Job 34
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
I korero ano hoki a Erihu, i mea,
2 "Hear my words, you sages. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
Whakarongo ki aku kupu, e te hunga whakaaro nui; kia whai taringa ki ahau, e te hunga mohio.
3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
E whakamatau ana hoki te taringa i te kupu, e pera ana me ta te mangai ki te reka o te kai.
4 Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
Ko ta tatou e whiriwhiri ai ma tatou ko te mea tika: kia mohiotia hoki e tatou, e tenei, e tenei, ko te aha te mea pai.
5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
Kua mea nei hoki a Hopa, He tika taku, a kua whakapeaua ketia e te Atua te whakawa moku:
6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'
Ahakoa kei ahau te tika ka kiia ahau he tangata teka; e kore e mahu toku werohanga, ahakoa kahore oku he.
7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
Ko wai te tangata e rite ki a Hopa, me te mea he wai te tawai e inumia ana e ia?
8 Who goes in company with evildoers, and walks with wicked men?
Kua uru nei ki te tira o nga kaimahi i te he, a e haere tahi ana me nga tangata kikino.
9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'
Kua mea hoki ia, Kahore he painga ki te tangata ki te ahuareka atu ia ki te Atua.
10 "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from Shaddai, that he should commit iniquity.
No reira whakarongo mai ki ahau, e nga tangata ngakau mohio: e kore rawa te Atua e mahi i te kino; e kore rawa hoki te Kaha Rawa e mahi i te he.
11 For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Ka utua hoki e ia te tangata mo tana mahi, ka rite hoki ki to te tangata ara nga mea e whakawhiwhia e ia ki a ia.
12 Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will Shaddai pervert justice.
Tika rawa, e kore te Atua e kino, e kore ano hoki te Kaha Rawa e whakaputa ke i te whakawa.
13 Who put him in charge of the earth? or who has appointed him over the whole world?
Na wai ia i mea hei kaitirotiro mo te whenua? Na wai hoki i whakatakoto nga tikanga mo te ao katoa?
14 If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
Ki te anga mai tona ngakau ki te tangata, ki te kohia atu e ia ki a ia tona wairua me tona manawa;
15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
Ka hemo ngatahi nga kikokiko katoa, a ka hoki ano te tangata ki te puehu.
16 "If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.
Na ki te mea he ngakau mohio tou, whakarongo ki tenei; kia whai taringa mai ki te reo o aku kupu.
17 Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?
E whai kingitanga ranei tetahi kotahi e kino ana ki te tika? E whakakino ranei koe ki te tangata tika, kaha hoki?
18 Who says to a king, 'Vile.' or to nobles, 'Wicked.'?
E tau ana ranei te mea atu ki te kingi, He weriweri koe? ki nga rangatira ranei, He kino koutou?
19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
Kia iti rawa iho ki a ia e kore nei e whakapai ki te kanohi o nga rangatira, e kore nei e hira ake tona pai ki te hunga whai rawa i nga rawakore? No te mea he mahi ratou katoa na ona ringa.
20 In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
Kihai i aha kua mate ratou, kua mate i waenganui po; ka wiri te iwi, ka pahemo atu, ka riro te hunga nunui, kahore hoki he ringa.
21 "For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
Kei runga hoki i nga ara o te tangata ona kanohi, e kitea ana e ia ona hikoinga katoa.
22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where evildoers may hide themselves.
Kahore he pouri, kahore he atarangi o te mate e piri ai nga kaimahi i te kino.
23 For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
E kore hoki e nui atu i te tika te mea e whakawaha e ia ki te tangata, e haere ai ia ki te aroaro o te Atua ki te whakawa.
24 He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
Ka wawahia e ia nga tangata nunui, te mohiotia nga ara, a whakaturia ake etahi atu i muri i a ratou.
25 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Na e mohio ana ia ki a ratou mahi; a hurihia ake ratou e ia i te po, a mongamonga noa ratou.
26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
He hunga kino ratou, pakia iho e ia i te tirohanga a te tangata;
27 because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't pay attention to any of his ways,
Mo ratou i tahuri ke i te whai i a ia, kihai hoki i whakaaro ki tetahi o ona ara:
28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
Na ratou hoki i puta ai te tangi a te rawakore ki a ia, a rongo ana ia ki te tangi a te hunga e tukinotia ana.
29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
Ki te meinga e ia kia ata noho, ko wai hei whakararuraru? A ki te huna e ia tona kanohi, ko wai e kite i a ia? ahakoa i meatia ki te iwi, ki te tangata ranei, rite tonu.
30 that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
Kore ake te whakaponokore e whai kingitanga, kore ake te iwi e mahangatia.
31 "For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
Kua mea atu ranei ki te Atua, Kua pehia ahau e te whiu, e kore ahau e mahi i te he a muri nei?
32 Teach me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
Ko te mea kihai i kitea e ahau mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau; ki te mea i mahi ahau i te he, ka mutu taku.
33 Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
Kia rite ranei tana utu ki tau e mea ai, i whakakahoretia ai e koe? Mau te whiriwhiri, kahore maku: na mau e korero mai tau i mohio ai.
34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:
Ka korero mai nga tangata ngakau mahara ki ahau, ae ra, nga tangata whakaaro nui e whakarongo ana ki ahau:
35 'Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.'
Kahore he matauranga o Hopa i a ia i korero ra, kahore hoki he mahara i roto i ana kupu.
36 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
He pai me i whakamatauria a Hopa a te mutunga ra ano, mo ana kupu i whakahokia mai nei e ia, he mea i rite ki a nga tangata kikino.
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God."
E tapiritia ana hoki e ia te tutu ki runga ki tona hara, kei te pakipaki ia i ona ringa i waenganui i a tatou, a whakanuia ana e ia ana kupu kite Atua.
