Job 23

Berean Standard Bible

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

1Then Job answered:

1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,

2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

2“ʻOku kona ʻaupito ʻa ʻeku mamahi, ʻio, ʻi he ʻaho ni: pea mamafa lahi hoku tā ʻi heʻeku faʻa toʻe.

3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

3Taumaiā ke u ʻilo ʻae potu te u maʻu ai ia! Ke u aʻu atu ki hono nofoʻanga!

4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

4Te u fakamatala ʻeku meʻa ʻi hono ʻao, ʻo fakafonu hoku ngutu ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea fakamamafa.

5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

5Te u ʻilo ai ʻae ngaahi lea te ne tali ʻaki au, pea u faʻa ʻilo ʻaia te ne lea ʻaki mai kiate au.

6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

6He te ne fai mo au ʻaki hono mālohi lahi? ʻIkai: ka te ne ʻai ʻae mālohi kiate au.

7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

7‌ʻE faʻa alea ai mo ia ʻae māʻoniʻoni; pea ʻe fakamoʻui taʻengata ai au mei hoku fakamaau.

8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

8“Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻalu atu, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ia; pea ʻoku ou foki mai, kae ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ia:

9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

9Ki he toʻohema, ʻoku ne ngāue ai, kae ʻikai te u sio ki ai: pea ʻoku ne fufū ia ʻi he toʻomataʻu, ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻilo ia:

10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

10Ka ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoku ou ʻalu ai: pea ka ʻosi ʻene ʻahiʻahiʻi au, te u hao mai ʻo hangē ko e koula.

11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

11Kuo puke maʻu ʻe hoku vaʻe ki hono lakaʻanga, pea kuo u ʻalu ʻi hono hala, ʻo ʻikai afe.

12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

12Pea naʻe ʻikai te u foki mai mei he fekau ʻa hono fofonga: kuo u fufū ʻi hoku loto ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa hono fofonga.

13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

13Ka ʻoku pehē ai pe ia pea ko hai te ne liliu ia? Pea ko ia ʻoku tokanga ki ai hono finangalo, ʻe fai pē ʻe ia.

14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

14He te ne fakakakato hoku ʻinasi kuo tuʻutuʻuni: pea ʻoku lahi ʻae meʻa pehē ʻiate ia.

15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

15Ko ia ʻoku ou manavahē ai ʻi hono ʻao: pea kau ka fakakaukau, ʻoku ou ilifia kiate ia.

16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

16He ʻoku fakamolū hoku loto ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ʻoku fakamamahiʻi au ʻe he Māfimafi:

17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai tuʻusi au ʻi he teʻeki hoko ʻae fakapoʻuli, ʻo ʻikai ʻufiʻufi ʻe ia ʻae poʻuli mei hoku mata.

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