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.