¹¶ Tena ra, karanga; ka whakao ranei tetahi ki a koe? a ka anga atu koe ki a wai o te hunga tapu?

¹Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

²E patua ana hoki te kuware e te aritarita, e whakamatea ana te whakaarokore e te hae.

²For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

³I kite ahau i te kuware e hou ana ona pakiaka; kitea rawatia ake kua kanga e ahau tona nohoanga.

³I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

⁴Kei tawhiti atu ana tama i te ora, mongamonga noa ratou i te kuwaha, kahore hoki he kaiwhakaora.

⁴His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

⁵Ko ana hua ka kainga e te tangata matekai, ka riro i a ia ahakoa i roto i te tataramoa, a ka hamama te mahanga ki o ratou rawa.

⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

⁶¶ Na e kore te he e puta ake i te puehu, e kore ano te raruraru e tupu ake i te oneone;

⁶For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

⁷I whanau te tangata ki te raruraru, tona rite kei nga korakora e rere nei whakarunga.

⁷For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

⁸Ko ahau ia ka rapu i ta te Atua; me tuku atu taku korero ki te Atua,

⁸But as for me I will seek unto ùGod, and unto God commit my cause;

⁹E mahi nei i nga mea nunui e kore nei e taea te rapu atu, i nga mea whakamiharo e kore nei e taea te tatau;

⁹Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

¹⁰E homai nei i te ua ki te mata o te whenua, e unga nei i te wai ki te mata o nga parae;

¹⁰Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;

¹¹E whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wahi tiketike, a whakanekehia ake ana te hunga pouri ki te ora.

¹¹Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

¹²E haukoti nei i nga whakaaro o te hunga tinihanga, te taea e o ratou ringa ta ratou i mea ai.

¹²He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

¹³Mau ake i a ia te hunga whakaaro i to ratou tinihanga: pororaru iho nga whakaaro o te hunga kotiti ke.

¹³He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

¹⁴I te awatea nei, tutaki ana ratou ki te pouri; whawha ana ratou i te poutumarotanga, ano ko te po.

¹⁴They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

¹⁵Otiia e whakaorangia ana e ia te rawakore i te hoari, i to ratou mangai, i te ringa ano o te tangata kaha.

¹⁵And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁶Ka ai ano he tumanakohanga atu mo te ware; kokopi tonu ia te mangai o te kino.

¹⁶So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

¹⁷¶ Nana, ka hari te tangata e akona ana e te Atua: na kaua e whakahawea ki te papaki a te Kaha Rawa.

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

¹⁸He whakamamae hoki tana, he takai ano; e patu ana ia, a ko ona ringa ano hei whakaora.

¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

¹⁹E ono nga matenga e whakaora ai ia i a koe; ahakoa e whitu, e kore te he e pa ki a koe.

¹⁹He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

²⁰I te matekai ka hokona koe e ia kei mate; i te tatauranga ano, kei pangia e te hoari.

²⁰In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

²¹Ka huna koe i te whiu a te arero, e kore ano koe e wehi i te whakangaromanga ina tae mai.

²¹Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

²²E kata ano koe ki te whakangaromanga raua ko te hemokai; e kore hoki koe e wehi i nga kirehe o te whenua.

²²At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

²³No te mea ka takoto tau kawenata ki nga kohatu o te parae; ka mau ano ta koutou rongo ko nga kirehe o te parae.

²³For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

²⁴Ka mohio ano koe e tu ana tou teneti i te aionuku, ka haereere ano koe ki tou nohoanga, te ai he hara.

²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

²⁵Ka mohio ano koe he nui ou uri, he pera ano tou whanau me te tarutaru o te whenua.

²⁵And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

²⁶Ka ata rite ou tau ina tae koe ki te urupa, ka pera ano me te puranga witi e hikitia ake ana i tona wa e rite ai.

²⁶Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

²⁷Nana, tenei, he mea rapu na matou ko te mea tika hoki ia; whakarangona mai, ka mohio iho hei pai mou.

²⁷Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.