1 K o ahau te tangata kua kite i te pouri, he mea na te rakau o tona riri.

¶ Aleph I am a man that sees affliction in the rod of his wrath.

2 I arahina e ia, i meinga kia haere i te pouri, kahore i te marama.

Aleph He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

3 H e pono kua tahuri mai ia ki ahau, kua anga mai tona ringa ki ahau, a pau noa te ra.

Aleph Surely he is turned against me; he turns his hand against me all the day.

4 K ua meinga nei e ia oku kikokiko me toku kiri kia rite ki o te koroheke, mangungu kau i a ia oku wheua.

Beth My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.

5 K ua hanga e ia he patu moku; karapotia ana ahau ki te wai kawa, ki te raruraru.

Beth He has built against me and compassed me with gall and travail.

6 K ua meinga ahau e ia kia noho ki nga wahi pouri, kia pera me te hunga kua mate noa ake.

Beth He has set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

7 K ua oti ahau te taiepa mai e ia, te puta atu ahau; kua meinga e ia toku mekameka kia taimaha.

Gimel He has hedged me about that I cannot get out; he has made my chain heavy.

8 A e ra, i ahau e karanga ana, e hamama ana kia awhinatia, ka araia mai e ia taku inoi.

Gimel Even when I cried and shouted, he shut out my prayer.

9 K ua oti ano oku ara te taiepa mai e ia ki te kohatu tarai, whakakopikopikoa ake e ia oku ara.

Gimel He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.

10 K o tona rite ki ahau kei te pea e whanga ana, kei te raiona i nga wahi ngaro.

Daleth He was unto me as a bear lying in wait and as a lion in secret places.

11 W hakangaua ketia ana e ia oku ara, haehaea putia iho ahau; meinga ana ahau e ia kia noho kau noa iho.

Daleth He has made my ways crooked and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

12 K ua whakapikoa e ia tana kopere, a whakaturia ake ahau e ia hei koperenga pere.

Daleth He has bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.

13 K ua meinga e ia nga pere o tana papa pere kia ngoto ki oku whatumanawa.

He He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

14 K ua waiho ahau hei katanga ma toku iwi katoa; hei waiata ma ratou a pau noa te ra.

He I was a derision to all my people and their song every day.

15 K ua whakakiia ahau e ia ki nga mea kawa, whakainumia rawatia ana ahau e ia ki te taru kawa.

He He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunk with wormwood.

16 K ua whatiwhatiia ano hoki e ia oku niho ki te kirikiri, hipokina ana ahau e ia ki te pungarehu.

Vau He has broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.

17 K ua nekehia atu e koe toku wairua kei tata ki te rangimarie; i wareware ahau ki te pai.

Vau My soul removed itself far from peace; I forgot about good.

18 K i tonu ake ahau, kua pirau toku kaha, kahore he tumanakohanga maku ki a Ihowa.

Vau And I said, My strength and my hope of the LORD is perished.

19 M ahara ki toku ngakau mamae, ki toku pouri, ki te taru kawa, ki te wai kawa.

Zain Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

20 M aharahara tonu toku wairua ki a ratou, piko tonu iho i roto i ahau.

Zain My soul shall have them still in remembrance because it is humbled in me.

21 E whakahokia ake ana tenei e ahau ki toku ngakau, koia i tumanako ai ahau.

¶ Zain This shall go down into my heart; therefore I shall wait.

22 H e mahi tohu na Ihowa te poto ai tatou, he kore no ana mahi aroha e mutu.

Chet It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed because his mercies never diminish.

23 E hou tonu ana ratou i tenei ata, i tenei ata; he nui tou pono.

Chet They are new every morning; great is thy faith.

24 K o Ihowa te wahi moku, e ai ta toku wairua; no reira ka tumanako ahau ki a ia.

Chet The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore I will wait for him.

25 H e pai a Ihowa ki te hunga e tumanako ana ki a ia, ki te wairua e rapu ana i a ia.

Teth The LORD is good unto those that wait in him, to the soul that seeks him.

26 H e pai ano kia tumanako te tangata, kia tatari marie hoki ki ta Ihowa whakaora.

Teth It is good to wait quietly in the salvation of the LORD.

27 H e pai ano mo te tangata kia amohia e ia te ioka i tona tamarikitanga.

Teth It is good for the man if he bears the yoke from his youth.

28 M e noho ia, tona kotahi, me whakarongo puku hoki, no te mea nana i uta ki a ia.

Jod He shall sit alone and keep silence because he has borne it upon him.

29 M e tuku e ia tona mangai ki te puehu; mehemea pea tera he tumanakohanga.

Jod He shall put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

30 M e hoatu e ia tona paparinga ki te tangata e papaki ana i a ia: kia ki tonu ia i te tawai.

Jod He shall turn his cheek unto him that smites him; he shall be filled with reproach.

31 E kore hoki e mau tonu ta Ihowa panga:

Caph For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

32 A hakoa whakapouri ia, ka aroha ano ia, ka rite ki te nui o tana mahi tohu.

Caph But though he causes grief, yet he will also have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

33 K ahore hoki ona ngakau whiu, whakapouri ranei, i nga tama a te tangata.

Caph For he does not afflict nor grieve the sons of men from his heart.

34 K o te kuru i nga herehere katoa o te whenua ki raro i ona waewae;

Lamed To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

35 K o te whakapeau ke i te tika o te tangata ina whakawakia i te aroaro o te Runga Rawa;

Lamed To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

36 K o te whakariro ke i ta te tangata ina totohe, e kore tena e whakapaingia e te Ariki.

Lamed To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

37 K o wai tenei hei ki mai, a ka oti, i te mea kihai i whakahaua e te Ariki?

¶ Mem Who shall he be that saith that something comes which the Lord has not sent?

38 H e teka ianei e puta mai ana te kino me te pai i roto i te mangai o te Runga Rawa?

Mem Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?

39 H e aha te tangata ora i amuamu ai, te tangata ina whiua mo ona hara?

Mem Why does the living man have pain, the man in his sins?

40 E rapu tatou, e kimi i o tatou ara, a ka tahuri ano ki a Ihowa.

Nun Let us search out our ways, and seek, and turn again to the LORD.

41 K ia ara atu o tatou ngakau me o tatou ringa ki te Atua i te rangi.

Nun Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

42 I he matou, i whakakeke; kihai ano koe i muru i to matou he.

¶ Nun We have rebelled and been disloyal; therefore thou hast not forgiven.

43 K ua hipokina nei e koe ki te riri, tukinotia ana matou e koe: tukitukia ana e koe, kihai ano i tohungia e koe.

Samech Thou hast unfurled anger and persecuted us; thou hast slain, thou hast not forgiven.

44 H ipokina ana e koe he kapua ki a koe, kei puta atu ta matou inoi.

Samech Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud that our prayer should not pass through.

45 K ua meinga matou e koe hei paru tahinga, hei mea akiri i waenga i nga iwi.

Samech Thou hast made us as the offscouring and abomination in the midst of the peoples.

46 K ua hamama mai nga mangai o o matou hoariri katoa ki a matou.

Pe All our enemies have opened their mouths upon us.

47 K o te wehi, ko te rua, kua tae mai kei a matou, te whakamoti me te wawahi.

Pe Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

48 K ei te tarere nei nga awa wai i toku kanohi, mo te wawahanga o te tamahine a toku iwi.

Pe My eyes stream with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 M aturuturu ana te wai i toku kanohi, kahore hoki e mutu, te ai he pariratanga,

Ain My eyes run down, and cease not, for there is no relief,

50 K ia titiro mai ra ano a Ihowa, kia kite mai ra ano ia i runga i te rangi.

Ain Until the LORD looks down, and beholds from the heavens.

51 E meatia iho ana toku ngakau e toku kanohi, mo nga tamahine katoa o toku pa.

Ain My eyes make my soul sad because of all the daughters of my city.

52 K ua whaia kinotia ahau ano he manu e ratou, e te hunga e hoariri ana ki ahau, kahore he take.

Tzaddi My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

53 N garo iho i a ratou toku ara i roto i te poka, kua maka e ratou he kohatu ki runga ki ahau.

Tzaddi They bound up my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

54 I rere nga wai i runga i toku mahunga: i mea ahau, kua motuhia ketia ahau.

Tzaddi Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am dead.

55 I karanga ahau ki tou ingoa, e Ihowa, i roto i te poka i raro rawa.

¶ Koph I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

56 I rongo koe ki toku reo; kaua e huna tou taringa ki te tanga o toku manawa, ki taku karanga.

Koph Thou hast heard my voice; do not hide thine ear at my cry that I might breath.

57 I whakatata mai koe i te ra i karanga ai ahau ki a koe; i ki mai koe, Kaua e wehi.

Koph Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou didst say, Fear not.

58 K ua tohea e koe, e te Ariki, nga tohe a toku wairua; kua hokona e koe toku ora.

Resh O Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

59 K ua kite koe, e Ihowa, i te he i mahia ki ahau: mau e whakarite taku whakawa.

Resh O LORD, thou hast seen where I was wrong; plead thou my cause.

60 K ua kite koe i to ratou mauahara katoa, i o ratou whakaaro katoa moku.

Resh Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

61 K ua rongo koe ki ta ratou tawai, e Ihowa, ki o ratou whakaaro katoa moku;

Schin Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

62 K i nga ngutu o te hunga i whakatika mai ki ahau, ki ta ratou tikanga moku, a pau noa te ra.

Schin The words of those that rose up against me, and their design against me all the day.

63 T irohia mai to ratou nohoanga iho, to ratou whakatikanga ake; ko ahau te waiatatia nei e ratou.

Schin Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.

64 H oatu he utu ki a ratou, e Ihowa, kia rite ki te mahi a o ratou ringa.

Tau Render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

65 H oatu ki a ratou he ngakau pakeke, tau kanga ki a ratou.

Tau Give them sorrow of heart; thy curse unto them.

66 W haia ratou i runga i te riri, whakangaromia atu ratou i raro i nga rangi o Ihowa.

Tau Persecute them in thy anger and cut them off from under the heavens, oh LORD.