Waiata 88
1 He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata Reanoto. He Makiri na Hemana Eterahi. E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.
A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Aeman the Israelite. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before you.
2 Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi.
Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord.
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn near to Hades. (Sheol h7585)
4 Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; e rite ana ahau ki te tangata kahore ona awhina!
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
5 I maka ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, kahore nei e maharatia e koe i muri; he mea momotu ke ratou na tou ringa.
free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no more; and they are rejected from your hand.
6 Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death.
7 E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera)
Your wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and you have brought upon me all your billows. (Pause)
8 Kua whakamataratia atu e koe oku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau: kua meinga ahau e koe hei mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua uakina mai ahau, a kahore e puta ki waho.
You have removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
9 Kua he toku kanohi i te tangihanga: e karanga ana ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i nga ra katoa, kua totoro hoki oku ringa ki a koe.
Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to you, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to you.
10 Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? E ara koia te hunga kua mate ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe? (Hera)
Will you work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise you?
11 Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?
Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction?
12 E matauria koia au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? tou tika i te whenua o te warewaretanga?
Shall your wonders be known in darkness? and your righteousness in a forgotten land?
13 Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.
But I cried to you, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
14 He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?
Therefore, O Lord, do you reject my prayer, [and] turn your face away from me?
15 No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i whakahemohemo ai: i ahau e pehia ana e au whakawehi, ka pororaru noa iho.
I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
16 I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.
Your wrath has passed over me; and your terrors have greatly disquieted me.
17 Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.
They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
18 Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.
You have put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness.
