¹And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

¹¶ Katahi a Ihowa ka whakahoki kupu ki a Hopa i roto i te tukauati, a ka mea,

²Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

²Ko wai tenei e whakapouri nei i nga whakaaro ki nga kupu kahore ona matauranga?

³Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

³Tena ra, whitikiria tou hope, whakatane; ka ui hoki ahau ki a koe, a mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau.

⁴Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

⁴¶ I hea koia koe i ahau e whakatakoto ana i te turanga o te whenua? Whakaaturia mai, ki te mea e mohio ana koe ki te whakaaro.

⁵Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

⁵Na wai i whakarite ona ruri? ki te mea e mohio ana koe: na wai hoki i whakamaro te aho ki runga?

⁶On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

⁶I whakaukia ona turanga ki runga ki te aha? Na wai hoki i whakatakoto tona kohatu kokonga;

⁷In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

⁷I te mea i waiata ngatahi nga whetu o te ata, a i hamama nga tama katoa a te Atua i te koa?

⁸And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

⁸Na wai hoki i tutaki te moana ki te tatau, i a ia e puta mai ana, me te mea e whanau mai ana i roto i te kopu?

⁹In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

⁹I ahau ra i mea ai i te kapua hei kakahu mona, i te pouri kerekere hei takai mona.

¹⁰And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

¹⁰A whakapuakina ana e ahau taku tikanga mona, mea rawa ki nga tutaki, ki nga tatau,

¹¹And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.`

¹¹Me taku ki atu ano, Ka taea mai e koe a konei, kati; hei konei ou ngaru whakakake mau ai?

¹²Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

¹²¶ Ko koe koia, i ou ra nei, te kaiwhakahau i te ata; nau ranei te puaotanga i mohio ai ki tona wahi;

¹³To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

¹³Kia rurukutia e ia nga pito o te whenua, a ruperupea ake nga tangata kikino i roto?

¹⁴It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

¹⁴Kua whiti ke, kua pera ano me te paru i te hiri: tu ake ana nga mea katoa ano he kakahu:

¹⁵And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

¹⁵A e kaiponuhia ana to ratou marama ki te hunga kino, whati iho te ringa whakakake.

¹⁶Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

¹⁶Kua tae atu ranei koe ki nga matapuna o te moana? Kua whakatakina haeretia ranei e koe te rire?

¹⁷Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

¹⁷Kua whakapuaretia ranei ki a koe nga kuwaha o te mata? Kua kite ranei koe i nga kuwaha o te atarangi o te mate?

¹⁸Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare — if thou hast known it all.

¹⁸Kua oti ranei te whakaaro e koe te whanuitanga o te whenua? Korero mai, ki te mea e mohiotia katoatia ana e koe.

¹⁹Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?

¹⁹Kei hea te ara ki te nohoanga o te marama? Te pouri hoki, kei hea tona wahi?

²⁰That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

²⁰Kia kawea atu ai e koe ki tona rohe, a mohio iho koe ki nga huarahi ki tona whare?

²¹Thou hast known — for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!

²¹I mohio pea koe no te mea i whanau koe i taua wa, a he maha ou ra!

²²Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

²²Kua tomo ranei koe ki nga takotoranga o te hukarere, kua kite ranei koe i nga takotoranga o te whatu,

²³That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

²³I aku i rongoa ai mo te wa o te he, mo te ra o te tatauranga, o te pakanga?

²⁴Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

²⁴Tena koa, te ara i marara atu ai te marama, i pakaru atu ai te marangai ki runga ki te whenua?

²⁵Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

²⁵¶ Na wai i wehe he awa mo te waipuke, he ara mo te uira o te whatitiri;

²⁶To cause [it] to rain on a land — no man, A wilderness — no man in it.

²⁶Kia ua ai ki te whenua, ki te wahi kahore nei he tangata; ki te koraha, kahore nei o reira tangata;

²⁷To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

²⁷Hei whakamakona i te tuhea, i te ururua; hei mea kia pariri te tupu o te otaota hou?

²⁸Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

²⁸He matua tane ano ranei to te ua? I whanau ranei i a wai nga pata o te tomairangi?

²⁹From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

²⁹I puta mai i roto i to wai kopu te huka tio? Ko te huka o te rangi, he whanau tena na wai?

³⁰As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

³⁰Me te mea he kohatu e huna ana i te wai; a whakatotoka ana te mata o te rire.

³¹Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

³¹E taea ranei e koe te here te huihui o Matariki, e wewete ranei nga here o Tautoru?

³²Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

³²E taea ranei e koe te arahi mai te Mataroto i tona wa, te taki mai ranei a Aketura ratou ko tana ropu?

³³Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

³³E mohio ana ranei koe ki nga tikanga o te rangi? Mau ranei e whai mana ai ki runga ki te whenua?

³⁴Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

³⁴E ara ranei i a koe tou reo ki nga kapua, kia nui ai nga wai hei taupoki i a koe?

³⁵Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?`

³⁵E taea ranei e koe nga uira te unga atu, e haere ai ratou, me ta ratou ki ano ki a koe, Tenei matou?

³⁶Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

³⁶Na wai i whakanoho nga whakaaro nunui ki nga wahi o roto? Na wai i homai nga mahara ki te ngakau?

³⁷Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

³⁷Ko wai te mea whakaaro nui hei tatau i nga kapua? Ko wai hei tahoro i nga ipu o te rangi?

³⁸In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

³⁸Ina ka papatupu te puehu ano he mea whakarewa, a ka piri nga pokuru ki a ratou ano?

³⁹Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

³⁹Mau ranei e hopu he kai ma te raiona? Mau e nui ai he oranga mo nga kuao raiona,

⁴⁰When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?

⁴⁰Ina tapapa iho ratou i o ratou nohoanga, ina noho i te piringa whanga ai?

⁴¹Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

⁴¹Na wai i rite ai tana kai ma te raweni, ina tangi ana pi ki te Atua, ina kopikopiko ratou i te kore kai?