Waiata 35

1 Na Rawiri. E ngana, e Ihowa, ki te hunga e tohe ana ki ahau: whawhaitia te hunga e whawhai nei ki ahau.

Strive thou, O Jehovah, with those who strive with me. Fight thou against those who fight against me.

2 Kia mau ki te whakangungu rakau, ki te puapua; whakatika hei awhina moku

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

3 Unuhia te tao, araia te ara o te hunga e whai nei i ahau: ki mai ki toku wairua, Ko ahau tou whakaoranga.

Draw out the spear also, and stop the way against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Kia whakama, kia numinumi te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ahau: kia whakahokia ki muri, kia whakapoauautia te hunga e whakatakoto ana i te kino moku.

Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor who seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise my hurt.

5 Kia rite ratou ki te papapa e puhia ana e te hau; kia aia haeretia e te anahera a Ihowa.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the agent of Jehovah driving them on.

6 Kia pouri to ratou ara, kia pahekeheke: kia whaia ratou e te anahera a Ihowa.

Let their way be dark and slippery, and the agent of Jehovah pursuing them.

7 Kahore hoki he rawa i huna ai e ratou te poka o ta ratou kupenga moku; he mea keri takekore kia mate ai ahau.

For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

8 Kia rokohanga poauautia ia e te ngaromanga; kia mau ano ko ia i tana kupenga i huna ai: kia taka ia ki taua tino ngaromanga.

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.

9 A ka koa toku wairua ki a Ihowa, ka hari ki tana whakaoranga.

And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

10 Ka ki katoa oku wheua, E Ihowa, ko wai te rite mou, mo te kaiwhakaora o te iti i te tangata e kaha ake ana i a ia, ae o te iti, o te rawakore i tona kaipahua?

All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like thee, who delivers a poor man from him who is too strong for him, yea, a poor and needy man from him who robs him?

11 Whakatika ana nga kaiwhakapae teka: whakawakia ana ahau mo nga mea kihai nei ahau i matau atu.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.

12 Utua ana e ratou taku pai ki te kino, a whakatupu pani ana toku wairua.

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

13 Tena ko ahau, i a ratou e mate ana, he kahu taratara toku, waikauwere ana toku wairua, kihai i kai: a hoki mai ana taku inoi ki toku uma.

But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

14 Ko toku ahua me te mea he hoa ia, he teina noku: kupapa noa iho ahau, ano he tangata e tangi ana ki tona whaea.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as he who bewails his mother.

15 I toku paheketanga ia koa ana ratou, huihui ana; huihui ana nga tangata kino noa iho hei hoariri moku, kihai ano ahau i mohio; haehae ana ratou i ahau, kihai hoki i mutu.

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not. They tore me, and ceased not.

16 Rite tonu ki nga kaiwhakakata o nga hakari, tetea ana o ratou niho ki ahau.

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 E te Ariki, kia pehea te roa o tau titiro kau mai? Whakaorangia toku wairua i a ratou whakangaromanga, taku e aroha nei, i nga raiona.

Lord, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

18 Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe i roto i te whakaminenga nui, ka whakamoemiti ki a koe i roto i te iwi maha.

I will give thee thanks in the great assembly. I will praise thee among much people.

19 Kei hari pokanoa ki ahau oku hoariri; kei whakakini te kanohi o te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau.

Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

20 Ehara hoki ta ratou i te korero mo te rangimarie; heoi kei te whakatakoto kupu tinihanga ratou mo te hunga ata noho o te whenua.

For they speak not peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

21 Ina, hamama ana o ratou mangai ki ahau, e ki ana, Ha, ha, kua kite to matou kanohi.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.

22 Kua kite koe, e Ihowa: kaua ra e wahangu; e te Ariki, kei matara i ahau.

Thou have seen it, O Jehovah. Keep not silence. O Lord, be not far from me.

23 Oho ake, e ara ki te whakarite i toku whakawa, ki taku tautohe, e toku Atua, e toku Ariki.

Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice to me, to my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Kia rite ki tou tika te whakarite moku, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kei koa ano ratou ki ahau.

Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.

25 Kei mea ratou i roto i o ratou ngakau, Ha, ko ta matou tena i pai ai: kei mea ratou, Kua horomia ia e tatou.

Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

26 Kia whakama, kia numinumi ngatahi, te hunga e koa ana ina he ahau: kia whakakakahuria ki te whakama, ki te numinumi, te hunga e whakakake ana ki ahau.

Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

27 Kia hamama i te hari, kia koa te hunga e pai ana ki taku mahi tika: ae, kia mea tonu, kia whakanuia a Ihowa e whakapai nei ki te ora o tana pononga.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28 A ka korerotia e toku arero tau mahi tika, me te whakamoemiti ki a koe i te ra roa.

And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.