Hopa 15
1 Na ka whakautua e Eripata Temani; i mea ia,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 He horihori kau koia te matauranga e whakapuakina e te tangata whakaaro, kia whakakiia e ia tona kopu ki te hau marangai?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Me korero ranei ia ko nga kupu kore hua hei ako, ko nga whaikorero ranei kahore nei e whai tikanga?
Should he reason with useless talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Ae, kua whakakorea atu na e koe te wehi, kei te pupuri mai koe i te inoi i te aroaro o te Atua.
Yea, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.
5 Na kei te whakaakona tou mangai e tou kino, a kei te whiriwhiria e koe ko te arero o te hunga tinihanga.
For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Ehara i ahau, na tou mangai ano i hopu tou kino; ko ou ngutu ano hei whakaatu i tou he.
your own mouth condemns you, and not I: yea, your own lips testify against you.
7 Ko koe ianei te tangata tuatahi kua whanau? He mea hanga ranei koe no mua atu i nga pukepuke?
Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills?
8 Kua rongo ranei koe i to te Atua whakaaro puku? Kei te kaiponu ranei koe i te whakaaro ki a koe anake?
Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself?
9 Ko te aha te mohiotia ana e koe, a kahore e mohiotia e matou? Ko tehea whakaaro ano hoki ou kahore nei i a matou?
What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us?
10 Kei a matou nga upoko hina ratou tahi ko nga tino koroheke, kaumatua rawa ake i tou papa.
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than your father.
11 He iti rawa ranei mou nga whakamarie a te Atua, te kupu ngawari e hoatu ana ki a koe?
Are the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you?
12 He aha koe i kahakina atu ai e tou ngakau? He aha hoki ou kanohi i kimokimo ai,
Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes overlook,
13 I tahuri ai tou wairua ki te whakahe i te Atua? i puaki ai ena kupu i tou mangai?
That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14 He aha te tangata, e ma ai ia? te whanau ranei a te wahine, e tika ai?
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Nana, kahore ia e whakawhirinaki ki ana mea tapu; kahore hoki nga rangi e ma ki tana titiro.
Behold, he puts no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 Katahi ia te he rawa ko te mea whakarihariha, ko te mea poke, ko te tangata e inu nei i te kino ano he wai.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water?
17 Maku e whakaatu ki a koe, whakarongo mai ki ahau; ko te mea kua kitea e ahau, maku e korero atu.
I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 He mea korero mai na nga mohio, he whakarerenga iho na o ratou matua: kihai hoki i huna e ratou:
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 Ki a ratou nei anake te homaitanga o te whenua; kihai hoki te tangata ke i tika i waenganui i a ratou.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 E whakamamae ana te tangata kino i ona ra katoa, ara i te maha o nga tau e haupu nei mo te kaitukino.
The wicked man labors with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 He reo whakawehi kei roto i ona taringa; i te wa whai rawa ka tae mai te kaipahua ki a ia:
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 Kahore ana whakaaetanga ake tera ia ka hoki ake i te pouri, e whanga ana ano hoki te hoari ki a ia.
He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23 E kopikopiko noa ana ia ki te taro mana, e mea ana: Kei hea ra? E mohio ana ia kua tata ki tona ringa te ra o te pouri.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Ko te ngakau mamae, me te tumatatenga, hei whakawehi i a ia; ka kaha ake raua i a ia, me te mea he kingi kua rite ana mea mo te whawhai.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 Kua totoro nei ona ringa ki te whawhai ki te Atua, kua whakatoatoa nei i a ia ki te whawhai ki te Kaha Rawa;
For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
26 Kua rere ki a ia me te kaki maro, me nga puku matotoru o ana whakangungu rakau.
He runs upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 Kua kopakina hoki tona mata e tona ngako, a kua tupu te ngako o tona hope.
Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes fatness on his flanks.
28 Na i noho ia ki nga pa mahue, ki nga whare kahore i nohoia e te tangata, meake nei waiho hei puranga.
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.
29 E kore ia e whai taonga, e kore ano ona rawa e mau, e kore ano hoki to ratou hua e taupe ki te whenua.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 E kore ia e puta i te pouri, ona peka ka maroke i te mura, ka riro atu ano ia i te manawa o tona mangai.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Kei whakawhirinaki ia ki te mea teka noa, kei tinihanga ki a ia ano: no te mea ko te teka noa hei utu ki a ia.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 E kore tona ra e taea, kua rite; e kore ano tona peka e whai rau.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 Ka ruiruia e ia ana karepe kaiota ano ko te waina, a ka maka tana puawai me te mea ko te oriwa.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 Ka pakoko hoki te whakaminenga o te hunga atuakore, ka pau hoki i te ahi nga teneti o nga utu whakapati.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 He mahi nanakia te mea i hapu ki roto ki a ratou, whanau ake he teka noa; ko o ratou kopu ano hei hanga i te tinihanga.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit.
