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 by Asaph.] The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Kua tiaho mai te Atua i roto i Hiona, i te tino o te ataahua.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines 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 comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
4 Ka karangatia e ia nga rangi i runga, me te whenua hoki, ki te whakaritenga mo tona iwi.
He calls to the heavens above, 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 faithful ones together to me, those who 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)
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself 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, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8 E kore ahau e riri ki a koe mo au patunga tapu; a kei toku aroaro tonu au tahunga tinana.
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your 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 have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
10 Naku nei hoki nga kirehe katoa o te ngahere, nga kararehe i runga i te mano o nga pukepuke.
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on 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 birds of the mountains. The wild animals 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 you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 E kai koia ahau i te kikokiko o nga puru, e inu ranei i te toto o nga koati?
Will 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 to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
15 A karanga ki ahau i te ra o te he: maku koe e whakaora, a ka whakakororiatia ahau e koe.
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor 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 to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
17 Kua kino nei hoki koe ki te ako, a e akiri ana i aku kupu ki muri i a koe.
seeing you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
18 I tou kitenga i te tahae, na whakaae ana koe ki a ia; a whai tahi ana me te hunga puremu.
When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
19 Kua tukua e koe tou mangai ki te kino; a e tito hianga ana tou arero.
"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
20 Noho ana koe, ka korero kino ki tou teina: ngautuara tonu iho koe ki te tama a tou whaea.
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your 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.
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your 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, you who forget God, lest I tear you into 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.
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me; and to him who orders his conduct I will show the salvation of God."
