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.

TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID, IN THE COMING IN OF DOEG THE EDOMITE, AND HE DECLARES TO SAUL AND SAYS TO HIM, “DAVID CAME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIMELECH.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.

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

Your tongue devises mischiefs, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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

You have loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

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

You have loved all devouring words, O you 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)

Also—God breaks you down forever, Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, And He has uprooted you Out of the land of the living. (Selah)

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

And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

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 does not make God his strong place, And trusts in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.”

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.

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, For all time and forever,

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 thank You for all time, because You have done [it], And I wait [on] Your Name for [it is] good before Your saints!