Hopa 11
1 Ano ra ko Topara Naamati; i mea ia,
And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
2 Kaua ranei hei whakautua te tini o nga kupu? A e whakatikaia ranei te tangata ngutu hohoro?
Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
3 Ma au kupu whakapehapeha ranei e nohopuku ai nga tangata? A, ina tawai koe, kaua ranei he tangata e mea i a koe kia whakama?
Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
4 E mea ana hoki koe, He tino tika taku whakaako, a he ma ahau ki ou kanohi.
And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
5 Aue, me i korero te Atua, me i puaki mai ona ngutu ki te whakahe i a koe!
And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
6 Me i whakaaturia mai e ia ki a koe nga mea ngaro o te matauranga, te huhua o nga ara o tana mahi! Na kia matau koe, he iti iho i ou he ta te Atua e tango nei i a koe.
And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
7 Ina whakatakina e koe, e kitea ranei e koe te Atua? E tino kitea rawatia ranei e koe te Kaha Rawa?
By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
8 Kei te rangi te tiketike; ka pehea koe? Hohonu iho i te reinga; ko te aha e mohiotia e koe? (Sheol h7585)
Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou? (Sheol h7585)
9 Ko tona takoto, roa atu i te whenua, whanui atu i te moana.
Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
10 Ki te mea ka haukotia e ia, ka herehera ranei, ka whakawakia ranei, ma wai ia e arai?
If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
11 E mohio ana hoki ia ki nga tangata teka noa; a e kite ana ia i te he, ahakoa e kore e whakaaroa e ia.
For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
12 Otiia ko te mea whakaarokore nei, ko te tangata kahore rawa ona hinengaro, ae ra, to te tangata rite i tona whanautanga kei te kuao kaihe mohoao.
And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
13 Ki te whakatikaia e koe tou ngakau, a ka wherahia ou ringa ki a ia;
If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
14 Ki te mea he he kei tou ringa, whakamataratia atu, kaua hoki te kino e noho ki ou tapenakara;
If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
15 He pono ko reira ara ai tou mata, te ai he ira; ae, ka u hoki koe, te ai he wehi:
For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.
16 Tera hoki koe e wareware ki tou mauiui; a e maharatia e koe ano ko nga wai kua rere atu.
For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
17 A ko tou ora tera e marama ke atu i to te poutumarotanga o ate ra; a ahakoa e pouri ano, ka rite ki te ata.
And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.
18 Ka tatu ou whakaaro, no te mea ka whai tumanakohanga atu; ae, ka rapu koe i tetahi taha ou, i tetahi taha, a ka takoto marire koe.
And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,
19 E takoto iho ano koe, te ai he kaiwhakawehi; he tokomaha ano hoki e whai kia paingia e koe.
And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
20 Ka poko ia nga kanohi o te hunga kino, kore ake he rerenga mo ratou; ko ta ratou e tumanako atu ai ko te hemonga.
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
