¹Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹¶ He Makiri na Ahapa. Kia anga mai te taringa, e toku iwi, ki taku ture: tahuri mai o koutou taringa ki nga kupu a toku mangai.

²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

²Ka puaki te kupu whakarite i toku mangai, ka korerotia e ahau nga mea ngaro onamata:

³Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

³I rongo nei, i matau nei tatou, i korero ai hoki o tatou matua ki a tatou.

⁴We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

⁴E kore e huna e matou i a ratou tamariki: me whakaatu ki to muri whakatupuranga nga whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa, me tona kaha, me ana mahi whakamiharo i mea ai ia.

⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

⁵Kua pumau hoki i a ia he whakaaturanga i roto i a Hakopa, kua takoto he ture i roto i a Iharaira: a whakahaua mai ana e ia o tatou tupuna, kia whakaakona ki a ratou tamariki.

⁶That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,

⁶Kia matauria ai e to muri whakatupuranga, e nga tamariki e whanau, e ara ake a mua: mo ta ratou whakaatu ki a ratou tamariki.

⁷That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

⁷Kia u ai ta ratou tumanako ki te Atua, kei wareware hoki ki nga mahi a te Atua: engari kia mau ki ana whakahau.

⁸And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

⁸Kei rite hoki ki o ratou tupuna, ki te whakatupuranga whakakeke, tutu, ki te whakatupuranga kihai nei i whakatikatika i to ratou ngakau, kihai hoki i u to ratou wairua ki te Atua.

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

⁹¶ He hunga mau patu nga tama a Eparaima, he hunga hapai kopere, heoi tahuri ana ratou i te ra o te tatauranga.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

¹⁰Kihai i puritia e ratou te kawenata a te Atua; kihai ano i pai ki te haere i tana ture;

¹¹And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

¹¹Heoi, kua wareware ki ana mahi, me ana mea whakamiharo i whakakitea e ia ki a ratou.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹²He mea whakamiharo ana mahi i te aroaro o o ratou tupuna, i te whenua o Ihipa, i te parae o Toana.

¹³He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

¹³Tapahia ana e ia te moana, a meinga ana ratou kia whiti: tu ake i a ia nga wai ano he puranga.

¹⁴In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁴He mea arahi ratou e ia i te awatea ki te kapua: i te roa hoki o te po ki te marama o te ahi.

¹⁵He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

¹⁵I wahia e ia nga kohatu i te koraha; a me te mea no nga rire nui tana wai hei inu ma ratou.

¹⁶He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁶Puta mai ana i a ia he awa i roto i te kamaka: meinga ana nga wai kia heke, ano he waipuke.

¹⁷Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁷Heoi ka hara ano ratou ki a ia: whakatoi ana ki te Runga Rawa i te koraha.

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

¹⁸Na kei te whakamatautau to ratou ngakau i te Atua, kei te inoi kai ma to ratou hiahia.

¹⁹Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹I korero kino ano ratou ki te Atua, i mea; E ahei ranei i te Atua te taka he tepu ki te koraha?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

²⁰Nana, ko tana patunga i te kohatu, ka pakaru mai te wai, a puke ana nga awa: e taea ano ranei e ia te homai taro, e pae ranei i a ia he kikokiko ma tana iwi?

²¹Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

²¹Na ko te rongonga o Ihowa, na ka riri: a toro ana te kapura ki a Hakopa, puta ake ana te riri ki a Iharaira;

²²Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

²²Mo ratou kihai i whakapono ki te Atua, kihai ano i whakawhirinaki ki tana whakaoranga.

²³Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

²³Nana nei hoki i whakahau nga kapua i runga, i whakatuwhera nga tatau o te rangi.

²⁴And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

²⁴A whakauaina iho te mana ki runga ki a ratou hei kai; homai ana hoki e ia te witi o te rangi ma ratou.

²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

²⁵Kai ana te tangata i ta te anahera kai: i tukua e ia he kai ma ratou, a makona noa.

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

²⁶I whakaohokia e ia te marangai i te rangi: i takina ano te tonga e tona kaha.

²⁷He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

²⁷A whakauaina iho e ia te kikokiko ki a ratou ano he puehu; he manu whai pakau ano he one no te moana.

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

²⁸A whakangahorotia iho e ia ki waenganui i to ratou puni: ki o ratou nohoanga a tawhio noa.

²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

²⁹Na kai ana ratou, tino makona; i tukua hoki e ia ki a ratou ta ratou i hiahia ai:

³⁰They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

³⁰Kihai ratou i ngaruru ki ta ratou i hiahia ai; a i roto tonu ta ratou kai i o ratou mangai,

³¹When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

³¹Na ka pa te riri o te Atua ki a ratou, a patua iho e ia te hunga tetere o ratou; piko ana i a ia nga taitamariki o Iharaira.

³²For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

³²Ahakoa pa katoa tenei, i hara ano ratou, kihai ano i whakapono ki ana mahi whakamiharo.

³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

³³I whakapaua ai e ia o ratou ra ki te horihori, o ratou tau ki te potatutatu.

³⁴When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁴Ka patua ratou e ia, na, ka rapu ratou i a ia, a ka hoki, ka ui wawe ki te Atua.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

³⁵Ka mahara hoki ko te Atua to ratou kohatu, ko te Atua, ko te Runga Rawa, to ratou kaihoko.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

³⁶Otiia kei te patipati o ratou mangai ki a ia, a teka ana o ratou arero ki a ia.

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

³⁷Kihai hoki to ratou ngakau i tika ki a ia; kihai ano ratou i u ki tana kawenata.

³⁸But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁸Ko tana ia, he aroha; hipokina ana e ia te he, kihai ano i whakangaro: ae ra, he maha ana whakahokinga iho i tona riri, a kihai i oho katoa tona riri.

³⁹And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

³⁹I mahara hoki ia he kikokiko nei ratou: he hau e pahure atu ana, a e kore e hoki mai.

⁴⁰How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

⁴⁰¶ Ano te tini o a ratou whakatoinga i a ia i te koraha, o a ratou whakapouritanga i a ia i te tahora!

⁴¹And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴¹Hoki whakamuri ana ratou, whakamatautau ana i te Atua: whakatoia ana e ratou te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.

⁴²They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴²Kihai ratou i mahara ki tona ringa, ki te ra i whakaorangia ai ratou e ia i te hoariri;

⁴³How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴³Ki tana meatanga i ana tohu ki Ihipa, i ana merekara ki te parae o Toana;

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁴I puta ke ai i a ia o ratou awa hei toto, me o ratou manga wai, te inu ai ratou.

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁵I tonoa ai e ia he huihuinga namu ki a ratou, a pau iho ratou; he poroka, i huna ai ratou.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

⁴⁶A hoatu ana e ia o ratou hua ki te moka; me to ratou mauiui ki te mawhitiwhiti.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

⁴⁷Whakamatea ana e ia a ratou waina ki te whatu, a ratou rakau hikamora ki te haupapa.

⁴⁸He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁸Tukua ana e ia a ratou kararehe ma te whatu, a ratou kahui ma nga uira.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.

⁴⁹I tukua whakareretia e ia ki a ratou tona riri, aritarita, weriweri, me te raruraru; he whakaeke na nga anahera kino.

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,

⁵⁰A whakatikaia ana e ia he ara mo tona riri; kihai i tohungia to ratou wairua kei mate: otiia tukua ana e ia to ratou ora ki te mate uruta.

⁵¹And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

⁵¹Na patua iho e ia nga matamua i Ihipa, te muanga o to ratou kaha i nga teneti o Hama.

⁵²But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵²Otira arahina ana e ia ana ake tangata ano he hipi; whakahaerea ana ratou e ia i te koraha ano he kahui.

⁵³And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵³Na ka arahina marietia ratou e ia, te wehi ratou: ko o ratou hoariri ia taupokina iho e te moana.

⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

⁵⁴Na ka kawea ratou e ia ki te rohe o tona wahi tapu, ki tenei maunga, i hokona nei e tona matau.

⁵⁵He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁵Peia ana e ia nga tauiwi i to ratou aroaro: a wehea ana e ia he kainga mo ratou ki te aho, whakanohoia iho nga hapu o Iharaira ki o ratou teneti.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

⁵⁶Heoi ka whakamatauria, ka whakatoia e ratou te Atua, te Runga Rawa; kihai hoki i mau ki ana whakaaturanga;

⁵⁷But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁷A hoki whakamuri ana, mahi hianga ana, pera ana me o ratou matua: parori ke ana ratou, he pera me te kopere tinihanga.

⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁸Na ko o ratou wahi tiketike hei whakapataritari i a ia; ko o ratou whakapakoko hei mea i a ia kia hae.

⁵⁹When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁵⁹I te rongonga o te Atua, ka riri, ka tino whakarihariha hoki ki a Iharaira.

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

⁶⁰A mahue ake i a ia te tapenakara a Hiro, te teneti i whakaturia e ia ki waenganui i nga tangata;

⁶¹And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.

⁶¹A tukua ana e ia tona kaha hei whakarau, tona kororia ki te ringa o te hoariri.

⁶²He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶²I tukua atu ano e ia tana iwi ma te hoari; a i riri ki tona kainga tupu.

⁶³Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

⁶³Pau ake a ratou taitama i te ahi; kihai ano a ratou kotiro i marenatia.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁴I hinga o ratou tohunga i te hoari; kihai hoki i tangi a ratou pouaru.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁵Na ka maranga te Ariki ano ko tetahi i te moe, me te tangata kaha e hamama ana i te waina.

⁶⁶And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁶A patua iho e ia a muri o ona hoariri, meinga ana ratou e ia hei taunutanga mo ake tonu atu.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁷I whakakahore ano ia ki te teneti a Hohepa: a kihai i whiriwhiri i te hapu o Eparaima;

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁸Heoi ko te hapu o Hura tana i whiriwhiri ai, ko Maunga Hiona tana i aroha ai.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁶⁹A whakaturia ana e ia tona wahi tapu kia pera me nga wahi teitei; me te whenua i whakapumautia e ia mo ake tonu atu.

⁷⁰He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷⁰I whiriwhiria ano e ia a Rawiri, tana pononga: he mea tango nana i nga kainga hipi:

⁷¹From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷¹Mauria ana mai e ia i te whai i nga hipi whaereere, hei whangai i a Hakopa, i tana iwi, i a Iharaira hoki, i tona kainga tupu.

⁷²So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

⁷²A rite tonu ki te tapatahi o tona ngakau tana whangai i a ratou: he arahi mohio hoki ta tona ringa i a ratou.