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

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

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

“ Dominion and awe belong to Him Who establishes peace in His heights.

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

“Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?

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?

“How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?

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

“If even the moon has no brightness 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, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!”