Hopa 25

1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 Kei a ia te kingitanga me te wehi: ko ia hei hohou i te rongo i ona wahi tiketike.

“Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.

3 E taea ranei ana ope te tatau? ko wai hoki i kore te whitingia e tona marama?

Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

4 A ma te aha ra te tangata ka whakatikaia mai ai e te Atua? Ma te aha ka ma ai te whanau a te wahine?

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

5 Nana, ko te marama, kahore ona tiahotanga, kahore hoki nga whetu kia ma ki tana titiro:

Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;

6 Kia iti rawa iho to te tangata, he kutukutu nei! to te tama a te tangata, he iro nei!

How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm!”