1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 How long will ye hunt for words?

Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts,

And are become unclean in your sight?

4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger,

Shall the earth be forsaken for thee?

Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,

And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 The light shall be dark in his tent,

And his lamp above him shall be put out.

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened,

And his own counsel shall cast him down.

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

And he walketh upon the toils.

9 A gin shall take him by the heel,

And a snare shall lay hold on him.

10 A noose is hid for him in the ground,

And a trap for him in the way.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side,

And shall chase him at his heels.

12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten,

And calamity shall be ready at his side.

13 The members of his body shall be devoured,

Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

14 He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth;

And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his:

Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath,

And above shall his branch be cut off.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth,

And he shall have no name in the street.

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness,

And chased out of the world.

19 He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people,

Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day,

As they that went before were affrighted.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous,

And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

1 Ano ra ko Pirirara Huhi; i mea ia,

2 Kia pehea te roa o ta koutou whakatakoto mahanga mo nga kupu? Kia whai mahara mai, muri iho ka korero matou.

3 He aha matou i kiia ai he kararehe, i waiho ai hei mea poke ki ta koutou titiro mai?

4 Haea iho koe e koe ano, i a koe e riri ana. Mau koia ka mahue ai te whenua, ka nekehia ai te toka i tona wahi?

5 E pirau ano hoki te rama a te hunga kino, a e kore te mura o tana ahi e marama.

6 Ka pouri te marama i roto i tona teneti, ka pirau ano hoki tana rama i runga i a ia.

7 Ka whakakikitia nga takahanga o tona kaha, ka kokiritia iho ano ia ki raro e tona whakaaro ake.

8 No te mea ka maka ia e ona waewae ake ki te kupenga, ka haere hoki ia i runga i te reti.

9 Ka mau tona rekereke i te tawhiti, a ka hopukia ia e te mahanga.

10 Kei te huna ki te whenua te aho mona, te rore hoki mona ki te huarahi.

11 He whakamataku i nga taha katoa hei mea i a ia kia wehi, hei aruaru hoki i a ia i ona hikitanga rekereke.

12 Ko tona kaha ka hemo i te kai, a kei te whanga tonu te aitua ki tona tatunga.

13 Ka pau i tera nga wahi o tona tinana, ae, ka pau ona wahi i te matamua o te mate.

14 Ka hutia atu ia i roto i tona teneti, i whakamanawa ai ia, a ka kawea atu ia ki te kingi o nga whakamataku.

15 Na ka noho ki tona teneti te mea ehara nei i a ia: a ka ruia iho te whanariki ki runga ki tona kainga.

16 Ka maroke ake ona pakiaka i raro, a i runga ka tapahia atu tona manga.

17 Ka ngaro atu te maharatanga ki a ia i runga i te whenua; e kore ano ia e whai ingoa i te huanui.

18 Ka peia atu ano ia i roto i te marama ki te pouri, ka atiatia atu hoki i te ao.

19 E kore ia e whai tama, e whai tama ranei a te tama, i roto i tona iwi, he morehu ranei i te wahi i noho ai ia.

20 Miharo ana ki tona ra te hunga i muri i a ia, pera i te hunga i haere ra i mua, mau ana to ratou wehi.

21 He pono ko nga nohoanga enei o te tangata kino, ko te wahi hoki tenei o te tangata kahore e mohio ki te Atua.