Waiata 53

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata. He Makiri, na Rawiri. Kua ki te wairangi i roto i tona ngakau, Kahore he Atua. Kua pirau ratou, he kino whakahouhou ta ratou mahi; kahore tetahi e mahi ana i te pai.

To the choirmaster on Mahalath a poem of David. He says a fool in heart his there not [is] a god they act corruptly and they act abominably unrighteousness there not [is one who] does good.

2 I titiro iho te Atua i te rangi ki nga tama a te tangata, kia kite me kahore tetahi e mahara ana, e rapu ana i te Atua.

God from heaven he looks down on [the] children of humankind to see ¿ [is] there [one who] acts prudently [one who] seeks God.

3 Kua hoki ki muri ratou katoa, kua pirau tahi: kahore tetahi e mahi ana i te pai, kahore kia kotahi.

All of it he turns back together they are corrupt there not [is one who] does good there not also [is] one.

4 E kore ranei e mohio nga kaimahi i te kino? e kai nei i toku iwi, me te mea e kai taro ana; a kahore e karanga ki te Atua.

¿ Not do they know [those who] do wickedness [those who] devour people my they eat bread God not they call on.

5 Wehi noa iho ratou i reira, i te wahi kahore he wehi, no te mea kua titaria e te Atua nga wheua o te tangata i whakapaea ai koe: kua whakama ratou i a koe; no te mea kua whakahaweatia ratou e te Atua

There - they feared a fear [which] not it was fear for God he has scattered [the] bones of [one who] encamped against you you have put [them] to shame for God he has rejected them.

6 Aue, me i puta mai te whakaoranga o Iharaira i Hiona! Kia whakahokia mai e te Atua tana iwi i te whakarau, ka whakamanamana a Hakopa, ka hari a Iharaira.

Who? will he give [will be] from Zion [the] salvation of Israel when turns back God [the] captivity of people his let it be glad Jacob let it rejoice Israel.