Waiata 109
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E te Atua, e whakamoemiti nei ahau, kei wahangu koe:
To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;
2 Kua puaki hoki te mangai o te tangata kino me te mangai o te tangata tinihanga, ki te he moku: he teka o ratou arero, e korero nei moku.
For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
3 I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara, a i whawhai takekore ki ahau.
Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
4 Mo toku aroha he riri ta ratou whakautu: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku.
For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
5 E homai ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha.
They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.
6 Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu he hoariri ki tona ringa matau.
Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.
7 Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia waiho ano tana inoi hei hara.
When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.
8 Kia torutoru ona ra; kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu.
Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.
9 Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine.
Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
10 Kia kopikopiko noa ana tamariki, pinono ai: kia rapu kai hoki ma ratou i o ratou wahi mokemoke.
Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.
11 Kia haoa e te kaituku moni ana mea katoa; kia pahuatia hoki e nga tangata iwi ke ana mauiuitanga.
Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.
12 Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi hei atawhai i ana pani.
Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.
13 Kia hatepea putia ona uri: a i to muri whakatupuranga kia horoia rawatia atu o ratou ingoa.
Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.
14 Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua: kei murua hoki te hara o tona whaea.
Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.
15 Kia mau tonu ki te aroaro o Ihowa: kia hatepea atu ai e ia te maharatanga ki a ratou i runga i te whenua.
Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.
16 Mona kihai i mahara ki te mahi tohu: heoi tukino ana ia i te ware, i te rawakore, i te hunga ngakau maru, kia patua ai ratou.
Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
17 Ae ra, i pai ia ki te kanga, a kua tae mai ki a ia: kihai ia i aro ki te manaaki, heoi kua mamao tera i a ia.
As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
18 I kakahu ia i te kanga ki a ia, ano ko tona kakahu: na kua tae tera ki roto ki a ia ano he wai, me he hinu hoki ki roto ki ona wheua.
He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19 Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki e whitikiria tonutia ai ia.
Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.
20 Na hei utu tena ma Ihowa ki oku hoariri, ki te hunga hoki e korero kino nei ki toku wairua.
Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.
21 Kia puta tau mahi moku, e te Atua, e te Ariki, he whakaaro ki tou ingoa: na te mea he pai tau mahi tohu, whakaorangia ahau,
But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.
22 He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae hoki toku ngakau i roto i ahau.
For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.
23 Ka riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he mawhitiwhiti.
I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
24 Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; a e kohia ana te ngako o oku kikokiko.
My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.
25 Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka kite ratou i ahau, ka ruru o ratou matenga.
As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.
26 Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau.
Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;
27 Kia matau ai ratou ko tou ringa itene: a nau tenei, e Ihowa, i mea.
So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.
28 Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika; ko tau pononga ia kia hari.
They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.
29 Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a ko to ratou numinumi hei koroka hipoki mo ratou.
Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.
30 Ka tino whakawhetai toku mangai ki a Ihowa, ae ra, ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a ia i waenganui o te mano.
I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.
31 E tu hoki ia ki te ringa matau o te rawakore, hei whakaora i a ia i te hunga e whakahe ana i tona wairua.
For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.
