka tu mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowa? ka whakangarongaro ai i nga wa o te he?
Why stand you far off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble?
2 E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tukino ana i te tangata iti: kia hopukina ratou ki nga whakaaro i whakaaro ai ratou.
The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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.
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD detests.
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 wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
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 always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.
6 E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria: kahore hoki he he moku a nga whakatupuranga katoa.
He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 Ki tonu tona mangai i te kanga, i te hianga, i te tukino: kei raro i tona arero te whanoke me te teka.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
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 sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately 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 secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net.
10 Kupapa ana ia, piko ana, hinga ana te hunga rawakore i ana mea kaha.
He crouches, and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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.
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it.
12 Whakatika, e Ihowa, e te Atua, takiritia tou ringa: kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the humble.
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 does the wicked contemn God? he has said in his heart, You 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.
You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
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 you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none.
16 Ko Ihowa te Kingi ake ake: kua kahore ke nga tauiwi i tona whenua.
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of 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:
LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear:
18 Ki te whakawa mo te pani, mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, kei whakamataku a mua ake te tangata o te whenua.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
