Hopa 26
1 Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia.
Then answered Job, and said,
2 He hapai pehea tau i te kahakore? He whakaora pehea tau i te ringa ngoikore?
What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
3 Ka tae tau whakatakoto whakaaro ma te whakaarokore! Te nui o tau whakaatu tikanga!
How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
4 I puaki ki a wai au kupu? No wai te wairua i puta mai ra i a koe?
To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 E wiri ana nga tupapaku i raro i te wai, me nga mea ano e noho ana i reira.
The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
7 E horahia atu ana e ia te raki ki runga ki te wahi takoto kau, whakairihia ana e ia te whenua ki runga ki te kahore noa iho.
He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
8 E takaia ana e ia nga wai ki roto ki ana kapua matotoru; a kahore te kapua e pakaru i raro i a ratou.
He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
9 E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tona torona, horahia ana e ia tana kapua ki runga.
He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
10 He mea karapoti nana nga wai, rohe rawa, a tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te marama me te pouri.
A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
11 Wiri ana nga pou o te rangi, miharo ana ki tana whakatupehupehu.
The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 Ko tona kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana, maru ana te whakakake i tona matauranga.
By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
13 Na tona wairua i whakapaipai nga rangi; na tona ringa i wero te nakahi tere.
By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
14 Na, he pito enei no ona ara; ano te iti o te wahi ona e rangona ana! Ko te whatitiri ia o tona kaha, ko wai ka matau?
Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
