Waiata 69
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Hohanimi. Na Rawiri. Whakaorangia ahau e te Atua, ka tae mai hoki nga wai ki roto ki toku wairua.
“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shoshannim. A psalm of David.” Save me, O God! For the waters press in to my very life!
2 Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hohonu, ki te wahi kahore nei he tunga: kua tae ahau ki nga wai hohonu, ngaro iho ahau i nga waipuke.
I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.
3 Kua ruwha ahau i taku tangi; kua maroke toku korokoro: pakoko kau oku kanohi i ahau e tatari nei ki toku Atua.
I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.
4 Tini ke i nga makawe o toku matenga te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau: he kaha rawa te hunga e mauahara noa ana ki ahau, e mea nei kia whakamatea ahau; utua ana e ahau i reira nga mea kihai i tangohia e ahau.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.
5 E te Atua, e matau ana koe ki toku kuware; kahore hoki oku he e ngaro i a koe.
O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!
6 E te Ariki, e Ihowa o nga mano kaua te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e whakama i ahau: e te Atua o Iharaira, kei numinumi kau i ahau te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.
Let not them that trust in thee through me be put to shame, O Lord Jehovah, God of hosts! Let not them that seek thee through me be confounded, O God of Israel!
7 Mou hoki ahau i waiho ai hei tawainga: ngaro iho toku mata i te whakama.
For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!
8 He tangata ke ahau ki oku hoa ake: hei tautangata ki nga tama a toku whaea.
I am become a stranger to my brothers; Yea, an alien to my mother's sons.
9 Ka pau hoki ahau i te aroha ki tou whare: kua tau ano ki ahau nga tawai a te hunga e tawai ana ki a koe.
For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.
10 I ahau i tangi, i whakatiki hei whiu i toku wairua, ka waiho tena hei tawainga moku.
When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;
11 I kakahu hoki ahau i te kakahu taratara moku, a i waiho hei whakatauki ma ratou.
When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.
12 Kei te korero kino moku te hunga e noho ana i te kuwaha: waiatatia ana ahau e te hunga haurangi waina.
They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
13 Ko ahau ia, ki a koe taku inoi, e Ihowa, i te wa e manakohia ai: whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e te Atua, i runga i te nui o tou aroha, o te pono o tau whakaoranga.
Yet will I address my prayer to thee, O LORD! May it be in an acceptable time according to thy great goodness! Hear, O God! and afford me thy sure help!
14 Whakaorangia ahau i roto i te oru, kei toremi: kia ora ahau i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, i nga wai hohonu ano hoki.
Save me from the mire, and let me not sink; May I be delivered from my enemies, —from the deep waters!
15 Kei ngaro ahau i te waipuke, kei horomia e te rire; kei kopia ano te waha o te poka ki runga ki ahau.
Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!
16 E Ihowa whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau; he pai hoki tou atawhai: tahuri mai ki ahau, kia rite ki te nui o au arohatanga.
Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!
17 A kaua e huna tou mata ki tau pononga; e pouri ana hoki ahau: hohoro te whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.
Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
18 Whakatata mai ki toku wairua, hokona: whakaorangia ahau, e mahi nei oku hoariri.
Draw near to me, and redeem my life; Deliver me because of my enemies!
19 E matau ana koe ki toku tawainga, ki toku whakama, ki toku numinumi: kei tou aroaro oku hoariri katoa.
Thou knowest my reproach, and dishonor, and shame; All my adversaries are in thy view!
20 Maru noa toku ngakau i te tawai; a ki tonu ahau i te pouri: i titiro ahau ki tetahi hei aroha mai, a kore ake; ki etahi hei whakamarie, a kihai i kitea.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
21 I homai he au hei kai maku: i toku matewaitanga ano i whakainumia ahau ki te winika.
For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
22 Kia meinga ta ratou tepu i to ratou aroaro hei mahanga; hei rore hoki i to ratou wa rangimarie.
May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!
23 Kia whakapouritia o ratou kanohi, kei kite ratou: kia wiri tonu hoki o ratou hope.
May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
24 Ringihia atu tou riri ki runga ki a ratou, kia mau hoki ratou i tou arita, i tou weriweri.
Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!
25 Kia ururuatia to ratou nohoanga: kaua tetahi e noho ki o ratou teneti.
Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!
26 Mo ratou i tukino i te tangata i whiua nei e koe; a korerotia ana e ratou te pouri o te hunga i werohia e koe.
For they persecute those whom thou hast smitten, And talk of the pain of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Tapiritia he kino ki runga ki to ratou kino; kaua hoki ratou e tukua kia tomo ki tou tika.
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them never come into thy favor!
28 Kia murua atu ratou i te pukapuka o te ora, kaua ano e tuhituhia ki roto ki te hunga tika.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; Let not their names be written with the righteous!
29 Ko ahau ia, he rawakore, he pouri; kia whakateiteitia ake ahau, e te Atua, e tau whakaoranga.
But I am poor, and sorrowful: May thine aid, O God! set me on high!
30 Ka whakamoemiti taku waiata ki te ingoa o te Atua, ka whakanui ano taku whakawhetai i a ia.
Then I will praise the name of God in a song; I will give glory to him with thanksgiving.
31 Pai rawa tenei ki a Ihowa i te puru i te kau, i te mea whai haona, whai maikuku.
More pleasing shall this be to the LORD Than a full-horned and full-hoofed bullock.
32 Kua kite te hunga mahaki, kua hari: ka ora ano o koutou ngakau, e te hunga e rapu nei i te Atua.
The afflicted shall see, and rejoice; The hearts of them that fear God shall be revived.
33 No te mea ka rongo a Ihowa ki nga rawakore, e kore ano e whakahawea ki ana herehere.
For the LORD heareth the poor, And despiseth not his people in their bonds.
34 Kia whakamoemiti te rangi me te whenua ki a ia, nga moana, me nga mea katoa e tere ana i roto.
Let the heaven and the earth praise him; The sea, and all that move therein!
35 No te mea tera e whakaorangia e te Atua a Hiona, ka hanga ano e ia nga pa o Hura; a ka noho ratou ki reira, ka riro hoki a reira i a ratou.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell therein, and possess it.
36 A ka nohoia a reira e nga uri o ana pononga: hei kainga tupu ano a reira mo te hunga e aroha ana ki tona ingoa.
Yea, the posterity of his servants shall possess it, And they that love him shall dwell therein.
