Job 12
1 Then Iob answered, and sayde,
Na ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea,
2 In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you.
He tika rawa ko koutou nga tangata, a ka mate tahi atu te whakaaro nui me koutou.
3 But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
Otira kei ahau ano hoki he ngakau, he pera ano me o koutou, kihai ahau i hoki iho i a koutou: ko wai ra te he ana ki enei mea?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.
Toku rite kei te tangata e waiho ana hei kata ma tona hoa, he tangata e karanga ana ki te Atua, a whakarongo mai ana tera ki a ia: e waiho ana te mea tika, te mea tapatahi, hei kata.
5 Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
Kei roto i te whakaaro o te tangata, e tau ana tana noho, te whakahawea ki te aitua; e tauwhanga ana tena ki te hunga e paheke ana te waewae.
6 The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.
Kei te rangatira nga teneti o nga kaipahua, a noho kore wehi ana te hunga e whakapataritari ana ki te Atua; he ope noa mai hoki ta te Atua ki o ratou ringa.
7 Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:
Tena ra, ui atu ki nga kararehe, ma ratou koe e whakaako; ki nga manu o te rangi, ma ratou e korero ki a koe;
8 Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.
Korero atu ranei ki te whenua, a mana koe e whakaako; ka whakaaturia mai ano hoki ki a koe e nga ika o te moana.
9 Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?
Ko wai i kore te mohio ki enei mea katoa, he mea mahi tenei na te ringa o Ihowa?
10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
Kei tona ringa nei te wairua o nga mea ora katoa, te manawa hoki o nga kikokiko tangata katoa.
11 Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?
He teka ianei e whakamatauria ana nga kupu e te taringa, pera hoki i te waha e whakarongo nei ki te reka o tana kai?
12 Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
Kei nga kaumatua nga whakaaro nui; kei te roa o nga ra te matau.
13 With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
Kei a ia te whakaaro nui me te kaha; kei a ia te tohutohu me te matauranga.
14 Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
Nana, e wawahia ana e ia, kore iho e hanga ano; e kopia ana e ia te tangata, kahore rawa he putanga.
15 Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
Nana, e unuhia atu ana e ia nga wai, a kua maroke; e tukua mai ana ano e ia, a ka hurihia te whenua.
16 With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
Kei a ia te kaha me te mahi totika; ko te tangata tinihanga me te tangata e tinihangatia ana, nana.
17 He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
E kahakina atu ana e ia nga kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, he mea pahua; whakakuwaretia iho e ia nga kaiwhakawa.
18 He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
Ko te mana o nga kingi, wetekina ake e ia, herea iho e ia o ratou hope ki te whitiki.
19 He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
E arahina atu ana e ia nga tohunga, he mea pahua, hurihia iho e ia te hunga kaha.
20 He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
Whakakorea ake e ia he kupu ma te hunga ngakau pono, riro ana i a ia nga mahara o nga kaumatua.
21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
E ringihia ana e ia te whakahawea ki runga ki nga rangatira, e wetekina ana e ia te whitiki o te hunga kaha.
22 He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.
E hurahia mai ana e ia nga mea hohonu i roto i te pouri, whakaputaina mai ana e ia te atarangi o te mate ki te marama.
23 He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.
E whakanuia ana e ia nga iwi, a e huna ana e ia; e tohatohaina atu ana e ia nga iwi, a e whakawhaititia mai ana ano ratou e ia.
24 He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
E tangohia atu ana e ia te ngakau o nga rangatira o te iwi o te whenua, a e meinga ana e ia kia kopikopiko noa i te wahi ururua kahore nei he ara.
25 They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man.
Whawha noa ratou i roto i te pouri, kahore hoki he marama, a meinga ana ratou e ia kia hurori haere ano he tangata haurangi.
