1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,2 Kei a ia te kingitanga me te wehi: ko ia hei hohou i te rongo i ona wahi tiketike.3 E taea ranei ana ope te tatau? ko wai hoki i kore te whitingia e tona marama?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?5 Nana, ko te marama, kahore ona tiahotanga, kahore hoki nga whetu kia ma ki tana titiro:6 Kia iti rawa iho to te tangata, he kutukutu nei! to te tama a te tangata, he iro nei!

1 And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --2 The rule and fear [are] with Him, Making peace in His high places.3 Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?4 And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?5 Lo -- unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.6 How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!