Hopa 34
1 I korero ano hoki a Erihu, i mea,
And Elihu made answer and said,
2 Whakarongo ki aku kupu, e te hunga whakaaro nui; kia whai taringa ki ahau, e te hunga mohio.
Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
3 E whakamatau ana hoki te taringa i te kupu, e pera ana me ta te mangai ki te reka o te kai.
For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
4 Ko ta tatou e whiriwhiri ai ma tatou ko te mea tika: kia mohiotia hoki e tatou, e tenei, e tenei, ko te aha te mea pai.
Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
5 Kua mea nei hoki a Hopa, He tika taku, a kua whakapeaua ketia e te Atua te whakawa moku:
For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
6 Ahakoa kei ahau te tika ka kiia ahau he tangata teka; e kore e mahu toku werohanga, ahakoa kahore oku he.
Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
7 Ko wai te tangata e rite ki a Hopa, me te mea he wai te tawai e inumia ana e ia?
What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
8 Kua uru nei ki te tira o nga kaimahi i te he, a e haere tahi ana me nga tangata kikino.
And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?
9 Kua mea hoki ia, Kahore he painga ki te tangata ki te ahuareka atu ia ki te Atua.
For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
10 No reira whakarongo mai ki ahau, e nga tangata ngakau mohio: e kore rawa te Atua e mahi i te kino; e kore rawa hoki te Kaha Rawa e mahi i te he.
Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
11 Ka utua hoki e ia te tangata mo tana mahi, ka rite hoki ki to te tangata ara nga mea e whakawhiwhia e ia ki a ia.
For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
12 Tika rawa, e kore te Atua e kino, e kore ano hoki te Kaha Rawa e whakaputa ke i te whakawa.
Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
13 Na wai ia i mea hei kaitirotiro mo te whenua? Na wai hoki i whakatakoto nga tikanga mo te ao katoa?
Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?
14 Ki te anga mai tona ngakau ki te tangata, ki te kohia atu e ia ki a ia tona wairua me tona manawa;
If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
15 Ka hemo ngatahi nga kikokiko katoa, a ka hoki ano te tangata ki te puehu.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
16 Na ki te mea he ngakau mohio tou, whakarongo ki tenei; kia whai taringa mai ki te reo o aku kupu.
If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
17 E whai kingitanga ranei tetahi kotahi e kino ana ki te tika? E whakakino ranei koe ki te tangata tika, kaha hoki?
How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
18 E tau ana ranei te mea atu ki te kingi, He weriweri koe? ki nga rangatira ranei, He kino koutou?
He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
19 Kia iti rawa iho ki a ia e kore nei e whakapai ki te kanohi o nga rangatira, e kore nei e hira ake tona pai ki te hunga whai rawa i nga rawakore? No te mea he mahi ratou katoa na ona ringa.
Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
20 Kihai i aha kua mate ratou, kua mate i waenganui po; ka wiri te iwi, ka pahemo atu, ka riro te hunga nunui, kahore hoki he ringa.
Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
21 Kei runga hoki i nga ara o te tangata ona kanohi, e kitea ana e ia ona hikoinga katoa.
For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
22 Kahore he pouri, kahore he atarangi o te mate e piri ai nga kaimahi i te kino.
There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
23 E kore hoki e nui atu i te tika te mea e whakawaha e ia ki te tangata, e haere ai ia ki te aroaro o te Atua ki te whakawa.
For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
24 Ka wawahia e ia nga tangata nunui, te mohiotia nga ara, a whakaturia ake etahi atu i muri i a ratou.
He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
25 Na e mohio ana ia ki a ratou mahi; a hurihia ake ratou e ia i te po, a mongamonga noa ratou.
For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
26 He hunga kino ratou, pakia iho e ia i te tirohanga a te tangata;
The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.
27 Mo ratou i tahuri ke i te whai i a ia, kihai hoki i whakaaro ki tetahi o ona ara:
Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,
28 Na ratou hoki i puta ai te tangi a te rawakore ki a ia, a rongo ana ia ki te tangi a te hunga e tukinotia ana.
So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
29 Ki te meinga e ia kia ata noho, ko wai hei whakararuraru? A ki te huna e ia tona kanohi, ko wai e kite i a ia? ahakoa i meatia ki te iwi, ki te tangata ranei, rite tonu.
30 Kore ake te whakaponokore e whai kingitanga, kore ake te iwi e mahangatia.
31 Kua mea atu ranei ki te Atua, Kua pehia ahau e te whiu, e kore ahau e mahi i te he a muri nei?
32 Ko te mea kihai i kitea e ahau mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau; ki te mea i mahi ahau i te he, ka mutu taku.
33 Kia rite ranei tana utu ki tau e mea ai, i whakakahoretia ai e koe? Mau te whiriwhiri, kahore maku: na mau e korero mai tau i mohio ai.
34 Ka korero mai nga tangata ngakau mahara ki ahau, ae ra, nga tangata whakaaro nui e whakarongo ana ki ahau:
Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,
35 Kahore he matauranga o Hopa i a ia i korero ra, kahore hoki he mahara i roto i ana kupu.
Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
36 He pai me i whakamatauria a Hopa a te mutunga ra ano, mo ana kupu i whakahokia mai nei e ia, he mea i rite ki a nga tangata kikino.
May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
37 E tapiritia ana hoki e ia te tutu ki runga ki tona hara, kei te pakipaki ia i ona ringa i waenganui i a tatou, a whakanuia ana e ia ana kupu kite Atua.
For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
