Waiata 28
1 Na Rawiri. Ka karanga ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, e toku kohatu, kaua e wahangu ki ahau; ki te wahangu hoki koe ki ahau, ka rite ahau ki te hunga e heke atu ana ki te poka.
to/for David to(wards) you LORD to call: call to rock my not be quiet from me lest be silent from me and to liken with to go down pit
2 Whakarongo ki toku reo inoi, ua karanga ahau ki a koe, ina totoro oku ringa ki tou ahurewa tapu.
to hear: hear voice supplication my in/on/with to cry I to(wards) you in/on/with to lift: vow I hand: vow my to(wards) sanctuary holiness your
3 Kaua ahau e kumea tahitia me te hunga he; me nga kaimahi i te kino, he marie a ratou kupu ki o ratou hoa, he kino ia kei roto i o ratou ngakau.
not to draw me with wicked and with to work evil: wickedness to speak: speak peace with neighbor their and distress: evil in/on/with heart their
4 Kia rite ki a ratou mahi tau e hoatu ai ki a ratou, ki te kino ano o a ratou hanga: kia rite ki nga mahi a o ratou ringa tau e hoatu ai ki a ratou, whakahokia ta ratou utu ki a ratou.
to give: give to/for them like/as work their and like/as evil deed their like/as deed: work hand their to give: give to/for them to return: pay recompense their to/for them
5 Na kahore nei ratou e whakaaro ki nga mahi a Ihowa, ki nga meatanga a ona ringa, mo reira ka whakahoroa iho ratou e ia, e kore ano e whakaturia ake.
for not to understand to(wards) wages LORD and to(wards) deed: work hand his to overthrow them and not to build them
6 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa mona i whakarongo mai ki toku reo inoi.
to bless LORD for to hear: hear voice supplication my
7 Ko Ihowa toku kaha, toku whakangungu rakau; i whakawhirinaki toku ngakau ki a ia, a awhinatia ana ahau; koia i hari ai toku ngakau, i whakamoemiti ai hoki taku waiata ki a ia.
LORD strength my and shield my in/on/with him to trust heart my and to help and to exult heart my and from song my to give thanks him
8 Ko Ihowa to ratou kaha, ko ia ano te kaha whakaora o tana tangata i whakawahi ai.
LORD strength to/for them and security salvation anointed his he/she/it
9 Whakaorangia tau iwi, manaakitia tou kainga tupu: whangainga ratou, whakaarahia ake ake.
to save [emph?] [obj] people your and to bless [obj] inheritance your and to pasture them and to lift: bear them till [the] forever: enduring
