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. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

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

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet 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 all be confounded and turned back 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 before it groweth up:

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

With which the mower 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 who go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.