¹¶ Katahi a Eripata Temani ka oho, ka mea,

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —

²Ki te anga matou ki te korero ki a koe, e pouri ranei koe? otira e taea e wai te pehi te kupu?

²Hath one tried a word with thee? — Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

³Nana, he tokomaha i whakaakona e koe: nau hoki i whakakaha nga ringa kahakore.

³Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

⁴Ara ana i au kupu te tangata e hinga ana; nau hoki i kaha ai nga turi kua piko.

⁴The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

⁵Inaianei kua tae mai ki a koe, a e hemo ana koe: e pa ana ki a koe, ohorere ana koe.

⁵But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.

⁶He taka ianei kei tou wehi ki te Atua he okiokinga whakaaro mou? Kei te tapatahi o ou huarahi he tumanakohanga mou?

⁶Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope — the perfection of thy ways?

⁷¶ Maharatia ra, ko wai o nga tangata harakore i huna? I ngaro ranei ki hea te hunga tika?

⁷Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

⁸Ko taku hoki tenei i kite ai, ko te hunga e parau ana i te he, e rua ana i te raruraru, ko ia ra ano ta ratou e kokoti ai.

⁸As I have seen — ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

⁹Huna ana ratou e te ha o te Atua, moti iho ratou i te hau o tona riri.

⁹From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

¹⁰Ko te hamama o te raiona, ko te reo o te raiona tutu, ko nga niho o nga kuao raiona, whati ana.

¹⁰The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

¹¹Ngaro ana te raiona katua i te kore kai, a marara noa atu nga kuao a te raiona.

¹¹An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

¹²¶ Na i kawea pukutia mai he korero ki ahau, a kapohia ana e toku taringa he komuhumuhu.

¹²And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

¹³I nga whakaaroaronga, no nga kite o te po, i te mea ka au iho te moe a te tangata,

¹³In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

¹⁴Ka pa te wehi ki ahau, me te ihiihi, a wiri ana oku wheua katoa.

¹⁴Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

¹⁵Na ka tika atu he wairua i toku aroaro, tutu ana nga huruhuru o toku kikokiko.

¹⁵And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

¹⁶Tu ana ia, otiia kihai ahau i mohio ki tona mata; he ahua te mea i toku aroaro: tu puku ana; na ka rongo ahau i te reo e ki ana,

¹⁶It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

¹⁷He nui atu ranei te tika o te tangata i to te Atua? He nui atu ranei i to tona Kaihanga to ma o te tangata?

¹⁷`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

¹⁸Nana, kahore rawa ia e whakawhirinaki ki ana pononga; a ki tana, he he kei ana anahera.

¹⁸Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.`

¹⁹Tera atu to te hunga e noho ana i roto i nga whare uku, he puehu to ratou turanga; mongamonga kau ratou i te aroaro o te purehurehu.

¹⁹Also — the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

²⁰I waenganui o te ata, o te ahiahi, ka whakangaromia ratou; huna ana ratou ake tonu atu, te ai tetahi hei whakaaro atu.

²⁰From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

²¹Kahore ranei to ratou taura here teneti i motuhia i roto i a ratou? Mate ana ratou, kahore hoki he matauranga.

²¹Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!