Waiata 69

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Hohanimi. Na Rawiri. Whakaorangia ahau e te Atua, ka tae mai hoki nga wai ki roto ki toku wairua.

For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hohonu, ki te wahi kahore nei he tunga: kua tae ahau ki nga wai hohonu, ngaro iho ahau i nga waipuke.

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

3 Kua ruwha ahau i taku tangi; kua maroke toku korokoro: pakoko kau oku kanohi i ahau e tatari nei ki toku Atua.

I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

4 Tini ke i nga makawe o toku matenga te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau: he kaha rawa te hunga e mauahara noa ana ki ahau, e mea nei kia whakamatea ahau; utua ana e ahau i reira nga mea kihai i tangohia e ahau.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.

5 E te Atua, e matau ana koe ki toku kuware; kahore hoki oku he e ngaro i a koe.

O God, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you.

6 E te Ariki, e Ihowa o nga mano kaua te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e whakama i ahau: e te Atua o Iharaira, kei numinumi kau i ahau te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.

Let not them that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

7 Mou hoki ahau i waiho ai hei tawainga: ngaro iho toku mata i te whakama.

For I have suffered reproach for your sake; shame has covered my face.

8 He tangata ke ahau ki oku hoa ake: hei tautangata ki nga tama a toku whaea.

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

9 Ka pau hoki ahau i te aroha ki tou whare: kua tau ano ki ahau nga tawai a te hunga e tawai ana ki a koe.

For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.

10 I ahau i tangi, i whakatiki hei whiu i toku wairua, ka waiho tena hei tawainga moku.

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

11 I kakahu hoki ahau i te kakahu taratara moku, a i waiho hei whakatauki ma ratou.

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

12 Kei te korero kino moku te hunga e noho ana i te kuwaha: waiatatia ana ahau e te hunga haurangi waina.

They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

13 Ko ahau ia, ki a koe taku inoi, e Ihowa, i te wa e manakohia ai: whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e te Atua, i runga i te nui o tou aroha, o te pono o tau whakaoranga.

But I [will cry] to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.

14 Whakaorangia ahau i roto i te oru, kei toremi: kia ora ahau i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, i nga wai hohonu ano hoki.

Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

15 Kei ngaro ahau i te waipuke, kei horomia e te rire; kei kopia ano te waha o te poka ki runga ki ahau.

Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

16 E Ihowa whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau; he pai hoki tou atawhai: tahuri mai ki ahau, kia rite ki te nui o au arohatanga.

Hear me, O Lord; for your mercy is good: according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me.

17 A kaua e huna tou mata ki tau pononga; e pouri ana hoki ahau: hohoro te whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.

And turn not away your face from your servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

18 Whakatata mai ki toku wairua, hokona: whakaorangia ahau, e mahi nei oku hoariri.

Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

19 E matau ana koe ki toku tawainga, ki toku whakama, ki toku numinumi: kei tou aroaro oku hoariri katoa.

For you know my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before you.

20 Maru noa toku ngakau i te tawai; a ki tonu ahau i te pouri: i titiro ahau ki tetahi hei aroha mai, a kore ake; ki etahi hei whakamarie, a kihai i kitea.

My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

21 I homai he au hei kai maku: i toku matewaitanga ano i whakainumia ahau ki te winika.

They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

22 Kia meinga ta ratou tepu i to ratou aroaro hei mahanga; hei rore hoki i to ratou wa rangimarie.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.

23 Kia whakapouritia o ratou kanohi, kei kite ratou: kia wiri tonu hoki o ratou hope.

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

24 Ringihia atu tou riri ki runga ki a ratou, kia mau hoki ratou i tou arita, i tou weriweri.

Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on them.

25 Kia ururuatia to ratou nohoanga: kaua tetahi e noho ki o ratou teneti.

Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:

26 Mo ratou i tukino i te tangata i whiua nei e koe; a korerotia ana e ratou te pouri o te hunga i werohia e koe.

Because they persecuted him whom you have struck; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Tapiritia he kino ki runga ki to ratou kino; kaua hoki ratou e tukua kia tomo ki tou tika.

Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your righteousness.

28 Kia murua atu ratou i te pukapuka o te ora, kaua ano e tuhituhia ki roto ki te hunga tika.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.

29 Ko ahau ia, he rawakore, he pouri; kia whakateiteitia ake ahau, e te Atua, e tau whakaoranga.

I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of your countenance has helped me.

30 Ka whakamoemiti taku waiata ki te ingoa o te Atua, ka whakanui ano taku whakawhetai i a ia.

I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;

31 Pai rawa tenei ki a Ihowa i te puru i te kau, i te mea whai haona, whai maikuku.

and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.

32 Kua kite te hunga mahaki, kua hari: ka ora ano o koutou ngakau, e te hunga e rapu nei i te Atua.

Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and you shall live.

33 No te mea ka rongo a Ihowa ki nga rawakore, e kore ano e whakahawea ki ana herehere.

For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones.

34 Kia whakamoemiti te rangi me te whenua ki a ia, nga moana, me nga mea katoa e tere ana i roto.

Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.

35 No te mea tera e whakaorangia e te Atua a Hiona, ka hanga ano e ia nga pa o Hura; a ka noho ratou ki reira, ka riro hoki a reira i a ratou.

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

36 A ka nohoia a reira e nga uri o ana pononga: hei kainga tupu ano a reira mo te hunga e aroha ana ki tona ingoa.

And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.