Hopa 16
1 Katahi a Hopa ka whakautu, ka mea,
Then Job answered, and said,
2 Ka maha nga mea pena kua rangona nei e ahau: he kaiwhakamarie haumaruru rawa koutou katoa.
I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are ye all.
3 E whai mutunga ranei nga kupu tikangakore? Na te aha ranei koe i whakaoho ki te whakahoki kupu mai?
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes thee that thou answer?
4 E taea ano e ahau te korero pena i a koutou; me i penei to koutou wairua me toku wairua, hono tonu aku kupu ki a koutou, ka ruru ano toku upoko ki a koutou.
I also could speak as ye do, if your soul were in my soul's stead. I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
5 E whakakaha ano ia toku mangai i a koutou, ka ai ano hoki te whakamarie a oku ngutu hei pehi i to koutou mamae.
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.
6 Ahakoa korero ahau, kahore toku pouri e iti iho; ki te mutu taku, ko tehea wahi o toku mamae ka taharahara iho.
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged, and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Inaianei ano kua meinga ahau e ia kia ruha: moti iho i a koe toku whakaminenga katoa.
But now he has made me weary. Thou have made desolate all my company.
8 Na kua mau kita koe ki ahau, hei kaiwhakaatu i toku he: e whakatika ana mai hoki toku hirokitanga ki ahau, hei whakapuaki i toku he: e whakatika ana mai hoki toku hirokitanga ki ahau hei whakapuaki i toku he.
And thou have laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face.
9 Haehaea ana ahau e ia i a ia e riri ana, e tukino ana ia i ahau; pakiri ana ona niho ki ahau; e whakakoi mai ana toku hoariri i ona kanohi ki ahau.
He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.
10 Hamama mai ana o ratou mangai ki ahau; whakahewea mai ana, kei te papaki ratou i toku paparinga; huihui ana ratou kia kotahi hei whawhai ki ahau.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth. They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11 Kua tukua ahau e te Atua ki te hunga he, whakarerea putia ana ahau ki nga ringa o te hunga kino.
God delivers me to the perverse, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 Humarie ana taku noho, heoi kua wawahi ia i ahau; kua mau ia ki toku kaki, tatatia ake ahau kia pakaru rikiriki; whakaturia ana ahau e ia hei koperenga pere mana.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.
13 Karapotia ana ahau e ana kaikopere, motumotuhia ana e ia oku whatumanawa, kahore hoki e tohungia; ringihia ana e ia toku au ki te whenua.
His archers encompass me round about. He splits my reins apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall upon the ground.
14 He mea wawahi ahau nana, he wahanga, he wahanga; ano he tangata kaha ia e rere mai ana ki runga ki ahau.
He breaks me with breach upon breach. He runs upon me like a giant.
15 Tuituia ana e ahau he kakahu taratara mo toku kiri, whakaititia iho e ahau toku haona ki te puehu.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
16 Paruparu noa iho toku mata i te tangihanga, kei runga i oku kamo te atarangi o te mate;
My face is red with weeping, and the shadow of death is on my eyelids,
17 Ahakoa kahore he tutu i oku ringa, a he ma taku inoi.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 Kaua, e te whenua, e hipokina oku toto, kei whai wahi tanga ano hoki taku karanga.
O earth, do not cover thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting place.
19 Kei te rangi nei ano inaianei te kaiwhakaatu o taku, kei te wahi i runga toku kaititiro.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who vouches for me is on high.
20 E tawai mai ana oku hoa ki ahau, maturuturu tonu ia nga roimata o toku kanohi ki te Atua.
My friends scoff at me. My eye pours out tears to God
21 Kia tohe koa ia i to te tangata tika ki te Atua, i to te tama hoki a te tangata ki tona hoa!
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbor!
22 Kia taka mai hoki nga tau torutoru nei, ka haere ahau i te ara e kore ai ahau e hoki mai ano.
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way where I shall not return.
