¹¶ Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

¹And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —

²Kei a ia te kingitanga me te wehi: ko ia hei hohou i te rongo i ona wahi tiketike.

²The rule and fear [are] with Him, Making peace in His high places.

³E taea ranei ana ope te tatau? ko wai hoki i kore te whitingia e tona marama?

³Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

⁴A ma te aha ra te tangata ka whakatikaia mai ai e te Atua? Ma te aha ka ma ai te whanau a te wahine?

⁴And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure — born of a woman?

⁵Nana, ko te marama, kahore ona tiahotanga, kahore hoki nga whetu kia ma ki tana titiro:

⁵Lo — unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.

⁶Kia iti rawa iho to te tangata, he kutukutu nei! to te tama a te tangata, he iro nei!

⁶How much less man — a grub, And the son of man — a worm!