Hopa 25

1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

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

Dominion and dread, are with him, who causeth prosperity among his lofty ones;

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

Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?

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 shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?

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

Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright 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 a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?