Job 18
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
2“ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke fakangata ʻae lea? Tokanga, pea te mau toki lea.
3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
3Ko e hā kuo lau ai ʻakimautolu ko e fanga manu, pea lau ko e ʻuli ʻi ho ʻao?
4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
4ʻOku ne haehae ia ʻe ia pe ʻi heʻene ʻita: ʻe liʻaki ʻa māmani koeʻuhi ko koe? Pea ʻe hiki ʻae fuʻu makatuʻu mei hono potu?
5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
5“Ko e moʻoni, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoe angahala, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo ʻae kalofiama ʻo ʻene afi.
6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
6ʻE fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi hono fale, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene maama fakataha mo ia.
7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
7ʻE fakaʻapiʻapi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻo hono mālohi, pea ʻe lī ki lalo ia ʻe heʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana.
8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
8He ko hono kauvaʻe ʻoʻona kuo ne lī ia ki he kupenga, pea ʻoku ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he funga tauhele.
9A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
9ʻE moʻua ia ʻe he hele ʻi hono muivaʻe, pea ʻe ikuna ia ʻe he kaihaʻa.
10A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
10Kuo ʻai ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻi he kelekele, mo e sokitanu kiate ia ʻi he hala.
11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
11ʻE fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia mei he potu kotoa pē, pea ʻe fakaveʻevave ia.
12His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
12ʻE kai ʻe he fiekaia ʻa hono mālohi, pea ʻe tali ofi ʻae fakaʻauha ki hono vakavaka.
13It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
13ʻE fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ʻo hono sino: ʻio, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻoe mate te ne fakaʻauha ʻene mālohi.
14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
14ʻE lī kituʻa mei hono fale ʻa hono falalaʻanga, pea ko ia ʻe ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻoe fakailifia.
15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
15ʻE nofo ia ʻi hono fale, he ʻoku ʻikai ʻoʻona ia: ʻe tūtuuʻi ki hono ʻapi ʻae sulifa.
16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
16ʻE mōmoa mei lalo hono ngaahi aka, pea ʻe motuhi mei ʻolunga ʻa hono vaʻa.
17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
17Ko hono manatuʻi ʻe ʻauha mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai hano hingoa ʻi he hala.
18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
18ʻE kapusi ia mei he maama ki he poʻuli, pea ʻe tulia ia mei he māmani.
19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
19ʻE ʻikai maʻu ʻe ia ha foha pe mokopuna ʻi hono kakai, ʻe ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ʻi hono ngaahi fale.
20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
20Ko kinautolu ʻe muimui ʻiate ia te nau ofo ki hono ʻaho, ʻo hangē ko e ilifia ʻanautolu naʻa nau feangai.
21Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
21Ko e moʻoni ʻoku pehē pe ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala, pea ko eni ʻae potu ʻo ia ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua.”
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