¹And Job answereth and saith: —

¹¶ Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia,

²Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.

²Ata whakarongo mai ki taku kupu, a hei tenei he kupu whakamarie mai ma koutou.

³Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.

³Tukua ahau, a ka korero hoki ahau; a ka mutu aku korero, haere tonu ta koutou tawai.

⁴I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?

⁴Ahau nei, ki te tangata koia taku amuamu? A he aha ahau te manawanui ai?

⁵Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

⁵Titiro mai ki ahau, miharo ai; kopania atu te ringa ki te mangai.

⁶Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

⁶Mahara kau ahau, ka wehi, mau pu te wehi o oku kikokiko.

⁷Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

⁷¶ He aha te hunga kino i ora ai, i koroheke ai, ae, i marohirohi ai to ratou kaha?

⁸Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

⁸Pumau tonu o ratou uri ki to ratou taha ki to ratou aroaro, a ko a ratou whanau kei ta ratou tirohanga atu.

⁹Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.

⁹O ratou whare kei runga i te rangimarie, kahore he wehi, kahore hoki a te Atua patu ki a ratou.

¹⁰His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

¹⁰E kaha ana tana puru ki te ekeeke, kahore hoki e he; ka whanau tana kau, kahore hoki he whakatahe.

¹¹They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

¹¹E tukua mai ana e ratou a ratou kohungahunga ano he kahui hipi, e pekepeke ana a ratou tamariki.

¹²They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

¹²He hunga hapai ratou i te timipera, i te hapa, e koa ana ki te tangi o te okana.

¹³They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down.

¹³O ratou ra pau tonu i runga i te ahuareka, kitea rawatia ake kua heke ki te po.

¹⁴And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

¹⁴Koia ratou i mea ai ki te Atua, Mawehe atu i a matou; kahore hoki o matou hiahia kia matau ki ou ara.

¹⁵What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?`

¹⁵He aha ra te Runga Rawa e mahi ai matou ki a ia? He aha hoki te rawa ki a matou ki te inoi ki a ia?

¹⁶Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

¹⁶Nana, kahore he pai mo ratou i o ratou ringa ake: matara atu i ahau te whakaaro o te hunga kino.

¹⁷How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

¹⁷¶ Pehea te maha o nga matenga o te rama a te hunga kino? O nga panga mai ano hoki o to ratou aitua ki a ratou? O te tuwhanga mai a te Atua i nga mamae i a ia e riri ana?

¹⁸They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

¹⁸E rite ai ratou ki te kakau witi i mua i te hau, ki te papapa e kahakina atu ana e te paroro?

¹⁹God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.

¹⁹E mea ana koutou, E rongoatia ana e te Atua tona kino hei mea mo ana tamariki. Mana e utu tera ki a ia tonu, kia mohio ai ia.

²⁰His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

²⁰Tukua kia kite ona ake kanohi i tona hunanga, a tukua ia kia inu i te riri o te Kaha Rawa.

²¹For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

²¹He aha hoki tana manako ki tona whare i muri i a ia? ka poroa hoki ona marama i waenga?

²²To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

²²E whakaako ianei tetahi i te Atua ki te matauranga? Ko te kaiwhakawa hoki ia mo te hunga whakakake.

²³This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

²³Tenei tangata, mate iho ia, pakari rawa ano hoki ona kaha, ata takoto ana ana mea katoa, kahore hoki he raruraru.

²⁴His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

²⁴Ki tonu ona u i te waiu, a e makuku ana ona wheua i te hinu.

²⁵And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

²⁵Mate iho hoki tera tangata, kawa tonu tona wairua, kahore hoki he pai hei kai mana.

²⁶Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

²⁶Ka takoto ngatahi raua ki te puehu, a ko te iro hei hipoki mo raua.

²⁷Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.

²⁷¶ Nana, e mohio ana ahau ki o koutou whakaaro, ki ta koutou ngarahu nanakia ano hoki moku.

²⁸For ye say, `Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?`

²⁸E ki ana hoki koutou, Kei hea te whare o te rangatira? Kei hea hoki te teneti i noho ai te hunga kino?

²⁹Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

²⁹Kahore ianei koutou i ui ki te hunga e haere atu ana i te ara? Kahore ranei koutou i mohio ki a ratou tohu?

³⁰That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

³⁰Kei te rongoa nei hoki te tangata kono mo te ra o te whakangaro; ka whakaputaina ratou i te ra o te riri.

³¹Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

³¹Ko wai e whakaatu i tona ara ki tona aroaro? Ko wai hoki hei hoatu i te utu mo tana mahi ki a ia?

³²And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

³²Heoi ka kawea ia ki te urupa; kei te puranga he wahi mona.

³³Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

³³Ka reka ki a ia nga pokuru o te awaawa, ka whai mai ano hoki nga tangata katoa i a ia; e kore nei hoki e taea te tatau te hunga i mua i a ia.

³⁴And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

³⁴He pehea ra ta koutou whakamarie tinihanga i ahau, e toe na hoki te he i roto i a koutou kupu e whakahoki mai na?