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 THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. BY ASAPH. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
2 Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with stringed instrument.
3 Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
Blow a horn in the month, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
4 Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
For it [is] a statute to Israel, An ordinance 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 has placed it—a testimony on Joseph, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known—I hear.
6 I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
I turned aside his shoulder from the burden, His hands pass over from the basket.
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)
In distress you have called and I deliver you, I answer you in the secret place of thunder, I try you by 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;
Hear, O My people, and I testify to you, O Israel, if you listen to me:
9 Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
There is not in you a strange god, And you do not bow yourself to 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.
I [am] your God YHWH, Who brings you up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge your mouth, and I 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 listen to My voice, And Israel has not consented 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 I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
13 Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
O that My people were listening to Me, Israel would walk 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.
As a little thing I cause their enemies to bow, And I turn back My hand against their adversaries,
15 Ko te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowa kua ngohengohe ki a ia: ko to ratou taima ia kua mau tonu.
Those hating YHWH should have feigned [obedience] to Him, And their time would last for all time.
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.
He causes him to eat of the fat of wheat, And I satisfy you [with] honey from a rock!
