Hopa 21
1 Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia,
Then Job answered and said,
2 Ata whakarongo mai ki taku kupu, a hei tenei he kupu whakamarie mai ma koutou.
“Listen carefully to my words, and let this be the comfort you offer to me.
3 Tukua ahau, a ka korero hoki ahau; a ka mutu aku korero, haere tonu ta koutou tawai.
Put up with me, and I also will speak; after I have spoken, mock on.
4 Ahau nei, ki te tangata koia taku amuamu? A he aha ahau te manawanui ai?
As for me, is my complaint to a person? Why should I not be impatient?
5 Titiro mai ki ahau, miharo ai; kopania atu te ringa ki te mangai.
Look at me and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 Mahara kau ahau, ka wehi, mau pu te wehi o oku kikokiko.
When I think about my sufferings, I am terrified, and trembling seizes my body.
7 He aha te hunga kino i ora ai, i koroheke ai, ae, i marohirohi ai to ratou kaha?
Why do wicked people continue to live, become old, and grow mighty in power?
8 Pumau tonu o ratou uri ki to ratou taha ki to ratou aroaro, a ko a ratou whanau kei ta ratou tirohanga atu.
Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring are established before their eyes.
9 O ratou whare kei runga i te rangimarie, kahore he wehi, kahore hoki a te Atua patu ki a ratou.
Their houses are safe from fear; neither is the rod of God on them.
10 E kaha ana tana puru ki te ekeeke, kahore hoki e he; ka whanau tana kau, kahore hoki he whakatahe.
Their bull breeds; it does not fail to do so; their cow gives birth and does not lose her calf prematurely.
11 E tukua mai ana e ratou a ratou kohungahunga ano he kahui hipi, e pekepeke ana a ratou tamariki.
They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 He hunga hapai ratou i te timipera, i te hapa, e koa ana ki te tangi o te okana.
They sing to the tambourine and harp and rejoice with the music of the flute.
They spend their days in prosperity, and they go down quietly to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 Koia ratou i mea ai ki te Atua, Mawehe atu i a matou; kahore hoki o matou hiahia kia matau ki ou ara.
They say to God, 'Depart from us for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways.
15 He aha ra te Runga Rawa e mahi ai matou ki a ia? He aha hoki te rawa ki a matou ki te inoi ki a ia?
What is the Almighty, that we should worship him? What advantage would we get if we prayed to him?'
16 Nana, kahore he pai mo ratou i o ratou ringa ake: matara atu i ahau te whakaaro o te hunga kino.
See, is not their prosperity in their own hands? I have nothing to do with the advice of wicked people.
17 Pehea te maha o nga matenga o te rama a te hunga kino? O nga panga mai ano hoki o to ratou aitua ki a ratou? O te tuwhanga mai a te Atua i nga mamae i a ia e riri ana?
How often is it that the lamp of wicked people is put out, or that their calamity comes upon them? How often does it happen that God distributes sorrows to them in his anger?
18 E rite ai ratou ki te kakau witi i mua i te hau, ki te papapa e kahakina atu ana e te paroro?
How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind or like chaff that the storm carries away?
19 E mea ana koutou, E rongoatia ana e te Atua tona kino hei mea mo ana tamariki. Mana e utu tera ki a ia tonu, kia mohio ai ia.
You say, 'God lays up one's guilt for his children to pay.' Let him pay it himself, so that he might know his guilt.
20 Tukua kia kite ona ake kanohi i tona hunanga, a tukua ia kia inu i te riri o te Kaha Rawa.
Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 He aha hoki tana manako ki tona whare i muri i a ia? ka poroa hoki ona marama i waenga?
For what does he care about his family after him when the number of his months is cut off?
22 E whakaako ianei tetahi i te Atua ki te matauranga? Ko te kaiwhakawa hoki ia mo te hunga whakakake.
Can anyone teach God knowledge since he judges even those who are high?
23 Tenei tangata, mate iho ia, pakari rawa ano hoki ona kaha, ata takoto ana ana mea katoa, kahore hoki he raruraru.
One man dies in his full strength, being completely quiet and at ease.
24 Ki tonu ona u i te waiu, a e makuku ana ona wheua i te hinu.
His body is full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moist.
25 Mate iho hoki tera tangata, kawa tonu tona wairua, kahore hoki he pai hei kai mana.
Another man dies in bitterness of soul, one who has never experienced anything good.
26 Ka takoto ngatahi raua ki te puehu, a ko te iro hei hipoki mo raua.
They lie down alike in the dust; the worms cover them both.
27 Nana, e mohio ana ahau ki o koutou whakaaro, ki ta koutou ngarahu nanakia ano hoki moku.
See, I know your thoughts, and the ways in which you wish to wrong me.
28 E ki ana hoki koutou, Kei hea te whare o te rangatira? Kei hea hoki te teneti i noho ai te hunga kino?
For you say, 'Where now is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked man once lived?'
29 Kahore ianei koutou i ui ki te hunga e haere atu ana i te ara? Kahore ranei koutou i mohio ki a ratou tohu?
Have you never asked traveling people? Do you not know the evidence they can tell,
30 Kei te rongoa nei hoki te tangata kono mo te ra o te whakangaro; ka whakaputaina ratou i te ra o te riri.
that the wicked man is kept from the day of calamity, and that he is led away from the day of wrath?
31 Ko wai e whakaatu i tona ara ki tona aroaro? Ko wai hoki hei hoatu i te utu mo tana mahi ki a ia?
Who will condemn the wicked man's way to his face? Who will repay him for what he has done?
32 Heoi ka kawea ia ki te urupa; kei te puranga he wahi mona.
Yet he will be borne to the grave; men will keep watch over his tomb.
33 Ka reka ki a ia nga pokuru o te awaawa, ka whai mai ano hoki nga tangata katoa i a ia; e kore nei hoki e taea te tatau te hunga i mua i a ia.
The clods of the valley will be sweet to him; all people will follow after him, as there were innumerable people before him.
34 He pehea ra ta koutou whakamarie tinihanga i ahau, e toe na hoki te he i roto i a koutou kupu e whakahoki mai na?
How then do you comfort me with nonsense, since in your answers there is nothing but falsehood?”
