Job 21
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then Job answered:
1Ka naʻe tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
2“Fakafanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, pea ko hoʻomou fakafiemālie eni.
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
3Mou kātaki, kau lea atu; pea hili ʻeku lea, fai pe hoʻomou manuki.
4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
4ʻOiauē, he ʻoku ou liunga ki he tangata? Pea ka ne ko ia, ko e hā nai ʻe ʻikai mamahi ai hoku laumālie?
5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
5Tokanga mai, pea mou ofo, pea ʻai homou nima ki homou ngutu.
6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
6ʻIo, ʻi heʻeku fakamanatu ʻoku ou manavahē ʻaupito, pea ʻoku puke ʻa hoku kakano ʻe he tetetete.
7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
7“Ko e hā ʻoku moʻui ai ʻae angakovi, ʻo hoko ʻo motuʻa, ʻio, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi?
8Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
8Kuo fakatuʻumaʻu honau hako fakataha mo kinautolu, pea mo ʻenau fānau ʻi honau ʻao.
9Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
9ʻOku malu honau fale mei he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate kinautolu ʻae meʻa tā ʻae ʻOtua.
10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
10ʻOku fakatauʻi ʻe heʻenau pulu tangata ʻo touʻia taʻehala; ʻoku fānau ʻenau pulu fefine ʻo taʻetōhonoʻuhiki.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
11ʻOku nau tuku atu ʻenau fānau ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi, pea ʻoku meʻe hopohopo ʻenau fānau.
12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
12ʻOku nau toʻo hake ʻae kihiʻi lali mo e haʻape, pea nau fiefia ʻi he leʻo ʻoe meʻa ifi.
13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
13ʻOku nau fakaʻosi honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he fakafiemālie, pea fakafokifā pe ʻoku nau ʻalu hifo ki he faʻitoka.
14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
14Ko ia ʻoku nau pehē ai ki he ʻOtua, ‘ʻAlu ʻiate kimautolu, he ʻoku ʻikai te mau holi ke ʻilo ho ngaahi hala.
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
15Ko hai ʻae Māfimafi, ke pehē ke mau tauhi ia? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te mau maʻu, ʻo kapau te mau lotu ki ai?’
16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
16Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai ʻi honau nima ʻenau monūʻia: ʻoku mamaʻo ʻiate au ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe angahala.
17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
17“ʻOku liunga fiha ʻae tāmateʻi ʻoe maama ʻae angahala? Mo e hoko ʻenau fakaʻauha kiate kinautolu? ʻoku tufaki ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi mamahi ʻi hono houhau.
18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
18ʻOku nau tatau mo e tefitoʻi kaho ʻi he mata ʻoe matangi, pea hangē ko e kafukafu ʻoku ʻave ʻe he afi.
19It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
19‘ʻOku hili ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻene angahala ki heʻene fānau:’ ʻoku ne totongi kiate ia, pea te ne ʻilo ia.
20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
20ʻE mamata ʻe hono mata ki hono fakaʻauha, pea ʻe inu ia ʻi he houhau ʻoe Māfimafi.
21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
21He ko e hā ʻene fiemālie ʻi hono fale ʻamui ʻiate ia, ʻoka tuʻu ua mālie ʻae lau ʻo hono ngaahi māhina?
22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
22“ʻE akonakiʻi ʻe ha taha ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻilo? He ʻoku ne fakamaau ʻe ia ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻolunga.
23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
23ʻOku mate ha tokotaha lolotonga ʻene mālohi lahi, mo ʻene nofo tofu pe mo fiemālie.
24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
24ʻOku fonu hono sino ʻi he ngako, pea lolololo hono ngaahi hui ʻi he uho.
25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
25Pea ʻoku mate ha tokotaha ʻi he mamahi lahi ʻo hono laumālie, pea ʻikai ʻaupito haʻane kai ʻe fiemālie ai.
26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
26Te na tokoto tatau pe ʻi he efu, pea ʻe ʻuʻufi ʻakinaua ʻe he fanga kelemutu.
27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
27“Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻilo hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo, mo e ngaahi filioʻi kovi ʻoku mou mahalo ʻaki kiate au.
28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
28He ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kofaʻā ʻae fale ʻoe ʻeiki? Pea kofaʻā ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe kakai angahala?’
29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
29ʻIkai kuo mou ʻeke kiate kinautolu ʻoku feʻaluʻaki ʻi he hala? Pea ʻikai ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻenau ngaahi tala,
30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
30ʻAia kuo tuku tolonga ʻae angahala ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakaʻauha? ʻE taki atu ʻakinautolu ki he ʻaho ʻoe houhau.
31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
31Ko hai te ne fakahā hono hala ki hono mata? Pea ʻe totongi ʻe hai kiate ia ʻae meʻa kuo ne fai?
32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
32Ka ʻe ʻomi ia ki he faʻitoka, ʻe nofomaʻu ia ʻi he fonualoto.
33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
33ʻE melie kiate ia ʻae ngaahi tutuʻanga kelekele ʻoe luo, pea ʻe fusi kiate ia ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko e taʻefaʻalaua ʻae kakai naʻe muʻa ʻiate ia.
34So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
34Pea ka kuo pehē, pea ko e hā ʻoku mou fakafiemālie taʻeʻaonga kiate au, kae vakai ʻoku ai ʻae loi ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi lea?”
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