Job 23
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then Job answered and said:
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
2“ʻOku kona ʻaupito ʻa ʻeku mamahi, ʻio, ʻi he ʻaho ni: pea mamafa lahi hoku tā ʻi heʻeku faʻa toʻe.
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
3Taumaiā ke u ʻilo ʻae potu te u maʻu ai ia! Ke u aʻu atu ki hono nofoʻanga!
4I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
4Te u fakamatala ʻeku meʻa ʻi hono ʻao, ʻo fakafonu hoku ngutu ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea fakamamafa.
5I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
5Te u ʻilo ai ʻae ngaahi lea te ne tali ʻaki au, pea u faʻa ʻilo ʻaia te ne lea ʻaki mai kiate au.
6Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
6He te ne fai mo au ʻaki hono mālohi lahi? ʻIkai: ka te ne ʻai ʻae mālohi kiate au.
7There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
7ʻE faʻa alea ai mo ia ʻae māʻoniʻoni; pea ʻe fakamoʻui taʻengata ai au mei hoku fakamaau.
8Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
8“Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻalu atu, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ia; pea ʻoku ou foki mai, kae ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ia:
9On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.
9Ki he toʻohema, ʻoku ne ngāue ai, kae ʻikai te u sio ki ai: pea ʻoku ne fufū ia ʻi he toʻomataʻu, ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻilo ia:
10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
10Ka ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoku ou ʻalu ai: pea ka ʻosi ʻene ʻahiʻahiʻi au, te u hao mai ʻo hangē ko e koula.
11My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
11Kuo puke maʻu ʻe hoku vaʻe ki hono lakaʻanga, pea kuo u ʻalu ʻi hono hala, ʻo ʻikai afe.
12I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
12Pea naʻe ʻikai te u foki mai mei he fekau ʻa hono fofonga: kuo u fufū ʻi hoku loto ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa hono fofonga.
13But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
13Ka ʻoku pehē ai pe ia pea ko hai te ne liliu ia? Pea ko ia ʻoku tokanga ki ai hono finangalo, ʻe fai pē ʻe ia.
14For He will perform that which is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.
14He te ne fakakakato hoku ʻinasi kuo tuʻutuʻuni: pea ʻoku lahi ʻae meʻa pehē ʻiate ia.
15Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
15Ko ia ʻoku ou manavahē ai ʻi hono ʻao: pea kau ka fakakaukau, ʻoku ou ilifia kiate ia.
16Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
16He ʻoku fakamolū hoku loto ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ʻoku fakamamahiʻi au ʻe he Māfimafi:
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.
17Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai tuʻusi au ʻi he teʻeki hoko ʻae fakapoʻuli, ʻo ʻikai ʻufiʻufi ʻe ia ʻae poʻuli mei hoku mata.
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