Hopa 36
1 I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,
And Elihu addeth and saith: —
2 Tukua ahau, kia iti nei, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe; he kupu ano hoki aku mo ta te Atua.
Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
3 Ka tikina atu e ahau toku mohio i tawhiti, ka whakatikaia e ahau ta toku Kaihanga.
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
4 E kore rawa hoki aku kupu e teka: tenei kei a koe te tangata kua tino nui tona matauranga.
For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
5 Nana, he pakari te Atua, e kore ano ia e whakahawea: pakari tonu te kaha o tona matauranga.
Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
6 E kore te tangata kino e whakaorangia e ia; mana te hunga mate e whiwhi ai ki nga mea e tika ana ma ratou.
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
7 E 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.
He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
8 Ki te mea kua herea ratou ki te mekameka, mau pu i te rahiri, ara i nga mate,
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
9 Na ka whakakitea e ia ki a ratou ta ratou mahi, me o ratou he, i mea ai ratou i nga mea whakapehapeha.
Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
10 Ka whakapuaretia ano e ia o ratou taringa ki te ako, a ka ki kia hoki i te kino.
And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
11 Ki 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.
If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
12 Otira ki te kore ratou e rongo, ka ngaro ratou i te hoari, hemo iho ratou, kahore hoki he matauranga.
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
13 Ko te hunga whakaponokore o ratou ngakau, puranga rawa i a ratou te riri; kahore a ratou karanga awhina ina herea ratou e ia.
And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
14 Ka mate ratou i te taitamarikitanga, a ka ngaro to ratou ora i roto i te hunga poke.
Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
15 Ko tana he whakaora i te rawakore ina mate, e whakapuaretia ana e ia o ratou taringa ina tukinotia.
He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
16 Ae 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.
And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
17 Otiia ki tonu koe i te tikanga a te tangata kino; a mau pu koe i nga tikanga, i te whakarite whakawa.
And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
18 Na 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.
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
19 E ranea ranei ou rawa, e kore ai koe e taka he? nga uaua katoa ranei o tou kaha?
Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Kaua e hiahiatia te po, te wa e riro ai nga tangata i runga i to ratou whai.
Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Kia tupato, kaua e tahuri ki te kino; ki tau hoki he pai ake tenei i nga mate.
Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
22 Nana, ko te Atua, ko tona kaha hei whakanui, ko wai te kaiwhakaako hei rite mona?
Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
23 Ko wai te kaitohutohu i te ara mona? Ko wai hei mea, Kua he tau mahi?
Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
24 Kia mahara kia whakanuia e koe tana mahi, e waiatatia nei e te tangata.
Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
25 Kua tirohia nei e nga tangata katoa e matakitakina mai nei e te tangata i tawhiti.
All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
26 Nana, 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.
Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
27 Ko ia nei hei ngongo ake i nga pata wai, ka tauia i tona kohu hei awha:
When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
28 Ka ringihia iho nei e nga kapua, a ka maturuturu nui ki runga ki te tangata.
Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
29 Ae ra, e mohiotia ana ranei e tetahi nga horahanga o nga kapua, te ngangau o tona tapenakara?
Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
30 Nana, e horahia ana e ia tona marama a tawhio noa i a ia; e hipokina ana hoki e ia te takere o te moana.
Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
31 Ko ana mea hoki ena hei whakawa mo nga iwi, nui tonu te kai e homai ana e ia.
For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
32 E hipokina ana e ia ona ringa ki te uira, a whakahaua iho e ia te wahi e pa atu ai.
By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
33 Hei kaiwhakaatu i a ia tona haruru, e waitohu ana hoki ki nga kararehe i te tupuhi meake puta mai.
He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
