¹Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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

²Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

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

³Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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 laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast 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 determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

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

⁶Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

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

⁷When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted 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?

⁸Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

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?

⁹When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

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

¹⁰And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

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

¹¹And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

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

¹²Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring 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;

¹³That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

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

¹⁴It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:

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

¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

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

¹⁶Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

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

¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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

¹⁸Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest 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 the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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

²⁰That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

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

²¹[Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

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

²²Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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

²³Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

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

²⁴By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon 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 cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

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 where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

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

²⁷To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

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?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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

³⁰The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

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

³¹Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

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

³²Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

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

³³Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof 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?

³⁴Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

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

³⁵Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

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 wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

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

³⁷Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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

³⁸When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

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

³⁹Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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

⁴⁰When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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

⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of 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?