Waiata 106
1 Whakamoemititia a Ihowa. Whakawhetai ki a Ihowa; he pai hoki ia: he pumau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.
Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 Me wai e korero nga mahi nunui a Ihowa: e whakakite katoa nga whakamoemiti ki a ia?
Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3 Ka hari te hunga e mau ana ki te whakarite tika; me te kaimahi i te tika i nga wa katoa.
Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4 Maharatia mai ahau, e Ihowa, kia rite ki tau manako ki tau iwi: tirotirohia mai ahau i runga i tau whakaoranga.
Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5 Kia kite ai ahau i te pai o au i whiriwhiri ai: kia koa ai, koa tahi me tau iwi; kia whakamanamana tahi ai me tou kainga tupu.
that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
6 Kua hara tahi matou me o matou matua, kua mahi matou i te kino, i te mea he.
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 Kihai o matou matua i mohio ki au mea whakamiharo i Ihipa, kihai hoki i mahara ki te tini o au arohatanga; engari ia i whakatoi ratou ki a koe i te moana, ae, i te Moana Whero.
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
8 Otira whakaorangia ana ratou e ia, he whakaaro ki tona ingoa, kia matauria ai tona kaha.
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9 I riria ano e ia te Moana Whero, a kua maroke: na arahina ana ratou e ia i nga rire, ano ko waenga koraha.
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 Na whakaorangia ake ratou e ia i te ringa o te tangata i kino ki a ratou; a hokona ana ratou i roto i te ringa o te hoariri.
He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 A taupokina ana e nga wai o ratou hoariri, hore rawa tetahi morehu.
The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12 Na whakapono ana ratou ki ana kupu: a waiata ana i te whakamoemiti ki a ia.
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13 Hohoro tonu to ratou wareware ki ana mahi: kihai i taria e ratou tona whakaaro:
Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14 Engari i whakaputa nui i o ratou hiahia i te tahora; whakamatautau ana ratou i te Atua i te koraha.
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15 Na ka hoatu e ia ta ratou i inoi ai; otira i tukua atu e ia te hiroki ki to ratou wairua.
So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 I hae hoki ratou ki a Mohi i te puni, ki a Arona ano, ki te tangata tapu a Ihowa.
In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 Ko te hamamatanga o te whenua, na horomia ana a Ratana; a taupokina iho te ropu o Apirama.
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 A mura ana te ahi i to ratou ropu; wera ana i te mura te hunga kino.
Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 I hanga e ratou he kuao kau ki Horepa, a koropiko ana ki te whakapakoko i whakarewaina.
At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 Koia i whitia ai e ratou to ratou kororia mo te mea i rite ki te puru kai tarutaru.
They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 Wareware ake i a ratou te Atua, to ratou kaiwhakaora, i mahi nei i nga mea nunui ki Ihipa.
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 I nga mahi whakamiharo ki te whenua o Hama, i nga mea whakamataku ki te Moana Whero.
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 Na ka mea ia, kia whakangaromia ratou, me i kaua a Mohi, tana i whiriwhiri ai, te tu ki tona aroaro i te takiwa, hei papare ake i tona riri, kei huna ratou e ia.
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
24 Ae ra, i whakahawea ratou ki te whenua ahuareka; kihai ratou i whakapono ki tana kupu;
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 Heoi amuamu ana i roto i o ratou teneti, kihai i whakarongo ki te reo o Ihowa.
They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 Na reira ka ara tona ringa ki a ratou, ki te turaki i a ratou i te koraha;
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27 Ki te turaki i o ratou uri i roto i nga iwi: ki te whakamarara i a ratou ki nga whenua.
to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 I whakauru atu hoki ratou ki a Paarapeoro: a kai ana i nga patunga tapu ma nga mea mate.
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29 Koia i whakapataritari ai ratou i a ia ki a ratou hanga kia riri; a pakaru ana mai te mate uruta ki a ratou.
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 Na ko te whakatikanga ake o Pinehaha, ki te whakaputa whakawa: a mutu iho te mate.
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31 I kiia ai ia he tika i nga whakatupuranga katoa ake ake.
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 I whakapataritari ano ratou i a ia ki nga wai o Meripa; na hemanawa ana a Mohi mo ratou:
At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33 Na ratou hoki i whakatoi tona wairua, i he ai te kupu a ona ngutu.
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34 Kihai ratou i whakangaro i nga iwi i kiia nei e Ihowa ki a ratou;
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 Heoi uru ana ki roto ki nga tauiwi, a ako ana i a ratou mahi.
but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 I mahi hoki ratou ki a ratou whakapakoko, i mahangatia ai ratou.
They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 Ae, i patua e ratou a ratou tama me a ratou tamahine ma nga atua maori;
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 I whakahekea hoki te toto harakore, nga toto o a ratou tama, o a ratou tamahine, i patua nei e ratou ma nga whakapakoko o Kanaana; a poke iho te whenua i te toto.
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
39 Na poke iho ratou i a ratou mahi: a puremu ana ki a ratou mahi.
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40 Koia i mura ai te riri o Ihowa ki tana iwi; a whakarihariha ana ia ki tona kainga tupu.
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 A tukua ana ratou e ia ki te ringa o nga tauiwi; waiho ana te hunga i kino ki a ratou hei rangatira mo ratou.
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Na ka tukinotia ratou e o ratou hoariri: ka pehia ki raro i o ratou ringa.
Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
43 He maha ana whakaoranga i a ratou: ko ratou ia i whakatoi ki a ia i o ratou whakaaro, a whakaititia ana i ta ratou kino.
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
44 Ahakoa ra, i titiro ia ki to ratou matenga, i tona rongonga i ta ratou tangi:
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45 I mahara hoki ia ki tana kawenata ki a ratou, a rite tonu ki te tini o ana mahi aroha te putanga ketanga o ona whakaaro:
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46 I meinga hoki ratou e ia kia arohaina e te hunga katoa i whakaraua atu ai ratou.
He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47 Whakaorangia matou, e Ihowa, e to matou Atua, kohikohia matou i roto i nga tauiwi: kia whakawhetai ai ki tou ingoa tapu, kia whakamanamana ai ki tou whakamoemiti.
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
48 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, te Atua o Iharaira, i tua whakarere ano, a ake ake. A kia mea katoa te iwi, Amine. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
