Hopa 17
1 Kua pau toku manawa, moti rawa oku ra, kua rite te urupa moku.
I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
2 He pono he hunga tawai enei kei ahau, a kei roto tonu toku kanohi i a ratou whakakarangitanga.
Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
3 Tena ra, homai he punga ko koe tonu hei whakakapi turanga moku; ko wai hei papaki ringa ki ahau?
Who is this? let him join 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 you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt 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.
He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
6 Kua meinga hoki ahau e ia hei hahani ma nga iwi; a kua waiho marakerake ahau hei whakaetietinga.
But you has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
7 Kua atarua toku kanohi i te tangi, rite tonu ki te atarangi oku wahi katoa.
For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
8 Ka miharo te hunga tika ki tenei, a ka whakaoho te tangata harakore i a ia ano hei whakahe i te atuakore.
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
9 Otiia ka mau te tangata tika ki tona ara, a ko te tangata ringa ma ka neke haere ake te kaha.
But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
10 Ko koutou katoa ia tahuri, anga mai nei, e kore hoki tetahi tangata mahara e kitea e ahau i roto i a koutou.
Howbeit, do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
11 Kua pahemo oku ra, motumotuhia ake oku whakaaro i whakatakoto ai, tae noa ki nga whakaaro o toku ngakau.
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
12 Ko te po kua meinga e ratou hei ao; ko te marama, e ki ana ratou, e tata tonu ana ki te pouri.
I have turned the night into day: the light is short because 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)
For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 Mehemea kua karanga ahau ki te pirau, ko koe toku papa; ki te iro ranei, ko koe toku whaea, toku tuahine!
I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
15 Kei hea ra he tumanakohanga atu moku? A ko taku e tumanako atu ai ko wai e kite?
Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
