¹And Job again took up his parable, and said,

¹¶ Na i korero tonu ano a Hopa i tana pepeha; i mea,

²As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

²E ora ana te Atua, nana nei i whakakahore toku tika; te Kaha Rawa, nana nei i whakakawa toku wairua;

³(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

³Kei te toitu tonu hoki toku ora i roto i ahau, a kei roto i oku pongaponga te wairua o te Atua;

⁴Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

⁴He pono, e kore oku ngutu e korero kino, e kore te hianga e puaki i toku arero.

⁵Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

⁵Aue kia whakatikaia ta koutou e ahau! E kore e whakarerea e ahau toku ngakau tapatahi, a mate noa.

⁶My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

⁶Ka mau taku pupuri ki toku tika, e kore e tukua atu e ahau: e kore toku ngakau e whakahe ki ahau i ahau ano e ora nei.

⁷Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

⁷¶ Ko toku hoariri, kia rite ia ki te tangata kino; ko te tangata e whakatika mai ana ki ahau, kia rite ia ki te tangata hara.

⁸For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

⁸He aha oti ta te whakaponokore e tumanako ai, ahakoa whiwhi ia i te rawa, ki te mea ka tangohia atu tona wairua e te Atua?

⁹Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

⁹E rongo ranei te Atua ki tana tangi ina pa te he ki a ia?

¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?

¹⁰E ahuareka ranei ia ki te Kaha Rawa, e karanga ranei ki te Atua i nga wa katoa?

¹¹I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹¹¶ Ka whakaakona koutou e ahau ki te ringa o te Atua; e kore e huna e ahau nga mea e takoto mai nei i te Kaha Rawa.

¹²Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

¹²Nana, kua kite koutou katoa; a na te aha koutou i wairangi rawa ai?

¹³This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

¹³Ko ta te Atua wahi tenei ma te tangata kino, ko te mea e whakarerea iho ma nga kaitukino, ko ta te Kaha Rawa e riro i a ratou.

¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴Ki te mea ka tokomaha ana tamariki, hei mea ma te hoari; e kore ano hoki ona uri e makona i te taro.

¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

¹⁵Ko ona morehu ka tanumia ki te mate; e kore ano hoki ana pouaru e tangi.

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

¹⁶Ahakoa amene ia i te hiriwa ano he puehu, a pae tonu te kakahu mona ano he paru;

¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁷E pae ano i a ia, otiia ka kakahuria e te tangata tika, ka wehewehea hoki te hiriwa e te harakore.

¹⁸He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

¹⁸Ka rite tana hanga i tona whare ki ta te purehurehu; tona rite kei te whare tihokahoka e hanga ana e te kaitiaki.

¹⁹He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

¹⁹Ka takoto ia, he tangata taonga, otiia e kore e kohia ki te urupa; ko te tirohanga ake a ona kanohi, na kua kahore noa iho ia.

²⁰Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

²⁰Rite tonu ki te wai nga whakawehi e mau ai ia; tahaetia ana ia e te paroro i te po.

²¹The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

²¹Ka kahakina atu ia e te marangai, a riro ana ia; ka aia atu ano ia i tona wahi.

²²For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

²²Ka aki mai hoki te Atua ki a ia, e kore ano ia e tohungia; mea noa ia kia rere mai i roto i tona ringa.

²³Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

²³Ka papaki te tangata i o ratou ringa ki a ia, a ka whakahi, ka a atu i a ia i tona wahi.