Hopa 25

1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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

“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

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

Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

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 a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

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

If even the moon does not shine, 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 but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”