Waiata 34
1 Na Rawiri, i tona ahua i rere ke ra i te aroaro o Apimereke; na pei ana ia, a haere ana. Ka whakapaingia e ahau a Ihowa i nga wa katoa; he whakamoemiti tonu ta toku mangai ki a ia.
I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
2 Ka whakamanamana toku wairua ki a Ihowa: ka rongo te hunga mahaki, a ka hari.
I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
3 Kia whakanui tahi tatou i a Ihowa, kia whakateitei tahi hoki i tona ingoa.
Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
4 I rapu ahau i a Ihowa, a rongo mai ana ia ki ahau, whakaorangia ana ahau e ia i oku wehi katoa.
I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
5 I titiro ratou ki a ia, a kua marama: a kahore rawa he whakama o o ratou mata.
Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
6 I karanga tenei tangata iti, a whakarongo ana a Ihowa, whakaora ana i a ia i ona whakapawera katoa.
I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
7 E noho ana te anahera a Ihowa i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha, o te hunga e wehi ana i a ia, a e whakaora ana i a ratou.
An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
8 Whakamatauria, kia kite ai koutou i te pai o Ihowa: ka hari te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.
Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
9 Kia wehi ki a Ihowa, e tona hunga tapu: e kore hoki e hapa nga tangata e wehi ana i a ia.
All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
10 E hapa ana nga kuao raiona, e mate ana i te kai: ko te hunga ia e rapu ana ki a Ihowa, e kore e hapa i tetahi mea pai.
Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
11 Haere mai, e nga tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau: maku koutou e ako kia wehi ki a Ihowa.
You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
12 Ko wai te tangata e hiahia ana ki te ora, e whai ana kia maha nga ra, kia kite i te pai?
If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
13 Tiakina tou arero kei kino, ou ngutu kei korero hianga.
do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
14 Mawehe atu i te kino, mahia te pai; rapua te ata noho, whaia hoki.
Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
15 E tau ana nga kanohi o Ihowa ki te hunga tika; me ona taringa ki ta ratou karanga.
Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
16 E he ana te mata o Ihowa ki nga kaimahi i te kino, hei hatepe i a ratou i te whenua kei maharatia.
But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
17 I karanga te hunga tika, a i whakarongo a Ihowa, whakaorangia ana ratou e ia i o ratou whakapawera katoa.
Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
18 E tata ana a Ihowa ki te hunga ngakau maru: ka whakaorangia ano e ia te hunga wairua iro.
Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
19 He tini nga mate o te tangata tika: otiia e whakaorangia ana ia e Ihowa i roto i era katoa.
Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
20 E tiakina ana e ia ona wheua katoa: e kore tetahi e whati.
Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
21 Ka mate i te kino te tangata hara; a ka he te hunga e kino ana ki te tangata tika.
Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
22 E hokona ana e Ihowa te wairua o ana pononga, e kore ano e he tetahi o te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.
Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
