¹Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

¹¶ Tena ra, whakarongo, e Hopa, ki aku korero, kia whai taringa ki aku kupu katoa.

²Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

²Nana, kua puaki nei toku mangai, kei te korero toku arero i roto i toku mangai.

³My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

³Ma aku kupu e whakapuaki te tika o toku ngakau; ka korero pono oku ngutu i ta ratou e matau ana.

⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

⁴He mea hanga ahau na te Wairua o te Atua, a na te manawa o te Kaha Rawa ahau i whai ora ai.

⁵If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.

⁵Ki te taea e koe, whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau; whakatikaia au korero ki toku aroaro, e tu ki runga.

⁶Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

⁶Nana, ko toku anga ki te Atua he pena hoki i tau; he mea hanga nei ano hoki ahau ki te paru.

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

⁷Nana, e kore te wehi ki ahau e whakawehi i a koe; e kore ano hoki toku ringa e taimaha iho ki a koe.

⁸Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

⁸¶ He pono kua hakiri oku taringa ki au kupu, a kua rongo atu ahau i te reo o au kupu, e mea ana,

⁹I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

⁹He ma ahau, kahore oku he; he harakore ahau, kahore hoki he kino i roto i ahau:

¹⁰Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:

¹⁰Na e rapu ana ia i te take riri ki ahau, e kiia ana ahau e ia he hoariri nona;

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.

¹¹E karapitia ana e ia oku waewae ki te rakau, e ata titiro ana ia ki oku hikoinga katoa.

¹²Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

¹²Nana, maku e whawhati tau kupu, ehara tenei mea au i te mea tika; nui atu hoki te Atua i te tangata.

¹³Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

¹³He aha koe i totohe ai ki a ia? E kore hoki e korerotia e ia te tikanga o tetahi o ana mea.

¹⁴For God speaketh once, Yea twice, [though man] regardeth it not.

¹⁴¶ Kotahi hoki, ae ra, e rua korerotanga a te Atua, otiia kahore e maharatia e te tangata.

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

¹⁵I te moe, i te putanga moemoea mai o te po, ina au iho te moe o te tangata, i nga moenga i runga i te takotoranga;

¹⁶Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

¹⁶Ko reira ia whakapuare ai i nga taringa o nga tangata, hiri ai hoki i te ako mo ratou;

¹⁷That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, And hide pride from man;

¹⁷Kia whakanekehia ai te tangata i tana whakaaro, kia hipokina ai hoki te whakapehapeha o te tangata;

¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

¹⁸E puritia ana e ia tona wairua kei tae ki te rua, tona ora kei riro i te hoari.

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

¹⁹¶ E whiua ana hoki ia ki te mamae i runga i tona moenga, ki te ngau tonu hoki o ona wheua;

²⁰So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

²⁰A whakarihariha ana tona ora ki te taro, tona wairua ki te kai whakaminamina.

²¹His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

²¹E honia ana ona kiko, a kore noa e kitea; a purero mai ana ona wheua kihai nei i kitea i mua.

²²Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

²²Heoi e whakatata ana tona wairua ki te rua, tona ora ki nga kaiwhakamate.

²³If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

²³Ki te mea he karere tera kei a ia, he kaiwhakaatu tikanga tetahi i roto i te mano, hei whakaatu i tona tika ki te tangata:

²⁴Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

²⁴Na ka tohu tera i a ia, a ka mea, Whakaorangia ia kei heke ki te rua, kua kitea hoki e ahau he utu.

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returneth to the days of his youth.

²⁵Ko tona kiri ka ngawari atu i to te tamaiti; ka hoki iho ia ki nga ra o tona tamarikitanga:

²⁶He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

²⁶Ka inoi ia ki te Atua, a ka manako tera ki a ia; heoi ka kite ia i tona mata i runga i te koa: a ka utua e ia te tika o te tangata.

²⁷He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

²⁷E waiata ana ia i te aroaro o nga tangata, e mea ana, Kua hara ahau, whakaparoritia ake e ahau te tika, a kahore he pai ki ahau:

²⁸He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

²⁸Kua whakaorangia e ia toku wairua kei riro ki te rua, a e kite toku wairua i te marama.

²⁹Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, [yea] thrice, with a man,

²⁹¶ Nana, e meatia ana enei mea katoa e te Atua, e tuaruatia ana, ae, e tuatorutia ana, ki te tangata,

³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

³⁰Hei whakahoki mai i tona wairua i roto i te rua, kia whakamaramatia ai ki te marama o te ora.

³¹Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

³¹Kia whai whakaaro mai, e Hopa, whakarongo mai ki ahau: kati tau, a ka korero ahau.

³²If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

³²Ki te mea he kupu tau, utua mai taku: korero, ko taku hoki i pai ai kia whakatikaia tau.

³³If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

³³Ki te kahore, whakarongo ki ahau: noho puku koe, a maku koe e whakaako ki te whakaaro nui.