Job 29
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1And Job again took up his parable, and said:
1Ka naʻe fai ai pe ʻe Siope ʻene lea mamafa, ʻo ne pehē,
2Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
2“Taumaiā kuo u tatau eni mo e ngaahi māhina kuo hili ange, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi ʻaho naʻe maluʻi ai au ʻe he ʻOtua;
3When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
3ʻI he kei ulo ʻa ʻene maama ki hoku ʻulu, pea u ʻalu mo ʻene maama ʻi he fakapoʻuli;
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
4ʻO hangē ko ʻeku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻeku monūʻia, ʻi he fakataha ʻae kakai ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hoku fale;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
5ʻI he kei ʻiate au ʻae Māfimafi, pea ʻiate au mo ʻeku fānau;
6When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
6ʻI he tafe ʻae pota ʻi hoku hala, pea lilingi mai ʻe he maka ʻae lolo lahi ʻaupito;
7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
7ʻI heʻeku ʻalu atu ʻi he loto kolo ki he matapā, pea teuʻi hoku nofoʻanga ʻi he hala lahi!
8The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
8Naʻe sio kiate au ʻae kau talavou, ʻonau toitoi: pea tutuʻu ki ʻolunga ʻae kau mātuʻa.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
9Naʻe taʻofi ʻe he ngaahi ʻeiki ʻenau alea, ʻo ʻai honau nima ki honau ngutu.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
10Naʻe longo pe ʻae houʻeiki, pea piki honau ʻelelo ki honau ʻoʻaoʻingutu.
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
11ʻI he ongoʻi au ʻe he telinga, ne ne tāpuakiʻi au; pea ʻi he mamata ʻae mata kiate au, naʻa ne fakamoʻoniʻi au:
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
12He naʻaku fakahaofia ʻae masiva naʻe tangi, ʻae tamai mate, mo ia naʻe ʻikai hano tokoni.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
13Ko e tāpuaki ʻo ia naʻe meimei mate ne hoko kiate au: pea naʻaku fakafiefiaʻi ke hiva ʻae loto ʻoe fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
14Ne u ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, pea ne ʻufiʻufi ʻaki au: naʻe tatau ʻeku fakamaau mo e pulupulu mo e pale.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
15Ko e mata au ki he kui, mo e vaʻe ki he ketu.
16I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
16Ko e tamai au ki he masiva: pea ko e meʻa naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ne u kumi lahi ki ai.
17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
17Naʻaku fesiʻi ʻae kouʻahe ʻoe fai kovi, ʻo toʻo ʻae meʻa faʻao mei hono nifo.
18Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
18Pea u toki pehē, ‘Te u mate ʻi hoku pununga, pea te u fakalahi hoku ngaahi ʻaho ke hangē ko e ʻoneʻone.
19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
19Naʻe mafola hoku aka ʻi he ngaahi veʻe vai, pea toka ʻae hahau ki hoku vaʻa ʻi he pō kotoa.
20My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
20Ko hoku ongoongolelei naʻe maʻuiʻui pe, pea naʻe fakafoʻou ʻeku kaufana ʻi hoku nima.’
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
21“Naʻe fakafanongo ʻae kakai kiate au, ʻo tatali, pea fakalongo pē ʻi heʻeku akonaki.
22After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
22Hili ʻeku lea naʻe ʻikai te nau tali; pea naʻe tō ʻeku lea kiate kinautolu.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
23Pea naʻa nau tatali kiate au ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha: pea nau fakamanga lahi honau ngutu ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha mui.
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
24Ne u kata kiate kinautolu, pea ʻikai te nau faʻa tui; pea ko e maama ʻo hoku mata naʻe ʻikai ke nau lī ki lalo.
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
25Naʻaku fili honau hala, ʻo nofo ko e ʻeiki, ne u nofo ʻo hangē ha tuʻi ʻi he kautau, pea hangē ha taha ʻoku ne fakafiemālieʻi ʻae kakai mamahi.
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