Hopa 5
1 Tena ra, karanga; ka whakao ranei tetahi ki a koe? a ka anga atu koe ki a wai o te hunga tapu?
"Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 E patua ana hoki te kuware e te aritarita, e whakamatea ana te whakaarokore e te hae.
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I kite ahau i te kuware e hou ana ona pakiaka; kitea rawatia ake kua kanga e ahau tona nohoanga.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Kei tawhiti atu ana tama i te ora, mongamonga noa ratou i te kuwaha, kahore hoki he kaiwhakaora.
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5 Ko ana hua ka kainga e te tangata matekai, ka riro i a ia ahakoa i roto i te tataramoa, a ka hamama te mahanga ki o ratou rawa.
whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. And the thirsty swallow up their wealth.
6 Na e kore te he e puta ake i te puehu, e kore ano te raruraru e tupu ake i te oneone;
For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 I whanau te tangata ki te raruraru, tona rite kei nga korakora e rere nei whakarunga.
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 Ko ahau ia ka rapu i ta te Atua; me tuku atu taku korero ki te Atua,
"But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 E mahi nei i nga mea nunui e kore nei e taea te rapu atu, i nga mea whakamiharo e kore nei e taea te tatau;
who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10 E homai nei i te ua ki te mata o te whenua, e unga nei i te wai ki te mata o nga parae;
who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 E whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wahi tiketike, a whakanekehia ake ana te hunga pouri ki te ora.
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 E haukoti nei i nga whakaaro o te hunga tinihanga, te taea e o ratou ringa ta ratou i mea ai.
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
13 Mau ake i a ia te hunga whakaaro i to ratou tinihanga: pororaru iho nga whakaaro o te hunga kotiti ke.
He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning are brought to a quick end.
14 I te awatea nei, tutaki ana ratou ki te pouri; whawha ana ratou i te poutumarotanga, ano ko te po.
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 Otiia e whakaorangia ana e ia te rawakore i te hoari, i to ratou mangai, i te ringa ano o te tangata kaha.
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Ka ai ano he tumanakohanga atu mo te ware; kokopi tonu ia te mangai o te kino.
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Nana, ka hari te tangata e akona ana e te Atua: na kaua e whakahawea ki te papaki a te Kaha Rawa.
"Look, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
18 He whakamamae hoki tana, he takai ano; e patu ana ia, a ko ona ringa ano hei whakaora.
For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
19 E ono nga matenga e whakaora ai ia i a koe; ahakoa e whitu, e kore te he e pa ki a koe.
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20 I te matekai ka hokona koe e ia kei mate; i te tatauranga ano, kei pangia e te hoari.
In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21 Ka huna koe i te whiu a te arero, e kore ano koe e wehi i te whakangaromanga ina tae mai.
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 E kata ano koe ki te whakangaromanga raua ko te hemokai; e kore hoki koe e wehi i nga kirehe o te whenua.
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23 No te mea ka takoto tau kawenata ki nga kohatu o te parae; ka mau ano ta koutou rongo ko nga kirehe o te parae.
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 Ka mohio ano koe e tu ana tou teneti i te aionuku, ka haereere ano koe ki tou nohoanga, te ai he hara.
You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
25 Ka mohio ano koe he nui ou uri, he pera ano tou whanau me te tarutaru o te whenua.
You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Ka ata rite ou tau ina tae koe ki te urupa, ka pera ano me te puranga witi e hikitia ake ana i tona wa e rite ai.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 Nana, tenei, he mea rapu na matou ko te mea tika hoki ia; whakarangona mai, ka mohio iho hei pai mou.
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
