Hopa
7:1 He teka ianei kua takoto he taima mo te tangata i runga i te whenua? ehara ano hoki i ona ra
me nga ra o te kaimahi?
7:2 E rite ana ki te pononga e matenui nei ki te atarangi, ki ta te kaimahi ka titiro
hei utu mo tana mahi.
7:3 Koia ahau ka whiwhi nei ki nga marama horihori, a he mauiui nga po
i whakaritea ki ahau.
7:4 Ka takoto ahau, ka mea ahau, A hea ahau ara ai? me ahau
ki tonu ahau i te awhiowhio, a taea noatia te puaotanga o te ra.
7:5 Ko te kakahu mo oku kikokiko he kutukutu, he pokuru oneone; kua pakaru toku kiri, a
ka whakarihariha.
7:6 Ko oku ra tere atu i te rakau a te kaiwhatu;
7:7 Kia mahara he hau toku ora; heoi ano kitenga o toku kanohi i te pai.
7:8 Ko te kanohi o te tangata e kite ana i ahau, heoi ano tona kitenga i ahau: ko ou kanohi ano
ki runga ki ahau, a kahore ahau.
7:9 Memeha atu te kapua, ngaro atu: he pera ano te tangata e haere ana ki raro
e kore te urupa e ara ake ano.
7:10 E kore ia e hoki mai ano ki tona whare, e kore ano tona wahi e mohio ki a ia
atu ano.
7:11 Na e kore e kaiponuhia e ahau toku mangai; ka korero ahau i te mamae o toku ngakau
wairua; ka amuamu ahau i te kawa o toku wairua.
7:12 He moana ranei ahau, he tohora, i mea ai koe he kaitutei moku?
7:13 Ki te mea ahau, kei toku moenga ahau te marie ai, ma toku takotoranga e whakamama taku tangi;
7:14 Na ka whakahaehae koe i ahau ki nga moe, ka whakawehia ahau ki nga mea e kitea:
7:15 A ki ta toku wairua he pai te tarona; pai ake te mate i te ora.
7:16 E kino ana ahau ki a ia; E kore ahau e pai kia ora tonu ahau: waiho noa iho ahau; kua rite hoki oku ra
horihori.
7:17 He aha te tangata i whakanuia ai e koe? a me mahi e koe
anga mai tou ngakau ki a ia?
7:18 Kia titiro hoki koe ki a ia i tenei ata, i tenei ata, ki te whakamatau ia ia i tenei ata, i tenei ata
wā?
7:19 Kia pehea ake te roa ou kahore nei e mawehe atu i ahau, oku kahore nei e waiho noa iho e koe, kia horomia ai ahau
ki raro toku huware?
7:20 Kua hara ahau; kia aha ahau ki a koe, e te kaitiaki o nga tangata? he aha
kua waiho ahau e koe hei tohu ki a koe, hei whakataimaha ahau ki a koe
ahau?
7:21 He aha koe te whakarere noa ai i toku he, te whakapahemo ai i toku he?
kino? akuanei hoki ahau moe ai ki te puehu; a ka rapu koe i ahau
te ata, heoi ka kore ahau.