1For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Kititi. Na Ahapa. Kia kaha te waiata ki te Atua, ki to tatou kaha: kia hari te hamama ki te Atua o Hakopa.
2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
2Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.
3Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
4Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not.
5I whakatakotoria tenei e ia ma Hohepa hei whakaaturanga, i tona haerenga puta noa i te whenua o Ihipa: i rongo ai ahau ki reira i tetahi reo, kahore ahau i matau.
6I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
6I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah
7I karanga koe ki ahau i te pouritanga, a kua ora koe i ahau; i whakahoki kupu ahau ki a koe i te wahi ngaro o te whatitiri; i whakamatau i a koe ki nga wai o Meripa. (Hera.
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
8¶ Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
9There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
9Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
10I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
10Ko Ihowa ahau, ko tou Atua, i arahina mai ai koe i te whenua o Ihipa: kia nui te kowhera o tou mangai, a maku e whakaki.
11But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
11Otiia kihai taku iwi i pai ki te whakarongo ki toku reo: kihai ano a Iharaira i aro ki ahau.
12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
12Na tukua atu ana ratou e ahau ki te maro o o ratou ngakau: a haere ana ratou i runga i o ratou whakaaro.
13Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
13Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
14Penei e kore e aha kua whati i ahau te tara o o ratou hoariri: kua tahuri ano toku ringa ki o ratou hoariri.
15The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
15Ko te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowa kua ngohengohe ki a ia: ko to ratou taima ia kua mau tonu.
16He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
16Kua whangainga hoki ratou e ia ki te witi pai rawa, kua whakamakonatia ano koe e ahau ki te honi i roto i te kohatu.