1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 "How long will you hunt for words?

Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as animals,

which have become unclean in your sight?

4 You who tear yourself in your anger,

will the earth be forsaken for you?

Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

5 "Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out.

The spark of his fire won’t shine.

6 The light will be dark in his tent.

His lamp above him will be put out.

7 The steps of his strength will be shortened.

His own counsel will cast him down.

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

and he wanders into its mesh.

9 A snare will take him by the heel.

A trap will catch him.

10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground,

a trap for him on the path.

11 Terrors will make him afraid on every side,

and will chase him at his heels.

12 His strength will be famished.

Calamity will be ready at his side.

13 The members of his body will be devoured.

The firstborn of death will devour his members.

14 He will be rooted out of the security of his tent.

He will be brought to the king of terrors.

15 There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his.

Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.

16 His roots will be dried up beneath.

His branch will be cut off above.

17 His memory will perish from the earth.

He will have no name in the street.

18 He will be driven from light into darkness,

and chased out of the world.

19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people,

nor any remaining where he lived.

20 Those who come after will be astonished at his day,

as those who went before were frightened.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.

This is the place of him who doesn’t know 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.