1 Hear my teaching, my people.

Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable.

I will utter dark sayings of old,

3 which we have heard and known,

and our fathers have told us.

4 We will not hide them from their children,

telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh,

his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

5 For he established a covenant in Jacob,

and appointed a teaching in Israel,

which he commanded our fathers,

that they should make them known to their children;

6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born;

who should arise and tell their children,

7 that they might set their hope in God,

and not forget God’s deeds,

but keep his commandments,

8 and might not be as their fathers—

a stubborn and rebellious generation,

a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal,

whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,

turned back in the day of battle.

10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant,

and refused to walk in his law.

11 They forgot his doings,

his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.

12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers,

in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through.

He made the waters stand as a heap.

14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud,

and all night with a light of fire.

15 He split rocks in the wilderness,

and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

16 He brought streams also out of the rock,

and caused waters to run down like rivers.

17 Yet they still went on to sin against him,

to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

18 They tempted God in their heart

by asking food according to their desire.

19 Yes, they spoke against God.

They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out,

and streams overflowed.

Can he give bread also?

Will he provide meat for his people?"

21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry.

A fire was kindled against Jacob,

anger also went up against Israel,

22 because they didn’t believe in God,

and didn’t trust in his salvation.

23 Yet he commanded the skies above,

and opened the doors of heaven.

24 He rained down manna on them to eat,

and gave them food from the sky.

25 Man ate the bread of angels.

He sent them food to the full.

26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky.

By his power he guided the south wind.

27 He also rained meat on them as the dust,

winged birds as the sand of the seas.

28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp,

around their habitations.

29 So they ate, and were well filled.

He gave them their own desire.

30 They didn’t turn from their cravings.

Their food was yet in their mouths,

31 when the anger of God went up against them,

killed some of their strongest,

and struck down the young men of Israel.

32 For all this they still sinned,

and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity,

and their years in terror.

34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him.

They returned and sought God earnestly.

35 They remembered that God was their rock,

the Most High God, their redeemer.

36 But they flattered him with their mouth,

and lied to him with their tongue.

37 For their heart was not right with him,

neither were they faithful in his covenant.

38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them.

Yes, many times he turned his anger away,

and didn’t stir up all his wrath.

39 He remembered that they were but flesh,

a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,

and grieved him in the desert!

41 They turned again and tempted God,

and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

42 They didn’t remember his hand,

nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

43 how he set his signs in Egypt,

his wonders in the field of Zoan,

44 he turned their rivers into blood,

and their streams, so that they could not drink.

45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them;

and frogs, which destroyed them.

46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar,

and their labor to the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail,

their sycamore fig trees with frost.

48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail,

and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger,

wrath, indignation, and trouble,

and a band of angels of evil.

50 He made a path for his anger.

He didn’t spare their soul from death,

but gave their life over to the pestilence,

51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt,

the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

52 But he led out his own people like sheep,

and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid,

but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary,

to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

55 He also drove out the nations before them,

allotted them for an inheritance by line,

and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,

and didn’t keep his testimonies,

57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.

They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,

and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

59 When God heard this, he was angry,

and greatly abhorred Israel,

60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh,

the tent which he placed among men,

61 and delivered his strength into captivity,

his glory into the adversary’s hand.

62 He also gave his people over to the sword,

and was angry with his inheritance.

63 Fire devoured their young men.

Their virgins had no wedding song.

64 Their priests fell by the sword,

and their widows couldn’t weep.

65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep,

like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

66 He struck his adversaries backward.

He put them to a perpetual reproach.

67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph,

and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

68 But chose the tribe of Judah,

Mount Zion which he loved.

69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,

like the earth which he has established forever.

70 He also chose David his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds;

71 from following the ewes that have their young,

he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people,

and Israel, his inheritance.

72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart,

and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

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.

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

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

4 E 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.

5 Kua 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.

6 Kia matauria ai e to muri whakatupuranga, e nga tamariki e whanau, e ara ake a mua: mo ta ratou whakaatu ki a ratou tamariki.

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

8 Kei 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.

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

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

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

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

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

14 He mea arahi ratou e ia i te awatea ki te kapua: i te roa hoki o te po ki te marama o te ahi.

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

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

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

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

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

20 Nana, 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?

21 Na ko te rongonga o Ihowa, na ka riri: a toro ana te kapura ki a Hakopa, puta ake ana te riri ki a Iharaira;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31 Na 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

38 Ko 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

50 A 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.

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

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

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

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

55 Peia 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

69 A whakaturia ana e ia tona wahi tapu kia pera me nga wahi teitei; me te whenua i whakapumautia e ia mo ake tonu atu.

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

71 Mauria 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.

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