Hopa 35

1 I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,

Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

2 Ki tou whakaaro he tika tenei mau, e mea ana ranei koe, Nui atu toku tika i to te Atua?

Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?

3 I mea ai koe, He aha te rawa ki a koe? a, He aha te painga ki ahau, hira ake i te painga me i hara ahau?

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

4 Maku e whakahoki he kupu ki a koe, ki a koutou ko ou hoa.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 Kia matatau atu tau titiro ki nga rangi; matakitakina atu hoki nga kapua e tiketike ake na i a koe.

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

6 Mehemea kua hara koe, ka ahatia ia e tau mahi? A ki te whakanuia au mahi tutu, e aha ana ranei koe ki a ia?

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?

7 Ki te mea he tika tou, ko te aha e hoatu ana e koe ki a ia? Ko te aha ranei a tou ringa e riro ana i a ia?

If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?

8 Ka mamae pea tetahi tangata pena i a koe na i tou kino; ka whai painga pea ki tetahi tama a te tangata tou tika.

Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]: and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.

9 He maha no nga tukinotanga i tangi ai ratou; na te ringaringa o te hunga nui i aue ai ratou kia awhinatia.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 Kahore ia tetahi e mea ana, Kei hea toku Kaihanga, te Atua, e homai nei i nga waiata i te po?

But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

11 E nui atu nei tana whakaako ki a tatou i tana ki nga kararehe o te whenua, nana hoki i nui ai o tatou mahara i o nga manu o te rangi?

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 Karanga ana ratou i reira, heoi kahore he kupu e whakahokia mai, he mea na te whakapehapeha o te hunga kino.

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 He pono e kore te tekateka noa e whakarangona mai e te Atua, e kore ano hoki e tirohia mai e te Kaha Rawa.

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 Ka iti rawa iho ki te mea koe, kahore koe e kite i a ia, kei tona aroaro te whakarite whakawa; na ka tatari koe ki a ia!

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.

15 Na, kihai nei ia i tae mai i runga i tona riri, kihai ano hoki i aro nui mai ki te whakamanamana;

But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:

16 Koia i puaki ai te mangai o Hopa, he mea horihori kau nei; kahore he matauranga o nga kupu e whakamahatia nei e ia.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.