Job 5
1 “Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
Tena ra, karanga; ka whakao ranei tetahi ki a koe? a ka anga atu koe ki a wai o te hunga tapu?
2 Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
E patua ana hoki te kuware e te aritarita, e whakamatea ana te whakaarokore e te hae.
3 I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
I kite ahau i te kuware e hou ana ona pakiaka; kitea rawatia ake kua kanga e ahau tona nohoanga.
4 Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
Kei tawhiti atu ana tama i te ora, mongamonga noa ratou i te kuwaha, kahore hoki he kaiwhakaora.
5 Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
Ko ana hua ka kainga e te tangata matekai, ka riro i a ia ahakoa i roto i te tataramoa, a ka hamama te mahanga ki o ratou rawa.
6 But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
Na e kore te he e puta ake i te puehu, e kore ano te raruraru e tupu ake i te oneone;
7 People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
I whanau te tangata ki te raruraru, tona rite kei nga korakora e rere nei whakarunga.
8 [“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
Ko ahau ia ka rapu i ta te Atua; me tuku atu taku korero ki te Atua,
9 He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
E mahi nei i nga mea nunui e kore nei e taea te rapu atu, i nga mea whakamiharo e kore nei e taea te tatau;
10 He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
E homai nei i te ua ki te mata o te whenua, e unga nei i te wai ki te mata o nga parae;
11 He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
E whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wahi tiketike, a whakanekehia ake ana te hunga pouri ki te ora.
12 He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
E haukoti nei i nga whakaaro o te hunga tinihanga, te taea e o ratou ringa ta ratou i mea ai.
13 He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
Mau ake i a ia te hunga whakaaro i to ratou tinihanga: pororaru iho nga whakaaro o te hunga kotiti ke.
14 [It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
I te awatea nei, tutaki ana ratou ki te pouri; whawha ana ratou i te poutumarotanga, ano ko te po.
15 But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
Otiia e whakaorangia ana e ia te rawakore i te hoari, i to ratou mangai, i te ringa ano o te tangata kaha.
16 So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
Ka ai ano he tumanakohanga atu mo te ware; kokopi tonu ia te mangai o te kino.
17 “But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
Nana, ka hari te tangata e akona ana e te Atua: na kaua e whakahawea ki te papaki a te Kaha Rawa.
18 He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
He whakamamae hoki tana, he takai ano; e patu ana ia, a ko ona ringa ano hei whakaora.
19 He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
E ono nga matenga e whakaora ai ia i a koe; ahakoa e whitu, e kore te he e pa ki a koe.
20 When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
I te matekai ka hokona koe e ia kei mate; i te tatauranga ano, kei pangia e te hoari.
21 God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
Ka huna koe i te whiu a te arero, e kore ano koe e wehi i te whakangaromanga ina tae mai.
22 You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
E kata ano koe ki te whakangaromanga raua ko te hemokai; e kore hoki koe e wehi i nga kirehe o te whenua.
23 You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
No te mea ka takoto tau kawenata ki nga kohatu o te parae; ka mau ano ta koutou rongo ko nga kirehe o te parae.
24 In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
Ka mohio ano koe e tu ana tou teneti i te aionuku, ka haereere ano koe ki tou nohoanga, te ai he hara.
25 You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
Ka mohio ano koe he nui ou uri, he pera ano tou whanau me te tarutaru o te whenua.
26 You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
Ka ata rite ou tau ina tae koe ki te urupa, ka pera ano me te puranga witi e hikitia ake ana i tona wa e rite ai.
27 [“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
Nana, tenei, he mea rapu na matou ko te mea tika hoki ia; whakarangona mai, ka mohio iho hei pai mou.
