1¶ He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata Reanoto. He Makiri na Hemana Eterahi. E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.
1Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
2Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi.
2Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
3Kua ki hoki toku wairua i te pouri, a e whakatata ana toku ora ki te reinga.
3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .
4Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; e rite ana ahau ki te tangata kahore ona awhina!
4I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
5I maka ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, kahore nei e maharatia e koe i muri; he mea momotu ke ratou na tou ringa.
5set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
6Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
6You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera.
7Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
8Kua whakamataratia atu e koe oku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau: kua meinga ahau e koe hei mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua uakina mai ahau, a kahore e puta ki waho.
8You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
9Kua he toku kanohi i te tangihanga: e karanga ana ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i nga ra katoa, kua totoro hoki oku ringa ki a koe.
9My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
10¶ Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? E ara koia te hunga kua mate ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe? (Hera.
10Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.
11Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?
11Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
12E matauria koia au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? tou tika i te whenua o te warewaretanga?
12Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.
13But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
14He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?
14Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
15No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i whakahemohemo ai: i ahau e pehia ana e au whakawehi, ka pororaru noa iho.
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
16I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.
16Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
17Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.
17They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
18Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.
18You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.