Waiata 12

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Heminiti. He himene na Rawiri. Whakaorangia, e Ihowa; ka mutu hoki nga tangata tapu; ka taweke atu te hunga pono i roto i nga tama a te tangata.

to/for to conduct upon [the] Sheminith melody to/for David to save [emph?] LORD for to cease pious for to disappear faithful from son: child man

2 E korero teka ana ratou tetahi ki tetahi; he ngutu patipati, he ngakau rua o ratou ina korero.

vanity: false to speak: speak man: anyone with neighbor his lips smoothness in/on/with heart and heart to speak: speak

3 Ka hatepea e Ihowa nga ngutu patipati katoa, me te arero e korero whakapehapeha ana;

to cut: eliminate LORD all lips smoothness tongue to speak: speak great: large

4 E mea nei, Ma o tatou arero tatou ka kake ai; no tatou ano o tatou ngutu, ko wai hei ariki mo tatou?

which to say to/for tongue our to prevail lips our with us who? lord to/for us

5 Mo te tukinotanga i te hunga iti, mo te aue a te hunga rawakore, ka whakatika ahau aianei, e ai ta Ihowa, Ka whakanohoia ia e ahau ki te wahi e ora ai ia i nga tangata e whakatupereru ana ki a ia.

from violence afflicted from groaning needy now to arise: rise to say LORD to set: put in/on/with salvation to breathe to/for him

6 He kupu parakore nga kupu a Ihowa: he hiriwa i whakakorea nei te para i roto i te oumu whenua, he mea tuku whitu.

word LORD word pure silver: money to refine in/on/with furnace to/for land: soil to refine sevenfold

7 Ka tiakina ratou e koe, e Ihowa, ka whakaorangia ratou i tenei whakatupuranga ake tonu atu.

you(m. s.) LORD to keep: guard them to watch him from [the] generation this to/for forever: enduring

8 E haereere noa ana nga tangata kino i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha, i te mea e whakateiteitia ana te kino i roto i nga tama a te tangata.

around: side wicked to go: walk [emph?] like/as to exalt vileness to/for son: child man