Jó 40

1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?

He who argues with God, let him answer it."

3 Then Job answered Yahweh,

4 "Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you?

I lay my hand on my mouth.

5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer;

Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:

7 "Now brace yourself like a man.

I will question you, and you will answer me.

8 Will you even annul my judgment?

Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

9 Or do you have an arm like God?

Can you thunder with a voice like him?

10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity.

Array yourself with honor and majesty.

11 Pour out the fury of your anger.

Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him.

Crush the wicked in their place.

13 Hide them in the dust together.

Bind their faces in the hidden place.

14 Then I will also admit to you

that your own right hand can save you.

15 "See now behemoth, which I made as well as you.

He eats grass as an ox.

16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs.

His force is in the muscles of his belly.

17 He moves his tail like a cedar.

The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

18 His bones are like tubes of bronze.

His limbs are like bars of iron.

19 He is the chief of the ways of God.

He who made him gives him his sword.

20 Surely the mountains produce food for him,

where all the animals of the field play.

21 He lies under the lotus trees,

in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

22 The lotuses cover him with their shade.

The willows of the brook surround him.

23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble.

He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch,

or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Ka Wero a Ihowā i a Hopa hei Whakautu

1 I kōrero mai anō a Ihowā ki a Hopa, i mea:

2 "E tohe ana rānei ki te Kaha Rawa te tangata whakatohutohu?

Mā te tangata e whakatūpehupehu ana ki te Atua, māna e kōrero mai."

Te Whakautu a Hopa ki te Atua

3 Anō rā ko Hopa ki a Ihowā, i mea ia:

4 "Nanā, ehara noa iho ahau; ko te aha tāku e whakahoki atu ai ki a koe?

Ka kōpania tōku ringa ki tōku māngai.

5 Kua kotahi tāku kōrerotanga, ā, e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu;

ā, tuarua rawa, otirā kāhore atu āku."

Te Tuma a Ihowā ki a Hopa

6 Kātahi ka whakahokia mai e Ihowā ki a Hopa i roto i te tūkauati, ka mea:

7 "Tēnā rā, whakatāne, whītikiria tōu hope,

ā, ka ui atu ahau ki a koe, māu anō e whakaatu mai ki ahau.

8 Me whakakāhore anō rānei e koe tāku whakawā?

Me whakahē ki ahau kia whakatikaia ai tāu?

9 He ringa pērā rānei tōu i tō te Atua?

He reo whatitiri rānei tōu, he pērā i tōna?

10 "Tēnā rā, rākai i a koe ināianei ki te rangatiratanga, ki te korōria;

tātai i a koe ki te hōnore, ki te mana.

11 Ringihia atu te puhaketanga o tōu riri;

tirohia atu ngā mea whakakake katoa, whakaititia iho.

12 Titiro atu ki ngā mea whakakake katoa, whakapikoa iho;

takahia iho anō hoki te hunga kino i te wāhi e tū nā rātou.

13 Huihuia atu rātou, hunā ki te puehu,

herea ō rātou mata ki te wāhi ngaro.

14 Nā, ko reira ahau whakaae ai ki a koe,

mā tōu ringa matau anō koe e whakaora.

15 "Nā, whakaaroa a Pehemoto,

he mea hanga ngātahi kōrua nāku;

e kai rā i te tarutaru, ānō he kau.

16 Nanā, ko tōna kaha kei tōna hope,

ko tōna pakaritanga kei ngā uaua o tōna kōpū.

17 Ko tōna hiawero, ānō he hīta e tāwhiria ana e ia;

pōwhiwhiwhi tonu ngā uaua o tōna hūhā.

18 Ko ōna wheua, ānō he kōrere parāhi;

ko ōna rara, he poro rino.

19 "Ko ia te tino mea nui o ngā ara o te Atua –

ko tōna kaihanga anake hei whakapā i tāna hoari ki a ia.

20 He pono ko ngā maunga hei hōmai kai māna;

kei reira anō e tākaro ana ngā kīrehe katoa o te pārae.

21 Ko tōna takotoranga ko raro i ngā rākau kōuru nui,

i te rake kākaho, i te repo.

22 Hei taupoki mōna te whakamarumaru o ngā rākau kōuru nui,

kei tētahi taha ōna, kei tētahi taha, ngā wirou o te awa.

23 Nanā, ki te āki mai te waipuke, e kore ia e tūiri;

ū tonu tōna whakaaro, ahakoa kōkiri noa mai a Horano ki tōna māngai.

24 E hopukia rānei ia e tētahi i a ia e mataara ana,

e poka rānei i tōna ihu ki te rore, puta noa?