Psalms 81
1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Kititi. Na Ahapa. Kia kaha te waiata ki te Atua, ki to tatou kaha: kia hari te hamama ki te Atua o Hakopa.
2 Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
5 He appointed it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language that I knew not.
I whakatakotoria tenei e ia ma Hohepa hei whakaaturanga, i tona haerenga puta noa i te whenua o Ihipa: i rongo ai ahau ki reira i tetahi reo, kahore ahau i matau.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.
I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
I karanga koe ki ahau i te pouritanga, a kua ora koe i ahau; i whakahoki kupu ahau ki a koe i te wahi ngaro o te whatitiri; i whakamatau i a koe ki nga wai o Meripa. (Hera)
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Ko Ihowa ahau, ko tou Atua, i arahina mai ai koe i te whenua o Ihipa: kia nui te kowhera o tou mangai, a maku e whakaki.
11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Otiia kihai taku iwi i pai ki te whakarongo ki toku reo: kihai ano a Iharaira i aro ki ahau.
12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
Na tukua atu ana ratou e ahau ki te maro o o ratou ngakau: a haere ana ratou i runga i o ratou whakaaro.
13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
14 I should soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
Penei e kore e aha kua whati i ahau te tara o o ratou hoariri: kua tahuri ano toku ringa ki o ratou hoariri.
15 The haters of the LORD should submit themselves unto him: but their time should endure for ever.
Ko te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowa kua ngohengohe ki a ia: ko to ratou taima ia kua mau tonu.
16 He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee.
Kua whangainga hoki ratou e ia ki te witi pai rawa, kua whakamakonatia ano koe e ahau ki te honi i roto i te kohatu.
