1 N a ka whakautua e Hopa, ka mea,

Then Job answered and said,

2 K ia peha ake te roa o ta koutou whakaporearea i toku wairua, o ta koutou wawahi i ahau ki te kupu?

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

3 K a tekau enei tawainga a koutou ki ahau, kahore o koutou whakama i a koutou ka aki tonu nei i ahau.

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

4 K i te mea ano hoki kua he ahau, kei ahau ano toku he e noho ana.

And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

5 K i te mea ka whakanui mai koutou i a koutou ki ahau, a ka kauwhau mai ki ahau i toku tawainga;

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

6 K ia mohio koutou na te Atua ahau i whakaparori i taku take, he mea hao mai ahau nana ki tana kupenga.

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

7 N ana, e tangi ana ahau i te mahi nanakia, heoi kahore ahau e whakarangona; e karanga awhina ana ahau, otiia kahore he whakawa.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

8 K ua tutakina e ia toku ara, te puta ahau; tukua iho ana e ia te pouri ki oku ara.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

9 K o toku kororia huia atu ana e ia; tangohia ana e ia te karauna i toku mahunga.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

10 W awahia ana ahau e ia i nga taha katoa, a riro ana ahau; ko taku i tumanako atu ai huaranga atu ana e ia ano he rakau.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

11 K ua mura mai hoki tona riri ki ahau; e kiia ana ahau e ia ko tetahi o ona hoariri.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

12 E haere huihui mai ana ana taua, e whakaneke ake ana i to ratou ara ki ahau, kei te whakapae i toku teneti i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha.

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

13 K ua meinga e ia oku teina kia matara atu i ahau; ko aku i mohio ai kua tangata ke ki ahau.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

14 K o oku whanaunga, mutu pu ta ratou; ko oku hoa ake, kua wareware ratou ki ahau.

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

15 K o te hunga e noho ana i toku whare, me aku pononga wahine, kiia iho ahau e ratou he tangata ke; he tangata no nga whenua ahau ki ta ratou titiro mai.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

16 I karanga atu ahau ki taku pononga, heoi kihai ia i whakao mai; ahakoa e inoi ana toku mangai ki a ia.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17 K o toku ha tauhou ana ki taku wahine, me taku inoi hoki ki nga tamariki o te kopu o toku whaea.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

18 K o nga tamariki nonohi ano hoki, whakahawea mai ana ki ahau; ki te whakatika ahau, ka korero whakahe ratou moku.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

19 E whakarihariha mai ana ki ahau oku takahoa katoa, a ko aku i aroha ai kua tahuri mai ki ahau.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20 P iri tonu toku iwi ki toku kiri, ki oku kikokiko, a ora ake oku, ko te kiri kau o oku niho.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21 T ohungia mai ahau, tohungia mai ahau e koutou, e oku hoa; kua pa mai hoki te ringa o te Atua ki ahau.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 H e aha koutou i tukino ai i ahau, i pera ai me te Atua, te makona koutou i oku kikokiko?

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 A ue, me i tuhituhia aku kupu! Aue, me i taia ki te pukapuka!

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

24 M e i whaoa ki te kamaka, ki te pene rino, ki te mata, hei mea mo a mua noa atu!

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25 O tiia e mohio ana ahau kei te ora toku kaihoko, a i nga wa i muri nei ka tu ia ki runga ki te whenua;

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

26 A ahakoa i muri i te paunga o toku kiri, ka titiro tonu ahau i roto i toku kikokiko ki te Atua:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

27 E titiro ano ahau ki a ia, ahau nei ano; a ma oku kanohi e matakitaki, kahore ma o tetahi atu. Pau rawa oku whatumanawa i roto i ahau.

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

28 K i te ki koutou, Na, ta tatou hanga ki te tukino i a ia! kua kitea hoki te take o te mea i roto i ahau;

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

29 K ia wehi koutou kei mate i te hoari; no te mea ko te whiunga ki te hoari kei roto i te riri, e mohio ai koutou he whakawa ano tenei.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.