Waiata 81
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Kititi. Na Ahapa. Kia kaha te waiata ki te Atua, ki to tatou kaha: kia hari te hamama ki te Atua o Hakopa.
For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine presses. Rejoice you in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
2 Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant lute with the harp.
3 Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.
4 Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
5 I whakatakotoria tenei e ia ma Hohepa hei whakaaturanga, i tona haerenga puta noa i te whenua o Ihipa: i rongo ai ahau ki reira i tetahi reo, kahore ahau i matau.
He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.
6 I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.
7 I karanga koe ki ahau i te pouritanga, a kua ora koe i ahau; i whakahoki kupu ahau ki a koe i te wahi ngaro o te whatitiri; i whakamatau i a koe ki nga wai o Meripa. (Hera)
You did call upon me in trouble, and I delivered you; I heard you in the secret place of the storm: I proved you at the water of Strife. (Pause)
8 Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel; and I will testify to you: if you will listen to me;
9 Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
there shall be no new god in you; neither shall you worship a strange god.
10 Ko Ihowa ahau, ko tou Atua, i arahina mai ai koe i te whenua o Ihipa: kia nui te kowhera o tou mangai, a maku e whakaki.
For I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 Otiia kihai taku iwi i pai ki te whakarongo ki toku reo: kihai ano a Iharaira i aro ki ahau.
But my people listened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.
12 Na tukua atu ana ratou e ahau ki te maro o o ratou ngakau: a haere ana ratou i runga i o ratou whakaaro.
So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.
13 Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
If my people had listened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
14 Penei e kore e aha kua whati i ahau te tara o o ratou hoariri: kua tahuri ano toku ringa ki o ratou hoariri.
I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
15 Ko te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowa kua ngohengohe ki a ia: ko to ratou taima ia kua mau tonu.
The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.
16 Kua whangainga hoki ratou e ia ki te witi pai rawa, kua whakamakonatia ano koe e ahau ki te honi i roto i te kohatu.
And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.
