Jó 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered,

2 "Do you think this to be your right,

or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

3 that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you?

What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

4 I will answer you,

and your companions with you.

5 Look to the skies, and see.

See the skies, which are higher than you.

6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him?

If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give him?

Or what does he receive from your hand?

8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are,

and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out.

They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,

who gives songs in the night,

11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth,

and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

12 There they cry, but no one answers,

because of the pride of evil men.

13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry,

neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 How much less when you say you don’t see him.

The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger,

neither does he greatly regard arrogance,

16 therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk,

and he multiplies words without knowledge."

Ka Whakahē a Erihu i te Whakahīhī

1 I kōrero anō a Erihu, i mea:

2 "Ki tōu whakaaro he tika tēnei māu,

e mea ana rānei koe, ‘Nui atu tōku tika i tō te Atua?’

3 I mea ai koe, ‘He aha te rawa ki a koe?’

ā, ‘He aha te painga ki ahau, hira ake i te painga me i hara ahau?’

4 "Māku e whakahoki he kupu ki a koe,

ki a koutou ko ōu hoa.

5 Kia matatau atu tāu titiro ki ngā rangi;

mātakitakina atu hoki ngā kapua e tiketike ake nā i a koe.

6 Mehemea kua hara koe, ka ahatia ia e tāu mahi?

Ā, ki te whakanuia āu mahi tutū, e aha ana rānei koe ki a ia?

7 Ki te mea he tika tōu, ko te aha e hoatu ana e koe ki a ia?

Ko te aha rānei a tōu ringa e riro ana i a ia?

8 Ka mamae pea tētahi tangata pēnā i a koe nā i tōu kino;

ka whai painga pea ki tētahi tama a te tangata tōu tika.

9 "He maha nō ngā tūkinotanga i tangi ai rātou;

nā te ringaringa o te hunga nui i auē ai rātou kia āwhinatia.

10 Kāhore ia tētahi e mea ana, ‘Kei hea tōku Kaihanga, te Atua,

e hōmai nei i ngā waiata i te pō?

11 E nui atu nei tāna whakaako ki a tātou i tāna ki ngā kararehe o te whenua,

nāna hoki i nui ai ō tātou mahara i o ngā manu o te rangi?’

12 Karanga ana rātou i reira, heoi kāhore he kupu e whakahokia mai,

he mea nā te whakapehapeha o te hunga kino.

13 He pono e kore te tekateka noa e whakarangona mai e te Atua,

e kore anō hoki e tirohia mai e te Kaha Rawa.

14 Ka iti rawa iho ki te mea koe,

kāhore koe e kite i a ia,

kei tōna aroaro te whakarite whakawā;

nā, ka tatari koe ki a ia!

15 Nā, kīhai nei ia i tae mai i runga i tōna riri,

kīhai anō hoki i aro nui mai ki te whakamanamana;

16 koia i puaki ai te māngai o Hopa, he mea horihori kau nei;

kāhore he mātauranga o ngā kupu e whakamahatia nei e ia."