Job 21
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then Job answered and said:
1Ka naʻe tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
2“Fakafanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, pea ko hoʻomou fakafiemālie eni.
3Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
3Mou kātaki, kau lea atu; pea hili ʻeku lea, fai pe hoʻomou manuki.
4As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
4ʻOiauē, he ʻoku ou liunga ki he tangata? Pea ka ne ko ia, ko e hā nai ʻe ʻikai mamahi ai hoku laumālie?
5Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
5Tokanga mai, pea mou ofo, pea ʻai homou nima ki homou ngutu.
6Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
6ʻIo, ʻi heʻeku fakamanatu ʻoku ou manavahē ʻaupito, pea ʻoku puke ʻa hoku kakano ʻe he tetetete.
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
7“Ko e hā ʻoku moʻui ai ʻae angakovi, ʻo hoko ʻo motuʻa, ʻio, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi?
8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
8Kuo fakatuʻumaʻu honau hako fakataha mo kinautolu, pea mo ʻenau fānau ʻi honau ʻao.
9Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
9ʻOku malu honau fale mei he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate kinautolu ʻae meʻa tā ʻae ʻOtua.
10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
10ʻOku fakatauʻi ʻe heʻenau pulu tangata ʻo touʻia taʻehala; ʻoku fānau ʻenau pulu fefine ʻo taʻetōhonoʻuhiki.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
11ʻOku nau tuku atu ʻenau fānau ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi, pea ʻoku meʻe hopohopo ʻenau fānau.
12They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
12ʻOku nau toʻo hake ʻae kihiʻi lali mo e haʻape, pea nau fiefia ʻi he leʻo ʻoe meʻa ifi.
13They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.
13ʻOku nau fakaʻosi honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he fakafiemālie, pea fakafokifā pe ʻoku nau ʻalu hifo ki he faʻitoka.
14Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
14Ko ia ʻoku nau pehē ai ki he ʻOtua, ‘ʻAlu ʻiate kimautolu, he ʻoku ʻikai te mau holi ke ʻilo ho ngaahi hala.
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?' —
15Ko hai ʻae Māfimafi, ke pehē ke mau tauhi ia? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te mau maʻu, ʻo kapau te mau lotu ki ai?’
16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai ʻi honau nima ʻenau monūʻia: ʻoku mamaʻo ʻiate au ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe angahala.
17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
17“ʻOku liunga fiha ʻae tāmateʻi ʻoe maama ʻae angahala? Mo e hoko ʻenau fakaʻauha kiate kinautolu? ʻoku tufaki ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi mamahi ʻi hono houhau.
18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
18ʻOku nau tatau mo e tefitoʻi kaho ʻi he mata ʻoe matangi, pea hangē ko e kafukafu ʻoku ʻave ʻe he afi.
19'God layeth up his iniquity for his children!' — let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
19‘ʻOku hili ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻene angahala ki heʻene fānau:’ ʻoku ne totongi kiate ia, pea te ne ʻilo ia.
20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
20ʻE mamata ʻe hono mata ki hono fakaʻauha, pea ʻe inu ia ʻi he houhau ʻoe Māfimafi.
21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.
21He ko e hā ʻene fiemālie ʻi hono fale ʻamui ʻiate ia, ʻoka tuʻu ua mālie ʻae lau ʻo hono ngaahi māhina?
22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.
22“ʻE akonakiʻi ʻe ha taha ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻilo? He ʻoku ne fakamaau ʻe ia ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻolunga.
23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
23ʻOku mate ha tokotaha lolotonga ʻene mālohi lahi, mo ʻene nofo tofu pe mo fiemālie.
24His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
24ʻOku fonu hono sino ʻi he ngako, pea lolololo hono ngaahi hui ʻi he uho.
25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
25Pea ʻoku mate ha tokotaha ʻi he mamahi lahi ʻo hono laumālie, pea ʻikai ʻaupito haʻane kai ʻe fiemālie ai.
26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
26Te na tokoto tatau pe ʻi he efu, pea ʻe ʻuʻufi ʻakinaua ʻe he fanga kelemutu.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
27“Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻilo hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo, mo e ngaahi filioʻi kovi ʻoku mou mahalo ʻaki kiate au.
28For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
28He ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kofaʻā ʻae fale ʻoe ʻeiki? Pea kofaʻā ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe kakai angahala?’
29Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,
29ʻIkai kuo mou ʻeke kiate kinautolu ʻoku feʻaluʻaki ʻi he hala? Pea ʻikai ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻenau ngaahi tala,
30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
30ʻAia kuo tuku tolonga ʻae angahala ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakaʻauha? ʻE taki atu ʻakinautolu ki he ʻaho ʻoe houhau.
31But who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
31Ko hai te ne fakahā hono hala ki hono mata? Pea ʻe totongi ʻe hai kiate ia ʻae meʻa kuo ne fai?
32For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
32Ka ʻe ʻomi ia ki he faʻitoka, ʻe nofomaʻu ia ʻi he fonualoto.
33The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
33ʻE melie kiate ia ʻae ngaahi tutuʻanga kelekele ʻoe luo, pea ʻe fusi kiate ia ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko e taʻefaʻalaua ʻae kakai naʻe muʻa ʻiate ia.
34How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
34Pea ka kuo pehē, pea ko e hā ʻoku mou fakafiemālie taʻeʻaonga kiate au, kae vakai ʻoku ai ʻae loi ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi lea?”
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