Waiata 85
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene ma nga tama a Koraha. E Ihowa, kua aro mai koe ki tou whenua, kua whakahokia mai e koe a Hakopa i te whakarau.
“To the chief musician, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” Thou hast been favorable, O Lord, unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 Kua murua e koe te kino o tau iwi, kua hipokina e koe o ratou hara katoa (Hera)
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered over all their sin. (Selah)
3 Kua mutu katoa tou weriweri; kua tahuri ke koe i te aritarita o tou riri.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast relinquished the fierceness of thy anger.
4 Whakahokia ake matou, e te Atua o to matou whakaoranga: meinga hoki kia mutu tou riri ki a matou.
Return to us, O God of our salvation, and cause thy ill-will toward us to cease.
5 E riri ranei koe ki a matou ake ake? E mauahara tonu ranei, ki nga whakatupuranga katoa?
Wilt thou be wroth with us for ever? wilt thou extend thy anger from generation to generation?
6 E kore ianei koe e whakahoki ake i a matou ki te ora: kia hari ai tau iwi ki a koe?
Wilt thou not [now] revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 E Ihowa, whakakitea mai tau mahi tohu ki a matou: tukua mai ki a matou tau whakaoranga.
Show us thy kindness, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.
8 Ka whakarongo ahau ki ta te Atua, ki ta Ihowa, e korero ai: no te mea mo te rongo mau ana korero ki tana iwi, ki tana hunga tapu hoki; kaua ia ratou e hoki ki te wairangi.
I will hear what God the Lord will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his pious ones: only let them not turn again to folly.
9 Ina, he tata tonu tana whakaoranga ki te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia, kia noho ai te kororia ki to tatou whenua.
Surely, nigh is his salvation unto those that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Kua tutaki te mahi tohu raua ko te pono: kua kihi ki a raua te tika me te rongo mau.
Kindness and truth are met together: righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Ka tupu ake te pono i te whenua, a ka titiro iho te tika i te rangi.
Truth will grow up out of the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.
12 Ae, ka homai e Ihowa te pai: a ka tukua mai ona hua e to tatou whenua.
Yea, the Lord will also give the good, and our land will yield its products.
13 Ka haere te tika i mua i a ia, hei whakatu i a tatou ki te ara o ona hikoinga.
Righteousness will walk firmly before him, and will make [level] the way by its steps.
