Waiata 37
1 Na Rawiri. Kaua e mamae ki te hunga kino, kaua e hae ki nga kaimahi i te he.
[A Psalm] of David. Fret not yourself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity.
2 No te mea ka hohoro ratou te kotia, te peratia me te tarutaru, a ka memenga me he otaota hou.
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.
3 Whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowa, mahia te pai; e noho ki te whenua, a e aru i muri i te pono.
Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.
4 Whakaahuareka ki a Ihowa, a ka homai e ia ki a koe ta tou ngakau i hiahia ai.
Delight [yourself] in the Lord; and he shall grant you the requests of your heart.
5 Tukua tou ara ki a Ihowa; whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia, a mana e mahi.
Disclose your way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.
6 Mana hoki e whakaputa tou tika, ano he marama, ou ritenga me te mea ko te ra e tu ana.
And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgement as the noon-day.
7 Okioki ki a Ihowa, tatari marie ki a ia: kei mamae ki te tangata e tere ana i tona ara, ki te tangata e taea ana e ia nga whakaaro kino.
Submit yourself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not yourself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.
8 Kati te riri, whakarerea hoki te arita; kei mamae koe, kei takina kia mahi i te kino.
ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself so as to do evil.
9 No te mea ka hatepea atu te hunga kino: ko te hunga ia e tatari ana ki a Ihowa, ka riro i a ratou te whenua.
For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.
10 Kia potopoto ake nei hoki, a ka kore noa iho te hunga kino: ae ra, ka ata tirohia e koe tona wahi, a kore kau noa iho ia.
And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and you shall seek for his place, and shall not find [it].
11 Na ka riro te whenua i te hunga mahaki; a ka hari ratou i te roa o te ata noho.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight [themselves] in the abundance of peace.
12 E whakangarahu ana te tangata kino mo te tangata tika: pakiri ana ona niho ki a ia.
The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.
13 Ka kata te Ariki ki a ia, no te mea ka kite ia e tata ana tona ra.
But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.
14 Kua unuhia te hoari e te hunga kino, kua piko ta ratou kopere, hei turaki i te ware, i te rawakore, hei kohuru i te hunga e tika ana, i te ara.
Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, [and] to kill the upright in heart.
15 Ka tapoko ta ratou hoari ki o ratou ngakau: a ka whatiia a ratou kopere.
Let their sword enter into their [own] heart, and their bows be broken.
16 Engari te wahi iti a te tangata tika i nga taonga o nga tangata kino tokomaha.
A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.
17 Ka whatiia hoki nga ringa o te hunga kino: u tonu ia i a Ihowa te hunga tika.
For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.
18 E matau ana a Ihowa ki nga ra o te hunga tika: a ka pumau to ratou kainga ake ake.
The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 E kore ratou e whakama i te wa o te he, ka makona ano ratou i nga ra o te hemokai.
They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 Ka ngaro ia te hunga kino, a ka rite nga hoariri o Ihowa ki te momona o te tarutaru: ka mahea atu ratou; ka mahea atu me he paowa.
For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.
21 E tango ana te tangata kino i te taonga tarewa, kahore hoki ana utu: ko te tangata tika ia he aroha tona, he homai.
The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives.
22 Ka riro hoki te whenua i ana e manaaki ai; ka hatepea ano ana e kanga ai.
For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.
23 Ka u i a Ihowa nga hikoinga o te tangata tika; e paingia ana hoki e ia tona ara.
The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.
24 Ahakoa hinga, e kore e tino takoto rawa; ka u hoki ia i te ringa o Ihowa.
When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.
25 He tamariki ahau i mua, a kua koroheke nei, heoi, kahore ahau i kite i te tangata tika e whakarerea ana, i ona uri hoki e pinono taro ana.
I was [once] young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
26 I te ra roa he atawhai tonu tana, he ohaoha: ka manaakitia hoki ona uri.
He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.
27 Whakarerea te kino, mahia te pai, ka noho tonu ai.
Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.
28 E aroha ana hoki a Ihowa ki te ritenga pai: e kore ano e whakarere i tana hunga tapu; e tiakina tonutia ana ratou ake ake; ka hatepea atu ia nga uri o te hunga kino.
For the Lord loves judgement, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
29 Ka riro te whenua i te hunga tika, ka nohoia hoki a reira e ratou ake ake.
But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.
30 He kupu mohio ta te mangai o te tangata tika; he ritenga pai ta tona arero e korero ai.
The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgement.
31 Kei tona ngakau te ture a tona Atua; e kore e paheke tetahi o ona hikoinga.
The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.
32 E tau ana te titiro a te tangata kino ki te tangata tika, a e whai ana kia whakamatea ia.
The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
33 E kore a Ihowa e whakarere i a ia ki tona ringa: e kore ano ia e whakatau he ki a ia ina whakawakia.
But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.
34 Taria a Ihowa, kia mau ki tana ara, a ka whakanuia koe e ia, ka whakawhiwhia hoki ki te whenua: e hatepea atu te hunga kino, ka kite koe.
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, you shall see [it].
35 I kite ahau i te tangata kino e kake ana, e tautorotoro ana me te rakau matomato i tona oneone tupu.
I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.
36 Heoi, pahure noa ake tetahi, a kore kau noa iho; ae, i rapua ia e ahau, a kihai i kitea.
Yet I passed by, and behold! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.
37 Waitohutia te tangata tika, tirohia iho te tangata kore he: no te mea he marie te tukunga iho ki taua tangata.
Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceful man.
38 Tena ko te hunga kino, ka ngaro ngatahi atu ratou: te tukunga iho ki te hunga kino, ka hatepea atu ratou.
But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
39 Na Ihowa ia te whakaoranga o te hunga tika: ko ia to ratou pa kaha i te wa o te he.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction.
40 Ma Ihowa ratou e awhina, ko ia hoki hei tauarai mo ratou: ko ia hei tauarai mo ratou i te hunga kino, ka whakaorangia ratou e ia, mo ratou ka whakawhirinaki ki a ia.
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
