¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

¹¶ Kua oti taku kawenata ki oku kanohi; kia whakaaroaro ahau hei aha ki te kotiro?

²For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

²He aha ta te Atua wahi e tuwha mai ai i runga? He aha ta te Kaha Rawa taonga tupu i te wahi tiketike?

³Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

³He teka ianei he whakangaromanga mo te tangata kino? he whiu mo nga kaimahi o te he?

⁴Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

⁴He teka ianei e kitea ana e ia oku ara, e taua ana e ia oku hikoinga katoa?

⁵If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

⁵Ki te mea i haere ahau i runga i te tekateka noa, a i hohoro toku waewae ki te tinihanga;

⁶(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

⁶Kia paunatia ahau i runga i te pauna tika, kia mohio ai te Atua ki toku tapatahi:

⁷If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

⁷Ki te mea i kotiti ke toku hikoinga i te ara, a i whai toku ngakau i oku kanohi; a ki te mea i mau te tongi ki oku ringa;

⁸Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

⁸Kati, ko ahau hei whakato, a ma tetahi atu e kai; ae ra, tukua nga hua o taku mara kia hutia atu.

⁹If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

⁹¶ Ki te mea i whakawairangitia toku ngakau e te wahine, a i whanga ahau i te tatau o toku hoa;

¹⁰Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

¹⁰Heoi kia huri paraoa taku wahine ma tetahi atu, kia piko iho ano hoki nga tangata ke ki runga i a ia.

¹¹For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

¹¹He kino rawa hoki tera; ae ra, he he e tika ana kia whiua e nga kaiwhakawa:

¹²For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

¹²He ahi hoki tera e kai ana ki te whakangaromanga rawa, poto noa aku hua katoa.

¹³If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

¹³Ki te mea i whakahaweatia e ahau te whakawa a taku pononga tane, a taku pononga wahine, i a raua e totohe ana ki ahau;

¹⁴What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁴Ka pehea ra ahau ina whakatika te Atua? He aha taku kupu e whakahoki ai ki a ia ina tae mai ia ki te titiro?

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁵He teka ranei na toku kaihanga ia i hanga i roto i te kopu? a nana, na te kotahi, i whai ahua ai maua i roto i te puku?

¹⁶If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

¹⁶¶ Ki te mea i kaiponuhia e ahau ta nga rawakore i hiahia ai, a meinga ana e ahau nga kanohi o te pouaru kia pau i te minamina;

¹⁷Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

¹⁷Ki te mea ranei i kainga taku maramara e toku kotahi, a kihai te pani i kai i tetahi wahi;

¹⁸(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

¹⁸He mea whakatupu ia naku no toku taitamarikitanga ra ano me te mea ko tona papa ahau: ko te pouaru he mea arahi naku no te kopu ra ano o toku whaea;

¹⁹If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

¹⁹Ki te mea i kite ahau i tetahi e tata ana ki te mate, he kore no te kakahu, a kahore he uhi mo te rawakore;

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²⁰Ki te mea kihai tona hope i whakapai ki ahau, a kihai ia i mahana i nga huruhuru o taku kahui:

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

²¹Ki te mea i ara toku ringa hei pehi i te pani, i toku kitenga he awina tera moku kei te kuwaha;

²²Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

²²Na kia marere atu toku pokohiwi i roto i te peke, kia whati te takakau o toku ringa.

²³For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

²³Ko te whiu hoki a te Atua taku i wehi ai; kihai hoki i taea e ahau te aha i tona nui.

²⁴If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

²⁴¶ Ki te mea i u toku whakaaro ki te koura, a i mea ahau ki te koura parakore, Ko koe taku e whakawhirinaki atu ai;

²⁵If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

²⁵Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te maha o oku rawa, a ki te nui o ta toku ringa i whiwhi ai;

²⁶If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

²⁶Ki te mea i kite ahau i te ra e whiti ana, i te marama ranei e haere ana i tona tiahotanga;

²⁷And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

²⁷A ka kumea pukutia atu toku ngakau, ka kihia toku ringa e toku mangai:

²⁸This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

²⁸Na he kino tenei hei whiunga ma nga kaiwhakawa: he teka hoki naku ki te Atua i runga.

²⁹If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

²⁹Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te whakangaromanga o te tangata i kino ki ahau, i whakaara ake ranei i ahau i te panga o te he ki a ia;

³⁰(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

³⁰Ae, kihai ahau i tuku i toku mangai kia hara, kihai i whai kia kanga tona wairua;

³¹If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

³¹Ki te mea kahore nga tangata o toku teneti i mea, Tena koa te tangata kihai nei i makona i tona kikokiko?

³²(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

³²Kihai te manene i moe i waho; i whakatuwheratia ano e ahau oku tatau ki te tangata haere;

³³If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

³³¶ Ki te mea i pera ahau me Arama, i hipoki i oku he, i huna i toku kino ki roto ki toku uma;

³⁴Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-

³⁴I wehi hoki ahau i te huihui nui, i mataku ki te whakahawea a nga hapu, a whakarongo kau ana, kihai hoki i puta ki waho

³⁵Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

³⁵Aue, me i whakarongo mai tetahi ki ahau! Nana, tenei taku tohu, ma te Kaha Rawa e whakahoki mai he kupu ki ahau; me i ahau noa te pukapuka i tuhituhia e toku hoariri!

³⁶Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

³⁶Ina, kua amohia e ahau i runga i toku pokohiwi; kua herea e ahau hei karauna moku.

³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

³⁷Kua whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia te maha o oku hikoinga; rite tonu ki ta te rangatira taku whakatata atu ki a ia.

³⁸If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

³⁸Ki te tangi taku oneone, he whakahe ki ahau, ki te uru ano ona moa ki te aue,

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

³⁹Ki te mea i kainga e ahau ona hua, he mea kihai i utua, a naku ranei ona ariki i mate ai,

⁴⁰Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

⁴⁰Na, kia riro pu te witi i te tataramoa, te parei i te taru kino. Heoi ano nga korero a Hopa.