Hopa 17
1 Kua pau toku manawa, moti rawa oku ra, kua rite te urupa moku.
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, 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.
Yet truly those that mock are with me, and on their offendings must my eye rest.
3 Tena ra, homai he punga ko koe tonu hei whakakapi turanga moku; ko wai hei papaki ringa ki ahau?
And thou, [Creator!] attend, I pray thee, be my surety with thyself: who else is there that would 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 concealed their heart against intelligence: therefore art thou not exalted [through 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.
Every one of them speaketh deceptively to his friends: may also the eyes of his children fail.
6 Kua meinga hoki ahau e ia hei hahani ma nga iwi; a kua waiho marakerake ahau hei whakaetietinga.
And he hath placed me here as a by-word unto nations; and I become openly as a place of abomination.
7 Kua atarua toku kanohi i te tangi, rite tonu ki te atarangi oku wahi katoa.
Therefore is my eye dim from vexation, and my limbs are all of them like 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 must be astonished at this, and the innocent must arouse himself against the hypocrite.
9 Otiia ka mau te tangata tika ki tona ara, a ko te tangata ringa ma ka neke haere ake te kaha.
Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.
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 all of you, do only return, and come but [to me]: and yet I shall not find among you one wise man.
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 resolves are broken off, [even the thoughts]—the possessions 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.
These would change the night into day, the light as near in the presence of darkness.—
13 Ki te titiro ahau i te reinga hei whare moku; mehemea kua wharikitia e ahau toku moenga ki te pouri; (Sheol h7585)
When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch; (Sheol h7585)
14 Mehemea kua karanga ahau ki te pirau, ko koe toku papa; ki te iro ranei, ko koe toku whaea, toku tuahine!
When I call to corruption, Thou art my father: Thou art my mother, and my sister, to the worms.
15 Kei hea ra he tumanakohanga atu moku? A ko taku e tumanako atu ai ko wai e kite?
Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?
