Waiata 17
1 He inoi na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki te tika, e Ihowa, tahuri mai ki taku karanga, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku inoi, ara ki ta te ngutu tinihangakore.
A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of deceitful lips.
2 Kia puta mai te whakaritenga o taku whakawa i tou aroaro; tirohia mai e ou kanohi te mea rite.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Kua whakamatauria e koe toku ngakau; kua tirotirohia iho ahau e koe i te po; kua whakamatau koe i ahau, a kahore he mea i kitea e koe; e mea ana ahau kia kaua e hara toku mangai.
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Ko nga mahi ia a te tangata, ko nga kupu a tou mangai taku mea hei pa mai i ahau i nga ara o te kaiwhakangaro.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 I whakaukia oku hikoinga ki au ara, kihai i paheke oku waewae.
Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6 Kua karanga nei ahau ki a koe, no te mea ka whakahoki kupu mai koe, e te Atua, ki ahau: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki ahau, whakarongo ki taku kupu.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech.
7 Whakaaturia tou aroha whakamiharo, ko koe hoki, ko tou matau, te kaiwhakaora mo te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe, i te hunga e whakatika mai ana.
Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
8 Tiakina ahau, ano ko te whatu o te kanohi, huna ahau ki raro i te taumarumarutanga o ou pakau,
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 I te hunga kino e tukino nei i ahau, i oku hoariri whakamate e karapoti nei i ahau.
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who surround me.
10 E kopakia ana ratou e o ratou ngako: e korero whakapehapeha ana o ratou mangai.
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 Tenei o matou hikoinga te karapotia nei e ratou: matatau tonu iho o ratou kanohi ki te tuku iho i a matou ki te whenua.
They have now surrounded us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Kei te raiona e hiahia ana ki te hopu kai te rite, kei te kuao raiona e piri ana i nga wahi ngaro.
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 E ara, e Ihowa, haukotia tona aroaro, turakina ia ki raro; whakaorangia toku wairua ki tau hoari i te tangata kino;
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword:
14 I nga tangata, ma tou ringa, e Ihowa, i nga tangata o te ao: kei tenei ora nei to ratou wahi, a e whakakiia ana o ratou kopu e koe ki tau taonga. E kiki ana ratou i te tamariki, whakarerea iho nga toenga o a ratou taonga ki a ratou kohungahunga.
From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 Ko ahau, e kite ahau i tou mata i runga i te tika, a ka tatu toku ngakau, ina oho ake ahau, kia kite i tou ahua.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
