1¶ He rua hoki to te hiriwa e puta mai ai, he wahi ano to te koura e whakarewaina ai.
1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2He mea tango mai te rino no roto i te whenua; no te kamaka te parahi, he mea whakarewa.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3E whakatakotoria ana e te tangata he mutunga mai mo te pouri, e rapua ana e ia ki te tino tutukitanga atu nga kohatu o te pouri, o te atarangi o te mate.
3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4E pakaruhia mai ana e ia he rua i ko ake o nga nohoanga tangata; kua wareware ratou i te waewae e haere ana; he tawhiti i te tangata to ratou tarenga, e piu atu ana, e piu ana mai.
4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5Ko te whenua, e puta mai ana he taro i roto i a ia: a e hurihia ake ana a raro iho ano he ahi.
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6Hei wahi mo nga hapira ona kohatu, he puehu koura ano tona.
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7He ara tena kahore i mohiotia e te manu, kiano i kitea e te kanohi o te whatura.
7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
8Kahore nga kirehe whakahi kia takahi i taua ara kahore hoki a reira kia haerea e te raiona tutu.
8The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9E pa atu ana tona ringa ki te kiripaka; hurihia ake e ia nga take o nga maunga.
9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10E tapahia ana e ia he awa i roto i nga kamaka, a e kite ana tona kanohi i nga mea utu nui katoa.
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11E herea ana e ia nga awa kei maturuturu; e whakaputa mai ana hoki i nga mea ngaro ki te marama.
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12E kitea ia ki hea te whakaaro nui? kei hea hoki te wahi o te mohio?
12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13E kore te tangata e mohio ki tona utu, e kore ano taua hanga e kitea ki te whenua o te ora.
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14¶ E ki ake ana te rire, Kahore i ahau; e ki mai ana hoki te moana, Kahore i ahau.
14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15E kore e hokona ki te koura, e kore ano hoki e taea te pauna te hiriwa hei utu mona.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16E kore e taea te whakarite ki te koura o Opira, ki te onika utu nui, ki te hapira.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17E kore e rite te koura, te kohatu piata ki a ia: e kore e hokona ki nga oko koura parakore.
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18E kore e whakahuatia te kaoa, nga peara ranei; hira ake hoki te utu o te whakaaro nui i to te rupi.
18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19E kore te topaha o Etiopia e rite ki a ia, e kore e tau te koura parakore hei utu.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20¶ Ka haere mai ra i hea te whakaaro nui? Kei hea te wahi o te matau?
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21He mea huna atu na hoki i nga kanohi o nga mea ora katoa, ngaro rawa i nga manu o te rangi.
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22E ki ake ana te whakangaromanga raua ko te mate, i hakiri o maua taringa ki tona rongo.
22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23E mohio ana te Atua ki tona ara, kua kite ano ia i tona wahi.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24E titiro ana hoki ia ki nga pito o te whenua, e kite ana ia i nga mea i raro i te rangi, a puta noa;
24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25E mea ana i te whakataimaha mo te hau; ae, e mehua ana ia i nga wai ki te mehua.
25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26I a ia e whakatakoto ana i te tikanga mo te ua, i te huarahi mo te uira o te whatitiri,
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27Ka kitea e ia i reira, a whakapuakina mai ana; i whakaukia e ia, a ata rapua ana e ia.
27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28A ka mea ia ki te tangata, Na, ko te wehi ki te Ariki, ko te whakaaro nui tena; a ko te mawehe atu i te kino, koia te matauranga.
28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.