1 T hen Job answered,

Na ka whakautua e Hopa, ka mea,

2 “ How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

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

3 Y ou have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

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

4 I f it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

Ki te mea ano hoki kua he ahau, kei ahau ano toku he e noho ana.

5 I f indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;

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

6 k now now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

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

7 “ Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

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

8 H e has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

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

9 H e has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Ko toku kororia huia atu ana e ia; tangohia ana e ia te karauna i toku mahunga.

10 H e has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.

Wawahia 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.

11 H e has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

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

12 H is troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.

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.

13 “ He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

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

14 M y relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

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

15 T hose who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

Ko 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.

16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

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

17 M y breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

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

18 E ven young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

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

19 A ll my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

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

20 M y bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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

21 “ Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

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

22 W hy do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

He aha koutou i tukino ai i ahau, i pera ai me te Atua, te makona koutou i oku kikokiko?

23 “ Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

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

24 T hat with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

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

25 B ut as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

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

26 A fter my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,

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

27 W hom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.

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.

28 I f you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,

Ki 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;

29 b e afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”

Kia 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.