1¶ I korero ano hoki a Erihu, i mea,
1Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2Whakarongo ki aku kupu, e te hunga whakaaro nui; kia whai taringa ki ahau, e te hunga mohio.
2Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
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 trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
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.
4Let us choose for ourselves what is right; 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 am righteous, and ùGod hath taken away my judgment:
6Ahakoa kei ahau te tika ka kiia ahau he tangata teka; e kore e mahu toku werohanga, ahakoa kahore oku he.
6Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.
7Ko wai te tangata e rite ki a Hopa, me te mea he wai te tawai e inumia ana e ia?
7What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,
8Kua uru nei ki te tira o nga kaimahi i te he, a e haere tahi ana me nga tangata kikino.
8And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9Kua mea hoki ia, Kahore he painga ki te tangata ki te ahuareka atu ia ki te Atua.
9For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in 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 hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from ùGod, and wrong from the Almighty!
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 a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to [his] way.
12Tika rawa, e kore te Atua e kino, e kore ano hoki te Kaha Rawa e whakaputa ke i te whakawa.
12Yea, surely, ùGod acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.
13Na wai ia i mea hei kaitirotiro mo te whenua? Na wai hoki i whakatakoto nga tikanga mo te ao katoa?
13Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole 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 only thought of himself, [and] gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,
15Ka hemo ngatahi nga kikokiko katoa, a ka hoki ano te tangata ki te puehu.
15All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.
16¶ Na ki te mea he ngakau mohio tou, whakarongo ki tenei; kia whai taringa mai ki te reo o aku kupu.
16If now [thou hast] 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?
17Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?
18E tau ana ranei te mea atu ki te kingi, He weriweri koe? ki nga rangatira ranei, He kino koutou?
18Shall one say to a king, Belial? to nobles, 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.
19[How then to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.
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.
20In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away 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 upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.
22Kahore he pouri, kahore he atarangi o te mate e piri ai nga kaimahi i te kino.
22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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 long consider a man, to bring him before ùGod 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 in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth 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.
25Since he knoweth their actions; and he overthroweth [them] in the night, and they are crushed.
26He hunga kino ratou, pakia iho e ia i te tirohanga a te tangata;
26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,
27Mo ratou i tahuri ke i te whai i a ia, kihai hoki i whakaaro ki tetahi o ona ara:
27Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;
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.
28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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.
29When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth [his] face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;
30Kore ake te whakaponokore e whai kingitanga, kore ake te iwi e mahangatia.
30That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared.
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 hath he said unto ùGod, I bear [chastisement], I will not offend;
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.
32What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more?
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.
33Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused [his judgment]; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.
34Ka korero mai nga tangata ngakau mahara ki ahau, ae ra, nga tangata whakaaro nui e whakarongo ana ki ahau:
34Men of understanding will say to me, and a wise man who heareth me:
35Kahore he matauranga o Hopa i a ia i korero ra, kahore hoki he mahara i roto i ana kupu.
35Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence.
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.
36Would that Job may be tried unto the end, because of [his] answers after the manner of evil men!
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 addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against ùGod.