¹Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

¹¶ He aha nga wa te whakapurangatia ai e te Kaha Rawa? A he aha hoki te hunga e mohio ana ki a ia te kite ai i ona ra?

²They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

²Tera etahi e whakaneke atu ana i nga rohe; e kahakina ana e ratou nga kahui, whangaia iho e ratou.

³They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

³E aia atu ana e ratou te kaihe a nga pani, e tangohia ana hei taunaha te kau a te pouaru.

⁴They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

⁴Whakapekaia ketia ana e ratou nga rawakore i te ara: huihui ana nga ware o te whenua, piri ana.

⁵Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.

⁵Nana, rite tonu ratou ki te kaihe mahoao i te koraha, haere atu ana ki ta ratou mahi, e whai ana ki te kai; hei kai te koraha ma ratou, ma a ratou tamariki.

⁶They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;

⁶E kotia ana e ratou ta ratou witi i te mara; e kohia ana e ratou nga waina a te hunga tutu.

⁷They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

⁷E takoto tahanga ana ratou i te po roa, kahore he kakahu, kahore hoki he hipoki i te maeke.

⁸They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ...

⁸Maku iho ratou i te awha o nga maunga, a, ka kore he rerenga, ka awhi i te kamaka.

⁹They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

⁹Tera te hunga, e tangohia mai ana e ratou te pani i te u, e tango ana i ta te rawakore taunaha:

¹⁰These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

¹⁰Koia ka haere tahanga ratou, kahore he kakahu, a, i te matekai ka hari i nga paihere witi;

¹¹They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

¹¹E mahi nei i te hinu i roto i nga taiepa a aua tangata; e takahi nei i a ratou poka waina, me te mate i te wai.

¹²Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.

¹²E aue ana nga tangata i roto i te pa, e karanga ana hoki te wairua o te hunga i patua: kahore ano ia a te Atua whakakuware ki a ratou.

¹³There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

¹³¶ No te hunga ratou e whakakeke ana ki te marama; kahore o ratou mohio ki ona ara, e kore ano ratou e noho ki ona huarahi.

¹⁴The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

¹⁴E maranga ana te kaikohuru i te mea ka marama, patua iho e ia te ware me te rawakore; a i te po ka pena ia i te tahae.

¹⁵And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.

¹⁵E tatari ana te kanohi o te tangata puremu kia nehunehu iho, e mea ana, E kore te kanohi e kite i ahau: e huna ana ia i tona mata.

¹⁶In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

¹⁶E keri ana ratou i nga whare i te pouri: i te awatea e pa ana ratou i a ratou: kahore ratou e mohio ki te marama.

¹⁷For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

¹⁷Ki a ratou katoa hoki e rite ana te ata ki te atarangi o te mate; e matau ana hoki ratou ki nga whakamataku o te atarangi o te mate.

¹⁸He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.

¹⁸¶ Tere tonu ia ki runga ki te mata o nga wai; he mea kanga to ratou wahi i runga i te whenua: e kore ia e anga mai ki te ara ki nga mara waina.

¹⁹Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

¹⁹Ka riro nga wai o te hukarere i te tauraki, i te wera: te hunga hara ano hoki i te reinga.

²⁰The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, --

²⁰Ka wareware te kopu ki a ia; he kai reka ia ma te iro; e kore ia e maharatia i muri iho; ka whati hoki te kino ano he rakau.

²¹He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

²¹E tukinotia ana e ia te pakoko kihai nei i whanau; kahore hoki ana mahi pai ki te pouaru.

²²He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.

²²E kumea atu ana hoki e ia nga marohirohi ki tona kaha: ka whakatika ake ia, kahore he tangata e u ki te ora.

²³[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

²³I homai ano e te Atua ki a ratou kia au te noho, a ka whakawhirinaki ratou ki reira; kei runga hoki i o ratou huarahi ona kanohi.

²⁴They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

²⁴E whakanekehia ake ana ratou; otiia wahi iti nei, kua kahore noa iho ratou; ae ra, ka whakaitia ratou, ka whakawateatia atu pera i era atu katoa, a ka tapahia atu ano ko nga kauru o nga puku witi.

²⁵If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

²⁵Ki te mea he teka tenei ko wai hei whakateka ki ahau, hei whakakahore i taku korero?