Job 16

Katahi a Hopa ka whakautu, ka mea,

Then Job answered and said,

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

I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

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

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

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 ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

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

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

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

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

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

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

Na 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.

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

Haehaea 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.

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Hamama 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.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

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

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Humarie 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 at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

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

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

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

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

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

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Ahakoa kahore he tutu i oku ringa, a he ma taku inoi.

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

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

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

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

Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

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

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

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

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.