Hopa 17
1 Kua pau toku manawa, moti rawa oku ra, kua rite te urupa moku.
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
2 He pono he hunga tawai enei kei ahau, a kei roto tonu toku kanohi i a ratou whakakarangitanga.
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
3 Tena ra, homai he punga ko koe tonu hei whakakapi turanga moku; ko wai hei papaki ringa ki ahau?
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
4 Kua huna hoki e koe to ratou ngakau kei mohio; na reira e kore koe e whakaneke ake i a ratou.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
5 Ko te tangata e whaki ana i ona hoa, he mea mo te utu, ko nga kanohi tonu o ana tamariki e hemo.
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 Kua meinga hoki ahau e ia hei hahani ma nga iwi; a kua waiho marakerake ahau hei whakaetietinga.
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
7 Kua atarua toku kanohi i te tangi, rite tonu ki te atarangi oku wahi katoa.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
8 Ka miharo te hunga tika ki tenei, a ka whakaoho te tangata harakore i a ia ano hei whakahe i te atuakore.
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
9 Otiia ka mau te tangata tika ki tona ara, a ko te tangata ringa ma ka neke haere ake te kaha.
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
10 Ko koutou katoa ia tahuri, anga mai nei, e kore hoki tetahi tangata mahara e kitea e ahau i roto i a koutou.
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 Kua pahemo oku ra, motumotuhia ake oku whakaaro i whakatakoto ai, tae noa ki nga whakaaro o toku ngakau.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
12 Ko te po kua meinga e ratou hei ao; ko te marama, e ki ana ratou, e tata tonu ana ki te pouri.
They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
13 Ki te titiro ahau i te reinga hei whare moku; mehemea kua wharikitia e ahau toku moenga ki te pouri; (Sheol h7585)
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
14 Mehemea kua karanga ahau ki te pirau, ko koe toku papa; ki te iro ranei, ko koe toku whaea, toku tuahine!
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
15 Kei hea ra he tumanakohanga atu moku? A ko taku e tumanako atu ai ko wai e kite?
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
