¹¶ Ka riro ki te kore te tangata tika, a kahore e maharatia iho e te ngakau o tetahi tangata: e tangohia atu ano hoki te hunga tohu tangata; te mahara tetahi, e tangohia atu ana te tangata tika kei kite i te he.

¹The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying [it] to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.

²Ka haere ia ki te rangimarie, ka okioki ratou ki o ratou takotoranga, ka haere tena, tena, i runga i tona whakaaro tapatahi.

²He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward.

³¶ Ko koutou ia, awhi mai ki konei, e nga tama a te wahine makutu, e nga uri o te tangata puremu, o te wahine kairau.

³And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.

⁴He takaro ta koutou ki a wai? ki a wai te hamama nui o o koutou mangai, te whetero roa o te arero? He teka ianei he whanau koutou na te poka ke, he uri no te teka,

⁴Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

⁵Koutou, e tahu na i o koutou hiahia i waenga i nga oki, i raro i nga rakau kouru nui katoa; e patu na i nga tamariki i nga awaawa, i raro i nga pari kohatu?

⁵Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.

⁶Kei nga kohatu maeneene o te awa tou whai; ko ena, ko ena te rota i a koe; ringihia ana e koe he ringihanga ki ena, whakaekea atu ana he whakahere. E marie ranei ahau ki ena?

⁶Among the smooth things of a brook [is] thy portion, They — they [are] thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?

⁷I runga i te maunga tiketike, aua noa atu ki runga, i hanga e koe tou takotoranga, piki ai ki reira ki te mea patunga tapu.

⁷On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.

⁸Kua oti ano tou whakamahara te whakatu e koe ki tua i te tatau, i nga pou: kua hura hoki koe i a koe ki tetahi atu, ehara i ahau, kua piki ki runga; kei te whakanui i tou takotoranga, whakaritea ana e koe he kawenata ki a ratou; i matenuitia ano e koe to ratou takotoranga i te wahi i kite ai koe.

⁸And behind the door, and the post, Thou hast set up thy memorial, For from Me thou hast removed, and goest up, Thou hast enlarged thy couch, And dost covenant for thyself among them, Thou hast loved their couch, the station thou sawest,

⁹I haere atu ano koe ki te kingi, mea rawa ki te hinu, whakanuia ana e koe au hinu whakaranu; unga ana e koe au karere ki tawhiti, whakaititia ana koe e koe ano ki raro rawa ki te reinga.

⁹And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.

¹⁰Mauiui ana koe i te roa o tou ara; otiia kahore koe i mea, Kahore he manakohanga, Kua kitea e koe e nui haere ana tou kaha; koia koe te ruha ai.

¹⁰In the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, `It is desperate.` The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick.

¹¹I pawera koe, i wehi i a wai, i teka ai koe, i kore ai e mahara ki ahau, i kore ai tou ngakau e mea mai? kihai ianei ahau i whakarongo puku he wa roa i mua ra ano, na kahore ou wehi ki ahau?

¹¹And of whom hast thou been afraid, and fearest, That thou liest, and Me hast not remembered? Thou hast not laid [it] to thy heart, Am not I silent, even from of old? And Me thou fearest not?

¹²Maku e whakaatu tou tika; tena ko au mahi, e kore koe e whai pai i ena.

¹²I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.

¹³¶ Ka tangi koe, ma ou huihui koe e whakaora; otiia ka kahakina ratou e te hau, ka riro katoa atu i te nga: ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki ahau, mona te whenua, ka riro hoki i a ia toku maunga tapu;

¹³When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.

¹⁴Ka ki ano ia, Opehia ake, opehia ake, whakapaia te ara, hapainga atu te tutukitanga waewae i te ara o taku iwi.

¹⁴And he hath said, `Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.`

¹⁵Ko te kupu hoki tenei a te Mea tiketike o runga rawa, ko tona kainga nei kei nga wa onamata, ko tona ingoa ko Tapu; ko te wahi e noho nei ahau kei te tiketike, kei te tapu, i te tangata he maru rawa tona ngakau, he papaku, hei whakahauora i te w airua o te hunga papaku, hei whakahauora i te ngakau o nga mea kua maru.

¹⁵For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,`

¹⁶E kore hoki ahau e whawhai a ake ake, e kore ano e mau tonu toku riri: pena ka pehia rawatia te wairua i toku aroaro, me nga manawa i hanga e ahau.

¹⁶For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.

¹⁷¶ He he no tona apo taonga i riri ai ahau, i patu ai i a ia; i huna ahau i toku mata, i riri, a haere kotiti ke ana ia i runga i te ara o tona ngakau.

¹⁷For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding — and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.

¹⁸Kua kite ahau i ona ara, ka rongoatia ano ia e ahau: ka arahi ano ahau i a ia, ka whakahoki ano i nga whakamarietanga ki a ia, ki ona tangata ano hoki e tangi ana.

¹⁸His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.

¹⁹Ko ahau te kaihanga o nga hua o nga ngutu; Ka mau, ka mau te rongo ki te hunga i tawhiti, ki te hunga i tata, e ai ta Ihowa; maku ano ia e rongoa.

¹⁹Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,` to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.

²⁰Ko te hunga kino ia rite tonu ki te moana ngarungaru; e kore e marino, heoi kei te aia ake e ona wai te puehu, te paru.

²⁰And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

²¹Kahore he maunga rongo ki te hunga kino, e ai ta toku Atua.

²¹There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!