Job 18
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
2How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
2“ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke fakangata ʻae lea? Tokanga, pea te mau toki lea.
3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?
3Ko e hā kuo lau ai ʻakimautolu ko e fanga manu, pea lau ko e ʻuli ʻi ho ʻao?
4Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
4ʻOku ne haehae ia ʻe ia pe ʻi heʻene ʻita: ʻe liʻaki ʻa māmani koeʻuhi ko koe? Pea ʻe hiki ʻae fuʻu makatuʻu mei hono potu?
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
5“Ko e moʻoni, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoe angahala, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo ʻae kalofiama ʻo ʻene afi.
6The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
6ʻE fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi hono fale, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene maama fakataha mo ia.
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
7ʻE fakaʻapiʻapi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻo hono mālohi, pea ʻe lī ki lalo ia ʻe heʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana.
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
8He ko hono kauvaʻe ʻoʻona kuo ne lī ia ki he kupenga, pea ʻoku ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he funga tauhele.
9A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.
9ʻE moʻua ia ʻe he hele ʻi hono muivaʻe, pea ʻe ikuna ia ʻe he kaihaʻa.
10A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
10Kuo ʻai ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻi he kelekele, mo e sokitanu kiate ia ʻi he hala.
11Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.
11ʻE fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia mei he potu kotoa pē, pea ʻe fakaveʻevave ia.
12His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
12ʻE kai ʻe he fiekaia ʻa hono mālohi, pea ʻe tali ofi ʻae fakaʻauha ki hono vakavaka.
13It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
13ʻE fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ʻo hono sino: ʻio, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻoe mate te ne fakaʻauha ʻene mālohi.
14That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
14ʻE lī kituʻa mei hono fale ʻa hono falalaʻanga, pea ko ia ʻe ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻoe fakailifia.
15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
15ʻE nofo ia ʻi hono fale, he ʻoku ʻikai ʻoʻona ia: ʻe tūtuuʻi ki hono ʻapi ʻae sulifa.
16His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.
16ʻE mōmoa mei lalo hono ngaahi aka, pea ʻe motuhi mei ʻolunga ʻa hono vaʻa.
17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.
17Ko hono manatuʻi ʻe ʻauha mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai hano hingoa ʻi he hala.
18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
18ʻE kapusi ia mei he maama ki he poʻuli, pea ʻe tulia ia mei he māmani.
19He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
19ʻE ʻikai maʻu ʻe ia ha foha pe mokopuna ʻi hono kakai, ʻe ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ʻi hono ngaahi fale.
20They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.
20Ko kinautolu ʻe muimui ʻiate ia te nau ofo ki hono ʻaho, ʻo hangē ko e ilifia ʻanautolu naʻa nau feangai.
21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
21Ko e moʻoni ʻoku pehē pe ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala, pea ko eni ʻae potu ʻo ia ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua.”
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