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.