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 winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing 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 bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
3 Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.
4 Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to 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 ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
6 I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in 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)
Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.
8 Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken 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 thee: neither shalt thou adore 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 thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy 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 heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not 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 according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in 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 should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that 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 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 filled them with honey out of the rock.
