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.

¹{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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

²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

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

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

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.

⁴We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

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.

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;

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.

⁶That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

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

⁷And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of ùGod, but observe his commandments;

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.

⁸And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with ùGod.

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

⁹The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

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

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

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

¹¹And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

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

¹²In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

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

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

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.

¹⁴And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

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

¹⁵He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

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

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

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

¹⁷Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

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

¹⁸And they tempted ùGod in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

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

¹⁹And they spoke against God: they said, Is ùGod able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

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?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?

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;

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

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

²²Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

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

²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

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

²⁴And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

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

²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.

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

²⁶He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

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

²⁷And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,

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

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:

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

²⁹And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.

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

³⁰They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,

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.

³¹When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

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

³²For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;

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

³³And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

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

³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after ùGod;

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

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

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

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

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

³⁷For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

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.

³⁸But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

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

³⁹And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

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

⁴⁰How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

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

⁴¹And they turned again and tempted ùGod, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.

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

⁴²They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

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

⁴³How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

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

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;

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

⁴⁵He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

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

⁴⁶And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;

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

⁴⁷He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;

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

⁴⁸And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

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

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, -- a mission of angels of woes.

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.

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

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

⁵¹And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

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

⁵²And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

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

⁵³And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.

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

⁵⁴And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

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.

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

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

⁵⁶But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

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

⁵⁷And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

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

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

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

⁵⁹God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

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

⁶⁰And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,

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

⁶¹And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

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

⁶²And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:

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

⁶³The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;

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

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

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

⁶⁵Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;

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

⁶⁶And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

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

⁶⁷And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

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

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

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.

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

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

⁷⁰And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

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.

⁷¹From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

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

⁷²And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.