Hopa 26
1 Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia.
Then Job answered,
2 He hapai pehea tau i te kahakore? He whakaora pehea tau i te ringa ngoikore?
"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
3 Ka tae tau whakatakoto whakaaro ma te whakaarokore! Te nui o tau whakaatu tikanga!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge.
4 I puaki ki a wai au kupu? No wai te wairua i puta mai ra i a koe?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
5 E wiri ana nga tupapaku i raro i te wai, me nga mea ano e noho ana i reira.
"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Sheol is naked before him, and Abaddon has no covering. (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 stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs 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 binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tona torona, horahia ana e ia tana kapua ki runga.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 He mea karapoti nana nga wai, rohe rawa, a tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te marama me te pouri.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 Wiri ana nga pou o te rangi, miharo ana ki tana whakatupehupehu.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 Ko tona kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana, maru ana te whakakake i tona matauranga.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 Na tona wairua i whakapaipai nga rangi; na tona ringa i wero te nakahi tere.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift 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?
Look, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him. But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
