Waiata 99

1 Ko Ihowa te Kingi; kia wiri nga iwi: e noho ana ia i waenganui i nga kerupima; kia ngaueue te whenua.

Jehovah reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits above the cherubim, let the earth be moved.

2 He nui a Ihowa i Hiona: kei runga ake ia i nga iwi katoa.

Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

3 Kia whakamoemiti ratou ki tou ingoa nui, whakamataku; he tapu ia.

Let them praise thy great and awesome name. Holy is he.

4 E matenui ana hoki te kaha o te kingi ki te whakawa tika; ko koe hei whakapumau i te pono: he whakawa tika, he hekore tau mahi i roto i a Hakopa.

The king's strength also loves justice. Thou establish equity. Thou execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

5 Whakanuia a Ihowa, to tatou Atua: koropiko ki tona turanga waewae; he tapu ia.

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool. Holy is he.

6 Ko Mohi raua ko Arona i roto i ana tohunga, me Hamuera i roto i te hunga e karanga ana ki tona ingoa: i karanga ratou ki a Ihowa, a whakahoki kupu ana mai ia ki a ratou.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his name, they called upon Jehovah, and he answered them.

7 I korero ia ki a ratou i roto i te pou kapua: i pupuri ratou i ana whakaaturanga, i te tikanga i whakatakotoria e ia ki a ratou.

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

8 E Ihowa, e to matou Atua, i whakahoki kupu koe ki a ratou: he Atua tohu koe i a ratou, otiia i rapu utu ano koe mo a ratou mahi.

Thou answered them, O Jehovah our God. Thou were a God who forgave them, though thou took vengeance on their doings.

9 Whakanuia a Ihowa, to tatou Atua, koropiko atu i tona maunga tapu: he tapu hoki a Ihowa, to tatou Atua.

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, and worship at his holy hill. For Jehovah our God is holy.