Waiata 78
1 He Makiri na Ahapa. Kia anga mai te taringa, e toku iwi, ki taku ture: tahuri mai o koutou taringa ki nga kupu a toku mangai.
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Ka puaki te kupu whakarite i toku mangai, ka korerotia e ahau nga mea ngaro onamata:
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
3 I rongo nei, i matau nei tatou, i korero ai hoki o tatou matua ki a tatou.
That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,
4 E kore e huna e matou i a ratou tamariki: me whakaatu ki to muri whakatupuranga nga whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa, me tona kaha, me ana mahi whakamiharo i mea ai ia.
We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.
5 Kua pumau hoki i a ia he whakaaturanga i roto i a Hakopa, kua takoto he ture i roto i a Iharaira: a whakahaua mai ana e ia o tatou tupuna, kia whakaakona ki a ratou tamariki.
For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
6 Kia matauria ai e to muri whakatupuranga, e nga tamariki e whanau, e ara ake a mua: mo ta ratou whakaatu ki a ratou tamariki.
That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children,
7 Kia u ai ta ratou tumanako ki te Atua, kei wareware hoki ki nga mahi a te Atua: engari kia mau ki ana whakahau.
That they might put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;
8 Kei rite hoki ki o ratou tupuna, ki te whakatupuranga whakakeke, tutu, ki te whakatupuranga kihai nei i whakatikatika i to ratou ngakau, kihai hoki i u to ratou wairua ki te Atua.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 He hunga mau patu nga tama a Eparaima, he hunga hapai kopere, heoi tahuri ana ratou i te ra o te tatauranga.
The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.
10 Kihai i puritia e ratou te kawenata a te Atua; kihai ano i pai ki te haere i tana ture;
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His law;
11 Heoi, kua wareware ki ana mahi, me ana mea whakamiharo i whakakitea e ia ki a ratou.
And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.
12 He mea whakamiharo ana mahi i te aroaro o o ratou tupuna, i te whenua o Ihipa, i te parae o Toana.
Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 Tapahia ana e ia te moana, a meinga ana ratou kia whiti: tu ake i a ia nga wai ano he puranga.
He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as a heap.
14 He mea arahi ratou e ia i te awatea ki te kapua: i te roa hoki o te po ki te marama o te ahi.
By day also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15 I wahia e ia nga kohatu i te koraha; a me te mea no nga rire nui tana wai hei inu ma ratou.
He cleaved rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.
16 Puta mai ana i a ia he awa i roto i te kamaka: meinga ana nga wai kia heke, ano he waipuke.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Heoi ka hara ano ratou ki a ia: whakatoi ana ki te Runga Rawa i te koraha.
Yet went they on still to sin against Him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 Na kei te whakamatautau to ratou ngakau i te Atua, kei te inoi kai ma to ratou hiahia.
And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.
19 I korero kino ano ratou ki te Atua, i mea; E ahei ranei i te Atua te taka he tepu ki te koraha?
Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Nana, ko tana patunga i te kohatu, ka pakaru mai te wai, a puke ana nga awa: e taea ano ranei e ia te homai taro, e pae ranei i a ia he kikokiko ma tana iwi?
Behold, He smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can He give bread also? or will He provide flesh for His people?'
21 Na ko te rongonga o Ihowa, na ka riri: a toro ana te kapura ki a Hakopa, puta ake ana te riri ki a Iharaira;
Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
22 Mo ratou kihai i whakapono ki te Atua, kihai ano i whakawhirinaki ki tana whakaoranga.
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation.
23 Nana nei hoki i whakahau nga kapua i runga, i whakatuwhera nga tatau o te rangi.
And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
24 A whakauaina iho te mana ki runga ki a ratou hei kai; homai ana hoki e ia te witi o te rangi ma ratou.
And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.
25 Kai ana te tangata i ta te anahera kai: i tukua e ia he kai ma ratou, a makona noa.
Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.
26 I whakaohokia e ia te marangai i te rangi: i takina ano te tonga e tona kaha.
He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; and by His power He brought on the south wind.
27 A whakauaina iho e ia te kikokiko ki a ratou ano he puehu; he manu whai pakau ano he one no te moana.
He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas;
28 A whakangahorotia iho e ia ki waenganui i to ratou puni: ki o ratou nohoanga a tawhio noa.
And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.
29 Na kai ana ratou, tino makona; i tukua hoki e ia ki a ratou ta ratou i hiahia ai:
So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.
30 Kihai ratou i ngaruru ki ta ratou i hiahia ai; a i roto tonu ta ratou kai i o ratou mangai,
They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,
31 Na ka pa te riri o te Atua ki a ratou, a patua iho e ia te hunga tetere o ratou; piko ana i a ia nga taitamariki o Iharaira.
When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the lustieth among them, and smote down the young men of Israel.
32 Ahakoa pa katoa tenei, i hara ano ratou, kihai ano i whakapono ki ana mahi whakamiharo.
For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.
33 I whakapaua ai e ia o ratou ra ki te horihori, o ratou tau ki te potatutatu.
Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.
34 Ka patua ratou e ia, na, ka rapu ratou i a ia, a ka hoki, ka ui wawe ki te Atua.
When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.
35 Ka mahara hoki ko te Atua to ratou kohatu, ko te Atua, ko te Runga Rawa, to ratou kaihoko.
And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
36 Otiia kei te patipati o ratou mangai ki a ia, a teka ana o ratou arero ki a ia.
But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.
37 Kihai hoki to ratou ngakau i tika ki a ia; kihai ano ratou i u ki tana kawenata.
For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
38 Ko tana ia, he aroha; hipokina ana e ia te he, kihai ano i whakangaro: ae ra, he maha ana whakahokinga iho i tona riri, a kihai i oho katoa tona riri.
But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.
39 I mahara hoki ia he kikokiko nei ratou: he hau e pahure atu ana, a e kore e hoki mai.
So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 Ano te tini o a ratou whakatoinga i a ia i te koraha, o a ratou whakapouritanga i a ia i te tahora!
How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!
41 Hoki whakamuri ana ratou, whakamatautau ana i te Atua: whakatoia ana e ratou te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.
42 Kihai ratou i mahara ki tona ringa, ki te ra i whakaorangia ai ratou e ia i te hoariri;
They remembered not His hand, nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.
43 Ki tana meatanga i ana tohu ki Ihipa, i ana merekara ki te parae o Toana;
How He set His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the field of Zoan;
44 I puta ke ai i a ia o ratou awa hei toto, me o ratou manga wai, te inu ai ratou.
And turned their rivers into blood, so that they could not drink their streams.
45 I tonoa ai e ia he huihuinga namu ki a ratou, a pau iho ratou; he poroka, i huna ai ratou.
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 A hoatu ana e ia o ratou hua ki te moka; me to ratou mauiui ki te mawhitiwhiti.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.
47 Whakamatea ana e ia a ratou waina ki te whatu, a ratou rakau hikamora ki te haupapa.
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.
48 Tukua ana e ia a ratou kararehe ma te whatu, a ratou kahui ma nga uira.
He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.
49 I tukua whakareretia e ia ki a ratou tona riri, aritarita, weriweri, me te raruraru; he whakaeke na nga anahera kino.
He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.
50 A whakatikaia ana e ia he ara mo tona riri; kihai i tohungia to ratou wairua kei mate: otiia tukua ana e ia to ratou ora ki te mate uruta.
He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 Na patua iho e ia nga matamua i Ihipa, te muanga o to ratou kaha i nga teneti o Hama.
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;
52 Otira arahina ana e ia ana ake tangata ano he hipi; whakahaerea ana ratou e ia i te koraha ano he kahui.
But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 Na ka arahina marietia ratou e ia, te wehi ratou: ko o ratou hoariri ia taupokina iho e te moana.
And He led them safely, and they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 Na ka kawea ratou e ia ki te rohe o tona wahi tapu, ki tenei maunga, i hokona nei e tona matau.
And He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had gotten.
55 Peia ana e ia nga tauiwi i to ratou aroaro: a wehea ana e ia he kainga mo ratou ki te aho, whakanohoia iho nga hapu o Iharaira ki o ratou teneti.
He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Heoi ka whakamatauria, ka whakatoia e ratou te Atua, te Runga Rawa; kihai hoki i mau ki ana whakaaturanga;
Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;
57 A hoki whakamuri ana, mahi hianga ana, pera ana me o ratou matua: parori ke ana ratou, he pera me te kopere tinihanga.
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 Na ko o ratou wahi tiketike hei whakapataritari i a ia; ko o ratou whakapakoko hei mea i a ia kia hae.
For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 I te rongonga o te Atua, ka riri, ka tino whakarihariha hoki ki a Iharaira.
God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;
60 A mahue ake i a ia te tapenakara a Hiro, te teneti i whakaturia e ia ki waenganui i nga tangata;
And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men;
61 A tukua ana e ia tona kaha hei whakarau, tona kororia ki te ringa o te hoariri.
And delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the adversary's hand.
62 I tukua atu ano e ia tana iwi ma te hoari; a i riri ki tona kainga tupu.
He gave His people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with His inheritance.
63 Pau ake a ratou taitama i te ahi; kihai ano a ratou kotiro i marenatia.
Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
64 I hinga o ratou tohunga i te hoari; kihai hoki i tangi a ratou pouaru.
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Na ka maranga te Ariki ano ko tetahi i te moe, me te tangata kaha e hamama ana i te waina.
Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
66 A patua iho e ia a muri o ona hoariri, meinga ana ratou e ia hei taunutanga mo ake tonu atu.
And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.
67 I whakakahore ano ia ki te teneti a Hohepa: a kihai i whiriwhiri i te hapu o Eparaima;
Moreover He abhorred the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
68 Heoi ko te hapu o Hura tana i whiriwhiri ai, ko Maunga Hiona tana i aroha ai.
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
69 A whakaturia ana e ia tona wahi tapu kia pera me nga wahi teitei; me te whenua i whakapumautia e ia mo ake tonu atu.
And He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which He hath founded for ever.
70 I whiriwhiria ano e ia a Rawiri, tana pononga: he mea tango nana i nga kainga hipi:
He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 Mauria ana mai e ia i te whai i nga hipi whaereere, hei whangai i a Hakopa, i tana iwi, i a Iharaira hoki, i tona kainga tupu.
From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.
72 A rite tonu ki te tapatahi o tona ngakau tana whangai i a ratou: he arahi mohio hoki ta tona ringa i a ratou.
So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and lead them by the skilfulness of his hands.
