Waiata 74
1 He Makiri na Ahapa. E te Atua, he aha i panga ai matou e koe ake ake? He aha i pongere ai tou riri ki nga hipi o tau mara?
An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Mahara ki tau whakaminenga i hokona e koe i mua, i utua e koe hei iwi mo tou kainga tupu; a ki tenei Maunga Hiona i nohoia nei e koe.
Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Hiki ake ou waewae ki nga whakangaromanga e mau tonu nei, ki nga mahi kino katoa a te hoariri ki te wahi tapu.
Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
4 Kua hamama nei ou hoariri i waenganui i au whakaminenga, kua whakaturia e ratou a ratou kara hei tohu.
Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
5 E rite ana ratou ki nga tangata e hapai ana i te titaha ki te puia rakau.
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
6 Inaianei ia e tukitukia ana e ratou ona mea whakairo, pakaruhia iho ana ki te titaha, ki te hama.
And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
7 Kua toua tou wahi tapu ki te kapura, kua noa i a ratou te nohoanga o tou ingoa, kei te whenua e takoto ana.
They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
8 I mea to ratou ngakau, Me whakangaro ratou a poto ake: kua tahuna e ratou nga whare huihui katoa o te Atua i te whenua.
They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Kahore matou e kite i o matou tohu, kahore atu he poropiti, kahore hoki tetahi o matou e matau ana kia pehea ake te roa.
We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 E te Atua, kia pehea ake te roa o te tawai a te hoariri? Ka kohukohu tonu ranei te hoariri ki tou ingoa ake ake?
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?
11 He aha i pepeke ai tou ringa, tou matau? Unuhia i roto i tou uma, whakamotitia ratou.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
12 Ko te Atua ia toku Kingi o tua iho, e mahi whakaora ana i waenganui i te whenua.
But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.
13 Nau, na tou kaha i wawae te moana: pakaru ana i a koe nga matenga o nga tarakona i nga wai.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
14 Mongamonga noa i a koe nga matenga o rewiatana: a hoatu ana ia e koe hei kai ma te iwi o te koraha.
Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
15 I wahia e koe te puna me te roma; mimiti ake i a koe nga awa nunui.
Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Nau te ao, nau hoki te po; nau i whakarite te marama me te ra.
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
17 Nau i whakatu nga rohe katoa o te whenua: te raumati me te hotoke, he mea whakarite ena nau.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.
18 Kia mahara ki tenei, kua tawai te hoariri, e Ihowa: kua kohukohu te hunga poauau ki tou ingoa.
Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
19 Kaua e tukua te wairua o tau kukupa ki te kirehe: kei wareware ake ake ki te whakaminenga o au rawakore.
Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
20 Whakaaroa te kawenata; kua kiki hoki nga wahi pouri o te whenua i nga nohoanga nanakia.
Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
21 Kei hoki whakama mai te tangata e tukinotia ana: kia whakamoemititia tou ingoa e te ware, e te rawakore.
Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
22 E ara, e te Atua, tohea tau tohe: mahara ki ta te tangata poauau tawai ki a koe a pau noa te ra.
Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;
23 Kei wareware ki te reo o ou hoariri: e kake tonu ana te ngangau a te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe.
Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
