Waiata 22

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Airete Hahara. He himene na Rawiri. E toku Atua, e toku Atua, he aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau? he aha koe i matara atu ai ki te whakaora i ahau i nga kupu hoki o taku hamama?

To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?

2 E toku Atua, e karanga nei ahau i te awatea, heoi kahore koe e rongo, i te po ano kahore ahau e wahangu.

O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.

3 Otiia he tapu koe, kei nga whakamoemiti a Iharaira tou nohoanga.

But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.

4 I whakawhirinaki o matou matua ki a koe, i whakawhirinaki, a whakaorangia ana e koe.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.

5 I karanga ratou ki a koe, a kua ora; i whakawhirinaki ki a koe, a kihai i whakama.

They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6 Ko ahau ia he toke, ehara i te tangata: e tawaia ana e te tangata, e whakahaweatia ana e te iwi.

But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.

7 Kataina iho ahau e te hunga katoa e kite ana i ahau, ko ana o ratou ngutu, ruru ana o ratou matenga, e ki mai ana,

All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,

8 Tukua atu koe ki a Ihowa, mana ia e whakaora: mana ia e whakaora, e pai ana hoki ia ki a ia.

He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.

9 Nau ia ahau i whakawhanau mai i roto i te kopu, i mea hoki kia tumanako, i ahau i nga u o toku whaea.

But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.

10 He mea whakarere atu ahau ki runga ki a koe no te kopu mai; ko koe toku Atua no te kopu mai ano o toku whaea.

I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.

11 Kei mamao atu i ahau, e tata ana hoki te he, kahore hoki he kaiawhina.

Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.

12 He tini nga puru e karapoti nei i ahau: e whakapaea ana ahau e nga mea kaha o Pahana.

Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.

13 E hamama ana o ratou mangai ki ahau, ano he raiona e haehae ana, e hamama ana.

They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

14 Kua ringihia ahau, ano he wai, kua takoki katoa oku iwi; me te ware pi toku ngakau, e rewa ana i waenganui i oku whekau.

I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.

15 Kua maroke toku kaha, ano he maramara rihi, piri tonu toku arero ki oku kauae; kua whakatakotoria ano ahau e koe ki te puehu o te mate.

My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16 Kua karapotia nei hoki ahau e te kirehe, kua muia e te whakaminenga o nga tangata hara: kua pokaia e ratou oku ringa me oku waewae.

For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.

17 E taea e ahau te tatau oku iwi katoa: e titiro mai ana ratou, e matakitaki ana ki ahau.

I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.

18 E wehewehea ana oku kakahu mo ratou, e maka rota ana mo toku weruweru.

They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.

19 Kaua ra ia koe e matara atu, e Ihowa; e toku kaha, hohoro mai hei awhina moku.

But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.

20 Whakaorangia toku wairua i te hoari, taku hoki e matenui nei i te kuri.

Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.

21 Whakaorangia ahau i te mangai o te raiona: ae, i nga haona o nga kau maka kua whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau.

Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.

22 Ka korerotia e ahau tou ingoa ki oku teina, ka whakamoemititia koe e ahau i waenganui i te whakaminenga.

I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,

23 E te hunga e wehi ana ki a Ihowa, whakamoemiti ki a ia; whakakororiatia ia, e te uri katoa o Hakopa, kia wehi hoki ki a ia, e te uri katoa o Iharaira.

Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.

24 Kihai hoki ia i whakahawea, kihai i whakarihariha ki te aue o te ngakau mamae; kihai ano i huna i tona mata ki a ia, engari i tana karangatanga ki a ia i whakarongo ia.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.

25 Ko koe taku e whakamoemiti ai i waenganui o te whakaminenga nui, ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki te aroaro o te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia.

My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.

26 Ka kai te hunga mahaki, a ka makona: ka whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa te hunga e rapu ana ki a ia; kia ora tonu o koutou ngakau, ake, ake.

The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.

27 E mahara nga pito katoa o te whenua, a ka tahuri ki a Ihowa: ka koropiko ano nga hapu katoa o nga iwi ki tou aroaro.

All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 No Ihowa hokite rangatiratanga, ko ia ano te kawana i waenganui o nga iwi.

For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.

29 Ka kai, a ka koropiko nga tangata tetere katoa o te whenua: ka tuohu ki tona aroaro te hunga katoa e heke ana ki te puehu; tae no ki te tangata kahore e ora i a ia tona wairua.

All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.

30 Tera e mahi tetahi uri ki a ia; ka waiho ki te Ariki hei whakatupuranga.

Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.

31 E haere mai ratou, e kauwhau i tona tika ki te iwi e whanau a mua, he meatanga tenei nana.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.