Job 14
1 Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Ko te tangata i whanau i te wahine, he torutoru ona ra; ki tonu ano i te raruraru.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Ano he puawai ia e puta mai ana, e kotia iho ana: rere ana ia, ano he atarangi, kahore hoki he tumautanga.
3 Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
E titiro mai ano ranei ou kanohi ki te penei? E mea ranei koe i ahau kia whakawa taua ki a taua?
4 Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
Ko wai hei homai i te mea ma i roto i te mea poke? Hore rawa.
5 If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
Kua rite na hoki nga ra mona: kei a koe te maha o ona marama; takoto rawa i a koe te tikanga mona, a e kore ia e whiti ki tua.
6 Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Tahuri ke atu te titiro i a ia, kia ai ona pariratanga, kia ata tutuki ai tona ra, kia rite ai ki o te kaimahi.
7 For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
Ka ai hoki he whakaaronga ki te rakau i tapahia, tera ano e pariri, e kore ano hoki e mutu te wana o tona pihi.
8 Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
Ahakoa kua tawhitotia tona pakiaka a ki te whenua, a kua mate tona tinana i roto i te oneone;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
Heoi ma te haunga o te wai ka pihi, ka kokiri ona peka ano ko ta te mea tupu.
10 But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Ko te tangata ia, mate iho, marere noa iho; ae, ka hamo te tangata, a kei hea ia?
11 The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
Pera i nga wai e he mai nei i te moana, i te awa e mimiti ana, ka maroke;
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
E pera ana ano te tangata, e takoto ana a kahore he whakatikanga ake: kahore he marangatanga ake mo ratou, a kia kore ra ano nga rangi; e kore ano ratou e ara i to ratou moe.
13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, — (Sheol h7585)
Aue, kia huna noatia oti ahau e koe ki te po, kia waihotia noatia iho ahau e koe kia ngaro ana, kia hoki ra ano tou riri; kia rohea noatia mai e koe tetahi wa moku, a ka mahara mai ai ano ki ahau! (Sheol h7585)
14 (If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
Ki te mate te tangata, e ora ano ranei ia? Ka tatari ahau i nga ra katoa o toku ngananga, kia tae mai ra ano he whakaputanga moku.
15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
Mau e karanga, kia whakao atu ai ahau; kahore hoki e kore ka matenui koe ki te mahi a ou ringa.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Inaianei hoki e taua ana e koe oku hikoinga; he teka ianei e matatau tonu mai ana koe ki toku hara?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
Hiri rawa toku he ki roto ki te putea, tuitui rawa e koe toku kino.
18 And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
He pono ko te maunga e horo ana e memeha noa ake ana, e nekehia ana te toka i tona wahi;
19 The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
E ngau ana te wai i nga kohatu; ma tona puhaketanga e horoi atu te puehu o te whenua; a whakangaromia iho e koe te tumanako a te tangata.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
Taea ana ia e koe ake tonu atu, a pahure ana ia; puta ke ana i a koe tona mata, a tonoa atu ana ia kia haere.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
Ko te whakahonoretanga o ana tama, kahore e mohiotia e ia; ka hoki iho ratou hei ware, heoi kahore tetahi aha o ratou e maharatia e ia.
22 But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
E mamae ano ia te kikokiko o tona tinana, a ka tangi tona wairua i roto i a ia.
