Hopa 10

1 Kua hoha toku wairua ki toku ora; ka tukua e ahau taku tangi kia rere ana; ka korero ahau i te kikiwatanga o toku ngakau.

Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.

2 Ka mea ahau ki te Atua, Kaua ahau e whakahengia; whakakitea ki ahau te take i totohe ai koe ki ahau.

And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and wherefore hast thou thus judged me?

3 He mea pai ranei ki a koe kia tukino koe, kia whakahawea ki te mahi a ou ringa, a kia whiti tou marama ki te whakaaro o te hunga kino?

Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? for thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

4 He kanohi kikokiko ranei ou? he penei ranei tau titiro me ta te tangata titiro?

Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? or wilt thou look as a man sees?

5 He rite ranei ou ra ki o te tangata ra? He rite ranei ou tau ki o te tangata ra?

Or is thy life human, or thy years [the years] of a man,

6 I uiuia ai e koe toku kino, i rapua ai e koe toku hara?

that thou hast enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins?

7 Ahakoa e mohio ana ano koe ehara ahau i te mea he, kahore ano tetahi hei whakaora i roto i tou ringa?

For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?

8 Na ou ringa ahau i mahi, i hanga, he mea hono marie i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha; otiia e whakangaromia ana ahau e koe.

Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change [thy mind], and smite me.

9 Kia mahara ra, nau ahau i hanga, ano he paru; tera ranei koe e whakahoki ano i ahau ki te puehu?

Remember that thou hast made me [as] clay, and thou dost turn me again to earth.

10 He teka ianei he mea riringi ahau nau ano he waiu, meinga ana ahau e koe kia tetepe ano he tiihi?

Hast thou not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

11 Nau ahau i whakakakahu ki te kiri, ki te kikokiko, a nau ano ahau i hohou ki te wheua, ki te uaua.

And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

12 Whakawhiwhi ana ahau e koe ki te ora, ki te atawhai, a he tirotirohanga mai nau i mau ai toku wairua.

And thou didst bestow upon me life and mercy, and thy oversight has preserved my spirit.

13 Heoi huna ana ano enei mea e koe i roto i tou ngakau: e mohio ana hoki ahau kei a koe ano tenei.

Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; for nothing is impossible with thee.

14 Ki te hara ahau, ka matauria e koe; e kore ano koe e whakakahore ki toku he.

And if I should sin, thou watchest me; and thou hast not cleared me from iniquity.

15 Ki te he ahau, aue toku mate: ki te tika ahau, e kore tonu e ara toku mahunga; he ki hoki noku i te whakama me te titiro iho ki toku mate.

Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonour.

16 A ki te whakarewa ake toku mahunga i a ia, ka whaia ahau e koe ano he raiona; a ka whakakite ano koe i a koe, i tou miharo, ki ahau.

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

17 E whakahoutia ana e koe au kaiwhakaatu i oku he, e whakanuia ana hoki e koe tou riri ki ahau; ko nga putanga ketanga ko te whawhai hei pehi i ahau.

renewing against me my torture: and thou hast dealt with me in great anger, and thou hast brought trials upon me.

18 He aha ra ahau i whakaputaina mai ai e koe i roto i te kopu? te hemo noa atu ai ahau, a kihai tetahi kanohi i kite i ahau.

Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

19 Penei kua rite ahau, ano kua kahore noa iho; kua mauria atu ahau i te kopu ki te urupa.

and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

20 He teka ranei he torutoru oku ra? Kati ra, waiho ake koa ahau, kia ahua makoha ana i tenei wa iti,

Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

21 Keiwha haere, ahau ki te wahi e kore nei ahau e hoki mai, ki te whenua o te pouri, o te atarangi o te mata;

before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;

22 Ki te whenua o te pouri kerekere, o te tino o te pouri; he whenua no te atarangi o te mate, kahore nei o reira tikanga, a ko tona marama, koia ano te pouri.

to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can any one] see the life of mortals.