1 ¶ Why, seeing that times are not hidden from the Almighty, do those that know him not see his days?

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?

2 S ome remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.

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

3 T hey drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

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

4 T hey turn the needy out of the way; and all the poor of the earth hide themselves from them.

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

5 B ehold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

Nana, 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.

6 I n the field they reap their fodder, and the wicked gather the vintage that is not theirs.

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

7 T hey cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

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

8 T hey are wet with the floods of the mountains and embrace the rock for want of a covering.

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

9 T hey pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.

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

10 T hey cause the naked to go without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

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

11 T hey press oil within their walls and tread their winepresses and suffer thirst.

E 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.

12 M en groan from out of the city, and the souls of the dead cry out; yet God did not hinder them.

E 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.

13 ¶ They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.

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.

14 T he murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and the needy, and in the night is as a thief.

E 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.

15 T he eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and disguises his face.

E 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.

16 I n the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

E 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.

17 F or the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if they are known, the terrors of the shadow of death come over them.

Ki 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.

18 ¶ They are swift upon the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; they never come by the way of the vineyards.

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.

19 D rought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol consume those who have sinned.

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

20 T he Merciful One shall forget them; the worm shall feed sweetly on them; they shall never be remembered again; and iniquity shall be broken as a tree.

Ka 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.

21 H e afflicted the barren woman that did not conceive and never did good unto the widow.

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

22 H e furthered the violent with his power; he did not lend to anyone in his life.

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

23 I f he gave credit to some to take them over, his eyes were upon their ways.

I 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.

24 T hey were exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.

E 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.

25 A nd if it is not so now, who will make me a liar or reduce my speech to nothing?

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