Jó 39

Te Ariki o ngā Kararehe

1 "E mōhiotia ana rānei e koe te wā e whānau ai ngā koati mohoao o te kāmaka?

E kitea pūtia ana rānei e koe te wā e whakamamae ai ngā hāta?

2 E taua anō rānei e koe ngā marama e rite ana i a rātou?

E mōhio ana rānei koe ki te wā e whānau ai rātou?

3 Tuohu ana rātou, kua puta mai ā rātou kūao,

ākiritia mai ana e rātou ō rātou mea whakapōuri.

4 E pai ana te āhua o ā rātou kūao, e tupu ana i te pārae;

ka haere atu rātou, ā, kāhore e hoki mai anō.

5 "Nā wai i tuku te kāihe mohoao kia haere noa atu;

ngā here o te kāihe mohoao, nā wai i wewete?

6 Ko te whare i whakaritea nei e ahau mōna, ko te koraha;

ko ōna nohoanga ko te wāhi tītōhea.

7 Whakahāweatia iho e ia te ngangau o te pā;

e kore ia e rongo ki te reo o te kaiakiaki.

8 Ko tōna wāhi kai kei te tuahiwi o ngā maunga,

e rapua ana e ia ngā mea matomato katoa.

9 "E pai rānei te unikanga kia mahi ki a koe?

Kei tāu takotoranga kai rānei he moenga mōna?

10 E herea rānei e koe te unikanga ki tōna taura i te awa parautanga?

E rakarakatia rānei e ia ngā raorao me tāna whai anō i a koe?

11 E whakawhirinaki atu rānei koe ki a ia, nō te mea e nui ana tōna kaha?

E whakarērea atu rānei e koe tāu mahi māna?

12 E whakapono atu rānei koe māna āu hua e whakahoki mai;

māna e kohikohi mai ki tāu patunga wīti?

13 "E whakamanamana ana te parirau o te otereti;

otirā he atawhai anō rānei tā ōna hou, tā ōna raukura?

14 E whakarērea ana e ia ōna hua ki te whenua,

whakamahanatia iho e ia ki te puehu,

15 wareware ake ia tērā pea e pēpē i te waewae,

e takahia rānei e te kīrehe o te pārae.

16 He mea pakeke ia ki āna pī, me te mea ehara i a ia;

ahakoa ka maumauria tāna mahi, kāhore ōna manawapā;

17 nō te mea i whakakāhoretia e te Atua he ngākau mahara mōna,

kīhai hoki i hōmai he whakaaro ki a ia.

18 I te wā e maranga ai ia ki runga,

whakahāweatia iho e ia te hōiho rāua ko tōna kaieke.

19 "Nāu rānei i hoatu tōna kaha ki te hōiho?

Nāu rānei tōna kakī i whakakākahu ki te huruhuru?

20 Nāu rānei ia i mea kia pekepeke, kia pērā me te māwhitiwhiti?

He hanga whakawehi te korōria o tōna whewhengu.

21 E hūkari ana ia i te raorao, me te koa anō ki tōna kaha;

tika tonu ia ki te hunga mau patu.

22 Whakahāwea ana ia ki te wehi, kāhore ōna mataku;

e kore anō ia e nunumi mai i te hoari.

23 Papā ana te papa pere ki tōna taha,

te tao e rarapa ana, me te tīmata.

24 E horomia ana e ia te whenua, me te ngangau me te riri;

kāhore ia i te whakapono ko te reo tērā o te tētere.

25 Ka tangi ana te tētere ka mea ia, ‘Ha, ha!’

I tawhiti anō ka hongia e ia te pakanga,

te whatitiri o ngā rangatira, me te hāmama.

26 "He mōhio nōu i rere ai te kāhu,

i roha ai i ōna parirau, i anga ai whaka te tonga?

27 Nāu te kupu i kake ai te ēkara?

I hangā ai e ia tāna ōhanga ki te wāhi tiketike?

28 Noho ana ia i runga i te kāmaka, kei reira tōna kāinga,

kei te kāmaka keokeo, kei te pā kaha.

29 Ā, rapua ana e ia he kai i reira;

e kite atu ana ōna kanohi i tawhiti.

30 Horomititia ake ana hoki ngā toto e āna pī;

ā, ko te wāhi i ngā tūpāpaku, kei reira anō ia."

1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?

Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?

Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,

They cast out their pains.

4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;

They go forth, and return not again.

5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free?

Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

6 Whose home I have made the wilderness,

And the salt land his dwelling-place?

7 He scorneth the tumult of the city,

Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

8 The range of the mountains is his pasture,

And he searcheth after every green thing.

9 Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee?

Or will he abide by thy crib?

10 Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?

Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?

Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

12 Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed,

And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?

13 The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;

But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth,

And warmeth them in the dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,

Or that the wild beast may trample them.

16 She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers:

Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,

Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

18 What time she lifteth up herself on high,

She scorneth the horse and his rider.

19 Hast thou given the horse his might?

Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

20 Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?

The glory of his snorting is terrible.

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:

He goeth out to meet the armed men.

22 He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed;

Neither turneth he back from the sword.

23 The quiver rattleth against him,

The flashing spear and the javelin.

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage;

Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

25 As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha!

And he smelleth the battle afar off,

The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26 Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth,

And stretcheth her wings toward the south?

27 Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up,

And maketh her nest on high?

28 On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home,

Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

29 From thence she spieth out the prey;

Her eyes behold it afar off.

30 Her young ones also suck up blood:

And where the slain are, there is she.