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.
To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Sing ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakob.
2 Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.
3 Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
Blowe the trumpet in the newe moone, euen in the time appointed, at our feast day.
4 Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the God of Iaakob.
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.
Hee set this in Ioseph for a testimonie, when hee came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderstoode not.
6 I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
I haue withdrawen his shoulder from the burden, and his handes haue left the pots.
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 in affliction and I deliuered thee, and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I prooued thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8 Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,
9 Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any 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, which 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 would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of 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 gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.
13 Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.
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 soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.
15 Ko te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowa kua ngohengohe ki a ia: ko to ratou taima ia kua mau tonu.
The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.
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 God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.
