¹¶ I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,

¹And Elihu proceeded and said,

²Tukua ahau, kia iti nei, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe; he kupu ano hoki aku mo ta te Atua.

²Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for +God.

³Ka tikina atu e ahau toku mohio i tawhiti, ka whakatikaia e ahau ta toku Kaihanga.

³I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.

⁴E kore rawa hoki aku kupu e teka: tenei kei a koe te tangata kua tino nui tona matauranga.

⁴For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.

⁵¶ Nana, he pakari te Atua, e kore ano ia e whakahawea: pakari tonu te kaha o tona matauranga.

⁵Lo, ùGod is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:

⁶E kore te tangata kino e whakaorangia e ia; mana te hunga mate e whiwhi ai ki nga mea e tika ana ma ratou.

⁶He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

⁷E kore e mutu tana titiro ki te tangata tika; engari ka whakanohoia ngatahitia ratou e ia me nga kingi ki runga ki te torona ake ake, a ka whakanekehia ake hoki ratou.

⁷He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

⁸Ki te mea kua herea ratou ki te mekameka, mau pu i te rahiri, ara i nga mate,

⁸And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

⁹Na ka whakakitea e ia ki a ratou ta ratou mahi, me o ratou he, i mea ai ratou i nga mea whakapehapeha.

⁹Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.

¹⁰Ka whakapuaretia ano e ia o ratou taringa ki te ako, a ka ki kia hoki i te kino.

¹⁰And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

¹¹Ki te rongo ratou, a ka mahi ki a ia, ka pau o ratou ra i runga i te pai, o ratou tau i runga i nga ahuareka.

¹¹If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

¹²Otira ki te kore ratou e rongo, ka ngaro ratou i te hoari, hemo iho ratou, kahore hoki he matauranga.

¹²But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.

¹³Ko te hunga whakaponokore o ratou ngakau, puranga rawa i a ratou te riri; kahore a ratou karanga awhina ina herea ratou e ia.

¹³But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:

¹⁴Ka mate ratou i te taitamarikitanga, a ka ngaro to ratou ora i roto i te hunga poke.

¹⁴Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

¹⁵¶ Ko tana he whakaora i te rawakore ina mate, e whakapuaretia ana e ia o ratou taringa ina tukinotia.

¹⁵But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.

¹⁶Ae ra, me koe ano, tera koe e riro i a ia i roto i te kuititanga ki te wahi whanui; a ki tonu i te ngako te mea e whakatakotoria ki runga ki tau tepu.

¹⁶Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.

¹⁷Otiia ki tonu koe i te tikanga a te tangata kino; a mau pu koe i nga tikanga, i te whakarite whakawa.

¹⁷But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

¹⁸Na i te mea he riri tenei, kia tupato kei riro koe i te nui o au rawa; aua hoki koe e whakapeautia e te nui o te utu.

¹⁸Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

¹⁹E ranea ranei ou rawa, e kore ai koe e taka he? nga uaua katoa ranei o tou kaha?

¹⁹Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!

²⁰Kaua e hiahiatia te po, te wa e riro ai nga tangata i runga i to ratou whai.

²⁰Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

²¹Kia tupato, kaua e tahuri ki te kino; ki tau hoki he pai ake tenei i nga mate.

²¹Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

²²Nana, ko te Atua, ko tona kaha hei whakanui, ko wai te kaiwhakaako hei rite mona?

²²Lo, ùGod is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?

²³Ko wai te kaitohutohu i te ara mona? Ko wai hei mea, Kua he tau mahi?

²³Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?

²⁴¶ Kia mahara kia whakanuia e koe tana mahi, e waiatatia nei e te tangata.

²⁴Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.

²⁵Kua tirohia nei e nga tangata katoa e matakitakina mai nei e te tangata i tawhiti.

²⁵All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.

²⁶Nana, he nui te Atua, e kore ano e mohiotia e tatou; e kore ano hoki te maha o ona tau e taea te rapu atu.

²⁶Lo, ùGod is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

²⁷Ko ia nei hei ngongo ake i nga pata wai, ka tauia i tona kohu hei awha:

²⁷For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,

²⁸Ka ringihia iho nei e nga kapua, a ka maturuturu nui ki runga ki te tangata.

²⁸Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.

²⁹Ae ra, e mohiotia ana ranei e tetahi nga horahanga o nga kapua, te ngangau o tona tapenakara?

²⁹But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?

³⁰Nana, e horahia ana e ia tona marama a tawhio noa i a ia; e hipokina ana hoki e ia te takere o te moana.

³⁰Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

³¹Ko ana mea hoki ena hei whakawa mo nga iwi, nui tonu te kai e homai ana e ia.

³¹For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.

³²E hipokina ana e ia ona ringa ki te uira, a whakahaua iho e ia te wahi e pa atu ai.

³²[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.

³³Hei kaiwhakaatu i a ia tona haruru, e waitohu ana hoki ki nga kararehe i te tupuhi meake puta mai.

³³His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.