Waiata 50
1 He himene na Ahapa. Kua puaki te kupu a te Atua, a te Atua tonu, a Ihowa, a karangatia ana e ia te whenua i te putanga mai o te ra, tae noa ki tona torengitanga.
A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Kua tiaho mai te Atua i roto i Hiona, i te tino o te ataahua.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
3 Ka haere mai to tatou Atua, e kore ano e wahangu: ka kai te kapura i tona aroaro, a ka hukerikeri te awha ki tetahi taha ona, ki tetahi taha.
Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.
4 Ka karangatia e ia nga rangi i runga, me te whenua hoki, ki te whakaritenga mo tona iwi.
He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 Huihuia mai ki ahau taku hunga tapu, te hunga i whakarite kawenata ki ahau i runga i te patunga tapu.
'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
6 A ma nga rangi e whakakite tona tika: ko te Atua ake nei hoki te kaiwhakawa. (Hera)
And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. (Selah)
7 Whakarongo, e toku iwi, a ka korero ahau; e Iharaira, ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe; ko ahau te Atua, ko tou Atua.
'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
8 E kore ahau e riri ki a koe mo au patunga tapu; a kei toku aroaro tonu au tahunga tinana.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.
9 E kore ahau e tango i tetahi puru i roto i tou whare, i etahi koati toa ranei i roto i au taiepa.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10 Naku nei hoki nga kirehe katoa o te ngahere, nga kararehe i runga i te mano o nga pukepuke.
For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 E matau ana ahau ki nga manu katoa o nga maunga; naku ano nga kirehe o te parae.
I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
12 Me he matekai toku, e kore ahau e korero ki a koe: naku nei hoki te ao, me ona tini mea.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 E kai koia ahau i te kikokiko o nga puru, e inu ranei i te toto o nga koati?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Ko te whakawhetai hei patunga tapu mau ki te Atua; whakamana hoki au kupu taurangi ki te Runga Rawa.
Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;
15 A karanga ki ahau i te ra o te he: maku koe e whakaora, a ka whakakororiatia ahau e koe.
And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
16 Ki te tangata hara ia ka mea te Atua, He aha mau te whakapuaki i aku tikanga, te whakahua ranei i taku kawenata e tou mangai?
But unto the wicked God saith: 'What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, and that thou hast taken My covenant in thy mouth?
17 Kua kino nei hoki koe ki te ako, a e akiri ana i aku kupu ki muri i a koe.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
18 I tou kitenga i te tahae, na whakaae ana koe ki a ia; a whai tahi ana me te hunga puremu.
When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.
19 Kua tukua e koe tou mangai ki te kino; a e tito hianga ana tou arero.
Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Noho ana koe, ka korero kino ki tou teina: ngautuara tonu iho koe ki te tama a tou whaea.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 Ko au mahi enei, a wahangu tonu ahau; i mea koe he pena pu ahau me koe: otira ka riria koe e ahau, ka whakararangitia ano aua mea ki tou aroaro.
These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.
22 Na whakaaroa tenei, e te hunga kua wareware ki te Atua; kei haehaea koutou e ahau, a kahore he kaiwhakaora.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Ko te whakamoemiti te patunga tapu e whai kororia ai ahau: ko te tangata hoki he tika nei tona ara ka whakakitea e ahau ki a ia te whakaoranga a te Atua.
Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.'
