Job 29
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1And Job continued his discourse:
1Ka naʻe fai ai pe ʻe Siope ʻene lea mamafa, ʻo ne pehē,
2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
2“Taumaiā kuo u tatau eni mo e ngaahi māhina kuo hili ange, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi ʻaho naʻe maluʻi ai au ʻe he ʻOtua;
3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
3ʻI he kei ulo ʻa ʻene maama ki hoku ʻulu, pea u ʻalu mo ʻene maama ʻi he fakapoʻuli;
4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
4ʻO hangē ko ʻeku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻeku monūʻia, ʻi he fakataha ʻae kakai ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hoku fale;
5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
5ʻI he kei ʻiate au ʻae Māfimafi, pea ʻiate au mo ʻeku fānau;
6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
6ʻI he tafe ʻae pota ʻi hoku hala, pea lilingi mai ʻe he maka ʻae lolo lahi ʻaupito;
7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
7ʻI heʻeku ʻalu atu ʻi he loto kolo ki he matapā, pea teuʻi hoku nofoʻanga ʻi he hala lahi!
8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
8Naʻe sio kiate au ʻae kau talavou, ʻonau toitoi: pea tutuʻu ki ʻolunga ʻae kau mātuʻa.
9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
9Naʻe taʻofi ʻe he ngaahi ʻeiki ʻenau alea, ʻo ʻai honau nima ki honau ngutu.
10The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
10Naʻe longo pe ʻae houʻeiki, pea piki honau ʻelelo ki honau ʻoʻaoʻingutu.
11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
11ʻI he ongoʻi au ʻe he telinga, ne ne tāpuakiʻi au; pea ʻi he mamata ʻae mata kiate au, naʻa ne fakamoʻoniʻi au:
12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
12He naʻaku fakahaofia ʻae masiva naʻe tangi, ʻae tamai mate, mo ia naʻe ʻikai hano tokoni.
13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
13Ko e tāpuaki ʻo ia naʻe meimei mate ne hoko kiate au: pea naʻaku fakafiefiaʻi ke hiva ʻae loto ʻoe fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
14Ne u ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, pea ne ʻufiʻufi ʻaki au: naʻe tatau ʻeku fakamaau mo e pulupulu mo e pale.
15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
15Ko e mata au ki he kui, mo e vaʻe ki he ketu.
16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
16Ko e tamai au ki he masiva: pea ko e meʻa naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ne u kumi lahi ki ai.
17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
17Naʻaku fesiʻi ʻae kouʻahe ʻoe fai kovi, ʻo toʻo ʻae meʻa faʻao mei hono nifo.
18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
18Pea u toki pehē, ‘Te u mate ʻi hoku pununga, pea te u fakalahi hoku ngaahi ʻaho ke hangē ko e ʻoneʻone.
19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
19Naʻe mafola hoku aka ʻi he ngaahi veʻe vai, pea toka ʻae hahau ki hoku vaʻa ʻi he pō kotoa.
20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
20Ko hoku ongoongolelei naʻe maʻuiʻui pe, pea naʻe fakafoʻou ʻeku kaufana ʻi hoku nima.’
21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
21“Naʻe fakafanongo ʻae kakai kiate au, ʻo tatali, pea fakalongo pē ʻi heʻeku akonaki.
22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
22Hili ʻeku lea naʻe ʻikai te nau tali; pea naʻe tō ʻeku lea kiate kinautolu.
23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
23Pea naʻa nau tatali kiate au ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha: pea nau fakamanga lahi honau ngutu ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha mui.
24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
24Ne u kata kiate kinautolu, pea ʻikai te nau faʻa tui; pea ko e maama ʻo hoku mata naʻe ʻikai ke nau lī ki lalo.
25I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
25Naʻaku fili honau hala, ʻo nofo ko e ʻeiki, ne u nofo ʻo hangē ha tuʻi ʻi he kautau, pea hangē ha taha ʻoku ne fakafiemālieʻi ʻae kakai mamahi.
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