Job 7
1 “Is not a man forced to labor on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
He teka ranei kua takoto he pakanga mo te tangata i runga i te whenua, he rite ano ona ra ki nga ra o te kaimahi?
2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
E rite ana ki te pononga, e matenui nei ki te atarangi, ki te kaimahi, e tumanako nei ki te utu mo tana mahi;
3 so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Koia toku rite, ka whiwhi nei ki nga marama horihori, a he mauiui nga po kua whakaritea moku.
4 When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
Ka takoto ahau, ka mea ahau, A hea ahau ara ai? he roa ia te po; heoi ka tahurihuri kau ahau a ao noa.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
Ko te kakahu mo oku kikokiko he kutukutu, he pokuru oneone; ka kukuti toku kiri, a ka ngatata ano.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Ko oku ra hohoro atu i te rakau a te kaiwhatu; pau ake, te ai he tumanakohanga atu.
7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.
Kia mahara he hau oku ra; heoi ano kitenga o toku kanohi i te pai.
8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
Ko te kanohi o te tangata e kite ana i ahau, heoi ano tona tirohanga mai ki ahau: kei runga i ahau ou kanohi, heoi kahore iho ahau.
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol (Sheol h7585) will come up no more.
Memeha atu te kapua, ngaro atu: he pera ano te tangata e haere ana ki te urupa; e kore e hoki ake. (Sheol h7585)
10 He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.
E kore ia e hoki mai ano ki tona whare, e kore ano tona wahi e mahara ki a ia i muri.
11 “Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Na e kore e kaiponuhia e ahau toku mangai; ka korero ahau i toku wairua e mamae nei; ka tangi i te kawa i toku ngakau.
12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
He moana ranei ahau, he tohora, i mea ai koe i te kaitirotiro moku
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’
Ki te mea ahau, kei toku moenga ahau te marie ai, ma toku takotoranga e whakamama taku tangi;
14 then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
Na ka whakahaehaetia ahau e koe ki nga moe, ka whakawehia ahau ki nga mea e whakakitea mai.
15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
A ki ta toku wairua he pai te tarona; pai ake te mate i enei wheua oku.
16 I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
E whakarihariha ana ahau ki toku ora; kahore oku hiahia kia ora tonu ahau: waiho noa iho ahau, he mea teka noa hoki oku ra.
17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
He aha te tangata, i whakanuia ai e koe? i anga ai tou ngakau ki a ia?
18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
I titiro ai koe i a ia i tenei ata, i tenei ata, i honohono ai tau whakamatautau i a ia?
19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
Kia pehea ake te roa ou kahore nei e tahuri atu i ahau, oku kahore nei e waiho noa iho e koe, kia horomia ai toku huware?
20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
Mehemea kua hara ahau, kia aha atu ahau ki a koe, e te kaitiaki o nga tangata? he aha ahau i waiho ai e koe hei patunga mau i taimaha iho ai ahau ki ahau ano.
21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
He aha koe te whakarere noa ai i toku he, te whakapahemo ai i toku kino? Akuanei hoki ahau moe ai ki te puehu, a ka ata rapu koe i ahau, otiia kahore noa iho ahau.
