Waiata 72
1 Na Horomona. Homai, e te Atua, au whakaritenga ki te kingi, me tou tika ki te tama a te kingi.
A psalm on Solomon.
2 Mana e whakawa tou iwi i runga i te tika, au rawakore i runga i te whakawa tika.
Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king’s son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.
3 Ka kawea mai e nga maunga te rongo mau ki te iwi, e nga pukepuke i runga i te tika.
Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.
4 Ka whakawa ia mo nga ware o te iwi: ka whakaorangia e ia nga tamariki a te rawakore; mongamonga noa i a ia te kaitukino.
He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.
5 I te ra e mau ana, i te marama hoki, ka pera te mau o to ratou wehi ki a koe i nga whakatupuranga katoa.
And he shall continue with the sun, and before the moon, throughout all generations.
6 E heke iho ia ano he ua ki runga ki te kotinga tarutaru, me nga ua e whakamakuku nei i te whenua.
He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.
7 Ka tupu te tangata tika i ona ra: tona roa ano o te ata noho, a kore noa te marama.
In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken sway.
8 Ka kingi ia i tenei moana, a tae noa ki tetahi moana, i te awa, a nga pito atu ano o te whenua.
And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 Ka piko ki tona aroaro te hunga o te koraha: a ka mitimiti ona hoariri i te puehu.
Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground.
10 Ka maua mai he hakari e nga kingi o Tarahihi, o nga motu: ka kawea mai he tahua e nga kingi o Hepa, o Tepa.
The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:
11 Ae, ka koropiko nga kingi katoa ki a ia: ka mahi nga iwi katoa ki a ia.
And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall serve him.
12 Ka ora hoki i a ia te rawakore ua tangi atu, te ware hoki me te tangata kahore nei ona kaiawhina.
For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.
13 E tohu ia i te tangata iti, i te rawakore; ka ora ano i a ia nga wairua o nga rawakore.
He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor.
14 Ka hokona e ia to ratou wairua i roto i te tukino, i te tutu, he mea utu nui hoki o ratou toto ki tana titiro.
He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable in his sight.
15 A e ora ratou; ka hoatu ano ki a ia he koura no Hepa: ka tukua tonutia hoki te inoi mona; ka whakapaingia ia i tenei ra, i tenei ra.
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the day.
16 He kutanga witi tera i runga i te whenua, i te tihi o nga maunga; ngarue ana ona hua, ano ko Repanona, a ka rite te tupu o nga tangata o te pa ki to te tarutaru o te whenua.
And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.
17 Ka mau tonu tona ingoa ake ake; ka rite tona ingoa ki te ra te pumau: kei roto i a ia te manaaki mo te tangata; ka korerotia tona koa e nga iwi katoa.
Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.
18 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, te Atua, te Atua o Iharaira: ko ia nei anake hei mahi i nga mahi whakamiharo;
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful things.
19 Kia whakapaingia ano tona ingoa kororia mo ake tonu atu; kia ki katoa hoki te whenua i tona kororia. Amine, ae Amine.
And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.
20 Ko te mutunga tenei o nga inoi a Rawiri, a te tama a Hehe.
The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.
