Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
Na ka whakautu a Pirirara Huhi, ka mea,
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
Kia pehea ake te roa o tau korero i enei mea? Kia pehea ake te roa o nga kupu a tou mangai e rite ai ki te hau kaha?
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
E whakaparori ke ranei te Atua i te whakawa? E whakaparori ke ranei te Kaha Rawa i te tika?
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
Ki te mea i hara au tamariki ki a ia, a kua maka atu ratou e ia hei utu mo to ratou he;
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
Ki te rapu wawe koe i to Atua, a ka inoi ki te Kaha Rawa;
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
Ki te mea he ma koe, he tika, ina, ka ara ake ia ki a koe aianei, ka manaakitia ano e ia te nohoanga o tou tika.
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
Ahakoa i iti tou timatanga, e nui noa atu tou whakamutunga.
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
Tena ra, ui atu ki to mua whakatupuranga; anga atu hoki ki te mea kua rapua e o ratou matua.
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
Nonanahi nei hoki tatou, kahore hoki e mohio; he atarangi nei hoki o tatou ra i runga i te whenua;
10 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
E kore ranei ratou e whakaako i a koe, e korero ki a koe, e puaki mai ranei he kupu i o ratou ngakau?
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
E tupu ranei te wiwi i te mea kahore he repo? E nui ranei te raupo ki te kahore he wai?
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
I te mea he kaiota tonu, a kihai i tapahia, kua maroke i mua ake i nga otaota katoa.
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
Ka pera ano nga ara o te hunga katoa e wareware ana ki te Atua, a ka riro ki te kore ta te tangata whakaponokore i tumanako ai.
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
Ka motuhia atu tana i whakamanawa atu ai, ko te whare hoki o te pungawerewere hei tumanakohanga mona.
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
Ka okioki atu ia ki tona whare; heoi e kore e tu: u tonu tana pupuri atu, otiia e kore e mau.
16 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
E matomato ana i te mea kahore nei te ra, a e wana ana ona peka i tana kari.
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
Kapi tonu te puranga i ona pakiaka, e kitea ana e ia te wahi kamaka.
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
Ki te whakamotitia iho ia i tona wahi, ka whakakahore taua wahi ki a ia, ka mea, Kahore ahau i kite i a koe.
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
Nana, ko te hari tenei o tona ara, a ka tupu ake etahi atu i roto i te puehu.
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
Nana, e kore te Atua e whakakahore ki te tangata tika, e kore ano e puritia e ia te ringa o nga tangata kino.
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
Tera ano tou mangaika whakakiia e ia ki te kata, ou ngutu ki te hamama.
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
He whakama te kakahu mo te hunga e kino ana ki a koe, a ka kahore noa iho te tapenakara o te hunga kino.
