Hopa 12
1 Na ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea,
Then Iob answered, and sayde,
2 He tika rawa ko koutou nga tangata, a ka mate tahi atu te whakaaro nui me koutou.
In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you.
3 Otira kei ahau ano hoki he ngakau, he pera ano me o koutou, kihai ahau i hoki iho i a koutou: ko wai ra te he ana ki enei mea?
But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
4 Toku rite kei te tangata e waiho ana hei kata ma tona hoa, he tangata e karanga ana ki te Atua, a whakarongo mai ana tera ki a ia: e waiho ana te mea tika, te mea tapatahi, hei kata.
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.
5 Kei roto i te whakaaro o te tangata, e tau ana tana noho, te whakahawea ki te aitua; e tauwhanga ana tena ki te hunga e paheke ana te waewae.
Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
6 Kei te rangatira nga teneti o nga kaipahua, a noho kore wehi ana te hunga e whakapataritari ana ki te Atua; he ope noa mai hoki ta te Atua ki o ratou ringa.
The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.
7 Tena ra, ui atu ki nga kararehe, ma ratou koe e whakaako; ki nga manu o te rangi, ma ratou e korero ki a koe;
Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:
8 Korero atu ranei ki te whenua, a mana koe e whakaako; ka whakaaturia mai ano hoki ki a koe e nga ika o te moana.
Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.
9 Ko wai i kore te mohio ki enei mea katoa, he mea mahi tenei na te ringa o Ihowa?
Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?
10 Kei tona ringa nei te wairua o nga mea ora katoa, te manawa hoki o nga kikokiko tangata katoa.
In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
11 He teka ianei e whakamatauria ana nga kupu e te taringa, pera hoki i te waha e whakarongo nei ki te reka o tana kai?
Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?
12 Kei nga kaumatua nga whakaaro nui; kei te roa o nga ra te matau.
Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
13 Kei a ia te whakaaro nui me te kaha; kei a ia te tohutohu me te matauranga.
With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
14 Nana, e wawahia ana e ia, kore iho e hanga ano; e kopia ana e ia te tangata, kahore rawa he putanga.
Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
15 Nana, e unuhia atu ana e ia nga wai, a kua maroke; e tukua mai ana ano e ia, a ka hurihia te whenua.
Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
16 Kei a ia te kaha me te mahi totika; ko te tangata tinihanga me te tangata e tinihangatia ana, nana.
With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
17 E kahakina atu ana e ia nga kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, he mea pahua; whakakuwaretia iho e ia nga kaiwhakawa.
He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
18 Ko te mana o nga kingi, wetekina ake e ia, herea iho e ia o ratou hope ki te whitiki.
He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
19 E arahina atu ana e ia nga tohunga, he mea pahua, hurihia iho e ia te hunga kaha.
He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
20 Whakakorea ake e ia he kupu ma te hunga ngakau pono, riro ana i a ia nga mahara o nga kaumatua.
He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
21 E ringihia ana e ia te whakahawea ki runga ki nga rangatira, e wetekina ana e ia te whitiki o te hunga kaha.
He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
22 E hurahia mai ana e ia nga mea hohonu i roto i te pouri, whakaputaina mai ana e ia te atarangi o te mate ki te marama.
He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.
23 E whakanuia ana e ia nga iwi, a e huna ana e ia; e tohatohaina atu ana e ia nga iwi, a e whakawhaititia mai ana ano ratou e ia.
He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.
24 E tangohia atu ana e ia te ngakau o nga rangatira o te iwi o te whenua, a e meinga ana e ia kia kopikopiko noa i te wahi ururua kahore nei he ara.
He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
25 Whawha noa ratou i roto i te pouri, kahore hoki he marama, a meinga ana ratou e ia kia hurori haere ano he tangata haurangi.
They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man.
