Hopa 25

1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,

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

Rule and power are his; 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?

Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?

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 is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

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

See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:

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 an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!