¹Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

¹¶ Katahi a Ihowa ka whakahoki kupu ki a Hopa i roto i te tukauati, a ka mea,

²“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

²Ko wai tenei e whakapouri nei i nga whakaaro ki nga kupu kahore ona matauranga?

³Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

³Tena ra, whitikiria tou hope, whakatane; ka ui hoki ahau ki a koe, a mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau.

⁴“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

⁴¶ I hea koia koe i ahau e whakatakoto ana i te turanga o te whenua? Whakaaturia mai, ki te mea e mohio ana koe ki te whakaaro.

⁵Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

⁵Na wai i whakarite ona ruri? ki te mea e mohio ana koe: na wai hoki i whakamaro te aho ki runga?

⁶Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

⁶I whakaukia ona turanga ki runga ki te aha? Na wai hoki i whakatakoto tona kohatu kokonga;

⁷when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁷I te mea i waiata ngatahi nga whetu o te ata, a i hamama nga tama katoa a te Atua i te koa?

⁸“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

⁸Na wai hoki i tutaki te moana ki te tatau, i a ia e puta mai ana, me te mea e whanau mai ana i roto i te kopu?

⁹when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

⁹I ahau ra i mea ai i te kapua hei kakahu mona, i te pouri kerekere hei takai mona.

¹⁰marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

¹⁰A whakapuakina ana e ahau taku tikanga mona, mea rawa ki nga tutaki, ki nga tatau,

¹¹and said, ‘Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?’

¹¹Me taku ki atu ano, Ka taea mai e koe a konei, kati; hei konei ou ngaru whakakake mau ai?

¹²“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

¹²¶ Ko koe koia, i ou ra nei, te kaiwhakahau i te ata; nau ranei te puaotanga i mohio ai ki tona wahi;

¹³that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

¹³Kia rurukutia e ia nga pito o te whenua, a ruperupea ake nga tangata kikino i roto?

¹⁴It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.

¹⁴Kua whiti ke, kua pera ano me te paru i te hiri: tu ake ana nga mea katoa ano he kakahu:

¹⁵From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

¹⁵A e kaiponuhia ana to ratou marama ki te hunga kino, whati iho te ringa whakakake.

¹⁶“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

¹⁶Kua tae atu ranei koe ki nga matapuna o te moana? Kua whakatakina haeretia ranei e koe te rire?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

¹⁷Kua whakapuaretia ranei ki a koe nga kuwaha o te mata? Kua kite ranei koe i nga kuwaha o te atarangi o te mate?

¹⁸Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

¹⁸Kua oti ranei te whakaaro e koe te whanuitanga o te whenua? Korero mai, ki te mea e mohiotia katoatia ana e koe.

¹⁹“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

¹⁹Kei hea te ara ki te nohoanga o te marama? Te pouri hoki, kei hea tona wahi?

²⁰that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

²⁰Kia kawea atu ai e koe ki tona rohe, a mohio iho koe ki nga huarahi ki tona whare?

²¹Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

²¹I mohio pea koe no te mea i whanau koe i taua wa, a he maha ou ra!

²²Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

²²Kua tomo ranei koe ki nga takotoranga o te hukarere, kua kite ranei koe i nga takotoranga o te whatu,

²³which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

²³I aku i rongoa ai mo te wa o te he, mo te ra o te tatauranga, o te pakanga?

²⁴By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

²⁴Tena koa, te ara i marara atu ai te marama, i pakaru atu ai te marangai ki runga ki te whenua?

²⁵Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

²⁵¶ Na wai i wehe he awa mo te waipuke, he ara mo te uira o te whatitiri;

²⁶To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

²⁶Kia ua ai ki te whenua, ki te wahi kahore nei he tangata; ki te koraha, kahore nei o reira tangata;

²⁷to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

²⁷Hei whakamakona i te tuhea, i te ururua; hei mea kia pariri te tupu o te otaota hou?

²⁸Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

²⁸He matua tane ano ranei to te ua? I whanau ranei i a wai nga pata o te tomairangi?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

²⁹I puta mai i roto i to wai kopu te huka tio? Ko te huka o te rangi, he whanau tena na wai?

³⁰The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

³⁰Me te mea he kohatu e huna ana i te wai; a whakatotoka ana te mata o te rire.

³¹“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

³¹E taea ranei e koe te here te huihui o Matariki, e wewete ranei nga here o Tautoru?

³²Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

³²E taea ranei e koe te arahi mai te Mataroto i tona wa, te taki mai ranei a Aketura ratou ko tana ropu?

³³Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

³³E mohio ana ranei koe ki nga tikanga o te rangi? Mau ranei e whai mana ai ki runga ki te whenua?

³⁴“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

³⁴E ara ranei i a koe tou reo ki nga kapua, kia nui ai nga wai hei taupoki i a koe?

³⁵Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’

³⁵E taea ranei e koe nga uira te unga atu, e haere ai ratou, me ta ratou ki ano ki a koe, Tenei matou?

³⁶Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

³⁶Na wai i whakanoho nga whakaaro nunui ki nga wahi o roto? Na wai i homai nga mahara ki te ngakau?

³⁷Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

³⁷Ko wai te mea whakaaro nui hei tatau i nga kapua? Ko wai hei tahoro i nga ipu o te rangi?

³⁸when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

³⁸Ina ka papatupu te puehu ano he mea whakarewa, a ka piri nga pokuru ki a ratou ano?

³⁹“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

³⁹Mau ranei e hopu he kai ma te raiona? Mau e nui ai he oranga mo nga kuao raiona,

⁴⁰when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

⁴⁰Ina tapapa iho ratou i o ratou nohoanga, ina noho i te piringa whanga ai?

⁴¹Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

⁴¹Na wai i rite ai tana kai ma te raweni, ina tangi ana pi ki te Atua, ina kopikopiko ratou i te kore kai?