Waiata 109
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E te Atua, e whakamoemiti nei ahau, kei wahangu koe:
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
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 wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
3 I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara, a i whawhai takekore ki ahau.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 Mo toku aroha he riri ta ratou whakautu: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.
5 E homai ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu he hoariri ki tona ringa matau.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7 Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia waiho ano tana inoi hei hara.
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; and let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Kia torutoru ona ra; kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu.
Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.
9 Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife 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 vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
11 Kia haoa e te kaituku moni ana mea katoa; kia pahuatia hoki e nga tangata iwi ke ana mauiuitanga.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.
12 Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi hei atawhai i ana pani.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him; neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 Kia hatepea putia ona uri: a i to muri whakatupuranga kia horoia rawatia atu o ratou ingoa.
Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua: kei murua hoki te hara o tona whaea.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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 before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them 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 that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay [them].
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.
Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it was 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 clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it came into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. Let it be unto him as the raiment
19 Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki e whitikiria tonutia ai ia.
wherewith he covereth himself, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Na hei utu tena ma Ihowa ki oku hoariri, ki te hunga hoki e korero kino nei ki toku wairua.
This is the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against 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 deal thou with me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me,
22 He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae hoki toku ngakau i roto i ahau.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 Ka riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he mawhitiwhiti.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; a e kohia ana te ngako o oku kikokiko.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka kite ratou i ahau, ka ruru o ratou matenga.
I am become also a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head.
26 Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau.
Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to thy mercy:
27 Kia matau ai ratou ko tou ringa itene: a nau tenei, e Ihowa, i mea.
That they may know that this is thy hand; [that] thou, LORD, hast done it.
28 Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika; ko tau pononga ia kia hari.
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, they shall be ashamed, but thy servant shall rejoice.
29 Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a ko to ratou numinumi hei koroka hipoki mo ratou.
Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonour, and let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a mantle.
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 great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
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 shall stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from them that judge his soul.
