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.
Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself. Exult before God our helper. Sing joyfully to the God of Jacob.
2 Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
Take up a psalm, and bring forth the timbrel: a pleasing Psalter with stringed instruments.
3 Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on the noteworthy day of your solemnity,
4 Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for 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 set it as a testimony with Joseph, when he went out of the land of Egypt. He heard a tongue that he did not know.
6 I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to 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 called upon me in tribulation, and I freed you. I heard you within the hidden tempest. I tested you with waters of contradiction.
8 Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
My people, listen and I will call you to testify. If, O Israel, you will pay heed to me,
9 Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
then there will be no new god among you, nor will you adore a foreign 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, who led you out of the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth, 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 did not hear my voice, and Israel was not attentive 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.
And so, I sent them away, according to the desires of their heart. They will go forth according to their own inventions.
13 Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
If my people had heard 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 would have humbled their enemies, as if it were nothing, and I would have sent my hand upon those who troubled 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 enemies of the Lord have lied to him, and their time will come, in every age.
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 from the fat of the grain, and he saturated them with honey from the rock.
