¹¶ Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

²Kia pehea te roa o ta koutou whakatakoto mahanga mo nga kupu? Kia whai mahara mai, muri iho ka korero matou.

²“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

³He aha matou i kiia ai he kararehe, i waiho ai hei mea poke ki ta koutou titiro mai?

³Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

⁴Haea iho koe e koe ano, i a koe e riri ana. Mau koia ka mahue ai te whenua, ka nekehia ai te toka i tona wahi?

⁴You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

⁵¶ E pirau ano hoki te rama a te hunga kino, a e kore te mura o tana ahi e marama.

⁵“Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

⁶Ka pouri te marama i roto i tona teneti, ka pirau ano hoki tana rama i runga i a ia.

⁶The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

⁷Ka whakakikitia nga takahanga o tona kaha, ka kokiritia iho ano ia ki raro e tona whakaaro ake.

⁷The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸No te mea ka maka ia e ona waewae ake ki te kupenga, ka haere hoki ia i runga i te reti.

⁸For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

⁹Ka mau tona rekereke i te tawhiti, a ka hopukia ia e te mahanga.

⁹A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

¹⁰Kei te huna ki te whenua te aho mona, te rore hoki mona ki te huarahi.

¹⁰A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.

¹¹¶ He whakamataku i nga taha katoa hei mea i a ia kia wehi, hei aruaru hoki i a ia i ona hikitanga rekereke.

¹¹Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.

¹²Ko tona kaha ka hemo i te kai, a kei te whanga tonu te aitua ki tona tatunga.

¹²His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.

¹³Ka pau i tera nga wahi o tona tinana, ae, ka pau ona wahi i te matamua o te mate.

¹³The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

¹⁴Ka hutia atu ia i roto i tona teneti, i whakamanawa ai ia, a ka kawea atu ia ki te kingi o nga whakamataku.

¹⁴He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.

¹⁵Na ka noho ki tona teneti te mea ehara nei i a ia: a ka ruia iho te whanariki ki runga ki tona kainga.

¹⁵There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

¹⁶Ka maroke ake ona pakiaka i raro, a i runga ka tapahia atu tona manga.

¹⁶His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

¹⁷Ka ngaro atu te maharatanga ki a ia i runga i te whenua; e kore ano ia e whai ingoa i te huanui.

¹⁷His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.

¹⁸Ka peia atu ano ia i roto i te marama ki te pouri, ka atiatia atu hoki i te ao.

¹⁸He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

¹⁹E kore ia e whai tama, e whai tama ranei a te tama, i roto i tona iwi, he morehu ranei i te wahi i noho ai ia.

¹⁹He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

²⁰Miharo ana ki tona ra te hunga i muri i a ia, pera i te hunga i haere ra i mua, mau ana to ratou wehi.

²⁰Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

²¹He pono ko nga nohoanga enei o te tangata kino, ko te wahi hoki tenei o te tangata kahore e mohio ki te Atua.

²¹Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”