Hopa 39
1 E mohiotia ana ranei e koe te wa e whanau ai nga koati mohoao o te kamaka? E kitea putia ana ranei e koe te wa e whakamamae ai nga hata?
Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
2 E taua ano ranei e koe nga marama e rite ana i a ratou? E mohio ana ranei koe ki te wa e whanau ai ratou?
Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?
3 Tuohu ana ratou, kua puta mai a ratou kuao, akiritia mai ana e ratou o ratou mea whakapouri.
They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
4 E pai ana te ahua o a ratou kuao, e tupu ana i te parae; ka haere atu ratou, a kahore e hoki mai ano.
Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.
5 Na wai i tuku te kaihe mohoao kia haere noa atu; nga here o te kaihe mohoao, na wai i wewete?
Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?
6 Ko te whare i whakaritea nei e ahau mona, ko te koraha: ko ona nohoanga ko te wahi titiohea.
It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings.
7 Whakahaweatia iho e ia te ngangau o te pa; e kore ia e rongo ki te reo o te kaiakiaki.
He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.
8 Ko tona wahi kai kei te tuahiwi o nga maunga, e rapua ana e ia nga mea matomato katoa.
He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
9 E pai ranei te unikanga kia mahi ki a koe? Kei tau takotoranga kai ranei he moenga mona?
Will the vnicorne serue thee? or will he tary by thy cribbe?
10 E herea ranei e koe te unikanga ki tona taura i te awa parautanga? E rakarakatia ranei e ia nga raorao me tana whai ano i a koe?
Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes after thee?
11 E whakawhirinaki atu ranei koe ki a ia, no te mea e nui ana tona kaha? E whakarerea atu ranei e koe tau mahi mana?
Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labour vnto him?
12 E whakapono atu ranei koe mana au hua e whakahoki mai; mana e kohikohi mai ki tau patunga witi?
Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?
13 E whakamanamana ana te parirau o te otereti; otira he atawhai ano ranei ta ona hou, ta ona raukura?
Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?
14 E whakarerea ana e ia ona hua ki te whenua, whakamahanatia iho e ia ki te puehu,
Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
15 Wareware ake ia tera pea e pepe i te waewae, e takahia ranei e te kirehe o te parae.
And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.
16 He mea pakeke ia ki ana pi me te mea ehara i a ia: ahakoa ka maumauria tana mahi, kahore ona manawapa;
He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.
17 No te mea i whakakahoretia e te Atua he ngakau mahara mona, kihai hoki i homai he whakaaro ki a ia.
For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.
18 I te wa e maranga ai ia ki runga, whakahaweatia iho e ia te hoiho raua ko tona kaieke.
When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
19 Nau ranei i hoatu tona kaha ki tae hoiho? Nau ranei tona kaki i whakakakahu ki te huruhuru?
Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying?
20 Nau ranei ia i mea kia pekepeke, kia pera me te mawhitiwhiti? He hanga whakawehi te kororia o tona whewhengu.
Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.
21 E hukari ana ia ia te raorao, me te koa ano ki tona kaha: tika tonu ia ki te hunga mau patu.
He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man.
22 Whakahawea ana ia ki te wehi, kahore ona mataku; e kore ano ia e nunumi mai i te hoari.
He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,
23 Papa ana te papa pere ki tona taha, te tao e rarapa ana, me te timata.
Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
24 E horomia ana e ia te whenua, me te ngangau me te riri; kahore ia i te whakapono ko te reo tera o te tetere.
He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
25 Ka tangi ana te tetere ka mea ia, Ha, ha! I tawhiti ano ka hongia e ia te pakanga, te whatitiri o nga rangatira, me te hamama.
He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smellleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting.
26 He mohio nou i rere ai te kahu, i roha ai i ona parirau, i anga ai whaka te tonga?
Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?
27 Nau te kupu i kake ai te ekara? i hanga ai e ia tana ohanga ki te wahi tiketike?
Doeth the eagle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?
28 Noho ana ia i runga i te kamaka, kei reira tona kainga, kei te kamaka keokeo, kei te pa kaha.
Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.
29 A rapua ana e ia he kai i reira; e kite atu ana ona kanohi i tawhiti.
From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.
30 Horomititia ake ana hoki nga toto e ana pi; a ko te wahi i nga tupapaku, kei reira ano ia.
His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.
