Job 26
1 Then Job responded by saying:
Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia.
2 Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?
He hapai pehea tau i te kahakore? He whakaora pehea tau i te ringa ngoikore?
3 To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.
Ka tae tau whakatakoto whakaaro ma te whakaarokore! Te nui o tau whakaatu tikanga!
4 Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?
I puaki ki a wai au kupu? No wai te wairua i puta mai ra i a koe?
5 Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.
E wiri ana nga tupapaku i raro i te wai, me nga mea ano e noho ana i reira.
E takoto kau ana te reinga i tona aroaro, kahore hoki he hipoki mo te whakangaro. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
E horahia atu ana e ia te raki ki runga ki te wahi takoto kau, whakairihia ana e ia te whenua ki runga ki te kahore noa iho.
8 He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
E takaia ana e ia nga wai ki roto ki ana kapua matotoru; a kahore te kapua e pakaru i raro i a ratou.
9 He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tona torona, horahia ana e ia tana kapua ki runga.
10 He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.
He mea karapoti nana nga wai, rohe rawa, a tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te marama me te pouri.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.
Wiri ana nga pou o te rangi, miharo ana ki tana whakatupehupehu.
12 By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.
Ko tona kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana, maru ana te whakakake i tona matauranga.
13 His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.
Na tona wairua i whakapaipai nga rangi; na tona ringa i wero te nakahi tere.
14 Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?
Na, he pito enei no ona ara; ano te iti o te wahi ona e rangona ana! Ko te whatitiri ia o tona kaha, ko wai ka matau?
