Job 31
1 A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, —How then could I gaze upon a virgin?
Kua oti taku kawenata ki oku kanohi; kia whakaaroaro ahau hei aha ki te kotiro?
2 Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
He aha ta te Atua wahi e tuwha mai ai i runga? He aha ta te Kaha Rawa taonga tupu i te wahi tiketike?
3 Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?
He teka ianei he whakangaromanga mo te tangata kino? he whiu mo nga kaimahi o te he?
4 Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?
He teka ianei e kitea ana e ia oku ara, e taua ana e ia oku hikoinga katoa?
5 Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit: —
Ki te mea i haere ahau i runga i te tekateka noa, a i hohoro toku waewae ki te tinihanga;
6 Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness, —and let GOD take note of mine integrity!
Kia paunatia ahau i runga i te pauna tika, kia mohio ai te Atua ki toku tapatahi:
7 If my goings have swerved from the way, —and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,
Ki te mea i kotiti ke toku hikoinga i te ara, a i whai toku ngakau i oku kanohi; a ki te mea i mau te tongi ki oku ringa;
8 Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!
Kati, ko ahau hei whakato, a ma tetahi atu e kai; ae ra, tukua nga hua o taku mara kia hutia atu.
9 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, or, by the door of my neighbour, I have lien in wait,
Ki te mea i whakawairangitia toku ngakau e te wahine, a i whanga ahau i te tatau o toku hoa;
10 Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!
Heoi kia huri paraoa taku wahine ma tetahi atu, kia piko iho ano hoki nga tangata ke ki runga i a ia.
11 Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!
He kino rawa hoki tera; ae ra, he he e tika ana kia whiua e nga kaiwhakawa:
12 Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
He ahi hoki tera e kai ana ki te whakangaromanga rawa, poto noa aku hua katoa.
13 If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
Ki te mea i whakahaweatia e ahau te whakawa a taku pononga tane, a taku pononga wahine, i a raua e totohe ana ki ahau;
14 What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him?
Ka pehea ra ahau ina whakatika te Atua? He aha taku kupu e whakahoki ai ki a ia ina tae mai ia ki te titiro?
15 Did not he who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?
He teka ranei na toku kaihanga ia i hanga i roto i te kopu? a nana, na te kotahi, i whai ahua ai maua i roto i te puku?
16 If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Ki te mea i kaiponuhia e ahau ta nga rawakore i hiahia ai, a meinga ana e ahau nga kanohi o te pouaru kia pau i te minamina;
17 Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
Ki te mea ranei i kainga taku maramara e toku kotahi, a kihai te pani i kai i tetahi wahi;
18 Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
He mea whakatupu ia naku no toku taitamarikitanga ra ano me te mea ko tona papa ahau: ko te pouaru he mea arahi naku no te kopu ra ano o toku whaea;
19 If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
Ki te mea i kite ahau i tetahi e tata ana ki te mate, he kore no te kakahu, a kahore he uhi mo te rawakore;
20 If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
Ki te mea kihai tona hope i whakapai ki ahau, a kihai ia i mahana i nga huruhuru o taku kahui:
21 If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Ki te mea i ara toku ringa hei pehi i te pani, i toku kitenga he awina tera moku kei te kuwaha;
22 Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
Na kia marere atu toku pokohiwi i roto i te peke, kia whati te takakau o toku ringa.
23 For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
Ko te whiu hoki a te Atua taku i wehi ai; kihai hoki i taea e ahau te aha i tona nui.
24 If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!
Ki te mea i u toku whakaaro ki te koura, a i mea ahau ki te koura parakore, Ko koe taku e whakawhirinaki atu ai;
25 If I rejoiced because great was my substance, and, an abundance, my hand had discovered;
Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te maha o oku rawa, a ki te nui o ta toku ringa i whiwhi ai;
26 If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;
Ki te mea i kite ahau i te ra e whiti ana, i te marama ranei e haere ana i tona tiahotanga;
27 And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,
A ka kumea pukutia atu toku ngakau, ka kihia toku ringa e toku mangai:
28 That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
Na he kino tenei hei whiunga ma nga kaiwhakawa: he teka hoki naku ki te Atua i runga.
29 If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him; —
Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te whakangaromanga o te tangata i kino ki ahau, i whakaara ake ranei i ahau i te panga o te he ki a ia;
30 Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:
Ae, kihai ahau i tuku i toku mangai kia hara, kihai i whai kia kanga tona wairua;
31 If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh—we cannot get filled,
Ki te mea kahore nga tangata o toku teneti i mea, Tena koa te tangata kihai nei i makona i tona kikokiko?
32 Outside, the sojourner lodged not for the night, My doors—to the wayfarer, I threw open.
Kihai te manene i moe i waho; i whakatuwheratia ano e ahau oku tatau ki te tangata haere;
33 If I covered, like Adam, my transgressions, by hiding in my bosom mine iniquity,
Ki te mea i pera ahau me Arama, i hipoki i oku he, i huna i toku kino ki roto ki toku uma;
34 Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!
I wehi hoki ahau i te huihui nui, i mataku ki te whakahawea a nga hapu, a whakarongo kau ana, kihai hoki i puta ki waho
35 Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!
Aue, me i whakarongo mai tetahi ki ahau! Nana, tenei taku tohu, ma te Kaha Rawa e whakahoki mai he kupu ki ahau; me i ahau noa te pukapuka i tuhituhia e toku hoariri!
36 Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
Ina, kua amohia e ahau i runga i toku pokohiwi; kua herea e ahau hei karauna moku.
37 The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.
Kua whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia te maha o oku hikoinga; rite tonu ki ta te rangatira taku whakatata atu ki a ia.
38 If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
Ki te tangi taku oneone, he whakahe ki ahau, ki te uru ano ona moa ki te aue,
39 If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;
Ki te mea i kainga e ahau ona hua, he mea kihai i utua, a naku ranei ona ariki i mate ai,
40 Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.
Na, kia riro pu te witi i te tataramoa, te parei i te taru kino. Heoi ano nga korero a Hopa.
