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.] Many times they have 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.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who 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 on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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

with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds 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 those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."