Job 13
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
1Vakai, kuo mamata ʻe hoku mata ʻa eni kotoa pē, kuo fanongo pea ʻilo ia ʻe hoku telinga.
2What ye know, do I know also; I am not inferior unto you.
2Ko ia ʻoku mou ʻilo, ʻoku ou ʻilo foki ia: ʻoku ʻikai te u siʻi hifo au ʻiate kimoutolu.
3Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
3“ʻAmusiaange ʻeau ke u lea ki he Māfimafi, pea ʻoku ou fie alea mo e ʻOtua.
4But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
4Ka ko e kau fakatupu loi ʻakimoutolu, ko e kau faitoʻo taʻeʻaonga ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē.
5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.
5Taumaiā ke mou mātuʻaki longo pē! Pea ko hoʻomou poto ia.
6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
6Fanongo eni ki heʻeku fakamatala, pea fakafanongo ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku loungutu.
7Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?
7He te mou lea kovi maʻae ʻOtua? Pea lea fakakākā maʻana?
8Will ye show Him favour? Will ye contend for God?
8He te mou lavaʻi ia? Te mou fakakikihi maʻae ʻOtua?
9Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?
9ʻE lelei ke ne ʻekea ʻakimoutolu? Pe te mou kākaaʻi ia, ʻo hangē ko e kākaaʻi ʻe he tangata ʻe taha ʻae tokotaha?
10He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly show favour.
10Ko e moʻoni ʻe valoki ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu, ʻo kapau te mou filifilimānako fufū pe ʻae kakai.
11Shall not His majesty terrify you, and His dread fall upon you?
11ʻE ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe heʻene ʻafio? Pea tō kiate kimoutolu ʻene fakailifia?
12Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.
12Ko hoʻomou ngaahi lea fakamanatu ʻoku tatau mo e efuefu, ko e fokotuʻu na ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi lea, ʻoku tatau mo e ngaahi ʻesi ʻumea.
13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
13“Tuku hoʻomou lau, pea tuku ai pe au, koeʻuhi, ke u lea, kae hoko kiate au ʻaia ʻe hoko.
14Wherefore? I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
14Ko e hā ʻoku ou ʻūtaki ai hoku kakano, pea ʻai ʻeku moʻui ki hoku nima?
15Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.
15Neongo ʻene tāmateʻi au, te u falala pe kiate ia: ka te u fakamatala hoku ngaahi hala ʻi hono ʻao.
16This also shall be my salvation, that a hypocrite cannot come before Him.
16ʻE fakamoʻui au foki ʻe ia: ka ʻe ʻikai ha mālualoi ʻe haʻu ki hono ʻao.
17Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.
17Fanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, fanongo ʻaki homou telinga ʻa ʻeku fakamatala.
18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
18Vakai eni, kuo u teu ʻeku fakamatala; ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe fakatonuhiaʻi au.
19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.
19Ko hai ia te ne talatalaakiʻi au? He ko eni, kapau te u fakalongo pe, te u mate.
20Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from Thee:
20“Ko e meʻa ʻe ua pe, ke ʻoua naʻa fai kiate au: ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te u fufū au ʻiate koe.
21Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.
21Ke toʻo atu ke mamaʻo ho nima ʻiate au: pea ʻoua naʻaku puputuʻu ʻi hoʻo fakailifia.
22Then call Thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer Thou me.
22Pea ke toki folofola mai, pea te u talia; pea te u lea atu, ka ke talia au.
23How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
23ʻOku fiha ʻeku ngaahi hia mo ʻeku angahala? Fakaʻilo mai kiate au ʻeku talangataʻa mo ʻeku angahala.
24Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?
24Ko e hā ʻoku ke fufū ai ho fofonga, mo ke lau au ko ho fili?
25Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?
25He te ke pakiʻi ʻae louʻakau kuo feʻaveʻaki? Pea te ke tuli ʻe koe ʻae mohuku mōmoa?
26That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
26He ʻoku ke tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi kiate au, pea ʻoku ke fakahoko kiate au ʻae ngaahi hia ʻo ʻeku kei siʻi.
27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;
27ʻOku ke ʻai hoku vaʻe ki he ʻakau fakamaʻu vaʻe, pea ke vakai pau hoku ʻalunga kotoa pē; ʻoku ke ʻai ʻae fakaʻilonga ki hoku muivaʻe.
28Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
28Pea ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ia ʻo hangē ha meʻa popo, pea tatau mo e kofu kuo kai ʻe he ane.
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