¹And Job answered and said,

¹¶ Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia.

²How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!

²He hapai pehea tau i te kahakore? He whakaora pehea tau i te ringa ngoikore?

³How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

³Ka tae tau whakatakoto whakaaro ma te whakaarokore! Te nui o tau whakaatu tikanga!

⁴For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

⁴I puaki ki a wai au kupu? No wai te wairua i puta mai ra i a koe?

⁵The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;

⁵¶ E wiri ana nga tupapaku i raro i te wai, me nga mea ano e noho ana i reira.

⁶Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

⁶E takoto kau ana te reinga i tona aroaro, kahore hoki he hipoki mo te whakangaro.

⁷He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;

⁷E horahia atu ana e ia te raki ki runga ki te wahi takoto kau, whakairihia ana e ia te whenua ki runga ki te kahore noa iho.

⁸He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.

⁸E takaia ana e ia nga wai ki roto ki ana kapua matotoru; a kahore te kapua e pakaru i raro i a ratou.

⁹He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.

⁹E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tona torona, horahia ana e ia tana kapua ki runga.

¹⁰He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

¹⁰He mea karapoti nana nga wai, rohe rawa, a tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te marama me te pouri.

¹¹The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

¹¹Wiri ana nga pou o te rangi, miharo ana ki tana whakatupehupehu.

¹²He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

¹²Ko tona kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana, maru ana te whakakake i tona matauranga.

¹³By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

¹³Na tona wairua i whakapaipai nga rangi; na tona ringa i wero te nakahi tere.

¹⁴Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

¹⁴Na, he pito enei no ona ara; ano te iti o te wahi ona e rangona ana! Ko te whatitiri ia o tona kaha, ko wai ka matau?