Waiata 79
1 He himene na Ahapa. E te Atua, kua tae mai nga tauiwi ki tou kainga tupu, kua noa i a ratou tou temepara tapu, kua waiho a Hiruharama kia puranga kau ana.
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
2 Ko nga tinana mate o au pononga kua hoatu e ratou hei kai ma nga manu o te rangi, ko te kikokiko o tau hunga tapu ma nga kirehe o te whenua.
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
3 Ko o ratou toto, ringihia ake e ratou ano he wai, ki nga taha o Hiruharama; kahore hoki he tangata hei tanu i a ratou.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
4 Kua waiho matou hei tawainga ma o matou hoa, hei katanga ma te hunga i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha o matou.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
5 Kia pehea te roa, e Ihowa? E riri tonu ranei koe ake ake? E ngiha tonu ranei tou hae me he kapura?
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Ringihia tou riri ki nga tauiwi kahore nei e matau ki a koe, ki nga rangatiratanga kahore nei e karanga ki tou ingoa.
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:
7 Kua pau hoki a Hakopa i a ratou, kua ururua i a ratou tona nohoanga.
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
8 Kaua ra e maharatia nga kino o o matou tupuna; kia hohoro tou aroha ki mua i a matou; kua whakaititia rawatia hoki matou.
Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.
9 Awhinatia matou, e te Atua o to matou whakaoranga, kia whakakororiatia ai tou ingoa: whakaorangia matou, hipokina hoki o matou hara, he mahara ki tou ingoa.
Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
10 Kia mea koia nga tauiwi, Kei hea to ratou Atua? Kia kite atu matou e matau ana nga tauiwi ki te whakatakinga i te toto o au pononga i whakahekea nei.
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.
11 Kia tae atu ki tou aroaro te aue a te herehere: kia rite ki te nui o tou kaha tau whakaora i te hunga e meatia ana kia mate.
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
12 Takiwhitutia atu te utu e hoatu e koe ki nga uma o o matou hoa mo ta ratou tawai, e tawai nei ratou ki a koe, e te Ariki.
And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 Penei ka whakawhetai matou, tau iwi, nga hipi hoki e hepara nei koe, ki a koe ake ake: ka whakaitea e matou te whakamoemiti ki a koe, ki nga whakatupuranga katoa.
And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.
