Waiata 129

1 He waiata; he pikitanga. He ki tenei ma Iharaira, Ka maha a ratou tukinotanga i ahau o toku tamarikitanga ake;

A song of degrees. They haue often times afflicted me from my youth (may Israel nowe say)

2 Ka maha a ratou tukinotanga i ahau o toku tamarikitanga ake; heoi kihai ahau i taea e ratou.

They haue often times afflicted me from my youth: but they could not preuaile against me.

3 I parautia toku tuara e nga kaiparau; he roa a ratou parautanga.

The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long furrowes.

4 He tika ta Ihowa: motu pu i a ia nga aho a te hunga kino.

But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.

5 Kia whakama, kia whakahokia ki muri, te hunga katoa e kino nei ki Hiona.

They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.

6 Kia rite ratou ki te tarutaru i nga tuanui, e memenge nei i te mea kiano i tupu ake.

They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.

7 E kore nei e ki te ringa o te kaikoti, te uma hoki o te kaipaihere.

Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

8 E kore ano te hunga e haere ana i te taha e mea, Kia tau ki a koutou te manaaki a Ihowa: ko ta matou manaaki tenei ki a koutou i runga i te ingoa o Ihowa.

Neither they, which go by, say, The blessing of the Lord be vpon you, or, We blesse you in the Name of the Lord.