Hopa 9:1 Na ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea, 9:2 E mohio ana ahau he pono: engari ma te aha ka tika ai te tangata ki te Atua? 9:3 Ki te pai ia ki te totohe ki a ia, kahore he kupu kotahi o roto i te mano e taea e ia te whakahoki ki a ia. 9:4 He ngakau mohio ia, he pakari tona kaha: e whakapakeketia ana e ia ki a ia, a kake ana? 9:5 E nekehia ana e ia nga maunga, te mohio ratou; hurihia ake e ia i tona riri. 9:6 E whakangaueuetia ana e ia te whenua, e nekehia atu ana i tona wahi, me ona pou wiri. 9:7 E korero nei ki te ra, a kore ake e whiti; e hiritia ana hoki nga whetu. 9:8 Ko ia nei anake hei hora i nga rangi, hei takahi i runga i nga ngaru o te rangi te moana. 9:9 Nana nei i hanga a Aketura, a Tautoru, a Matariki, me nga ruma o Ihowa tonga. 9:10 Nana nei i mahi nga mea nunui, e kore nei e taea te rapu atu; ae ra, me nga mea whakamiharo i waho tau. 9:11 Nana, e haere atu nei ia, a kahore ahau i kite; ka pahemo atu hoki ia, ko ahau ia kaua e matau ki a ia. 9:12 Nana, ka hopu ia i tana i aru ai, ma wai ia e arai? ko wai hei ki atu ki a ia, He aha mahi koe? 9:13 E kore te Atua e whakahoki iho i tona riri, ka piko ki raro nga kaiawhina whakakake ia. 9:14 A kia whakahoki kupu ano ahau ki a ia, kia whiriwhiri kupu ano hoki maku ia? 9:15 Ahakoa he tika ahau, e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu, engari ka whakatika ahau inoi ki toku kaiwhakawa. 9:16 Me i karanga atu ahau, a whakahoki kupu mai ana ia ki ahau; heoi e kore ahau e whakapono ko ia i whakarongo mai ki toku reo. 9:17 E aki ana hoki ia i ahau ki te tupuhi, e whakanuia ana e ia oku mate ki waho take. 9:18 E kore ahau e tukua e ia kia ta toku manawa, engari whakakiia ana ahau e ia ki te kawa. 9:19 Ki te korero ahau mo te kaha, nana, he kaha ia: ki te korero mo te whakawa, ko wai e kaha whakaritea he taima moku ki te tohe? 9:20 Ahakoa he tika ahau, ma toku mangai ano ahau e whakahe; he tino tika, ka tohungia ano ahau e te parori ke. 9:21 Ahakoa he tapatahi ahau, e kore ahau e mohio ki toku wairua: ka whakahawea ki ahau ora. 9:22 He mea kotahi tenei: koia ahau i mea ai, E whakamotitia ana e ia te hunga tika te hunga kino. 9:23 Na ka mate ohorere te whiu, ka kata ia ki te whakamatautauranga a Ihowa harakore. 9:24 Kua hoatu te whenua ki te ringa o te hunga kino; ona kaiwhakawa; ki te kore, kei hea, ko wai hoki ia? 9:25 Na, ko te hohoro o oku ra, nui atu i to te kaikawe pukapuka; e rere ana, kahore hoki e kite i te pai. 9:26 Kua pahemo, kua pera me nga kaipuke tere, me te ekara e topa ana ki te rere. te taonga. 9:27 Ki te mea ahau, Ka wareware ahau ki taku amuamu, ka mahue i ahau toku pouri, a whakamarie ahau: 9:28 E wehi ana ahau i oku mamae katoa, e mohio ana ahau e kore koe e pupuri i ahau harakore. 9:29 Ki te mea he kino ahau, he aha ahau i mauiui noa ai? 9:30 Ki te horoi ahau i ahau ki te hukarere, a ka meinga oku ringa kia ma rawa; 9:31 Katahi ahau ka rumakina e koe ki te poka, a whakarihariha mai ana oku kakahu. ahau. 9:32 Ehara hoki ia i te tangata, i te penei me ahau nei, e whakahoki kupu ai ahau ki a ia, a ma maua hui mai ki te whakawa. 9:33 Kahore he kaiwhakatikatika i waenganui ia maua, hei whakapa i tona ringa ki a maua e rua. 9:34 Me tango atu e ia tana patu i ahau, a kaua hoki tana wehi e whakawehi i ahau. 9:35 Hei reira ahau ka korero, a kahore e wehi ia ia; otira e kore e pena ki ahau.