< Hopa 25 >
1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,
Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and I said:
2 Kei a ia te kingitanga me te wehi: ko ia hei hohou i te rongo i ona wahi tiketike.
Power and terror are with him, who maketh peace in his high places.
3 E taea ranei ana ope te tatau? ko wai hoki i kore te whitingia e tona marama?
Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and upon whom shall not his light 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?
Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
5 Nana, ko te marama, kahore ona tiahotanga, kahore hoki nga whetu kia ma ki tana titiro:
Behold even the moon doth 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 that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?