Jó 33

1 "However, Job, please hear my speech,

and listen to all my words.

2 See now, I have opened my mouth.

My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

3 My words will utter the uprightness of my heart.

That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.

4 The Spirit of God has made me,

and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5 If you can, answer me.

Set your words in order before me, and stand up.

6 Behold, I am toward God even as you are.

I am also formed out of the clay.

7 Behold, my terror will not make you afraid,

neither will my pressure be heavy on you.

8 "Surely you have spoken in my hearing,

I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

9 ‘I am clean, without disobedience.

I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

10 Behold, he finds occasions against me.

He counts me for his enemy.

11 He puts my feet in the stocks.

He marks all my paths.’

12 "Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,

for God is greater than man.

13 Why do you strive against him,

because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

14 For God speaks once,

yes twice, though man pays no attention.

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,

when deep sleep falls on men,

in slumbering on the bed,

16 then he opens the ears of men,

and seals their instruction,

17 that he may withdraw man from his purpose,

and hide pride from man.

18 He keeps back his soul from the pit,

and his life from perishing by the sword.

19 "He is chastened also with pain on his bed,

with continual strife in his bones,

20 so that his life abhors bread,

and his soul dainty food.

21 His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen.

His bones that were not seen stick out.

22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit,

and his life to the destroyers.

23 "If there is beside him an angel,

an interpreter, one among a thousand,

to show to man what is right for him,

24 then God is gracious to him, and says,

‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,

I have found a ransom.’

25 His flesh will be fresher than a child’s.

He returns to the days of his youth.

26 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him,

so that he sees his face with joy.

He restores to man his righteousness.

27 He sings before men, and says,

‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,

and it didn’t profit me.

28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.

My life will see the light.’

29 "Behold, God does all these things,

twice, yes three times, with a man,

30 to bring back his soul from the pit,

that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me.

Hold your peace, and I will speak.

32 If you have anything to say, answer me.

Speak, for I desire to justify you.

33 If not, listen to me.

Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."

Ka Kōhete a Erihu i a Hopa

1 "Tēnā rā, whakarongo, e Hopa, ki āku kōrero,

kia whai taringa ki āku kupu katoa.

2 Nanā, kua puaki nei tōku māngai,

kei te kōrero tōku arero i roto i tōku māngai.

3 Mā āku kupu e whakapuaki te tika o tōku ngākau;

ka kōrero pono ōku ngutu i tā rātou e mātau ana.

4 He mea hanga ahau nā te Wairua o te Atua,

ā, nā te manawa o te Kaha Rawa ahau i whai ora ai.

5 Ki te taea e koe, whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau;

whakatikaia āu kōrero ki tōku aroaro; e tū ki runga.

6 Nanā, ko tōku anga ki te Atua he pēnā hoki i tāu;

he mea hanga nei anō hoki ahau ki te paru.

7 Nanā, e kore te wehi ki ahau e whakawehi i a koe;

e kore anō hoki tōku ringa e taimaha iho ki a koe.

8 "He pono kua hakiri ōku taringa ki āu kupu,

ā, kua rongo atu ahau i te reo o āu kupu, e mea ana,

9 ‘He mā ahau, kāhore ōku hē;

he harakore ahau, kāhore hoki he kino i roto i ahau.

10 Nā, e rapu ana ia i te take riri ki ahau,

e kīia ana ahau e ia he hoariri nōna;

11 e karapitia ana e ia ōku waewae ki te rākau,

e āta titiro ana ia ki ōku hīkoinga katoa.’

12 "Nanā, māku e whawhati tāu kupu,

ehara tēnei mea āu i te mea tika;

nui atu hoki te Atua i te tangata.

13 He aha koe i totohe ai ki a ia?

E kore hoki e kōrerotia e ia te tikanga o tētahi o āna mea.

14 Kotahi hoki, āe rā, e rua kōrerotanga a te Atua,

otiia kāhore e maharatia e te tangata.

15 I te moe, i te putanga moemoeā mai o te pō,

ina au iho te moe o te tangata,

i ngā moenga i runga i te takotoranga;

16 ko reira ia whakapuare ai i ngā taringa o ngā tāngata,

hīri ai hoki i te ako mō rātou;

17 kia whakanekehia ai te tangata i tāna whakaaro,

kia hīpokina ai hoki te whakapehapeha o te tangata;

18 e puritia ana e ia tōna wairua kei tae ki te rua,

tōna ora kei riro i te hoari.

19 E whiua ana hoki ia ki te mamae i runga i tōna moenga,

ki te ngau tonu hoki o ōna wheua;

20 ā, whakarihariha ana tōna ora ki te taro,

tōna wairua ki te kai whakaminamina.

21 E honia ana ōna kiko, ā, kore noa e kitea;

ā, pūrero mai ana ōna wheua kīhai nei i kitea i mua.

22 Heoi, e whakatata ana tōna wairua ki te rua,

tōna ora ki ngā kaiwhakamate.

23 "Ki te mea he karere tērā kei a ia,

he kaiwhakaatu tikanga tētahi i roto i te mano,

hei whakaatu i tōna tika ki te tangata:

24 Nā, ka tohu tērā i a ia, ā, ka mea,

‘Whakaorangia ia kei heke ki te rua,

kua kitea hoki e ahau he utu.’

25 Ko tōna kiri ka ngāwari atu i tō te tamaiti;

ka hoki iho ia ki ngā rā o tōna tamarikitanga.

26 Ka īnoi ia ki te Atua, ā, ka manako tērā ki a ia;

heoi ka kite ia i tōna mata i runga i te koa;

ā, ka utua e ia te tika o te tangata.

27 E waiata ana ia i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, e mea ana,

‘Kua hara ahau, whakaparoritia ake e ahau te tika,

ā, kāhore he pai ki ahau.

28 Kua whakaorangia e ia tōku wairua kei riro ki te rua,

ā, e kite tōku wairua i te mārama.’

29 "Nanā, e meatia ana ēnei mea katoa e te Atua,

e tuaruatia ana, āe, e tuatorutia ana, ki te tangata,

30 hei whakahoki mai i tōna wairua i roto i te rua,

kia whakamāramatia ai ki te mārama o te ora.

31 "Kia whai whakaaro mai, e Hopa, whakarongo mai ki ahau;

kāti tāu, ā, ka kōrero ahau.

32 Ki te mea he kupu tāu, utua mai tāku: kōrero,

ko tāku hoki i pai ai kia whakatikaia tāu.

33 Ki te kāhore, whakarongo ki ahau;

noho puku koe, ā, māku koe e whakaako ki te whakaaro nui."