Jó 29

1 Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 "Oh that I were as in the months of old,

as in the days when God watched over me;

3 when his lamp shone on my head,

and by his light I walked through darkness,

4 as I was in my prime,

when the friendship of God was in my tent,

5 when the Almighty was yet with me,

and my children were around me,

6 when my steps were washed with butter,

and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

7 when I went out to the city gate,

when I prepared my seat in the street.

8 The young men saw me and hid themselves.

The aged rose up and stood.

9 The princes refrained from talking,

and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 The voice of the nobles was hushed,

and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me,

and when the eye saw me, it commended me,

12 because I delivered the poor who cried,

and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,

13 the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me,

and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me.

My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

15 I was eyes to the blind,

and feet to the lame.

16 I was a father to the needy.

I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous

and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

18 Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house,

I will count my days as the sand.

19 My root is spread out to the waters.

The dew lies all night on my branch.

20 My glory is fresh in me.

My bow is renewed in my hand.’

21 "Men listened to me, waited,

and kept silence for my counsel.

22 After my words they didn’t speak again.

My speech fell on them.

23 They waited for me as for the rain.

Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence.

They didn’t reject the light of my face.

25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief.

I lived as a king in the army,

as one who comforts the mourners.

Te Kōrero Whakamutunga a Hopa i Tana Take

1 Ā, i kōrero tonu a Hopa i tāna pepeha, i mea:

2 "Auē, me i rite ki ngā marama ō mua,

ki ngā rā i tiaki ai te Atua i ahau!

3 I tīaho mai ai tāna rama ki tōku mātenga,

ā, nā tāna whakamārama i haere ai ahau i te pōuri;

4 me i pērā anō me ahau i ngā rā o tōku taiohitanga,

i te mea nei kei runga tō te Atua whakaaro puku i tōku tēneti;

5 i te mea e noho ana anō te Kaha Rawa i ahau,

ā, kei tētahi taha ōku āku tamariki, kei tētahi taha;

6 i horoia ai ōku takahanga ki te pata,

ā, rere mai ana ngā awa hinu ki ahau i roto i te kōhatu!

7 "I tōku haerenga atu ki te kūwaha ki te pā,

ā, whakapai ana i te nohoanga mōku i te waharoa,

8 ka kite ngā taitamariki i ahau, ā, piri ana rātou;

whakatika ana ngā koroheke, tū ana ki runga;

9 mutu pū te kōrero a ngā tino tāngata,

kua kōpania te ringa ki ō rātou māngai;

10 ngaro ana te reo o ngā rangatira,

piri ana ō rātou arero ki ō rātou ngao.

11 Nō te rongonga hoki o te taringa i ahau, manaaki ana i ahau;

te kitenga o te kanohi i ahau, whakaae mai ana ki āku mahi;

12 nō te mea nāku i whakaora te rawakore i a ia e karanga ana,

te pani me te tangata hoki kāhore nei ōna kaiāwhina.

13 I tau ki runga ki ahau te manaaki a te tangata e tata ana ki te whakangaromanga;

harakoa ana i ahau te ngākau o te pouaru.

14 I kākahuria e ahau te tika, ā, ko tērā tōku kākahu;

e rite ana tāku whakarite whakawā he koroka, he karauna.

15 He kanohi ahau ki te matapō,

he waewae ki te kopa.

16 He matua ahau ki ngā rawakore;

ā, i āta rapua e ahau te tikanga o te totohe

a te tangata kīhai nei ahau i mōhio.

17 Wāwāhia ana e ahau ngā kauae o te tangata kino,

ā, tākiritia mai ana e ahau tāna mea pāhua i roto i ōna niho.

18 "Kātahi ahau ka mea, ‘Tērā ahau e mate i roto i tōku ōhanga;

ka whakanuia ōku rā kia rite ki te onepū te maha.

19 Ko tōku pakiaka tautoro tonu ki ngā wai,

ā, i te pō tau ana te tōmairangi ki runga ki tōku peka;

20 ko tōku korōria hou tonu i roto i ahau,

ā, hoki ake ana te kaha o tāku kōpere i tōku ringa.’

21 "I whakarongo mai ngā tāngata ki ahau, i tatari,

whakarongo puku ana rātou i ahau e whakatakoto whakaaro ana.

22 I muri i āku kupu kore ake rātou kōrero anō;

māturuturu iho ana āku kupu ki runga ki a rātou.

23 I tāria mai ahau e rātou ānō ko te ua;

hāmama mai ana ō rātou māngai

ānō e tatari ana ki te ua ō muri.

24 Ka kata ahau ki a rātou, kīhai i whakaponohia e rātou;

kīhai hoki rātou i whakataka i te mārama o tōku mata.

25 Nāku tō rātou ara i whiriwhiri, ā, noho ana ahau hei rangatira,

noho ana hoki ahau ānō he kīngi i roto i te ope

i rite ahau ki te kaiwhakamārie o te hunga e tangi ana.