Waiata 52

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri; na Rawiri, i a Roeke Eromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, Kua tae a Rawiri ki te whare o Ahimereke. He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui? He pumau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.

For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day

2 E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.

your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit.

3 E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera)

You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. (Pause)

4 E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.

You has loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.

5 Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu; ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka takiritia atu i tou nohoanga, ka hutia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. (Hera)

Therefore may God destroy you for ever, may he pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. (Pause)

6 E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,

And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

7 Inana, ko te tangata tenei kihai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mona; otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o ana taonga, whakapakari ana i runga i tana mahi kino.

Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

8 Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te oriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua: ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.

But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

9 Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nau hoki tenei i mea: ka tumanako ano ki tou ingoa; he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tau hunga tapu.

I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints.