¹¶ I korero ano hoki a Erihu, i mea,

¹And Elihu answereth and saith:

²Whakarongo ki aku kupu, e te hunga whakaaro nui; kia whai taringa ki ahau, e te hunga mohio.

²Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

³E whakamatau ana hoki te taringa i te kupu, e pera ana me ta te mangai ki te reka o te kai.

³For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

⁴Ko ta tatou e whiriwhiri ai ma tatou ko te mea tika: kia mohiotia hoki e tatou, e tenei, e tenei, ko te aha te mea pai.

⁴Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

⁵Kua mea nei hoki a Hopa, He tika taku, a kua whakapeaua ketia e te Atua te whakawa moku:

⁵For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

⁶Ahakoa kei ahau te tika ka kiia ahau he tangata teka; e kore e mahu toku werohanga, ahakoa kahore oku he.

⁶Against my right do I lie? Mortal [is] mine arrow — without transgression.`

⁷Ko wai te tangata e rite ki a Hopa, me te mea he wai te tawai e inumia ana e ia?

⁷Who [is] a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

⁸Kua uru nei ki te tira o nga kaimahi i te he, a e haere tahi ana me nga tangata kikino.

⁸And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

⁹Kua mea hoki ia, Kahore he painga ki te tangata ki te ahuareka atu ia ki te Atua.

⁹For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.`

¹⁰¶ No reira whakarongo mai ki ahau, e nga tangata ngakau mohio: e kore rawa te Atua e mahi i te kino; e kore rawa hoki te Kaha Rawa e mahi i te he.

¹⁰Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness:

¹¹Ka utua hoki e ia te tangata mo tana mahi, ka rite hoki ki to te tangata ara nga mea e whakawhiwhia e ia ki a ia.

¹¹For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

¹²Tika rawa, e kore te Atua e kino, e kore ano hoki te Kaha Rawa e whakaputa ke i te whakawa.

¹²Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

¹³Na wai ia i mea hei kaitirotiro mo te whenua? Na wai hoki i whakatakoto nga tikanga mo te ao katoa?

¹³Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

¹⁴Ki te anga mai tona ngakau ki te tangata, ki te kohia atu e ia ki a ia tona wairua me tona manawa;

¹⁴If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

¹⁵Ka hemo ngatahi nga kikokiko katoa, a ka hoki ano te tangata ki te puehu.

¹⁵Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

¹⁶¶ Na ki te mea he ngakau mohio tou, whakarongo ki tenei; kia whai taringa mai ki te reo o aku kupu.

¹⁶And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

¹⁷E whai kingitanga ranei tetahi kotahi e kino ana ki te tika? E whakakino ranei koe ki te tangata tika, kaha hoki?

¹⁷Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

¹⁸E tau ana ranei te mea atu ki te kingi, He weriweri koe? ki nga rangatira ranei, He kino koutou?

¹⁸Who hath said to a king — `Worthless,` Unto princes — `Wicked?`

¹⁹Kia iti rawa iho ki a ia e kore nei e whakapai ki te kanohi o nga rangatira, e kore nei e hira ake tona pai ki te hunga whai rawa i nga rawakore? No te mea he mahi ratou katoa na ona ringa.

¹⁹That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands [are] all of them.

²⁰Kihai i aha kua mate ratou, kua mate i waenganui po; ka wiri te iwi, ka pahemo atu, ka riro te hunga nunui, kahore hoki he ringa.

²⁰[In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

²¹Kei runga hoki i nga ara o te tangata ona kanohi, e kitea ana e ia ona hikoinga katoa.

²¹For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

²²Kahore he pouri, kahore he atarangi o te mate e piri ai nga kaimahi i te kino.

²²There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

²³E kore hoki e nui atu i te tika te mea e whakawaha e ia ki te tangata, e haere ai ia ki te aroaro o te Atua ki te whakawa.

²³For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,

²⁴Ka wawahia e ia nga tangata nunui, te mohiotia nga ara, a whakaturia ake etahi atu i muri i a ratou.

²⁴He breaketh the mighty — no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

²⁵Na e mohio ana ia ki a ratou mahi; a hurihia ake ratou e ia i te po, a mongamonga noa ratou.

²⁵Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

²⁶He hunga kino ratou, pakia iho e ia i te tirohanga a te tangata;

²⁶As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

²⁷Mo ratou i tahuri ke i te whai i a ia, kihai hoki i whakaaro ki tetahi o ona ara:

²⁷Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

²⁸Na ratou hoki i puta ai te tangi a te rawakore ki a ia, a rongo ana ia ki te tangi a te hunga e tukinotia ana.

²⁸To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

²⁹Ki te meinga e ia kia ata noho, ko wai hei whakararuraru? A ki te huna e ia tona kanohi, ko wai e kite i a ia? ahakoa i meatia ki te iwi, ki te tangata ranei, rite tonu.

²⁹And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.

³⁰Kore ake te whakaponokore e whai kingitanga, kore ake te iwi e mahangatia.

³⁰From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

³¹¶ Kua mea atu ranei ki te Atua, Kua pehia ahau e te whiu, e kore ahau e mahi i te he a muri nei?

³¹For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

³²Ko te mea kihai i kitea e ahau mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau; ki te mea i mahi ahau i te he, ka mutu taku.

³²Besides [that which] I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done — I do not add?`

³³Kia rite ranei tana utu ki tau e mea ai, i whakakahoretia ai e koe? Mau te whiriwhiri, kahore maku: na mau e korero mai tau i mohio ai.

³³By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused — That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

³⁴Ka korero mai nga tangata ngakau mahara ki ahau, ae ra, nga tangata whakaaro nui e whakarongo ana ki ahau:

³⁴Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.

³⁵Kahore he matauranga o Hopa i a ia i korero ra, kahore hoki he mahara i roto i ana kupu.

³⁵Job — not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words [are] not with wisdom.

³⁶He pai me i whakamatauria a Hopa a te mutunga ra ano, mo ana kupu i whakahokia mai nei e ia, he mea i rite ki a nga tangata kikino.

³⁶My Father! let Job be tried — unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

³⁷E tapiritia ana hoki e ia te tutu ki runga ki tona hara, kei te pakipaki ia i ona ringa i waenganui i a tatou, a whakanuia ana e ia ana kupu kite Atua.

³⁷For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.