Hopa 25

1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

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

What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?

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

For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?

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?

For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

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

If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

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

But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.