¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

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

²For what would have been [my] portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from 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 not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for 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, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

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

⁷If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth 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;

⁸Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring 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 have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

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

¹⁰Let my wife grind for 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 this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged 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 to 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 bondman or of my bondmaid, 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 should I do when ùGod riseth up? and if he visited, what should 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 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, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

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

¹⁸(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] 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 perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without 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 were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

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 an orphan, 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;

²²[Then] 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 ùGod was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

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, or said to the fine gold, 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 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 beheld the sun when it shone, 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 have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

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

²⁸This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the ùGod who is above.

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

²⁹If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell 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(Neither have I suffered my 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 said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied 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?

³²The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

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

³³If I covered my transgressions as Adam, 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! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

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!

³⁶Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to 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 come near to 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 cry out against me, and its furrows 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, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

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 tares 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.