1 A no ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 K ei a ia te kingitanga me te wehi: ko ia hei hohou i te rongo i ona wahi tiketike.

Dominion and fear are with him; he maketh peace in his high places.

3 E taea ranei ana ope te tatau? ko wai hoki i kore te whitingia e tona marama?

Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

4 A ma te aha ra te tangata ka whakatikaia mai ai e te Atua? Ma te aha ka ma ai te whanau a te wahine?

And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?

5 N ana, ko te marama, kahore ona tiahotanga, kahore hoki nga whetu kia ma ki tana titiro:

Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight:

6 K ia iti rawa iho to te tangata, he kutukutu nei! to te tama a te tangata, he iro nei!

How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!