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Job 38
Maori Bible
Job 38
Maori Bible
38 Katahi a Ihowa ka whakahoki kupu ki a Hopa i roto i te tukauati, a ka mea,
2 Ko wai tenei e whakapouri nei i nga whakaaro ki nga kupu kahore ona matauranga?
3 Tena ra, whitikiria tou hope, whakatane; ka ui hoki ahau ki a koe, a mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau.
4 I hea koia koe i ahau e whakatakoto ana i te turanga o te whenua? Whakaaturia mai, ki te mea e mohio ana koe ki te whakaaro.
5 Na wai i whakarite ona ruri? ki te mea e mohio ana koe: na wai hoki i whakamaro te aho ki runga?
6 I whakaukia ona turanga ki runga ki te aha? Na wai hoki i whakatakoto tona kohatu kokonga;
7 I te mea i waiata ngatahi nga whetu o te ata, a i hamama nga tama katoa a te Atua i te koa?
8 Na wai hoki i tutaki te moana ki te tatau, i a ia e puta mai ana, me te mea e whanau mai ana i roto i te kopu?
9 I ahau ra i mea ai i te kapua hei kakahu mona, i te pouri kerekere hei takai mona.
10 A whakapuakina ana e ahau taku tikanga mona, mea rawa ki nga tutaki, ki nga tatau,
11 Me taku ki atu ano, Ka taea mai e koe a konei, kati; hei konei ou ngaru whakakake mau ai?
12 Ko koe koia, i ou ra nei, te kaiwhakahau i te ata; nau ranei te puaotanga i mohio ai ki tona wahi;
13 Kia rurukutia e ia nga pito o te whenua, a ruperupea ake nga tangata kikino i roto?
14 Kua whiti ke, kua pera ano me te paru i te hiri: tu ake ana nga mea katoa ano he kakahu:
15 A e kaiponuhia ana to ratou marama ki te hunga kino, whati iho te ringa whakakake.
16 Kua tae atu ranei koe ki nga matapuna o te moana? Kua whakatakina haeretia ranei e koe te rire?
17 Kua whakapuaretia ranei ki a koe nga kuwaha o te mata? Kua kite ranei koe i nga kuwaha o te atarangi o te mate?
18 Kua oti ranei te whakaaro e koe te whanuitanga o te whenua? Korero mai, ki te mea e mohiotia katoatia ana e koe.
19 Kei hea te ara ki te nohoanga o te marama? Te pouri hoki, kei hea tona wahi?
20 Kia kawea atu ai e koe ki tona rohe, a mohio iho koe ki nga huarahi ki tona whare?
21 I mohio pea koe no te mea i whanau koe i taua wa, a he maha ou ra!
22 Kua tomo ranei koe ki nga takotoranga o te hukarere, kua kite ranei koe i nga takotoranga o te whatu,
23 I aku i rongoa ai mo te wa o te he, mo te ra o te tatauranga, o te pakanga?
24 Tena koa, te ara i marara atu ai te marama, i pakaru atu ai te marangai ki runga ki te whenua?
25 Na wai i wehe he awa mo te waipuke, he ara mo te uira o te whatitiri;
26 Kia ua ai ki te whenua, ki te wahi kahore nei he tangata; ki te koraha, kahore nei o reira tangata;
27 Hei whakamakona i te tuhea, i te ururua; hei mea kia pariri te tupu o te otaota hou?
28 He matua tane ano ranei to te ua? I whanau ranei i a wai nga pata o te tomairangi?
29 I puta mai i roto i to wai kopu te huka tio? Ko te huka o te rangi, he whanau tena na wai?
30 Me te mea he kohatu e huna ana i te wai; a whakatotoka ana te mata o te rire.
31 E taea ranei e koe te here te huihui o Matariki, e wewete ranei nga here o Tautoru?
32 E taea ranei e koe te arahi mai te Mataroto i tona wa, te taki mai ranei a Aketura ratou ko tana ropu?
33 E mohio ana ranei koe ki nga tikanga o te rangi? Mau ranei e whai mana ai ki runga ki te whenua?
34 E ara ranei i a koe tou reo ki nga kapua, kia nui ai nga wai hei taupoki i a koe?
35 E taea ranei e koe nga uira te unga atu, e haere ai ratou, me ta ratou ki ano ki a koe, Tenei matou?
36 Na wai i whakanoho nga whakaaro nunui ki nga wahi o roto? Na wai i homai nga mahara ki te ngakau?
37 Ko wai te mea whakaaro nui hei tatau i nga kapua? Ko wai hei tahoro i nga ipu o te rangi?
38 Ina ka papatupu te puehu ano he mea whakarewa, a ka piri nga pokuru ki a ratou ano?
39 Mau ranei e hopu he kai ma te raiona? Mau e nui ai he oranga mo nga kuao raiona,
40 Ina tapapa iho ratou i o ratou nohoanga, ina noho i te piringa whanga ai?
41 Na wai i rite ai tana kai ma te raweni, ina tangi ana pi ki te Atua, ina kopikopiko ratou i te kore kai?
Job 38
New International Version
Job 38
New International Version
The Lord Speaks
38 Then the Lord spoke to Job(A) out of the storm.(B) He said:
2 “Who is this that obscures my plans(C)
with words without knowledge?(D)
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.(E)
4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(F)
Tell me, if you understand.(G)
5 Who marked off its dimensions?(H) Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line(I) across it?
6 On what were its footings set,(J)
or who laid its cornerstone(K)—
7 while the morning stars(L) sang together(M)
and all the angels[a](N) shouted for joy?(O)
8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors(P)
when it burst forth from the womb,(Q)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,(R)
10 when I fixed limits for it(S)
and set its doors and bars in place,(T)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(U)
here is where your proud waves halt’?(V)
12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,(W)
or shown the dawn its place,(X)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked(Y) out of it?(Z)
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;(AA)
its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 The wicked are denied their light,(AB)
and their upraised arm is broken.(AC)
16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?(AD)
17 Have the gates of death(AE) been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?(AF)
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?(AG)
Tell me, if you know all this.(AH)
19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?(AI)
20 Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths(AJ) to their dwellings?
21 Surely you know, for you were already born!(AK)
You have lived so many years!
22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(AL)
or seen the storehouses(AM) of the hail,(AN)
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,(AO)
for days of war and battle?(AP)
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,(AQ)
or the place where the east winds(AR) are scattered over the earth?(AS)
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,(AT)
26 to water(AU) a land where no one lives,
an uninhabited desert,(AV)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?(AW)
28 Does the rain have a father?(AX)
Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens(AY)
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?(AZ)
31 “Can you bind the chains[b] of the Pleiades?
Can you loosen Orion’s belt?(BA)
32 Can you bring forth the constellations(BB) in their seasons[c]
or lead out the Bear[d] with its cubs?(BC)
33 Do you know the laws(BD) of the heavens?(BE)
Can you set up God’s[e] dominion over the earth?
34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?(BF)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(BG)
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[f](BH)
or gives the rooster understanding?[g](BI)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars(BJ) of the heavens(BK)
38 when the dust becomes hard(BL)
and the clods of earth stick together?(BM)
Footnotes
- Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God
- Job 38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty
- Job 38:32 Or the morning star in its season
- Job 38:32 Or out Leo
- Job 38:33 Or their
- Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
- Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
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