Job 14
1 For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.
Ko te tangata i whanau i te wahine, he torutoru ona ra; ki tonu ano i te raruraru.
2 Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue.
Ano he puawai ia e puta mai ana, e kotia iho ana: rere ana ia, ano he atarangi, kahore hoki he tumautanga.
3 Hast you not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before you?
E titiro mai ano ranei ou kanohi ki te penei? E mea ranei koe i ahau kia whakawa taua ki a taua?
4 For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
Ko wai hei homai i te mea ma i roto i te mea poke? Hore rawa.
5 if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: you have appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].
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 Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.
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, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.
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 For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;
Ahakoa kua tawhitotia tona pakiaka a ki te whenua, a kua mate tona tinana i roto i te oneone;
9 it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
Heoi ma te haunga o te wai ka pihi, ka kokiri ona peka ano ko ta te mea tupu.
10 But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
Ko te tangata ia, mate iho, marere noa iho; ae, ka hamo te tangata, a kei hea ia?
11 For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.
Pera i nga wai e he mai nei i te moana, i te awa e mimiti ana, ka maroke;
12 And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from 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 For oh that you had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until your wrath should cease, and you should set me a time in which you would 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 For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?
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 Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: but do not you reject the work of your hands.
Mau e karanga, kia whakao atu ai ahau; kahore hoki e kore ka matenui koe ki te mahi a ou ringa.
16 But you have numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape you?
Inaianei hoki e taua ana e koe oku hikoinga; he teka ianei e matatau tonu mai ana koe ki toku hara?
17 An you have sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
Hiri rawa toku he ki roto ki te putea, tuitui rawa e koe toku kino.
18 And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn 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, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and you destroy 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 You drive him to an end, and he is gone: you set your face against him, and send him away;
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 and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.
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 is in pain, and his soul mourns.
E mamae ano ia te kikokiko o tona tinana, a ka tangi tona wairua i roto i a ia.
