1 Katahi a Eripata Temani ka oho, ka mea,

2 Ki te anga matou ki te korero ki a koe, e pouri ranei koe? otira e taea e wai te pehi te kupu?

3 Nana, he tokomaha i whakaakona e koe: nau hoki i whakakaha nga ringa kahakore.

4 Ara ana i au kupu te tangata e hinga ana; nau hoki i kaha ai nga turi kua piko.

5 Inaianei kua tae mai ki a koe, a e hemo ana koe: e pa ana ki a koe, ohorere ana koe.

6 He taka ianei kei tou wehi ki te Atua he okiokinga whakaaro mou? Kei te tapatahi o ou huarahi he tumanakohanga mou?

7 Maharatia ra, ko wai o nga tangata harakore i huna? I ngaro ranei ki hea te hunga tika?

8 Ko taku hoki tenei i kite ai, ko te hunga e parau ana i te he, e rua ana i te raruraru, ko ia ra ano ta ratou e kokoti ai.

9 Huna ana ratou e te ha o te Atua, moti iho ratou i te hau o tona riri.

10 Ko te hamama o te raiona, ko te reo o te raiona tutu, ko nga niho o nga kuao raiona, whati ana.

11 Ngaro ana te raiona katua i te kore kai, a marara noa atu nga kuao a te raiona.

12 Na i kawea pukutia mai he korero ki ahau, a kapohia ana e toku taringa he komuhumuhu.

13 I nga whakaaroaronga, no nga kite o te po, i te mea ka au iho te moe a te tangata,

14 Ka pa te wehi ki ahau, me te ihiihi, a wiri ana oku wheua katoa.

15 Na ka tika atu he wairua i toku aroaro, tutu ana nga huruhuru o toku kikokiko.

16 Tu ana ia, otiia kihai ahau i mohio ki tona mata; he ahua te mea i toku aroaro: tu puku ana; na ka rongo ahau i te reo e ki ana,

17 He nui atu ranei te tika o te tangata i to te Atua? He nui atu ranei i to tona Kaihanga to ma o te tangata?

18 Nana, kahore rawa ia e whakawhirinaki ki ana pononga; a ki tana, he he kei ana anahera.

19 Tera atu to te hunga e noho ana i roto i nga whare uku, he puehu to ratou turanga; mongamonga kau ratou i te aroaro o te purehurehu.

20 I waenganui o te ata, o te ahiahi, ka whakangaromia ratou; huna ana ratou ake tonu atu, te ai tetahi hei whakaaro atu.

21 Kahore ranei to ratou taura here teneti i motuhia i roto i a ratou? Mate ana ratou, kahore hoki he matauranga.

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

2 Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

3 Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

4 The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

5 But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.

6 Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways?

7 Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

8 As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

9 From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

10 The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

11 An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

12 And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

13 In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

14 Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

15 And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

16 It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

17 `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

18 Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.`

19 Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

21 Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!