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.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm. O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, —The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
2 Nau nga tauiwi i pana ki tou ringa, nau ratou i whakato: nau nga iwi i whiu, a whakamararatia ana ratou.
Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:
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 sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, —But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.
4 E te Atua, ko koe toku Kingi: whakahaua he whakaora mo Hakapa.
Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of 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.
By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
6 E kore hoki ahau e whakawhirinaki ki taku kopere: e kore ano taku hoari e whakaora i ahau.
For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
7 Nau hoki matou i ora ai i o matou hoariri: nau ano i whakama ai te hunga i kino ki a matou.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
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, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
9 Otira kua panga nei matou e koe, kua meinga kia whakama: kahore hoki koe kia haere tahi me a matou taua.
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
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 sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
11 Kua hoatu matou e koe, ano he hipi e kainga ana: kua marara ki roto ki nga tauiwi.
Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
12 E hokona ana e koe tau iwi, a hore he utu: kahore hoki koe e whiwhi rawa i te utu mo ratou.
Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase 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 dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 E meinga ana matou e koe hei whakatauki ma nga tauiwi; hei rurutanga matenga ma nga iwi.
Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations, —A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Kei mua tonu i ahau toku whakama; kua taupokina ahau e te pawera o toku mata;
All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
16 I te reo o te kaitawai, o te kaikohukohu; i te hoariri, i te kairapu utu.
At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and 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 had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 Kahore to matou ngakau i tahuri whakamuri; kihai ano o matou hikoinga i peka ke i tau ara;
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from 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.
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
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, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
21 E kore ranei tenei e ata tirohia e te Atua? E matau ana hoki ia ki nga mea ngaro o te ngakau.
Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, 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.
Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 E ara, he aha koe ka moe ai, e te Ariki? Whakatika, kaua matou e panga tonutia.
Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 He aha koe ka huna ai i tou mata? ka wareware ai ki to matou mamae, ki to matou tukinotanga?
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
25 Kua piko nei hoki to matou wairua ki raro ki te puehu; piri rawa to matou kopu ki te whenua.
For our soul, sinketh 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 to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
