Waiata 105
1 Whakawhetai ki a Ihowa, karanga atu ki tona ingoa: whakapuakina ana mahi ki waenganui o nga iwi.
Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Waiata ki a ia, himene ki a ia: korerotia ana mahi whakamiharo katoa.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Whakamanamana ki tona ingoa tapu: kia hari te ngakau o te hunga e rapu ana i a Ihowa.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Rapua a Ihowa me tona kaha: rapua tonutia tona mata, ake ake.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 Maharatia ana mahi whakamiharo i mahia e ia; ana merekara me nga whakaritenga a tona mangai,
Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 E nga uri o Aperahama, o tana pononga, e nga tama a Hakopa, e ana i whiriwhiri ai.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 Ko Ihowa ia, ko to tatou Atua; kei te whenua katoa ana whakaritenga.
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 Mahara tonu ia ki tana kawenata ake ake, ki te kupu i kiia iho e ia ki te mano o nga whakatupuranga.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Ki tana i whakarite ai ki a Aperahama, ki tana oati hoki ki a Ihaka;
Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 A whakapumautia iho e ia hei tikanga ki a Hakopa, hei kawenata mau tonu ki a Iharaira.
And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 I a ia ra i mea, Ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe te whenua o Kanaana hei wahi pumau mo koutou.
Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 I te mea he hunga torutoru ratou: ae ra, he iti rawa, he manene ano ki reira.
When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 I a ratou e haereere ana i tenei iwi ki tera atu iwi, i tetahi rangatiratanga ki tetahi iwi ke;
And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14 Kihai ratou i tukua e ia kia tukinotia e te tangata: he whakaaro ano ki a ratou i riria ai e ia nga kingi.
He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 I mea ia, Kei pa ki aku i whakawahi ai: kei kino ki aku poropiti.
Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16 I karangatia e ia te matekai ki te whenua: whati katoa i a ia te tokotoko, ara te taro.
And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 I tonoa e ia he tangata i mua i a ratou; i hokona a Hohepa hei pononga:
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 I whakamamaetia ona waewae ki te mekameka: takoto ana ia i te rino;
They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19 A puta noa tana kupu: whakamatautauria ana ia e te kupu a Ihowa.
Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20 I tono te kingi, a wetekina ana ia; ara te kingi o nga iwi, a tukua ana ia.
The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 A meinga ana ia e ia hei ariki mo tona whare, hei rangatira mo ona taonga katoa;
He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 Hei herehere i ana rangatira ua pai ia, hei ako i ana kaumatua ki te whakaaro.
That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 I haere mai ano a Iharaira ki Ihipa: a noho ana a Hakopa ki te whenua o Hama.
And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 Na ka tino whakanuia e ia tana iwi: a ka meinga ratou kia kaha ake i o ratou hoariri.
And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
25 I whakakoarotia e ia to ratou ngakau kia kino ki tana iwi, kia mahi lhianga ki ana pononga.
He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 I tonoa e ia a Mohi, tana pononga, raua ko Arona, ko tana i whiriwhiri ai.
He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 Whakaputaina ana e raua ana tohu i waenganui i a ratou, he merekara i te whenua o Hama.
He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28 I tukua e ia te pouri, a kua pouri: kihai ano ratou i whakakeke ki ana kupu.
He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 I whakaputaia ketia e ia o ratou wai hei toto; a mate ake i a ia a ratou ngohi.
He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 I whakangahue ake to ratou whenua i te poroka, i roto i nga whare moenga o o ratou kingi.
Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 I whai kupu ia, a puta ana mai nga pokai namu: me te kutu i o ratou kainga.
He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 I tukua iho e ia ki a ratou te whatu hei ua, me te ahi mura ki to ratou whenua.
He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 I pakia ano e ia a ratou waina me a ratou piki; a whatiwhatiia ana e ia nga rakau o o ratou kainga.
And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 I korero ia, a puta ana mai te mawhitiwhiti me te moka, te taea te tatau.
He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 A kainga katoatia ana nga otaota o to ratou whenua; pau ake nga hua o to ratou oneone.
And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 I whakamatea katoatia ano hoki e ia nga matamua o to ratou whenua, te muanga o to ratou kaha.
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37 A whakaputaina mai ana ratou e ia, me te hiriwa, me te koura, kahore hoki he mea tuoi i roto i ana iwi.
And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 Na hari ana a Ihipa i to ratou haerenga; i mau hoki to ratou wehi ki a ratou.
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39 I horahia e ia te kapua hei hipoki, me te ahi hei whakamarama i te po.
He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40 I inoi ratou, a homai ana e ia te koitareke; a ka makona ratou i te taro o te rangi.
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
41 I wahia e ia te kohatu, a ka pakaru mai nga wai: rere ana i nga wahi maroke, koia ano kei te awa.
He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 I mahara hoki ia ki tana kuputapu, ki a Aperahama ano, ki tana pononga.
Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 A whakaputaina mai ana e ia tana iwi i runga i te hari, ana i whiriwhiri ai i runga i te koa.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 A homai ana e ia ki a ratou nga whenua o nga tauiwi: a riro ana i a ratou nga mauiuitanga o te iwi;
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45 Kia puritia ai e ratou ana tikanga, kia mau ai ki ana ture. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.
That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
