Hopa 14

1 Ko te tangata i whanau i te wahine, he torutoru ona ra; ki tonu ano i te raruraru.

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

2 Ano he puawai ia e puta mai ana, e kotia iho ana: rere ana ia, ano he atarangi, kahore hoki he tumautanga.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

3 E titiro mai ano ranei ou kanohi ki te penei? E mea ranei koe i ahau kia whakawa taua ki a taua?

Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

4 Ko wai hei homai i te mea ma i roto i te mea poke? Hore rawa.

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

5 Kua rite na hoki nga ra mona: kei a koe te maha o ona marama; takoto rawa i a koe te tikanga mona, a e kore ia e whiti ki tua.

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

6 Tahuri ke atu te titiro i a ia, kia ai ona pariratanga, kia ata tutuki ai tona ra, kia rite ai ki o te kaimahi.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

7 Ka ai hoki he whakaaronga ki te rakau i tapahia, tera ano e pariri, e kore ano hoki e mutu te wana o tona pihi.

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

8 Ahakoa kua tawhitotia tona pakiaka a ki te whenua, a kua mate tona tinana i roto i te oneone;

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

9 Heoi ma te haunga o te wai ka pihi, ka kokiri ona peka ano ko ta te mea tupu.

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

10 Ko te tangata ia, mate iho, marere noa iho; ae, ka hamo te tangata, a kei hea ia?

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

11 Pera i nga wai e he mai nei i te moana, i te awa e mimiti ana, ka maroke;

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

12 E pera ana ano te tangata, e takoto ana a kahore he whakatikanga ake: kahore he marangatanga ake mo ratou, a kia kore ra ano nga rangi; e kore ano ratou e ara i to ratou moe.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

13 Aue, kia huna noatia oti ahau e koe ki te po, kia waihotia noatia iho ahau e koe kia ngaro ana, kia hoki ra ano tou riri; kia rohea noatia mai e koe tetahi wa moku, a ka mahara mai ai ano ki ahau! (Sheol h7585)

For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 Ki te mate te tangata, e ora ano ranei ia? Ka tatari ahau i nga ra katoa o toku ngananga, kia tae mai ra ano he whakaputanga moku.

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

15 Mau e karanga, kia whakao atu ai ahau; kahore hoki e kore ka matenui koe ki te mahi a ou ringa.

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

16 Inaianei hoki e taua ana e koe oku hikoinga; he teka ianei e matatau tonu mai ana koe ki toku hara?

But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

17 Hiri rawa toku he ki roto ki te putea, tuitui rawa e koe toku kino.

An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

18 He pono ko te maunga e horo ana e memeha noa ake ana, e nekehia ana te toka i tona wahi;

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

19 E ngau ana te wai i nga kohatu; ma tona puhaketanga e horoi atu te puehu o te whenua; a whakangaromia iho e koe te tumanako a te tangata.

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Taea ana ia e koe ake tonu atu, a pahure ana ia; puta ke ana i a koe tona mata, a tonoa atu ana ia kia haere.

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

21 Ko te whakahonoretanga o ana tama, kahore e mohiotia e ia; ka hoki iho ratou hei ware, heoi kahore tetahi aha o ratou e maharatia e ia.

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

22 E mamae ano ia te kikokiko o tona tinana, a ka tangi tona wairua i roto i a ia.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.