Waiata 51
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri, i te taenga o Natana poropiti ki a ia, mo tona haerenga ki a Patehepa. Tohungia ahau, e te Atua, kia rite ki tou atawhai: kia rite ki tou aroha nui te murunga o oku he.
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
2 Horoia rawatia toku kino: kia ma hoki toku hara.
Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.
3 E whaki ana hoki ahau i aku mahi tutu: kei toku aroaro tonu toku hara.
For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
4 He hara ki a koe, ki a koe anake, toku; i meatia ano tenei he ki tou aroaro; kia tika ai koe i tau korerotanga, kia ma ai hoki ina whakawa.
Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.
5 Na i whakaahuatia ahau i roto i te kino, i runga ano i te hara toku whakahaputanga ki roto ki toku whaea.
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
6 Na ko tau e matenui ai ko te pono i nga wahi o roto, a ka whakaakona oku wahi ngaro e koe ki te whakaaro nui.
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
7 Purea ahau ki te hihopa, a ka ma ahau; horoia ahau, a ka ma ke atu i te hukarere.
Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.
8 Meinga kia rongo ahau i te hari, i te koa, a ka whakamanamana nga iwi i whatiia nei e koe.
Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
9 Huna tou mata ki oku hara; a murua katoatia oku kino.
Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.
10 Hanga, e te Atua, he ngakau ma ki roto ki ahau: whakahoutia hoki ki roto ki ahau he wairua tika.
Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
11 Kaua ahau e maka i tou aroaro; kaua hoki tou wairua tapu e tangohia i ahau.
Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.
12 Whakahokia mai ki ahau te hari o tau whakaoranga: tautokona hoki ahau ki te wairua kakama.
Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
13 Ko reira ahau whakaako ai i au ara ki te hunga tutu; a ka tahuri te hunga hara ki a koe.
Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.
14 Whakaorangia ahau i te hara toto, e te Atua, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, a ka waiatatia au mahi tika e toku arero.
Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.
15 Whakatuwheratia oku ngutu, e te Ariki; a ka puaki i toku mangai te whakamoemiti ki a koe.
O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.
16 Kahore nei hoki koe e aro ki te patunga tapu; penei kua hoatu e ahau: kahore koe e ahuareka ki te tahunga tinana.
You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.
17 Ko nga patunga tapu ma te Atua he wairua maru: e kore koe e whakahawea e te Atua, ki te ngakau maru, ki te ngakau iro.
The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.
18 Kia pai koe ki te atawhai i Hiona: hanga nga taiepa o Hiruharama.
Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Ko reira koe pai ai ki nga patunga tapu o te tika, ki nga tahunga tinana, he mea whakaeke katoa: ko reira ratou whakaeke ai i nga puru ki runga ki tou aata.
Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.
