Job 26

1 Then answered Job, and said,

Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia.

2 What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?

He hapai pehea tau i te kahakore? He whakaora pehea tau i te ringa ngoikore?

3 How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?

Ka tae tau whakatakoto whakaaro ma te whakaarokore! Te nui o tau whakaatu tikanga!

4 To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?

I puaki ki a wai au kupu? No wai te wairua i puta mai ra i a koe?

5 The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.

E wiri ana nga tupapaku i raro i te wai, me nga mea ano e noho ana i reira.

6 Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)

E takoto kau ana te reinga i tona aroaro, kahore hoki he hipoki mo te whakangaro. (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;

E horahia atu ana e ia te raki ki runga ki te wahi takoto kau, whakairihia ana e ia te whenua ki runga ki te kahore noa iho.

8 He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;

E takaia ana e ia nga wai ki roto ki ana kapua matotoru; a kahore te kapua e pakaru i raro i a ratou.

9 He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;

E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tona torona, horahia ana e ia tana kapua ki runga.

10 A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.

He mea karapoti nana nga wai, rohe rawa, a tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te marama me te pouri.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.

Wiri ana nga pou o te rangi, miharo ana ki tana whakatupehupehu.

12 By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:

Ko tona kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana, maru ana te whakakake i tona matauranga.

13 By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.

Na tona wairua i whakapaipai nga rangi; na tona ringa i wero te nakahi tere.

14 Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?

Na, he pito enei no ona ara; ano te iti o te wahi ona e rangona ana! Ko te whatitiri ia o tona kaha, ko wai ka matau?