1 ¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?

E taea ranei a Rewiatana te kukume mai e koe ki te matau? te pehi ranei i tona arero ki te aho?

2 C anst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

E whakanohoia ranei e koe he aho ki tona ihu? E pokaia ranei e koe tona kauae ki te matau?

3 W ill he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?

E maha ranei ana inoi ki a koe? E korero ngawari ranei ia ki a koe?

4 W ill he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever?

E whakarite kawenata ranei ia ki a koe? e riro ai ia i a koe hei pononga oti tonu mai?

5 W ilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens?

Ka rite ranei ia ki te manu hei mea takaro mau? E herea ranei ia e koe hei mea ma au kotiro?

6 S hall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?

E waiho ranei ia hei taonga hokohoko ma nga ropu tangata hi ika? E wehewehea atu ranei ma nga kaihokohoko?

7 C anst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear?

E kapi ranei tona kiri i o tao? tona pane i nga wero ika?

8 L ay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more.

Kia pa tou ringa ki a ia; maharatia te whawhai, a kei pena a mua.

9 B ehold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint.

Nana, he hori kau te manako ki a ia: e kore ranei tetahi e hinga noa ki te kite kau atu i a ia?

10 N o one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?

Kahore he tangata e maia rawa hei whakaoho i a ia: na ko wai e tu ki toku aroaro?

11 ¶ Who has preceded me, that I should repay him? All that is under the whole heaven is mine.

Ko wai te tangata nana te mea kua takoto wawe ki ahau, e whakautu ai ahau ki a ia? Ahakoa he aha te mea i raro i nga rangi, puta noa, naku katoa.

12 I will not conceal his lies, nor his might, nor the beauty of his order.

E kore e huna e ahau te korero mo ona wahi, mo tona kaha, mo te ataahua hoki o tona hanganga.

13 W ho shall uncover the face of his garment? Or who shall come to him with a double bridle?

Ma wai e tihore a waho o tona kakahu? Ko wai e tae ki tana paraire rererua?

14 W ho shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible.

Ma wai e whakatuwhera nga tatau o tona mata? He wehi kei ona niho a taka noa.

15 H is scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Ko tana e whakamanamana ai ko ona unahi pakari; tutaki rawa pera i te hiri piri tonu.

16 O ne is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

Na, i te tata tonu o tetahi ki tetahi, e kore te hau e puta i waenga.

17 T hey are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be separated.

Piri tonu ratou ki a ratou ano; mau tonu, e kore ano e taea te wehe.

18 B y his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Ka tihe ia, ka kowha mai te marama; a ko te rite i ona kanohi kei nga kamo o te ata.

19 O ut of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

E puta ana mai i tona mangai he rama mura, mokowhiti ana nga koraahi.

20 O ut of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

Puta ana te paowa i ona pongaponga, me te mea no te kohua e koropupu ana, no te otaota e kaia ana.

21 H is breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

Ngiha ana nga waro i tona ha, rere atu ana te mura i tona mangai.

22 I n his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone.

Kei tona kaki te kaha e noho ana, e tuapa ana te pawera i tona aroaro.

23 T he failings of his flesh are joined together; his flesh is firm in him and does not move.

Ko ona kikokiko tawerewere piri tonu: maro tonu ki runga ki a ia; e kore e taea te whakakorikori.

24 H is heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.

Pakari tonu tona ngakau ano he kamaka; ae ra, maro tonu ano ko to raro kohatu huri..

25 O f his greatness, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they remove sin from themselves.

Ka whakarewa ia i a ia ki runga, ka wehi nga tangata nunui: na te pororaru ka porangi noa iho ratou.

26 W hen one catches up to him, no sword or spear or dart or coat of mail shall endure against him.

Ki te whai tetahi i a ia ki te hoari, e kore e taea; ahakoa e te tao, e te pere, e te koikoi ranei.

27 H e esteems iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

Ki tona whakaaro he kakau witi te rino, he rakau popopopo te parahi.

28 T he arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble.

E kore ia e tahuti i te pere: ki a ia ka meinga noatia nga kohatu o te kotaha hei papapa.

29 H e counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear.

Kiia ake e ia nga patu hei papapa: e kataina ana e ia te huhu o te tao.

30 B roken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire.

Ko raro ona e rite ana ki te kohatu koikoi: e wharikitia ana e ia a runga o te paru ano he patunga witi.

31 H e makes the deep to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

E meinga ana e ia te rire kia koropupu ano he kohua, me te moana kia rite ki te hinu.

32 H e makes the path shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

E hangaia ana e ia he huarahi kia marama i muri i a ia; tera e maharatia he hina te moana.

33 U pon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear.

I te whenua nei kahore he mea hei rite mona, he mea i hanga nei kahore ona wehi.

34 H e despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.

E titiro ana ia ki nga mea tiketike katoa: he kingi ia mo nga tama katoa a te whakapehapeha.