Hopa 7
1 He teka ranei kua takoto he pakanga mo te tangata i runga i te whenua, he rite ano ona ra ki nga ra o te kaimahi?
not army: duty to/for human (upon *Q(k)*) land: country/planet and like/as day hired day his
2 E rite ana ki te pononga, e matenui nei ki te atarangi, ki te kaimahi, e tumanako nei ki te utu mo tana mahi;
like/as servant/slave to long for shadow and like/as hired to await work his
3 Koia toku rite, ka whiwhi nei ki nga marama horihori, a he mauiui nga po kua whakaritea moku.
so to inherit to/for me month vanity: vain and night trouble to count to/for me
4 Ka takoto ahau, ka mea ahau, A hea ahau ara ai? he roa ia te po; heoi ka tahurihuri kau ahau a ao noa.
if to lie down: lay down and to say how to arise: rise and to measure evening and to satisfy tossing till twilight
5 Ko te kakahu mo oku kikokiko he kutukutu, he pokuru oneone; ka kukuti toku kiri, a ka ngatata ano.
to clothe flesh my worm (and clod *Q(K)*) dust skin my to harden and to flow
6 Ko oku ra hohoro atu i te rakau a te kaiwhatu; pau ake, te ai he tumanakohanga atu.
day my to lighten from shuttle and to end: finish in/on/with end hope
7 Kia mahara he hau oku ra; heoi ano kitenga o toku kanohi i te pai.
to remember for spirit: breath life my not to return: again eye my to/for to see: see good
8 Ko te kanohi o te tangata e kite ana i ahau, heoi ano tona tirohanga mai ki ahau: kei runga i ahau ou kanohi, heoi kahore iho ahau.
not to see me eye sight eye your in/on/with me and nothing I
9 Memeha atu te kapua, ngaro atu: he pera ano te tangata e haere ana ki te urupa; e kore e hoki ake. (Sheol h7585)
to end: expend cloud and to go: went so to go down hell: Sheol not to ascend: rise (Sheol h7585)
10 E kore ia e hoki mai ano ki tona whare, e kore ano tona wahi e mahara ki a ia i muri.
not to return: return still to/for house: home his and not to recognize him still place his
11 Na e kore e kaiponuhia e ahau toku mangai; ka korero ahau i toku wairua e mamae nei; ka tangi i te kawa i toku ngakau.
also I not to withhold lip my to speak: speak in/on/with distress spirit my to muse in/on/with bitter soul my
12 He moana ranei ahau, he tohora, i mea ai koe i te kaitirotiro moku
sea I if serpent: monster for to set: make upon me custody
13 Ki te mea ahau, kei toku moenga ahau te marie ai, ma toku takotoranga e whakamama taku tangi;
for to say to be sorry: comfort me bed my to lift: forgive in/on/with complaint my bed my
14 Na ka whakahaehaetia ahau e koe ki nga moe, ka whakawehia ahau ki nga mea e whakakitea mai.
and to to be dismayed me in/on/with dream and from vision to terrify me
15 A ki ta toku wairua he pai te tarona; pai ake te mate i enei wheua oku.
and to choose strangling soul: myself my death from bone my
16 E whakarihariha ana ahau ki toku ora; kahore oku hiahia kia ora tonu ahau: waiho noa iho ahau, he mea teka noa hoki oku ra.
to reject not to/for forever: enduring to live to cease from me for vanity day my
17 He aha te tangata, i whakanuia ai e koe? i anga ai tou ngakau ki a ia?
what? human for to magnify him and for to set: make to(wards) him heart your
18 I titiro ai koe i a ia i tenei ata, i tenei ata, i honohono ai tau whakamatautau i a ia?
and to reckon: visit him to/for morning to/for moment to test him
19 Kia pehea ake te roa ou kahore nei e tahuri atu i ahau, oku kahore nei e waiho noa iho e koe, kia horomia ai toku huware?
like/as what? not to gaze from me not to slacken me till to swallow up I spittle my
20 Mehemea kua hara ahau, kia aha atu ahau ki a koe, e te kaitiaki o nga tangata? he aha ahau i waiho ai e koe hei patunga mau i taimaha iho ai ahau ki ahau ano.
to sin what? to work to/for you to watch [the] man to/for what? to set: make me to/for target to/for you and to be upon me to/for burden
21 He aha koe te whakarere noa ai i toku he, te whakapahemo ai i toku kino? Akuanei hoki ahau moe ai ki te puehu, a ka ata rapu koe i ahau, otiia kahore noa iho ahau.
and what? not to lift: forgive transgression my and to pass: bring [obj] iniquity: crime my for now to/for dust to lie down: be dead and to seek me and nothing I
