Psalms 44
1 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi, ma nga tama a Koraha. He Makiri. E te Atua, kua rongo o matou taringa, kua korerotia ki a matou e o matou matua, nga mahi i mahia e koe i o ratou ra, i nga ra o mua.
2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
Nau nga tauiwi i pana ki tou ringa, nau ratou i whakato: nau nga iwi i whiu, a whakamararatia ana ratou.
3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
Ehara hoki i te mea, na ta ratou hoari i whiwhi ai ratou ki te whenua, ehara to ratou takakau i te mea i ora ai ratou: engari na tou matau, na tou takakau hoki, na te marama ano o tou mata, he pai hoki nou ki a ratou.
4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
E te Atua, ko koe toku Kingi: whakahaua he whakaora mo Hakapa.
5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
Mau ka turaki ai matou i o matou hoariri; ma tou ingoa ka takahia ai e matou te hunga e whakatika ana ki a matou.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
E kore hoki ahau e whakawhirinaki ki taku kopere: e kore ano taku hoari e whakaora i ahau.
7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
Nau hoki matou i ora ai i o matou hoariri: nau ano i whakama ai te hunga i kino ki a matou.
8 In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
Ko te Atua ta matou e whakamanamana ai i te roa o te ra: ka whakamoemiti ano matou ki tou ingoa ake ake. (Hera)
9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
Otira kua panga nei matou e koe, kua meinga kia whakama: kahore hoki koe kia haere tahi me a matou taua.
10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
Kua meinga matou kia hoki whakamuri mai i te hoariri; kei te pahua ano i etahi ma ratou te hunga e kino ana ki a matou.
11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
Kua hoatu matou e koe, ano he hipi e kainga ana: kua marara ki roto ki nga tauiwi.
12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
E hokona ana e koe tau iwi, a hore he utu: kahore hoki koe e whiwhi rawa i te utu mo ratou.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
E meinga ana matou e koe hei tawainga ma o matou hoa kainga; hei whakahaweatanga, hei whakakatanga mai ma te hunga i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha o matou.
14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
E meinga ana matou e koe hei whakatauki ma nga tauiwi; hei rurutanga matenga ma nga iwi.
15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
Kei mua tonu i ahau toku whakama; kua taupokina ahau e te pawera o toku mata;
16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
I te reo o te kaitawai, o te kaikohukohu; i te hoariri, i te kairapu utu.
17 All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
Kua pa katoa tenei ki a matou; heoi kahore matou i wareware ki a koe, kihai ano i teka ki tau kawenata.
18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
Kahore to matou ngakau i tahuri whakamuri; kihai ano o matou hikoinga i peka ke i tau ara;
19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
I maru ai matou i a koe i te wahi o nga tarakona; a taupoki rawa ki te atarangi o te mate.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
Mehemea kua wareware matou ki te ingoa o to matou Atua, kua totoro ranei o matou ringa ki te atua ke;
21 won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
E kore ranei tenei e ata tirohia e te Atua? E matau ana hoki ia ki nga mea ngaro o te ngakau.
22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
Mou nei hoki matou i patua ai i te ra roa nei: kiia iho matou he hipi e patua ana.
23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
E ara, he aha koe ka moe ai, e te Ariki? Whakatika, kaua matou e panga tonutia.
24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
He aha koe ka huna ai i tou mata? ka wareware ai ki to matou mamae, ki to matou tukinotanga?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
Kua piko nei hoki to matou wairua ki raro ki te puehu; piri rawa to matou kopu ki te whenua.
26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
E ara, hei awhina i a matou; kia mahara ki tou aroha, a hokona matou.
