Waiata 75

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Aratakiti. He himene, he waiata na Ahapa. Ka whakawhetai tonu matou ki a koe, e te Atua; ka whakawhetai tonu matou, kei te tata mai hoki tou ingoa: e korerotia ana e te tangata au mahi whakamiharo.

To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A Melody of Asaph, a Song. We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders.

2 Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.

Surely I will take a set time, —I, with equity, will judge:

3 Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera)

Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. (Selah)

4 I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, Kati ra te whakakake; ki te hunga hara ano, Kaua e whakaarahia te haona.

I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;

5 Kaua to koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga: kati te whakamaro i te kaki ina korero.

Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;

6 No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.

For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation];

7 Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawa; ko tenei e whakaititia iho ana e ia, ko tera e whakaarahia ake ana.

For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;

8 Kei te ringa hoki o Ihowa he kapu, pahuka tonu te waina; ki tonu, whakananu rawa, hei ringihanga mana: ko nga nganga ia, ma te hunga kino katoa o te whenua e tatau, e inu.

For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another, —Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.

9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.

But, I, will exult unto times age-abiding, I will sing praises unto the God of Jacob;

10 A ka kotia e ahau nga haona katoa o te hunga kino: ka whakaarahia ake ia nga haona o te tangata tika.

But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off, —Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.