¹¶ Na i korero tonu ano a Hopa i tana pepeha; i mea,

¹And Job continued his parable and said,

²E ora ana te Atua, nana nei i whakakahore toku tika; te Kaha Rawa, nana nei i whakakawa toku wairua;

²[As] ùGod liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

³Kei te toitu tonu hoki toku ora i roto i ahau, a kei roto i oku pongaponga te wairua o te Atua;

³All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils,

⁴He pono, e kore oku ngutu e korero kino, e kore te hianga e puaki i toku arero.

⁴My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!

⁵Aue kia whakatikaia ta koutou e ahau! E kore e whakarerea e ahau toku ngakau tapatahi, a mate noa.

⁵Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.

⁶Ka mau taku pupuri ki toku tika, e kore e tukua atu e ahau: e kore toku ngakau e whakahe ki ahau i ahau ano e ora nei.

⁶My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.

⁷¶ Ko toku hoariri, kia rite ia ki te tangata kino; ko te tangata e whakatika mai ana ki ahau, kia rite ia ki te tangata hara.

⁷Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

⁸He aha oti ta te whakaponokore e tumanako ai, ahakoa whiwhi ia i te rawa, ki te mea ka tangohia atu tona wairua e te Atua?

⁸For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?

⁹E rongo ranei te Atua ki tana tangi ina pa te he ki a ia?

⁹Will ùGod hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

¹⁰E ahuareka ranei ia ki te Kaha Rawa, e karanga ranei ki te Atua i nga wa katoa?

¹⁰Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God?

¹¹¶ Ka whakaakona koutou e ahau ki te ringa o te Atua; e kore e huna e ahau nga mea e takoto mai nei i te Kaha Rawa.

¹¹I will teach you concerning the hand of ùGod; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹²Nana, kua kite koutou katoa; a na te aha koutou i wairangi rawa ai?

¹²Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

¹³Ko ta te Atua wahi tenei ma te tangata kino, ko te mea e whakarerea iho ma nga kaitukino, ko ta te Kaha Rawa e riro i a ratou.

¹³This is the portion of the wicked man with ùGod, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --

¹⁴Ki te mea ka tokomaha ana tamariki, hei mea ma te hoari; e kore ano hoki ona uri e makona i te taro.

¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;

¹⁵Ko ona morehu ka tanumia ki te mate; e kore ano hoki ana pouaru e tangi.

¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.

¹⁶Ahakoa amene ia i te hiriwa ano he puehu, a pae tonu te kakahu mona ano he paru;

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

¹⁷E pae ano i a ia, otiia ka kakahuria e te tangata tika, ka wehewehea hoki te hiriwa e te harakore.

¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁸Ka rite tana hanga i tona whare ki ta te purehurehu; tona rite kei te whare tihokahoka e hanga ana e te kaitiaki.

¹⁸He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

¹⁹Ka takoto ia, he tangata taonga, otiia e kore e kohia ki te urupa; ko te tirohanga ake a ona kanohi, na kua kahore noa iho ia.

¹⁹He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

²⁰Rite tonu ki te wai nga whakawehi e mau ai ia; tahaetia ana ia e te paroro i te po.

²⁰Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

²¹Ka kahakina atu ia e te marangai, a riro ana ia; ka aia atu ano ia i tona wahi.

²¹The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

²²Ka aki mai hoki te Atua ki a ia, e kore ano ia e tohungia; mea noa ia kia rere mai i roto i tona ringa.

²²And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

²³Ka papaki te tangata i o ratou ringa ki a ia, a ka whakahi, ka a atu i a ia i tona wahi.

²³[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.