Waiata 139
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Himene na Rawiri. E Ihowa, kua tirotirohia ahau e koe, kua mohiotia ano e koe.
“To the chief musician, by David, a psalm.” O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest [me].
2 E matau ana koe ki toku nohoanga iho, ki toku whakatikanga ake; e mohio ana koe ki oku whakaaro i tawhiti.
Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off.
3 E kitea putia ana e koe toku ara me toku takotoranga iho; e matatau ana hoki koe ki oku ara katoa.
My walking and my lying down hast thou limited, and with all my ways art thou acquainted.
4 Kahore rawa hoki he kupu i toku arero, i toe i a koe te mohio, e Ihowa.
For, while there is not a word on my tongue, lo, thou, O Lord, knowest it entirely.
5 Kua hanga a muri, a mua, oku e koe: kua pa ano tou ringa ki ahau.
Behind and before hast thou hedged me in, and thou placest upon me thy hand.
6 He mea whakamiharo rawa, kei tawhiti atu hoki i ahau, tenei matauranga: kei runga noa atu, e kore e taea e ahau.
Too wonderful is such knowledge for me: it is too exalted, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Me haere ahau ki hea i tou wairua? Me oma ranei ahau ki hea i tou aroaro?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee away from thy presence?
8 Ki te kake ahau ki te rangi, kei reira koe: ki te wharikitia e ahau toku moenga i roto i te reinga, kei reira ano koe. (Sheol h7585)
If I should ascend into heaven, thou art there; and if I should make my bed in the nether world, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Ki te tango ahau ki nga pakau o te ata, a ka noho ki nga topito o te moana;
If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Kei reira ano tou ringa hei arahi i ahau, tou matau hei pupuru i ahau.
Even there would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would seize hold of me.
11 Ki te mea ahau, He pono, tera ahau e hipokina e te pouri, a ko te marama i tetahi taha oku, i tetahi taha, ka meinga he po;
If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night [be turned] the light about me:
12 Ahakoa te pouri kahore e huna mai i a koe, engari ka marama te po ano ko te ao: ki a koe rite tahi te pouri me te marama.
Yet even darkness can obscure nothing from thee; but the night will shine like the day; both the darkness and the light are alike [to thee].
13 I a koe hoki oku whatumanawa: nau hoki ahau i hipoki i roto i te kopu o toku whaea.
For thou possessest my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe; he mea whakawehi, he mea whakamiharo toku hanganga; he mahi whakamiharo au mahi, mohio rawa ano toku wairua ki tena.
I will thank thee therefore, that I am [so] fearfully [and] wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 Kihai i huna oku wahi i a koe, i ahau e hanga ngarotia ana, e ata whakairohia ana i nga wahi hohonu rawa o te whenua.
My being was not concealed from thee, when I was made in secret, when I was [so to say] embroidered in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 I kite ou kanohi i ahau, kahore ano kia ahua noa: i tuhituhia katoatia ano hoki oku wahi ki tau pukapuka, i nga rangi i whakaahua ai, i te mea kahore ano tetahi i oti noa.
My undeveloped substance did thy eyes see; and in thy book were all of them written down—the days which have been formed, while yet not one of them was here.
17 Kia pehea mai hoki te matenui o ou whakaaro ki ahau, e te Atua; koia ano te ranea, ina huihuia!
And how precious are unto me thy thoughts, O God! how mightily great is their sum!
18 Ki te taua e ahau, maha atu i te onepu: ka oho ake ahau, kei a koe tonu ahau.
Should I count them, they would be more numerous than the sand: I awake, and I am still with thee.
19 He pono ka patua e koe, e te Atua, te tangata kino: mawehe koia atu i ahau, e nga tangata toto.
If thou wouldst but slay the wicked, O God! and ye men of blood, depart from me.
20 He kino hoki a ratou kupu mou: e whakahua noa ana ou hoariri i tou ingoa.
Who speak of thee for a wicked end, thy enemies, that bear [thy name] for a vain purpose.
21 Kahore ianei ahau, e Ihowa, e kino ki te hunga e kino ana ki a koe? e whakarihariha hoki ki te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe?
Behold, those that hate thee I ever hate, O Lord; and for those that rise up against thee do I feel loathing.
22 He tino kino taku kino ki a ratou: waiho iho ratou e ahau hei hoariri moku.
With the utmost hatred do I hate them: enemies are they become unto me.
23 Tirohia iho ahau, e te Atua, kia matau hoki koe ki toku ngakau: whakamatautauria ahau, kia matau hoki koe ki oku whakaaro:
Search me through, O God, and know my heart; probe me, and know my thoughts:
24 Kia kite mehemea kei ahau tetahi ara o te kino, ka arahi ai i ahau i te ara pumau.
And see if there be a way of perverseness in me, and lead me on the way of eternity.
