Hopa
31:1 ś Kua oti taku kawenata ki oku kanohi; he aha ra i whakaaro ai ahau ki te kotiro?
31:2 He aha ta te Atua wahi e tu mai ai i runga? he aha te kainga tupu o te
Kaha rawa mai i runga?
31:3 He teka ianei he whakangaromanga mo te tangata kino? me te whiunga ke ki te
nga kaimahi i te kino?
31:4 He teka ianei e kitea ana e ia oku ara, e taua ana e ia oku hikoinga katoa?
31:5 Ki te mea i haere ahau i runga i te tekateka noa, a i hohoro toku waewae ki te tinihanga;
31:6 Kia paunatia ahau ki te pauna tika, kia mohio ai te Atua ki toku tapatahitanga.
31:7 Ki te mea i kotiti ke toku hikoinga i te ara, a i whai toku ngakau i ahau
nga kanohi, ki te mea i mau te tongi ki oku ringa;
31:8 Kati, ko ahau hei whakato, a ma tetahi atu e kai; ae ra, kia whai pakiaka oku uri
ki waho.
31:9 Ki te mea i whakawairangitia toku ngakau e te wahine, i whanga ranei ahau
te tatau o toku hoa tata;
31:10 Heoi kia huri paraoa taku wahine ma tetahi atu, kia piko iho ano nga tangata ke ki runga ki a ia.
31:11 He kino rawa hoki tenei; ae ra, he he kia whiua
nga kaiwhakawa.
31:12 He ahi hoki tera e kai ana ki te whakangaromanga rawa, poto noa
taku whakanui.
31:13 Ki te mea i whakahaweatia e ahau te whakawa a taku pononga tane, a taku pononga wahine;
i totohe ratou ki ahau;
31:14 Ka pehea ra ahau ina whakatika te Atua? a ka tae mai ia, he aha
kia whakahoki atu ahau ki a ia?
31:15 He teka ranei na toku kaihanga ia i hanga i roto i te kopu? a kahore tetahi i whai ahua ia tatou
i roto i te kopu?
31:16 Ki te mea i kaiponuhia e ahau nga rawakore i ta ratou i hiahia ai, a i meinga e ahau o ratou kanohi kia kite
o te pouaru kia taka;
31:17 Ki te mea ranei i kai i taku maramara anake, a kahore te pani i kai.
ona;
31:18 I whakatupuria ano ia e ahau no toku tamarikitanga ake ano he matua, ahau hoki
nau ia i arahi mai i te kopu o toku whaea;)
31:19 Ki te mea i kite ahau i tetahi e mate ana he kore kakahu, i te rawakore ranei i waho
hipoki;
31:20 Ki te mea kihai tona hope i manaaki i ahau, a ki te kahore ia i mahana i te rangi
te huruhuru o aku hipi;
31:21 Ki te mea i ara toku ringa ki te pani, i toku kitenga i toku awhina
i te kuwaha:
31:22 Na kia marere atu toku ringa i toku peke, kia whati toku ringa
mai i te wheua.
31:23 Ko te whakangaromanga a te Atua i wehi ai ahau, nana hoki i mahi
e te teitei kihai i taea e ahau te manawanui.
31:24 Ki te mea i u toku whakaaro ki te koura, ai mea ahau ki te koura parakore, Noku koe
māia;
31:25 Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te maha o oku rawa, a ki te mea i whai taonga toku ringa
i whiwhi nui;
31:26 Ki te mea i kite ahau i te ra e whiti ana, i te marama ranei e haere ana i tona tiahotanga;
31:27 A ka kumea pukutia atu toku ngakau, ka kihia toku mangai e toku mangai
ringa:
31:28 Na he he tenei hei whiunga ma te kaiwhakawa: kua tika hoki maku
kua whakakahore ratou ki te Atua o runga.
31:29 Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te whakangaromanga o te tangata i kino ki ahau, i whakateitei ake ranei i ahau.
i ahau ano i te wa i tupono ai te he ki a ia.
31:30 A kihai ahau i tuku i toku mangai kia hara, i whai kia kanga tona wairua.
31:31 Me i kahore nga tangata o toku teneti i mea, Aue, me kore noa iho tetahi wahi o tona kikokiko! matou
e kore e taea te makona.
31:32 Kihai te manene i moe i waho; i whakatuwheratia ano e ahau oku tatau ki a Ihowa
tangata haere.
31:33 Ki te mea i hipoki ahau i oku he, i pera me Arama, i huna i toku kino ki roto ki ahau
uma:
31:34 I wehi ranei ahau i te huihuinga nui, i mataku ranei i te whakahawea a nga hapu?
i noho puku ahau, kahore hoki i puta ki waho o te kuwaha?
31:35 Aue, me i whakarongo mai tetahi ki ahau! Nana, taku i pai ai, me i te Kaha Rawa
whakahokia mai he pukapuka e toku hoa riri.
31:36 Ina, kua amohia e ahau i runga i toku pokohiwi; kua herea e ahau hei karauna moku.
31:37 Kua whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia te maha o oku hikoinga; ka haere ahau hei rangatira
tata ki a ia.
31:38 Ki te tangi toku whenua ki ahau, ki te penei ranei ona moa
amuamu;
31:39 Ki te mea i kainga e ahau ona hua, kahore he moni, i mahia ranei e ahau
ka mate te tangata nona aua mea:
31:40 Na kia riro pu te witi i te tataramoa, te parei i te taru. Ko te
kua mutu nga kupu a Hopa.