Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
Ki tou whakaaro he tika tenei mau, e mea ana ranei koe, Nui atu toku tika i to te Atua?
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
I mea ai koe, He aha te rawa ki a koe? a, He aha te painga ki ahau, hira ake i te painga me i hara ahau?
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
Maku e whakahoki he kupu ki a koe, ki a koutou ko ou hoa.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Kia matatau atu tau titiro ki nga rangi; matakitakina atu hoki nga kapua e tiketike ake na i a koe.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Mehemea kua hara koe, ka ahatia ia e tau mahi? A ki te whakanuia au mahi tutu, e aha ana ranei koe ki a ia?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Ki te mea he tika tou, ko te aha e hoatu ana e koe ki a ia? Ko te aha ranei a tou ringa e riro ana i a ia?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Ka mamae pea tetahi tangata pena i a koe na i tou kino; ka whai painga pea ki tetahi tama a te tangata tou tika.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
He maha no nga tukinotanga i tangi ai ratou; na te ringaringa o te hunga nui i aue ai ratou kia awhinatia.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Kahore ia tetahi e mea ana, Kei hea toku Kaihanga, te Atua, e homai nei i nga waiata i te po?
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
E nui atu nei tana whakaako ki a tatou i tana ki nga kararehe o te whenua, nana hoki i nui ai o tatou mahara i o nga manu o te rangi?
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Karanga ana ratou i reira, heoi kahore he kupu e whakahokia mai, he mea na te whakapehapeha o te hunga kino.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
He pono e kore te tekateka noa e whakarangona mai e te Atua, e kore ano hoki e tirohia mai e te Kaha Rawa.
14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
Ka iti rawa iho ki te mea koe, kahore koe e kite i a ia, kei tona aroaro te whakarite whakawa; na ka tatari koe ki a ia!
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
Na, kihai nei ia i tae mai i runga i tona riri, kihai ano hoki i aro nui mai ki te whakamanamana;
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Koia i puaki ai te mangai o Hopa, he mea horihori kau nei; kahore he matauranga o nga kupu e whakamahatia nei e ia.
