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

¹“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

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

²See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

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

³My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

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 God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives 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 you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

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

⁶Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also 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 you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

⁸¶ He pono kua hakiri oku taringa ki au kupu, a kua rongo atu ahau i te reo o au kupu, e mea ana,

⁸“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

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

⁹‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

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

¹⁰Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

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

¹¹He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks 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.

¹²“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, 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 do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give 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 God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

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 falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;

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

¹⁶Then he opens the ears of men, and seals 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 purpose, 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 keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing 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 on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;

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

²⁰So that his life abhors 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 so consumed away, that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

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

²²Yes, his soul draws 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:

²³“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;

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 God is gracious to him, and says, ‘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 a child’s. He returns 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 prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to 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 sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

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

²⁸He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. 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,

²⁹“Behold, God works all these things, twice, yes three times, with a 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, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

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

³²If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.

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

³³If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”