Waiata 83

1 He waiata, he himene, na Ahapa. E te Atua, kei wahangu koe, kei whakarongo puku, kei ata noho, e te Atua.

A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

2 He mea hoki, tenei ou hoariri te ngangau nei, a kua ara nga matenga o te hunga e kino ana ki a koe.

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

3 Kua ata ngarahu ratou ki tau iwi, e whakatakoto korero ana hoki ratou mo au mea huna.

They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

4 Kua mea nei ratou, Tena, tatou ka huna i a ratou, kia kore ai tena iwi; kia kaua ai hoki e maharatia te ingoa o Iharaira a muri ake nei.

“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

5 Kua kotahi to ratou ngakau i a ratou e runanga ana: kua whakatakoto ratou he tikanga kino ki a koe;

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

6 Ko nga teneti o Eroma, o nga Ihimaeri, o Moapa, o nga Hakarini;

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

7 A Kepara, a Amona, a Amareke, nga Pirihitini, me nga tangata o Taira:

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Kua uru hoki a Ahiria ki roto ki a ratou; kua awhinatia e ratou nga tamariki a Rota. (Hera)

Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)

9 Peratia ratou me Miriana: me Hihera, me Iapini, i te awa i Kihona:

Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10 I mate nei ki Eneroro, i waiho nei hei whakawairakau mo te whenua.

who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

11 Kia rite o ratou rangatira ki a Orepe raua ko Teepe, ae, o ratou ariki katoa hoki ki a Tepa raua ko Taramuna;

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 Mo ratou i mea, Tatou ka tango i nga kainga o te Atua mo tatou.

who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”

13 E toku Atua, meinga ratou kia rite ki te awhiowhio puehu, ki te papapa e puhia ana e te hau.

My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.

14 Kia rite ki te ahi e kai ana i te ngahere, ki te mura hoki e toro ai nga maunga;

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

15 Kia pera te whai o tau awha i a ratou, tau whakaohorere hoki i a ratou ki tau paroro.

so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

16 Whakakiia o ratou kanohi ki te whakama: kia rapu ai ratou ki tou ingoa, e Ihowa.

Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.

17 Kia whakama, kia ohorere ratou ake ake; ae, kia numinumi ratou, kia ngaro hoki.

Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

18 Kia matau ai ratou, ko koe anake, ko Ihowa nei tou ingoa, te Runga Rawa i te whenua katoa.

that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.