< Job 26 >
1 But Job answered and said,
Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia.
2 How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
He hapai pehea tau i te kahakore? He whakaora pehea tau i te ringa ngoikore?
3 How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Ka tae tau whakatakoto whakaaro ma te whakaarokore! Te nui o tau whakaatu tikanga!
4 To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
I puaki ki a wai au kupu? No wai te wairua i puta mai ra i a koe?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
E wiri ana nga tupapaku i raro i te wai, me nga mea ano e noho ana i reira.
6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol )
E takoto kau ana te reinga i tona aroaro, kahore hoki he hipoki mo te whakangaro. (Sheol )
7 He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing.
E horahia atu ana e ia te raki ki runga ki te wahi takoto kau, whakairihia ana e ia te whenua ki runga ki te kahore noa iho.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
E takaia ana e ia nga wai ki roto ki ana kapua matotoru; a kahore te kapua e pakaru i raro i a ratou.
9 He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tona torona, horahia ana e ia tana kapua ki runga.
10 He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
He mea karapoti nana nga wai, rohe rawa, a tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te marama me te pouri.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Wiri ana nga pou o te rangi, miharo ana ki tana whakatupehupehu.
12 He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
Ko tona kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana, maru ana te whakakake i tona matauranga.
13 By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent.
Na tona wairua i whakapaipai nga rangi; na tona ringa i wero te nakahi tere.
14 See, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Na, he pito enei no ona ara; ano te iti o te wahi ona e rangona ana! Ko te whatitiri ia o tona kaha, ko wai ka matau?