Job 36
1 And Elihu added and said: —
I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,
2 Restrain thyself for me a little, and I will shew thee, that, yet—for GOD, there is justification,
Tukua ahau, kia iti nei, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe; he kupu ano hoki aku mo ta te Atua.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and, to my Maker, will I attribute righteousness.
Ka tikina atu e ahau toku mohio i tawhiti, ka whakatikaia e ahau ta toku Kaihanga.
4 For, of a truth—not false, are my words, One of competent knowledge, is with thee.
E kore rawa hoki aku kupu e teka: tenei kei a koe te tangata kua tino nui tona matauranga.
5 Lo! GOD, is mighty, yet will he not despise, Mighty in vigour of mind;
Nana, he pakari te Atua, e kore ano ia e whakahawea: pakari tonu te kaha o tona matauranga.
6 He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
E kore te tangata kino e whakaorangia e ia; mana te hunga mate e whiwhi ai ki nga mea e tika ana ma ratou.
7 He will not withdraw—from a righteous one—his eyes, —but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.
E kore e mutu tana titiro ki te tangata tika; engari ka whakanohoia ngatahitia ratou e ia me nga kingi ki runga ki te torona ake ake, a ka whakanekehia ake hoki ratou.
8 But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
Ki te mea kua herea ratou ki te mekameka, mau pu i te rahiri, ara i nga mate,
9 Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions—that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;
Na ka whakakitea e ia ki a ratou ta ratou mahi, me o ratou he, i mea ai ratou i nga mea whakapehapeha.
10 Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said—that they should turn from iniquity.
Ka whakapuaretia ano e ia o ratou taringa ki te ako, a ka ki kia hoki i te kino.
11 If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
Ki te rongo ratou, a ka mahi ki a ia, ka pau o ratou ra i runga i te pai, o ratou tau i runga i nga ahuareka.
12 But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
Otira ki te kore ratou e rongo, ka ngaro ratou i te hoari, hemo iho ratou, kahore hoki he matauranga.
13 Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.
Ko te hunga whakaponokore o ratou ngakau, puranga rawa i a ratou te riri; kahore a ratou karanga awhina ina herea ratou e ia.
14 Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.
Ka mate ratou i te taitamarikitanga, a ka ngaro to ratou ora i roto i te hunga poke.
15 He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover—in oppression—their ear.
Ko tana he whakaora i te rawakore ina mate, e whakapuaretia ana e ia o ratou taringa ina tukinotia.
16 Yea he might even have allured thee—out of the mouth of straitness, [into] a wide space—no narrowness there, —and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.
Ae ra, me koe ano, tera koe e riro i a ia i roto i te kuititanga ki te wahi whanui; a ki tonu i te ngako te mea e whakatakotoria ki runga ki tau tepu.
17 But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
Otiia ki tonu koe i te tikanga a te tangata kino; a mau pu koe i nga tikanga, i te whakarite whakawa.
18 Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
Na i te mea he riri tenei, kia tupato kei riro koe i te nui o au rawa; aua hoki koe e whakapeautia e te nui o te utu.
19 Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
E ranea ranei ou rawa, e kore ai koe e taka he? nga uaua katoa ranei o tou kaha?
20 Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.
Kaua e hiahiatia te po, te wa e riro ai nga tangata i runga i to ratou whai.
21 Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.
Kia tupato, kaua e tahuri ki te kino; ki tau hoki he pai ake tenei i nga mate.
22 Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
Nana, ko te Atua, ko tona kaha hei whakanui, ko wai te kaiwhakaako hei rite mona?
23 Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?
Ko wai te kaitohutohu i te ara mona? Ko wai hei mea, Kua he tau mahi?
24 Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;
Kia mahara kia whakanuia e koe tana mahi, e waiatatia nei e te tangata.
25 Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.
Kua tirohia nei e nga tangata katoa e matakitakina mai nei e te tangata i tawhiti.
26 Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!
Nana, he nui te Atua, e kore ano e mohiotia e tatou; e kore ano hoki te maha o ona tau e taea te rapu atu.
27 For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;
Ko ia nei hei ngongo ake i nga pata wai, ka tauia i tona kohu hei awha:
28 With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.
Ka ringihia iho nei e nga kapua, a ka maturuturu nui ki runga ki te tangata.
29 But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
Ae ra, e mohiotia ana ranei e tetahi nga horahanga o nga kapua, te ngangau o tona tapenakara?
30 Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
Nana, e horahia ana e ia tona marama a tawhio noa i a ia; e hipokina ana hoki e ia te takere o te moana.
31 For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
Ko ana mea hoki ena hei whakawa mo nga iwi, nui tonu te kai e homai ana e ia.
32 Upon both hands, he putteth a covering of lightning, and layeth command upon it against an assailant:
E hipokina ana e ia ona ringa ki te uira, a whakahaua iho e ia te wahi e pa atu ai.
33 His rolling thunder telleth concerning him, —The cattle, even, concerning him that is coming up.
Hei kaiwhakaatu i a ia tona haruru, e waitohu ana hoki ki nga kararehe i te tupuhi meake puta mai.
