Job 36
1 And Elihu proceeded and said,
I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
Tukua ahau, kia iti nei, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe; he kupu ano hoki aku mo ta te Atua.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
Ka tikina atu e ahau toku mohio i tawhiti, ka whakatikaia e ahau ta toku Kaihanga.
4 For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
E kore rawa hoki aku kupu e teka: tenei kei a koe te tangata kua tino nui tona matauranga.
5 Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
Nana, he pakari te Atua, e kore ano ia e whakahawea: pakari tonu te kaha o tona matauranga.
6 He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
E kore te tangata kino e whakaorangia e ia; mana te hunga mate e whiwhi ai ki nga mea e tika ana ma ratou.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
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.
8 And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
Ki te mea kua herea ratou ki te mekameka, mau pu i te rahiri, ara i nga mate,
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
Na ka whakakitea e ia ki a ratou ta ratou mahi, me o ratou he, i mea ai ratou i nga mea whakapehapeha.
10 And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Ka whakapuaretia ano e ia o ratou taringa ki te ako, a ka ki kia hoki i te kino.
11 If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
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.
12 But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
Otira ki te kore ratou e rongo, ka ngaro ratou i te hoari, hemo iho ratou, kahore hoki he matauranga.
13 But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
Ko te hunga whakaponokore o ratou ngakau, puranga rawa i a ratou te riri; kahore a ratou karanga awhina ina herea ratou e ia.
14 Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Ka mate ratou i te taitamarikitanga, a ka ngaro to ratou ora i roto i te hunga poke.
15 But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
Ko tana he whakaora i te rawakore ina mate, e whakapuaretia ana e ia o ratou taringa ina tukinotia.
16 Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
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.
17 But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Otiia ki tonu koe i te tikanga a te tangata kino; a mau pu koe i nga tikanga, i te whakarite whakawa.
18 Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
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.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
E ranea ranei ou rawa, e kore ai koe e taka he? nga uaua katoa ranei o tou kaha?
20 Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
Kaua e hiahiatia te po, te wa e riro ai nga tangata i runga i to ratou whai.
21 Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Kia tupato, kaua e tahuri ki te kino; ki tau hoki he pai ake tenei i nga mate.
22 Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
Nana, ko te Atua, ko tona kaha hei whakanui, ko wai te kaiwhakaako hei rite mona?
23 Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Ko wai te kaitohutohu i te ara mona? Ko wai hei mea, Kua he tau mahi?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
Kia mahara kia whakanuia e koe tana mahi, e waiatatia nei e te tangata.
25 All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
Kua tirohia nei e nga tangata katoa e matakitakina mai nei e te tangata i tawhiti.
26 Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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.
27 For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
Ko ia nei hei ngongo ake i nga pata wai, ka tauia i tona kohu hei awha:
28 Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
Ka ringihia iho nei e nga kapua, a ka maturuturu nui ki runga ki te tangata.
29 But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
Ae ra, e mohiotia ana ranei e tetahi nga horahanga o nga kapua, te ngangau o tona tapenakara?
30 Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
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.
31 For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
Ko ana mea hoki ena hei whakawa mo nga iwi, nui tonu te kai e homai ana e ia.
32 [His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
E hipokina ana e ia ona ringa ki te uira, a whakahaua iho e ia te wahi e pa atu ai.
33 His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
Hei kaiwhakaatu i a ia tona haruru, e waitohu ana hoki ki nga kararehe i te tupuhi meake puta mai.
