1 Kia mahara, e Ihowa, ki te mea kua pa nei ki a matou: tirohia mai, kia kite ai koe i to matou ingoa kino.

2 Kua riro to matou wahi tupu i nga tangata ke, o matou whare i nga tautangata.

3 He pani matou, kahore he matua, ko o matou whaea ano he pouaru.

4 Na te moni i inu wai ai matou; ko a matou wahie he mea hoko.

5 Kei runga kei o matou kaki o matou kaiwhai: e mauiui ana matou, kahore he tanga manawa mo matou.

6 Kua hoatu e matou te ringa ki nga Ihipiana, ki nga Ahiriana, kia makona ai matou i te taro.

7 I hara o matou matua, a kua kore; a kua whakawaha e matou o ratou he.

8 Ko nga pononga o matou rangatira: kahore he kaiwhakaora mo matou i o ratou ringa.

9 E tata mate matou ka whiwhi ai i te taro, i te hoari hoki o te koraha.

10 Mangu ana o matou kiri ano he oumu, i te wera ngau kino o te hemokai.

11 Taea ana e ratou nga wahine o Hiona, nga wahine i nga pa o Hura.

12 Ko nga rangatira, taronatia ake e to ratou ringa; kihai nga kanohi o nga kaumatua i whakahonoretia.

13 Ko nga taitama kei te waha i te huri, hinga ana nga tamariki i te pikaunga wahie.

14 Ko nga kaumatua i nga kuwaha kua kore, me te waiata hoki a nga taitama.

15 Kua mutu te koa o o matou ngakau, kua puta ke ta matou kanikani hei uhunga.

16 Kua taka te karauna o to matou mahunga; aue, te mate mo matou! kua hara hoki matou.

17 Na reira whakaruhi noa iho o matou ngakau; na enei mea pouriuri ana o matou kanohi.

18 Na te maunga hoki o Hiona kua ururuatia nei, e haereerea nei e nga pokiha.

19 Pumau tonu koe, ake ake, e Ihowa; ko tou torona kei tera whakatupuranga, kei tera whakatupuranga.

20 He aha koe i wareware tonu ai ki a matou? he aha koe i whakarere ai i a matou, a roa noa iho nga ra?

21 Whakatahuritia atu matou ki a koe, e Ihowa, a ka tahuri matou: whakahoutia o matou ra, kia rite ki o mua.

22 Otiia kua tino whakakahore rawa koe ki a matou, e tino nui ana tou riri ki a matou.

1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

3 Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.

4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.

6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

7 Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.

9 With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

10 Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins -- in cities of Judah.

12 Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

13 Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

16 Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Wo [is] now to us, for we have sinned.

17 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

18 For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

19 Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.

20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.

22 For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us -- exceedingly?