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

¹Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words.

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

²Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,

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

³My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.

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 ùGod hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

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 canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.

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

⁶Behold, before ùGod I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

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

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.

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 spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words: --

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

⁹I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

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

¹⁰Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

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

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh 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.

¹²Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater 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.

¹³Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

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

¹⁴For ùGod speaketh once, and twice, -- [and man] perceiveth it not --

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, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

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

¹⁶Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,

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

¹⁷That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.

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 the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

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

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;

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

²⁰And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty 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 away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

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

²²And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

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 be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;

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 will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

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

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return 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 shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto 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 will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

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

²⁸He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

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

²⁹Lo, all these [things] worketh ùGod 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, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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

³¹Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.

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

³²If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

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

³³If not, hearken thou unto me; be silent, and I will teach thee wisdom.