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.
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak 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.
I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with 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 unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 He kanohi kikokiko ranei ou? he penei ranei tau titiro me ta te tangata titiro?
Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth?
5 He rite ranei ou ra ki o te tangata ra? He rite ranei ou tau ki o te tangata ra?
Are Thy days as the days of man, or Thy years as a man's days,
6 I uiuia ai e koe toku kino, i rapua ai e koe toku hara?
That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin,
7 Ahakoa e mohio ana ano koe ehara ahau i te mea he, kahore ano tetahi hei whakaora i roto i tou ringa?
Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; and there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand?
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 framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!
9 Kia mahara ra, nau ahau i hanga, ano he paru; tera ranei koe e whakahoki ano i ahau ki te puehu?
Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again?
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 as 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.
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together 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.
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath 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.
Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee;
14 Ki te hara ahau, ka matauria e koe; e kore ano koe e whakakahore ki toku he.
If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine 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.
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head — being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction.
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.
And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon 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.
Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against 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.
Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me!
19 Penei kua rite ahau, ano kua kahore noa iho; kua mauria atu ahau i te kopu ki te urupa.
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been 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,
Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort 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, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
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.
A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
