¹¶ Tena ra, whakarongo, e Hopa, ki aku korero, kia whai taringa ki aku kupu katoa.

¹And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear.

²Nana, kua puaki nei toku mangai, kei te korero toku arero i roto i toku mangai.

²Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

³Ma aku kupu e whakapuaki te tika o toku ngakau; ka korero pono oku ngutu i ta ratou e matau ana.

³Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.

⁴He mea hanga ahau na te Wairua o te Atua, a na te manawa o te Kaha Rawa ahau i whai ora ai.

⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me.

⁵Ki te taea e koe, whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau; whakatikaia au korero ki toku aroaro, e tu ki runga.

⁵If thou art able — answer me, Set in array before me — station thyself.

⁶Nana, ko toku anga ki te Atua he pena hoki i tau; he mea hanga nei ano hoki ahau ki te paru.

⁶Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I — I also, have been formed.

⁷Nana, e kore te wehi ki ahau e whakawehi i a koe; e kore ano hoki toku ringa e taimaha iho ki a koe.

⁷Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.

⁸¶ He pono kua hakiri oku taringa ki au kupu, a kua rongo atu ahau i te reo o au kupu, e mea ana,

⁸Surely — thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

⁹He ma ahau, kahore oku he; he harakore ahau, kahore hoki he kino i roto i ahau:

⁹`Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity.

¹⁰Na e rapu ana ia i te take riri ki ahau, e kiia ana ahau e ia he hoariri nona;

¹⁰Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,

¹¹E karapitia ana e ia oku waewae ki te rakau, e ata titiro ana ia ki oku hikoinga katoa.

¹¹He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.`

¹²Nana, maku e whawhati tau kupu, ehara tenei mea au i te mea tika; nui atu hoki te Atua i te tangata.

¹²Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

¹³He aha koe i totohe ai ki a ia? E kore hoki e korerotia e ia te tikanga o tetahi o ana mea.

¹³Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?

¹⁴¶ Kotahi hoki, ae ra, e rua korerotanga a te Atua, otiia kahore e maharatia e te tangata.

¹⁴For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

¹⁵I te moe, i te putanga moemoea mai o te po, ina au iho te moe o te tangata, i nga moenga i runga i te takotoranga;

¹⁵In a dream — a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.

¹⁶Ko reira ia whakapuare ai i nga taringa o nga tangata, hiri ai hoki i te ako mo ratou;

¹⁶Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:

¹⁷Kia whakanekehia ai te tangata i tana whakaaro, kia hipokina ai hoki te whakapehapeha o te tangata;

¹⁷To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth.

¹⁸E puritia ana e ia tona wairua kei tae ki te rua, tona ora kei riro i te hoari.

¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

¹⁹¶ E whiua ana hoki ia ki te mamae i runga i tona moenga, ki te ngau tonu hoki o ona wheua;

¹⁹And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.

²⁰A whakarihariha ana tona ora ki te taro, tona wairua ki te kai whakaminamina.

²⁰And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

²¹E honia ana ona kiko, a kore noa e kitea; a purero mai ana ona wheua kihai nei i kitea i mua.

²¹His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!

²²Heoi e whakatata ana tona wairua ki te rua, tona ora ki nga kaiwhakamate.

²²And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

²³Ki te mea he karere tera kei a ia, he kaiwhakaatu tikanga tetahi i roto i te mano, hei whakaatu i tona tika ki te tangata:

²³If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter — one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:

²⁴Na ka tohu tera i a ia, a ka mea, Whakaorangia ia kei heke ki te rua, kua kitea hoki e ahau he utu.

²⁴Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.`

²⁵Ko tona kiri ka ngawari atu i to te tamaiti; ka hoki iho ia ki nga ra o tona tamarikitanga:

²⁵Fresher [is] his flesh than a child`s, He returneth to the days of his youth.

²⁶Ka inoi ia ki te Atua, a ka manako tera ki a ia; heoi ka kite ia i tona mata i runga i te koa: a ka utua e ia te tika o te tangata.

²⁶He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

²⁷E waiata ana ia i te aroaro o nga tangata, e mea ana, Kua hara ahau, whakaparoritia ake e ahau te tika, a kahore he pai ki ahau:

²⁷He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

²⁸Kua whakaorangia e ia toku wairua kei riro ki te rua, a e kite toku wairua i te marama.

²⁸He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.`

²⁹¶ Nana, e meatia ana enei mea katoa e te Atua, e tuaruatia ana, ae, e tuatorutia ana, ki te tangata,

²⁹Lo, all these doth God work, Twice — thrice with man,

³⁰Hei whakahoki mai i tona wairua i roto i te rua, kia whakamaramatia ai ki te marama o te ora.

³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

³¹Kia whai whakaaro mai, e Hopa, whakarongo mai ki ahau: kati tau, a ka korero ahau.

³¹Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I — I do speak.

³²Ki te mea he kupu tau, utua mai taku: korero, ko taku hoki i pai ai kia whakatikaia tau.

³²If there are words — answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.

³³Ki te kahore, whakarongo ki ahau: noho puku koe, a maku koe e whakaako ki te whakaaro nui.

³³If there are not — hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.