¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

¹¶ Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

²How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

²Kia pehea te roa o ta koutou whakatakoto mahanga mo nga kupu? Kia whai mahara mai, muri iho ka korero matou.

³Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

³He aha matou i kiia ai he kararehe, i waiho ai hei mea poke ki ta koutou titiro mai?

⁴He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

⁴Haea iho koe e koe ano, i a koe e riri ana. Mau koia ka mahue ai te whenua, ka nekehia ai te toka i tona wahi?

⁵Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

⁵¶ E pirau ano hoki te rama a te hunga kino, a e kore te mura o tana ahi e marama.

⁶The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

⁶Ka pouri te marama i roto i tona teneti, ka pirau ano hoki tana rama i runga i a ia.

⁷The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

⁷Ka whakakikitia nga takahanga o tona kaha, ka kokiritia iho ano ia ki raro e tona whakaaro ake.

⁸For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

⁸No te mea ka maka ia e ona waewae ake ki te kupenga, ka haere hoki ia i runga i te reti.

⁹The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

⁹Ka mau tona rekereke i te tawhiti, a ka hopukia ia e te mahanga.

¹⁰The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

¹⁰Kei te huna ki te whenua te aho mona, te rore hoki mona ki te huarahi.

¹¹Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

¹¹¶ He whakamataku i nga taha katoa hei mea i a ia kia wehi, hei aruaru hoki i a ia i ona hikitanga rekereke.

¹²His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

¹²Ko tona kaha ka hemo i te kai, a kei te whanga tonu te aitua ki tona tatunga.

¹³It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

¹³Ka pau i tera nga wahi o tona tinana, ae, ka pau ona wahi i te matamua o te mate.

¹⁴His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

¹⁴Ka hutia atu ia i roto i tona teneti, i whakamanawa ai ia, a ka kawea atu ia ki te kingi o nga whakamataku.

¹⁵It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

¹⁵Na ka noho ki tona teneti te mea ehara nei i a ia: a ka ruia iho te whanariki ki runga ki tona kainga.

¹⁶His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

¹⁶Ka maroke ake ona pakiaka i raro, a i runga ka tapahia atu tona manga.

¹⁷His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

¹⁷Ka ngaro atu te maharatanga ki a ia i runga i te whenua; e kore ano ia e whai ingoa i te huanui.

¹⁸He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

¹⁸Ka peia atu ano ia i roto i te marama ki te pouri, ka atiatia atu hoki i te ao.

¹⁹He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

¹⁹E kore ia e whai tama, e whai tama ranei a te tama, i roto i tona iwi, he morehu ranei i te wahi i noho ai ia.

²⁰They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

²⁰Miharo ana ki tona ra te hunga i muri i a ia, pera i te hunga i haere ra i mua, mau ana to ratou wehi.

²¹Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

²¹He pono ko nga nohoanga enei o te tangata kino, ko te wahi hoki tenei o te tangata kahore e mohio ki te Atua.