¹Then Job answered and said,

¹¶ Katahi ka whakautua e Hopa, i mea ia,

²Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

²I tenei ra nei ano e amuamu ana taku tangi: nui noa atu i taku aue te taimaha o te patunga i ahau.

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

³Aue, me i mohio ahau ki te wahi e kite ai ahau i a ia, kia tae rawa atu ai ahau ki tona nohoanga!

⁴I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

⁴Ka ata whakatakotoria e ahau aku korero ki tona aroaro, ka whakakiia hoki toku mangai ki nga kupu tautohetohe.

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

⁵Ka mohio ahau ki nga kupu e whakahokia mai e ia ki ahau, ka marama hoki tana e mea ai ki ahau.

⁶Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

⁶E whakaputaina mai ranei tona kaha nui ina tautohetohe ki ahau? Kahore; engari ka whai whakaaro ia ki ahau.

⁷There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁷Ko reira te tangata tika tautohetohe ai ki a ia: a ora tonu ake ahau i toku kaiwhakawa ake tonu atu.

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

⁸¶ Nana, haere ana ahau ki mua, a kahore ia i reira; ki muri, heoi kahore ahau e kite i a ia:

⁹On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

⁹Ki maui, ina ka mahi ia, heoi kahore ahau e kite i a ia; e huna ana ia i a ia ano i te taha ki matau, te kite ahau i a ia.

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹⁰Otiia e mohio ana ia ki te ara e anga atu ai ahau: kia oti ahau te titiro iho e ia, ano he koura ahau i toku putanga mai.

¹¹My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

¹¹Mau pu ona takahanga i toku waewae; u pu ahau ki tona ara, kihai hoki i peka ke.

¹²I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹²Kihai hoki i mahue i ahau te whakahau a ona ngutu; ko nga kupu a tona mangai rongoa rawa ki ahau, nui atu i te kai i rite maku.

¹³But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹³¶ Ko ia, kotahi tonu tona whakaaro, a ma wai ia e whakatahuri ke? Ko ta tona ngakau hoki i hiahia ai e meatia ana e ia.

¹⁴For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

¹⁴E whakaotia ana hoki e ia nga mea i whakaritea moku: he maha ano hoki ana mahi pera.

¹⁵Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁵Koia ahau i ohorere ai i tona aroaro: ka whakaaroaro ahau, ka wehi i a ia.

¹⁶For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

¹⁶Ngohe noa hoki toku ngakau i te Atua, ohorere ana ahau i te Kaha Rawa.

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

¹⁷Kihai nei hoki ahau i whakangaromia i mua o te pouri, kihai hoki i hipokina e ia te pouri i toku aroaro.