Job 17 Maori Bible Bible > Maori Bible > Job 17 ◄ Job 17 ► Maori Bible 1 Kua pau toku manawa, moti rawa oku ra, kua rite te urupa moku. 2 He pono he hunga tawai enei kei ahau, a kei roto tonu toku kanohi i a ratou whakakarangitanga. 3 Tena ra, homai he punga ko koe tonu hei whakakapi turanga moku; ko wai hei papaki ringa ki ahau? 4 Kua huna hoki e koe to ratou ngakau kei mohio; na reira e kore koe e whakaneke ake i a ratou. 5 Ko te tangata e whaki ana i ona hoa, he mea mo te utu, ko nga kanohi tonu o ana tamariki e hemo. 6 Kua meinga hoki ahau e ia hei hahani ma nga iwi; a kua waiho marakerake ahau hei whakaetietinga. 7 Kua atarua toku kanohi i te tangi, rite tonu ki te atarangi oku wahi katoa. 8 Ka miharo te hunga tika ki tenei, a ka whakaoho te tangata harakore i a ia ano hei whakahe i te atuakore. 9 Otiia ka mau te tangata tika ki tona ara, a ko te tangata ringa ma ka neke haere ake te kaha. 10 Ko koutou katoa ia tahuri, anga mai nei, e kore hoki tetahi tangata mahara e kitea e ahau i roto i a koutou. 11 Kua pahemo oku ra, motumotuhia ake oku whakaaro i whakatakoto ai, tae noa ki nga whakaaro o toku ngakau. 12 Ko te po kua meinga e ratou hei ao; ko te marama, e ki ana ratou, e tata tonu ana ki te pouri. 13 Ki te titiro ahau i te reinga hei whare moku; mehemea kua wharikitia e ahau toku moenga ki te pouri; 14 Mehemea kua karanga ahau ki te pirau, ko koe toku papa; ki te iro ranei, ko koe toku whaea, toku tuahine! 15 Kei hea ra he tumanakohanga atu moku? A ko taku e tumanako atu ai ko wai e kite? 16 Ka riro ki raro ki nga taha o te reinga, ina whai okiokinga i roto i te puehu. Maori Bible prepared by Timothy Mora. -- Text reproduced by Dr. Cleve Barlow. Bible Hub