Hopa 20
1 Katahi ka whakautua e Topara Naamati; i mea ia,
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
2 Na kona oku whakaaro i whakahoki kupu ake ai i roto i ahau; na reira ano ahau i hohoro ai.
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
3 Kua rongo ahau i te whakahe moku, e pa ai te whakama ki ahau, a na te wairua o toku ngakau mahara te kupu whakahoki ki ahau.
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
4 Kahore ranei koe i mohio ki tenei i mua noa atu, i te wa ra ano i whakanohoia ai te tangata ki runga ki te whenua;
Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
5 He poto te wa e whakamanamana ai te tangata kino, a ko te hari o te tangata atuakore he wheriko kau?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 Ahakoa eke noa tona nui ki nga rangi, a pa atu tona mahunga ki nga kapua;
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Ka memeha atu ano ia a ake ake, ka pera ano me tona paru: ko te hunga kua kite i a ia, ka mea, Kei hea ia?
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'
8 Ka rere atu ia ano he moemoea, e kore ano hoki e kitea: ae ka aia atu ia, ano he rekanga kanohi no te po.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9 Ko te kanohi i kite i a ia e kore e kite ano; a heoi ano tirohanga a tona wahi ki a ia.
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 E whakamanawareka ana tamariki i nga rawakore, ma ona ringa ano e whakahoki ona rawa.
His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
11 E ki ana ona wheua i te tamarikitanga; engari ka takoto tahi me ia i roto i te puehu.
His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
12 Ahakoa reka te kino i roto i tona mangai, ahakoa huna e ia i raro i tona arero;
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
13 Ahakoa manawapatia noatia e ia, a kahore e mahue i a ia, heoi pupuri tonu i roto i tona mangai;
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
14 Otira ka puta ke tana kai i roto i ona whekau, ko te au o nga ahipi i roto i a ia.
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15 I horomia e ia te taonga, ka ruakina mai ano e ia; ma te Atua e akiri mai i roto i tona kopu.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 Ka ngotea e ia te huware whakamate o nga ahipi; ka mate ano ia i te arero o te waipera.
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17 E kore ia e kite i nga awa, i nga wai rere o te honi, o te pata.
He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.
18 Ko tana i uaua ai ka whakahokia e ia, e kore ano e horomia; ko tana utu ka rite ki ona taonga; e kore ano e koa ki reira.
That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
19 Nana hoki i tukino nga rawakore, whakarerea iho; murua ana e ia he whare, a e kore e hanga ano e ia.
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
20 I te mea kahore ia i kite i te tatutanga i roto i a ia, e kore ano etahi o nga mea e matea nuitia ana e ia e mau ki a ia.
Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,
21 Kahore tetahi mea i toe i kore te horomia e ia; no reira e kore tetahi mea pai ona e mau tonu.
There was nothing left that he devoured not — therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
22 I a ia e whiwhi nui nei i te rawa, e rawakore ano ia; ka tae mai ki a ia nga ringa katoa o te hunga kei roto i te mata.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
23 I a ia ka mea ki te whakaki i tona kopu, ka maka mai e te Atua te kaha o tona riri ki runga ki a ia, a ka ringihia iho ki a ia, i a ia ano e kai ana.
It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him into his flesh.
24 Ka rere atu ia i te patu rino, ka tu ia i te kopere parahi, puta pu.
If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25 E unuhia ana, kua puta mai i roto i te tinana, ina, puta mai ana te mata wheriko i roto i tona au: kua tau nga wehi ki a ia.
He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
26 Ko te pouri katoa kei te takoto mai mo ana taonga: ka kainga ia e te ahi, kihai i puhia e te tangata; ma reira e pau ai te toenga i roto i tona teneti.
All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.
27 Ka whakakitea mai tona he e nga rangi ka whakatika mai ano te whenua ki a ia.
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 Ko nga hua o tona whare ka riro: ka rere, ano he wai, ona mea i te ra e riri ai ia.
The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 Ko ta te Atua wahi tenei ma te tangata kino, ko te taonga tupu i kiia e te Atua mona.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
