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 the Chief Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David. My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?

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

My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.

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

But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.

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

In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;

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

Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.

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 worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a 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 that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —

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

He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in 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.

For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother;

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.

Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.

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

Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.

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

Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;

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

They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.

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.

Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, —My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;

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.

Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.

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 dogs have surrounded me, —An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,

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, They, look for—they behold me!

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

They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots.

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

But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;

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

Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:

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.

Save me from the mouth of the lion, —Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.

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

I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, —In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee.

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.

Ye that revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye seed 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 the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto 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.

Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere 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 patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.

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 ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee,

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

For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over 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 the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!

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

My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:

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

That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!