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

¹Job again took up 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 God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

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

³(For the length of my life is still 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.

⁴surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

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

⁵Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity 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.

⁶I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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.

⁷“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be 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?

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

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

¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

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 about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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

¹²Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become 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.

¹³“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, 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 are multiplied, it is for the sword. 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 who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

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 builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

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 lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens 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 storm steals 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 carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps 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.

²²For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from 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.

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