¹¶ Na ka whakautua e Eripata Temani; i mea ia,

¹Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

²He horihori kau koia te matauranga e whakapuakina e te tangata whakaaro, kia whakakiia e ia tona kopu ki te hau marangai?

²Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

³Me korero ranei ia ko nga kupu kore hua hei ako, ko nga whaikorero ranei kahore nei e whai tikanga?

³Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

⁴Ae, kua whakakorea atu na e koe te wehi, kei te pupuri mai koe i te inoi i te aroaro o te Atua.

⁴Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

⁵Na kei te whakaakona tou mangai e tou kino, a kei te whiriwhiria e koe ko te arero o te hunga tinihanga.

⁵For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

⁶Ehara i ahau, na tou mangai ano i hopu tou kino; ko ou ngutu ano hei whakaatu i tou he.

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

⁷Ko koe ianei te tangata tuatahi kua whanau? He mea hanga ranei koe no mua atu i nga pukepuke?

⁷Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

⁸Kua rongo ranei koe i to te Atua whakaaro puku? Kei te kaiponu ranei koe i te whakaaro ki a koe anake?

⁸Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

⁹Ko te aha te mohiotia ana e koe, a kahore e mohiotia e matou? Ko tehea whakaaro ano hoki ou kahore nei i a matou?

⁹What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

¹⁰Kei a matou nga upoko hina ratou tahi ko nga tino koroheke, kaumatua rawa ake i tou papa.

¹⁰With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

¹¹He iti rawa ranei mou nga whakamarie a te Atua, te kupu ngawari e hoatu ana ki a koe?

¹¹Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

¹²He aha koe i kahakina atu ai e tou ngakau? He aha hoki ou kanohi i kimokimo ai,

¹²Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

¹³I tahuri ai tou wairua ki te whakahe i te Atua? i puaki ai ena kupu i tou mangai?

¹³That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

¹⁴He aha te tangata, e ma ai ia? te whanau ranei a te wahine, e tika ai?

¹⁴What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁵Nana, kahore ia e whakawhirinaki ki ana mea tapu; kahore hoki nga rangi e ma ki tana titiro.

¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

¹⁶Katahi ia te he rawa ko te mea whakarihariha, ko te mea poke, ko te tangata e inu nei i te kino ano he wai.

¹⁶How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

¹⁷¶ Maku e whakaatu ki a koe, whakarongo mai ki ahau; ko te mea kua kitea e ahau, maku e korero atu.

¹⁷I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

¹⁸He mea korero mai na nga mohio, he whakarerenga iho na o ratou matua: kihai hoki i huna e ratou:

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

¹⁹Ki a ratou nei anake te homaitanga o te whenua; kihai hoki te tangata ke i tika i waenganui i a ratou.

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

²⁰E whakamamae ana te tangata kino i ona ra katoa, ara i te maha o nga tau e haupu nei mo te kaitukino.

²⁰The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

²¹He reo whakawehi kei roto i ona taringa; i te wa whai rawa ka tae mai te kaipahua ki a ia:

²¹A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

²²Kahore ana whakaaetanga ake tera ia ka hoki ake i te pouri, e whanga ana ano hoki te hoari ki a ia.

²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

²³E kopikopiko noa ana ia ki te taro mana, e mea ana: Kei hea ra? E mohio ana ia kua tata ki tona ringa te ra o te pouri.

²³He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²⁴Ko te ngakau mamae, me te tumatatenga, hei whakawehi i a ia; ka kaha ake raua i a ia, me te mea he kingi kua rite ana mea mo te whawhai.

²⁴Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

²⁵Kua totoro nei ona ringa ki te whawhai ki te Atua, kua whakatoatoa nei i a ia ki te whawhai ki te Kaha Rawa;

²⁵For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

²⁶Kua rere ki a ia me te kaki maro, me nga puku matotoru o ana whakangungu rakau.

²⁶He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

²⁷Kua kopakina hoki tona mata e tona ngako, a kua tupu te ngako o tona hope.

²⁷Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

²⁸Na i noho ia ki nga pa mahue, ki nga whare kahore i nohoia e te tangata, meake nei waiho hei puranga.

²⁸And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

²⁹E kore ia e whai taonga, e kore ano ona rawa e mau, e kore ano hoki to ratou hua e taupe ki te whenua.

²⁹He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

³⁰E kore ia e puta i te pouri, ona peka ka maroke i te mura, ka riro atu ano ia i te manawa o tona mangai.

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³¹Kei whakawhirinaki ia ki te mea teka noa, kei tinihanga ki a ia ano: no te mea ko te teka noa hei utu ki a ia.

³¹Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

³²E kore tona ra e taea, kua rite; e kore ano tona peka e whai rau.

³²It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

³³Ka ruiruia e ia ana karepe kaiota ano ko te waina, a ka maka tana puawai me te mea ko te oriwa.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

³⁴Ka pakoko hoki te whakaminenga o te hunga atuakore, ka pau hoki i te ahi nga teneti o nga utu whakapati.

³⁴For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

³⁵He mahi nanakia te mea i hapu ki roto ki a ratou, whanau ake he teka noa; ko o ratou kopu ano hei hanga i te tinihanga.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.