Jó 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 "How long will you hunt for words?

Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as animals,

which have become unclean in your sight?

4 You who tear yourself in your anger,

will the earth be forsaken for you?

Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

5 "Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out.

The spark of his fire won’t shine.

6 The light will be dark in his tent.

His lamp above him will be put out.

7 The steps of his strength will be shortened.

His own counsel will cast him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,

and he wanders into its mesh.

9 A snare will take him by the heel.

A trap will catch him.

10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground,

a trap for him on the path.

11 Terrors will make him afraid on every side,

and will chase him at his heels.

12 His strength will be famished.

Calamity will be ready at his side.

13 The members of his body will be devoured.

The firstborn of death will devour his members.

14 He will be rooted out of the security of his tent.

He will be brought to the king of terrors.

15 There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his.

Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.

16 His roots will be dried up beneath.

His branch will be cut off above.

17 His memory will perish from the earth.

He will have no name in the street.

18 He will be driven from light into darkness,

and chased out of the world.

19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people,

nor any remaining where he lived.

20 Those who come after will be astonished at his day,

as those who went before were frightened.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.

This is the place of him who doesn’t know God."

Ka Whakawhiua e te Atua te Hunga Kino

1 Anō rā ko Pirirara Huhi, i mea ia:

2 "Kia pēhea te roa o tā koutou whakatakoto māhanga mō ngā kupu?

Kia whai mahara mai, muri iho ka kōrero mātou.

3 He aha mātou i kīia ai he kararehe,

i waiho ai hei mea poke ki tā koutou titiro mai?

4 Haea iho koe e koe anō, i a koe e riri ana –

māu koia ka mahue ai te whenua,

ka nekehia ai te toka i tōna wāhi?

5 "E pirau anō hoki te rama a te hunga kino,

ā, e kore te mura o tāna ahi e mārama.

6 Ka pōuri te mārama i roto i tōna tēneti,

ka pirau anō hoki tāna rama i runga i a ia.

7 Ka whakakīkītia ngā takahanga o tōna kaha,

ka kōkiritia iho anō ia ki raro e tōna whakaaro ake.

8 Nō te mea ka makā ia e ōna waewae ake ki te kupenga,

ka haere hoki ia i runga i te reti.

9 Ka mau tōna rekereke i te tawhiti,

ā, ka hopukia ia e te māhanga.

10 Kei te huna ki te whenua te aho mōna,

te rore hoki mōna ki te huarahi.

11 He whakamataku i ngā taha katoa hei mea i a ia kia wehi,

hei aruaru hoki i a ia i ōna hikitanga rekereke.

12 Ko tōna kaha ka hemo i te kai,

ā, kei te whanga tonu te aituā ki tōna tatunga.

13 Ka pau i tērā ngā wāhi o tōna tinana,

āe, ka pau ōna wāhi i te mātāmua o te mate.

14 Ka hūtia atu ia i roto i tōna tēneti, i whakamanawa ai ia,

ā, ka kawea atu ia ki te kīngi o ngā whakamataku.

15 Nā, ka noho ki tōna tēneti te mea ehara nei i a ia;

ā, ka ruia iho te whānāriki ki runga ki tōna kāinga.

16 Ka maroke ake ōna pakiaka i raro,

ā, i runga ka tapahia atu tōna manga.

17 Ka ngaro atu te maharatanga ki a ia i runga i te whenua;

e kore anō ia e whai ingoa i te huanui.

18 Ka peia atu anō ia i roto i te mārama ki te pōuri,

ka atiatia atu hoki i te ao.

19 E kore ia e whai tama, e whai tama rānei a te tama, i roto i tōna iwi,

he mōrehu rānei i te wāhi i noho ai ia.

20 Mīharo ana ki tōna rā te hunga i muri i a ia,

pērā i te hunga i haere rā i mua, mau ana tō rātou wehi.

21 He pono ko ngā nohoanga ēnei o te tangata kino,

ko te wāhi hoki tēnei o te tangata kāhore e mōhio ki te Atua."