Job 24
1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
He aha nga wa te whakapurangatia ai e te Kaha Rawa? A he aha hoki te hunga e mohio ana ki a ia te kite ai i ona ra?
2 Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
Tera etahi e whakaneke atu ana i nga rohe; e kahakina ana e ratou nga kahui, whangaia iho e ratou.
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
E aia atu ana e ratou te kaihe a nga pani, e tangohia ana hei taunaha te kau a te pouaru.
4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
Whakapekaia ketia ana e ratou nga rawakore i te ara: huihui ana nga ware o te whenua, piri ana.
5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
Nana, rite tonu ratou ki te kaihe mahoao i te koraha, haere atu ana ki ta ratou mahi, e whai ana ki te kai; hei kai te koraha ma ratou, ma a ratou tamariki.
6 They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
E kotia ana e ratou ta ratou witi i te mara; e kohia ana e ratou nga waina a te hunga tutu.
7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
E takoto tahanga ana ratou i te po roa, kahore he kakahu, kahore hoki he hipoki i te maeke.
8 Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
Maku iho ratou i te awha o nga maunga, a, ka kore he rerenga, ka awhi i te kamaka.
9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
Tera te hunga, e tangohia mai ana e ratou te pani i te u, e tango ana i ta te rawakore taunaha:
10 Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
Koia ka haere tahanga ratou, kahore he kakahu, a, i te matekai ka hari i nga paihere witi;
11 They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
E mahi nei i te hinu i roto i nga taiepa a aua tangata; e takahi nei i a ratou poka waina, me te mate i te wai.
12 From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
E aue ana nga tangata i roto i te pa, e karanga ana hoki te wairua o te hunga i patua: kahore ano ia a te Atua whakakuware ki a ratou.
13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
No te hunga ratou e whakakeke ana ki te marama; kahore o ratou mohio ki ona ara, e kore ano ratou e noho ki ona huarahi.
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
E maranga ana te kaikohuru i te mea ka marama, patua iho e ia te ware me te rawakore; a i te po ka pena ia i te tahae.
15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
E tatari ana te kanohi o te tangata puremu kia nehunehu iho, e mea ana, E kore te kanohi e kite i ahau: e huna ana ia i tona mata.
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
E keri ana ratou i nga whare i te pouri: i te awatea e pa ana ratou i a ratou: kahore ratou e mohio ki te marama.
17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
Ki a ratou katoa hoki e rite ana te ata ki te atarangi o te mate; e matau ana hoki ratou ki nga whakamataku o te atarangi o te mate.
18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
Tere tonu ia ki runga ki te mata o nga wai; he mea kanga to ratou wahi i runga i te whenua: e kore ia e anga mai ki te ara ki nga mara waina.
19 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
Ka riro nga wai o te hukarere i te tauraki, i te wera: te hunga hara ano hoki i te reinga. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
Ka wareware te kopu ki a ia; he kai reka ia ma te iro; e kore ia e maharatia i muri iho; ka whati hoki te kino ano he rakau.
21 They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
E tukinotia ana e ia te pakoko kihai nei i whanau; kahore hoki ana mahi pai ki te pouaru.
22 Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
E kumea atu ana hoki e ia nga marohirohi ki tona kaha: ka whakatika ake ia, kahore he tangata e u ki te ora.
23 He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
I homai ano e te Atua ki a ratou kia au te noho, a ka whakawhirinaki ratou ki reira; kei runga hoki i o ratou huarahi ona kanohi.
24 They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
E whakanekehia ake ana ratou; otiia wahi iti nei, kua kahore noa iho ratou; ae ra, ka whakaitia ratou, ka whakawateatia atu pera i era atu katoa, a ka tapahia atu ano ko nga kauru o nga puku witi.
25 If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
Ki te mea he teka tenei ko wai hei whakateka ki ahau, hei whakakahore i taku korero?
