¹¶ I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,

¹Elihu also continued, and said,

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

²“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.

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

³I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

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

⁴For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

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

⁵“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is 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 doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

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 doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

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

⁸If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

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 shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

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

¹⁰He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands 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 listen and serve him, they shall spend 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 don’t listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die 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.

¹³“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

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

¹⁴They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

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

¹⁵He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in 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.

¹⁶Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your 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.

¹⁷“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

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.

¹⁸Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

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

¹⁹Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

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

²⁰Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

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

²¹Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

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

²²Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

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

²³Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness?’

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

²⁴“Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.

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

²⁵All men have looked thereon. Man sees 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.

²⁶Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

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

²⁷For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

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

²⁸Which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.

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

²⁹Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings 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.

³⁰Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers 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 by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

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

³²He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

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

³³Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.