1 K atahi a Hopa ka whakautu, ka mea,

Then Job answered,

2 K a maha nga mea pena kua rangona nei e ahau: he kaiwhakamarie haumaruru rawa koutou katoa.

I have heard many such things; wearisome and miserable comforters are you all!

3 E whai mutunga ranei nga kupu tikangakore? Na te aha ranei koe i whakaoho ki te whakahoki kupu mai?

Will your futile words of wind have no end? Or what makes you so bold to answer ?

4 E taea ano e ahau te korero pena i a koutou; me i penei to koutou wairua me toku wairua, hono tonu aku kupu ki a koutou, ka ruru ano toku upoko ki a koutou.

I also could speak as you do, if you were in my stead; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.

5 E whakakaha ano ia toku mangai i a koutou, ka ai ano hoki te whakamarie a oku ngutu hei pehi i to koutou mamae.

I would strengthen and encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would soothe your suffering.

6 A hakoa korero ahau, kahore toku pouri e iti iho; ki te mutu taku, ko tehea wahi o toku mamae ka taharahara iho.

If I speak, my sorrow is not soothed or lessened; and if I refrain, in what way am I eased?

7 I naianei ano kua meinga ahau e ia kia ruha: moti iho i a koe toku whakaminenga katoa.

But now has taken away my strength. You have made desolate all my family and associates.

8 N a kua mau kita koe ki ahau, hei kaiwhakaatu i toku he: e whakatika ana mai hoki toku hirokitanga ki ahau, hei whakapuaki i toku he: e whakatika ana mai hoki toku hirokitanga ki ahau hei whakapuaki i toku he.

You have laid firm hold on me and have shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness are further evidence; testify to my face.

9 H aehaea ana ahau e ia i a ia e riri ana, e tukino ana ia i ahau; pakiri ana ona niho ki ahau; e whakakoi mai ana toku hoariri i ona kanohi ki ahau.

'> My adversary Satan] has torn in his wrath and hated and persecuted me; he has gnashed upon me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

10 H amama mai ana o ratou mangai ki ahau; whakahewea mai ana, kei te papaki ratou i toku paparinga; huihui ana ratou kia kotahi hei whawhai ki ahau.

have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me upon the cheek insolently; they massed themselves together and conspired unanimously against me.

11 K ua tukua ahau e te Atua ki te hunga he, whakarerea putia ana ahau ki nga ringa o te hunga kino.

God has delivered me to the ungodly (to the evil one) and cast me into the hands of the wicked (Satan’s host).

12 H umarie ana taku noho, heoi kua wawahi ia i ahau; kua mau ia ki toku kaki, tatatia ake ahau kia pakaru rikiriki; whakaturia ana ahau e ia hei koperenga pere mana.

I was living at ease, but crushed me and broke me apart; yes, he seized me by the neck and dashed me in pieces; then he set me up for his target.

13 K arapotia ana ahau e ana kaikopere, motumotuhia ana e ia oku whatumanawa, kahore hoki e tohungia; ringihia ana e ia toku au ki te whenua.

arrows whiz around me. He slashes open my vitals and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.

14 H e mea wawahi ahau nana, he wahanga, he wahanga; ano he tangata kaha ia e rere mai ana ki runga ki ahau.

stabs me, making breach after breach and attacking again and again; he runs at me like a giant and irresistible warrior.

15 T uituia ana e ahau he kakahu taratara mo toku kiri, whakaititia iho e ahau toku haona ki te puehu.

I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and have defiled my horn (my insignia of strength) in the dust.

16 P aruparu noa iho toku mata i te tangihanga, kei runga i oku kamo te atarangi o te mate;

My face is red and swollen with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death,

17 A hakoa kahore he tutu i oku ringa, a he ma taku inoi.

Although there is no guilt or violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

18 K aua, e te whenua, e hipokina oku toto, kei whai wahi tanga ano hoki taku karanga.

O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.

19 K ei te rangi nei ano inaianei te kaiwhakaatu o taku, kei te wahi i runga toku kaititiro.

Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He who vouches for me is on high.

20 E tawai mai ana oku hoa ki ahau, maturuturu tonu ia nga roimata o toku kanohi ki te Atua.

My friends scorn me, but my eye pours out tears to God.

21 K ia tohe koa ia i to te tangata tika ki te Atua, i to te tama hoki a te tangata ki tona hoa!

Oh, that there might be one who would plead for a man with God and that he would maintain his right with Him, as a son of man pleads with or for his neighbor!

22 K ia taka mai hoki nga tau torutoru nei, ka haere ahau i te ara e kore ai ahau e hoki mai ano.

For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from which I shall not return.