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, if there is any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 E patua ana hoki te kuware e te aritarita, e whakamatea ana te whakaarokore e te hae.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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, and 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 eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 Na e kore te he e puta ake i te puehu, e kore ano te raruraru e tupu ake i te oneone;
Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 I whanau te tangata ki te raruraru, tona rite kei nga korakora e rere nei whakarunga.
Yet 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,
I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
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 doeth great things and unsearchable; wonderful 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 giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 E whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wahi tiketike, a whakanekehia ake ana te hunga pouri ki te ora.
To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be 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 disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot 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 taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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 in the noon-day 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 saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and 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 hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth 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.
Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 He whakamamae hoki tana, he takai ano; e patu ana ia, a ko ona ringa ano hei whakaora.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, 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 thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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 thee from death: and 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.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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 thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts 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 thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Ka mohio ano koe e tu ana tou teneti i te aionuku, ka haereere ano koe ki tou nohoanga, te ai he hara.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [will be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Ka mohio ano koe he nui ou uri, he pera ano tou whanau me te tarutaru o te whenua.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed [will be] great, and thy 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.
Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, as a shock of corn cometh in 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.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.
