Jó 25

Te Mana Ariki o te Atua

1 Anō rā ko Pirirara Huhi, i mea ia:

2 "Kei a ia te kīngitanga me te wehi:

ko ia hei hohou i te rongo i ōna wāhi tiketike.

3 E taea rānei āna ope te tatau?

Ko wai hoki i kore te whitingia e tōna mārama?

4 Ā, mā te aha rā te tangata ka whakatikaia mai ai e te Atua?

Mā te aha ka mā ai te whānau a te wahine?

5 Nanā, ko te marama, kāhore ōna tīahotanga,

kāhore hoki ngā whetū kia mā ki tāna titiro;

6 kia iti rawa iho tō te tangata, he kutukutu nei!

Tō te tama ā te tangata, he iro nei!"

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 Dominion and fear are with him;

He maketh peace in his high places.

3 Is there any number of his armies?

And upon whom doth not his light arise?

4 How then can man be just with God?

Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness,

And the stars are not pure in his sight:

6 How much less man, that is a worm!

And the son of man, that is a worm!