Waiata 44
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi, ma nga tama a Koraha. He Makiri. E te Atua, kua rongo o matou taringa, kua korerotia ki a matou e o matou matua, nga mahi i mahia e koe i o ratou ra, i nga ra o mua.
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
2 Nau nga tauiwi i pana ki tou ringa, nau ratou i whakato: nau nga iwi i whiu, a whakamararatia ana ratou.
With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.
3 Ehara hoki i te mea, na ta ratou hoari i whiwhi ai ratou ki te whenua, ehara to ratou takakau i te mea i ora ai ratou: engari na tou matau, na tou takakau hoki, na te marama ano o tou mata, he pai hoki nou ki a ratou.
For not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!
4 E te Atua, ko koe toku Kingi: whakahaua he whakaora mo Hakapa.
Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
5 Mau ka turaki ai matou i o matou hoariri; ma tou ingoa ka takahia ai e matou te hunga e whakatika ana ki a matou.
Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
6 E kore hoki ahau e whakawhirinaki ki taku kopere: e kore ano taku hoari e whakaora i ahau.
I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
7 Nau hoki matou i ora ai i o matou hoariri: nau ano i whakama ai te hunga i kino ki a matou.
But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
8 Ko te Atua ta matou e whakamanamana ai i te roa o te ra: ka whakamoemiti ano matou ki tou ingoa ake ake. (Hera)
In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
9 Otira kua panga nei matou e koe, kua meinga kia whakama: kahore hoki koe kia haere tahi me a matou taua.
Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
10 Kua meinga matou kia hoki whakamuri mai i te hoariri; kei te pahua ano i etahi ma ratou te hunga e kino ana ki a matou.
Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
11 Kua hoatu matou e koe, ano he hipi e kainga ana: kua marara ki roto ki nga tauiwi.
Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
12 E hokona ana e koe tau iwi, a hore he utu: kahore hoki koe e whiwhi rawa i te utu mo ratou.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
13 E meinga ana matou e koe hei tawainga ma o matou hoa kainga; hei whakahaweatanga, hei whakakatanga mai ma te hunga i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha o matou.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
14 E meinga ana matou e koe hei whakatauki ma nga tauiwi; hei rurutanga matenga ma nga iwi.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
15 Kei mua tonu i ahau toku whakama; kua taupokina ahau e te pawera o toku mata;
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
16 I te reo o te kaitawai, o te kaikohukohu; i te hoariri, i te kairapu utu.
On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Kua pa katoa tenei ki a matou; heoi kahore matou i wareware ki a koe, kihai ano i teka ki tau kawenata.
All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18 Kahore to matou ngakau i tahuri whakamuri; kihai ano o matou hikoinga i peka ke i tau ara;
Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19 I maru ai matou i a koe i te wahi o nga tarakona; a taupoki rawa ki te atarangi o te mate.
Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
20 Mehemea kua wareware matou ki te ingoa o to matou Atua, kua totoro ranei o matou ringa ki te atua ke;
If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
21 E kore ranei tenei e ata tirohia e te Atua? E matau ana hoki ia ki nga mea ngaro o te ngakau.
Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Mou nei hoki matou i patua ai i te ra roa nei: kiia iho matou he hipi e patua ana.
But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 E ara, he aha koe ka moe ai, e te Ariki? Whakatika, kaua matou e panga tonutia.
Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
24 He aha koe ka huna ai i tou mata? ka wareware ai ki to matou mamae, ki to matou tukinotanga?
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
25 Kua piko nei hoki to matou wairua ki raro ki te puehu; piri rawa to matou kopu ki te whenua.
Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
26 E ara, hei awhina i a matou; kia mahara ki tou aroha, a hokona matou.
Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
