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.
A Psalme of Dauid. Pleade thou my cause, O Lord, with them that striue with me: fight thou against them, that fight against me.
2 Kia mau ki te whakangungu rakau, ki te puapua; whakatika hei awhina moku
Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe.
3 Unuhia te tao, araia te ara o te hunga e whai nei i ahau: ki mai ki toku wairua, Ko ahau tou whakaoranga.
Bring out also the speare and stop the way against them, that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation.
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 confounded and put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine 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 chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.
6 Kia pouri to ratou ara, kia pahekeheke: kia whaia ratou e te anahera a Ihowa.
Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute 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 haue hid the pit and their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.
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 vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.
9 A ka koa toku wairua ki a Ihowa, ka hari ki tana whakaoranga.
Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation.
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, Lord, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!
11 Whakatika ana nga kaiwhakapae teka: whakawakia ana ahau mo nga mea kihai nei ahau i matau atu.
Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not.
12 Utua ana e ratou taku pai ki te kino, a whakatupu pani ana toku wairua.
They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoyled my soule.
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.
Yet I, when they were sicke, I was clothed with a sacke: I humbled my soule with fasting: and my praier was turned vpon my bosome.
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 behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth 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 mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not,
16 Rite tonu ki nga kaiwhakakata o nga hakari, tetea ana o ratou niho ki ahau.
With the false skoffers at bankets, gnashing their teeth against me.
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 wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule 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.
So will I giue thee thankes in a great Congregation: 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 them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee 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 speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.
21 Ina, hamama ana o ratou mangai ki ahau, e ki ana, Ha, ha, kua kite to matou kanohi.
And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene.
22 Kua kite koe, e Ihowa: kaua ra e wahangu; e te Ariki, kei matara i ahau.
Thou hast seene it, O Lord: keepe not silence: be not farre from me, O Lord.
23 Oho ake, e ara ki te whakarite i toku whakawa, ki taku tautohe, e toku Atua, e toku Ariki.
Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen 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.
Iudge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer mee.
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 hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.
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 bee confounded, and put to shame together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues 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.
But let them be ioyful and glad, that loue my righteousnesse: yea, let them say alway, Let the Lord be magnified, which loueth the prosperitie of his seruant.
28 A ka korerotia e toku arero tau mahi tika, me te whakamoemiti ki a koe i te ra roa.
And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day.
