Job 9
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then Job answered:
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
2ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku pehē moʻoni ia ka ʻe tonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua?
3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
3Kapau te na alea, mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa talia ʻe ia ha taha ʻi he meʻa ʻe afe.
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
4ʻOku poto ia ʻi loto, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi: ko hai kuo ne fakaangatuʻu ia kiate ia, pea monūʻia?
5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
5Ko ia ia ʻoku ne hiki ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, kae ʻikai ke nau ʻilo: ʻoku ne fulihi ia ʻi hono houhau.
6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
6ʻOku ne luluʻi ʻae fonua mei hono potu, pea ʻoku ngalulululu hono ngaahi pou.
7He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
7ʻOku ne fekauʻi ʻae laʻā, pea ʻikai ʻalu hake ia; pea ne tāpuni hake ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu.
8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
8ʻOku ne folahi atu tokotaha pē ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻoku ne hāʻele ʻi he ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi.
9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
9ʻOku ne ngaohi ʻa ʻAakitulio, mo Olioni, mo Peliatisi, pea mo e ngaahi potu ki he feituʻu tonga.
10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
10ʻOku ne fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ʻio, ko e ngaahi meʻa mana ʻoku taʻefaʻalaua.
11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
11Vakai, ʻoku hāʻele ia ʻi hoku tafaʻaki, ka ʻoku ʻikai te u mamata ki ai: ʻoku ne hāʻele atu foki ka ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ia.
12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
12Vakai, ʻoku ne toʻo atu, ko hai ʻe faʻa taʻofi ia? Ko hai ʻe pehē kiate ia, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?’
13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
13“Kapau ʻe ʻikai taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua ki hono houhau, ʻe mapelu ki lalo ʻiate ia ʻae kau tokoni fielahi.
14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
14Kae fēfē ai ʻeku talia ia ʻeau, pea u fili ʻeku ngaahi lea ke alea mo ia?
15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
15ʻAia ʻe ʻikai te u talia, ʻoka ne u māʻoniʻoni, ka te u hū tāumaʻu ki hoku Fakamaau.
16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
16Ka ne u ui, pea talia ia; kae ʻikai te u tui kuo ne ongoʻi hoku leʻo.
17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
17He ʻoku ne haʻaki au ʻaki ʻae afā, pea ne fakalahi ʻeku lavea taʻehanoʻuhinga.
18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
18ʻOku ʻikai tuku ʻe ia ke u mānava, ka ʻoku ne fakapito au ʻaki ʻae mamahi.
19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?
19Kapau te u lea ki he mālohi, vakai, ʻoku māfimafi ia: pe ki he fakamaau, ‘ko hai te ne fakamoʻoni kiate au?’
20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
20Kapau te u fakatonuhiaʻi au, pea tā ʻe fakahalaʻi au ʻe hoku ngutu ʻoʻoku; pē te u pehē ʻoku ou haohaoa, ʻe fakamoʻoni ia ki heʻeku halaia.
21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
21Neongo ʻa ʻeku haohaoa, ka ʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ki hoku loto: te u fehiʻa ʻeau pē ki heʻeku moʻui.
22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
22“Ko e meʻa ni pē taha, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki ai, ʻOku ne fakaʻauha ʻae haohaoa mo e angahala.
23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
23Kapau ʻe fakafokifā pē ʻae taaʻi ʻe he fakamamahi, ʻe kata ʻe ia ʻi he ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻoe taʻeangahala.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
24Kuo tuku ʻae fonua ki he nima ʻoe angahala: ʻoku ne ʻufiʻufi ʻae mata ʻo hono kau fakamāu; ka ʻikai, pea kofaa, pe ko hai ia?
25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
25“ʻOku vave eni ʻa hoku ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he tangata fekau: ʻoku puna atu ia, ʻoku ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ha lelei.
26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
26Kuo mole ia ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi vaka ngaholo: ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ʻoku fakavave ki he kai.
27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
27Kapau te u pehē, ‘Te u fakangaloʻi ʻa ʻeku mamahi, te u siʻaki ʻeku māfasia, ʻo fakafiemālieʻi au:’
28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
28Tā te u ilifia ʻi heʻeku ngaahi mamahi fulipē, ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe ʻikai te ke fakatonuhiaʻi au.
29Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
29Kapau ʻoku ou angakovi, pea tā ʻoku kei taʻeʻaonga pe ʻeku ngāue?
30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
30He kapau te u kaukau au ʻi he vai ʻuha hinehina, ʻo ngaohi ke maʻa ʻaupito hoku nima;
31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
31Ka te ke lī au ki he pelepela, pea ʻe fakaliliʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kofu ʻoʻoku.
32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
32He ʻoku ʻikai ko e tangata ia, ʻo hangē ko au, koeʻuhi ke u talia ia, pea kema fakataha ʻi he fakamaau.
33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
33Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata fakalelei ʻi homa vahaʻa, ke ne hili hono nima kiate kimaua fakatouʻosi.
34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
34Ke toʻo ʻe ia ʻene meʻa tā ʻiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa fakailifiaʻi au ʻe heʻene manavahē:
35Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
35Te u toki lea ai, ʻo taʻemanavahē kiate ia; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u pehē eni.
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