¹¶ Ko te tangata i whanau i te wahine, he torutoru ona ra; ki tonu ano i te raruraru.

¹“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

²Ano he puawai ia e puta mai ana, e kotia iho ana: rere ana ia, ano he atarangi, kahore hoki he tumautanga.

²He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

³E titiro mai ano ranei ou kanohi ki te penei? E mea ranei koe i ahau kia whakawa taua ki a taua?

³Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

⁴Ko wai hei homai i te mea ma i roto i te mea poke? Hore rawa.

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

⁵Kua rite na hoki nga ra mona: kei a koe te maha o ona marama; takoto rawa i a koe te tikanga mona, a e kore ia e whiti ki tua.

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass;

⁶Tahuri ke atu te titiro i a ia, kia ai ona pariratanga, kia ata tutuki ai tona ra, kia rite ai ki o te kaimahi.

⁶Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷¶ Ka ai hoki he whakaaronga ki te rakau i tapahia, tera ano e pariri, e kore ano hoki e mutu te wana o tona pihi.

⁷“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

⁸Ahakoa kua tawhitotia tona pakiaka a ki te whenua, a kua mate tona tinana i roto i te oneone;

⁸Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,

⁹Heoi ma te haunga o te wai ka pihi, ka kokiri ona peka ano ko ta te mea tupu.

⁹yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

¹⁰Ko te tangata ia, mate iho, marere noa iho; ae, ka hamo te tangata, a kei hea ia?

¹⁰But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

¹¹Pera i nga wai e he mai nei i te moana, i te awa e mimiti ana, ka maroke;

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

¹²E pera ana ano te tangata, e takoto ana a kahore he whakatikanga ake: kahore he marangatanga ake mo ratou, a kia kore ra ano nga rangi; e kore ano ratou e ara i to ratou moe.

¹²so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

¹³Aue, kia huna noatia oti ahau e koe ki te po, kia waihotia noatia iho ahau e koe kia ngaro ana, kia hoki ra ano tou riri; kia rohea noatia mai e koe tetahi wa moku, a ka mahara mai ai ano ki ahau!

¹³“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹⁴Ki te mate te tangata, e ora ano ranei ia? Ka tatari ahau i nga ra katoa o toku ngananga, kia tae mai ra ano he whakaputanga moku.

¹⁴If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

¹⁵Mau e karanga, kia whakao atu ai ahau; kahore hoki e kore ka matenui koe ki te mahi a ou ringa.

¹⁵You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

¹⁶¶ Inaianei hoki e taua ana e koe oku hikoinga; he teka ianei e matatau tonu mai ana koe ki toku hara?

¹⁶But now you number my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?

¹⁷Hiri rawa toku he ki roto ki te putea, tuitui rawa e koe toku kino.

¹⁷My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.

¹⁸He pono ko te maunga e horo ana e memeha noa ake ana, e nekehia ana te toka i tona wahi;

¹⁸“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁹E ngau ana te wai i nga kohatu; ma tona puhaketanga e horoi atu te puehu o te whenua; a whakangaromia iho e koe te tumanako a te tangata.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

²⁰Taea ana ia e koe ake tonu atu, a pahure ana ia; puta ke ana i a koe tona mata, a tonoa atu ana ia kia haere.

²⁰You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

²¹Ko te whakahonoretanga o ana tama, kahore e mohiotia e ia; ka hoki iho ratou hei ware, heoi kahore tetahi aha o ratou e maharatia e ia.

²¹His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

²²E mamae ano ia te kikokiko o tona tinana, a ka tangi tona wairua i roto i a ia.

²²But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”