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 Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;

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

'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

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

The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

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

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

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

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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 do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'