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 Overseer. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work 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.
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
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 sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
4 E te Atua, ko koe toku Kingi: whakahaua he whakaora mo Hakapa.
Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances 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 our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
6 E kore hoki ahau e whakawhirinaki ki taku kopere: e kore ano taku hoari e whakaora i ahau.
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not 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.
For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast 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 we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
9 Otira kua panga nei matou e koe, kua meinga kia whakama: kahore hoki koe kia haere tahi me a matou taua.
In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not 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 causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 Kua hoatu matou e koe, ano he hipi e kainga ana: kua marara ki roto ki nga tauiwi.
Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast 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 sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great 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 neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 E meinga ana matou e koe hei whakatauki ma nga tauiwi; hei rurutanga matenga ma nga iwi.
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 Kei mua tonu i ahau toku whakama; kua taupokina ahau e te pawera o toku mata;
All the day my confusion [is] 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.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-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 met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 Kahore to matou ngakau i tahuri whakamuri; kihai ano o matou hikoinga i peka ke i tau ara;
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step 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.
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
20 Mehemea kua wareware matou ki te ingoa o to matou Atua, kua totoro ranei o matou ringa ki te atua ke;
If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread 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.
Doth not God search out this? 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.
Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 E ara, he aha koe ka moe ai, e te Ariki? Whakatika, kaua matou e panga tonutia.
Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, 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?
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions 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 bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
26 E ara, hei awhina i a matou; kia mahara ki tou aroha, a hokona matou.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
