1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi Nekinoto. He Makiri, na Rawiri. E te Atua, tahuri mai tou taringa ki taku inoi: kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.
1Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau: pokaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei, e hamama nei;
2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3I te reo hoki o te hoariri, i te tukino a te tangata kino: no te mea e utaina ana e ratou he hara ki runga ki ahau, a e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.
3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4Mamae pu toku ngakau i roto i ahau: kua taka ki runga ki ahau nga wehi whakamate.
4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5Kua pa ki ahau te wehi me te wiri: a pokia iho ahau e te whakamataku.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6Na ko taku meatanga, Aue, te whai pakau ahau me he kukupa; penei ka rere atu ahau, a ka whai okiokinga.
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7Katahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti; a noho rawa atu i te koraha. (Hera.
7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8Ka hohoro toku rere atu i te hau, i te awha.
8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9¶ Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehia o ratou arero; kua kitea hoki e ahau te tukino me te tutu o roto o te pa.
9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Haereere ana ratou i te ao, i te po, i runga i ona taiepa, a tawhio noa: he kino kei roto, he hianga.
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11He hara kei waenganui ona: kahore ona ara e mahue i te tinihanga, i te hianga.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12Ehara hoki i te hoariri nana ahau i tawai; penei e taea e ahau te whakaririka: ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai noku i whakakake ki ahau; penei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.
12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13Nau ia, na te tangata i rite ki ahau, na toku takahoa, na taku i mohio ai.
13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14Ahuareka tonu ta taua korerorero; haere tahi ana hoki taua i roto i te ropu ki te whare o te Atua.
14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15Kia mau ohorere ratou i te mate, kia heke ora ki te reinga: he hara hoki kei o ratou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a ratou.
15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16¶ Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua: a ma Ihowa ahau e whakaora.
16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutumarotanga, ka inoi ahau, ka tangi: a ka whakarongo ia ki toku reo.
17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18Whakaorangia ana e ia toku wairua i runga i te rangimarie i ahau e whakaekea ana: he tokomaha hoki oku hoa whawhai.
18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19Ka whakarongo te Atua, no tua iho nei tona nohoanga, a ka whakahoki i ta ratou. (Hera.) Ko te hunga kahore o ratou whakawhitiwhitinga, a kahore o ratou wehi ki te Atua.
19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20Kua totoro ona ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei ta ratou rongo ki a ia; kua whakataka e ia tana kawenata.
20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21Maeneene atu tona mangai i te pata, he whawhai ia kei roto i tona ngakau: ngawari atu ana kupu i te hinu, kahore, he hoari kua oti te unu.
21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22Maka ki runga ki a Ihowa tau pikaunga, a mana koe e whakau ake: e kore e tukua e ia te hunga tika kia whakangaueuetia ake ake.
22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23Mau ia ratou e mea, e te Atua, kia heke ki te poka o te pirau: e kore nga tangata toto, nga tangata hianga e tutuki ki te hawhe o o ratou ra; ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.
23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.