Job 9
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,
2Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
2ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku pehē moʻoni ia ka ʻe tonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua?
3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
3Kapau te na alea, mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa talia ʻe ia ha taha ʻi he meʻa ʻe afe.
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
4ʻOku poto ia ʻi loto, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi: ko hai kuo ne fakaangatuʻu ia kiate ia, pea monūʻia?
5Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
5Ko ia ia ʻoku ne hiki ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, kae ʻikai ke nau ʻilo: ʻoku ne fulihi ia ʻi hono houhau.
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6ʻOku ne luluʻi ʻae fonua mei hono potu, pea ʻoku ngalulululu hono ngaahi pou.
7Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
7ʻOku ne fekauʻi ʻae laʻā, pea ʻikai ʻalu hake ia; pea ne tāpuni hake ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu.
8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
8ʻOku ne folahi atu tokotaha pē ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻoku ne hāʻele ʻi he ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi.
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9ʻOku ne ngaohi ʻa ʻAakitulio, mo Olioni, mo Peliatisi, pea mo e ngaahi potu ki he feituʻu tonga.
10Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
10ʻOku ne fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ʻio, ko e ngaahi meʻa mana ʻoku taʻefaʻalaua.
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
11Vakai, ʻoku hāʻele ia ʻi hoku tafaʻaki, ka ʻoku ʻikai te u mamata ki ai: ʻoku ne hāʻele atu foki ka ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ia.
12Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
12Vakai, ʻoku ne toʻo atu, ko hai ʻe faʻa taʻofi ia? Ko hai ʻe pehē kiate ia, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?’
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
13“Kapau ʻe ʻikai taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua ki hono houhau, ʻe mapelu ki lalo ʻiate ia ʻae kau tokoni fielahi.
14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
14Kae fēfē ai ʻeku talia ia ʻeau, pea u fili ʻeku ngaahi lea ke alea mo ia?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
15ʻAia ʻe ʻikai te u talia, ʻoka ne u māʻoniʻoni, ka te u hū tāumaʻu ki hoku Fakamaau.
16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
16Ka ne u ui, pea talia ia; kae ʻikai te u tui kuo ne ongoʻi hoku leʻo.
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
17He ʻoku ne haʻaki au ʻaki ʻae afā, pea ne fakalahi ʻeku lavea taʻehanoʻuhinga.
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
18ʻOku ʻikai tuku ʻe ia ke u mānava, ka ʻoku ne fakapito au ʻaki ʻae mamahi.
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
19Kapau te u lea ki he mālohi, vakai, ʻoku māfimafi ia: pe ki he fakamaau, ‘ko hai te ne fakamoʻoni kiate au?’
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
20Kapau te u fakatonuhiaʻi au, pea tā ʻe fakahalaʻi au ʻe hoku ngutu ʻoʻoku; pē te u pehē ʻoku ou haohaoa, ʻe fakamoʻoni ia ki heʻeku halaia.
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
21Neongo ʻa ʻeku haohaoa, ka ʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ki hoku loto: te u fehiʻa ʻeau pē ki heʻeku moʻui.
22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
22“Ko e meʻa ni pē taha, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki ai, ʻOku ne fakaʻauha ʻae haohaoa mo e angahala.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
23Kapau ʻe fakafokifā pē ʻae taaʻi ʻe he fakamamahi, ʻe kata ʻe ia ʻi he ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻoe taʻeangahala.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
24Kuo tuku ʻae fonua ki he nima ʻoe angahala: ʻoku ne ʻufiʻufi ʻae mata ʻo hono kau fakamāu; ka ʻikai, pea kofaa, pe ko hai ia?
25Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
25“ʻOku vave eni ʻa hoku ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he tangata fekau: ʻoku puna atu ia, ʻoku ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ha lelei.
26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
26Kuo mole ia ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi vaka ngaholo: ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ʻoku fakavave ki he kai.
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
27Kapau te u pehē, ‘Te u fakangaloʻi ʻa ʻeku mamahi, te u siʻaki ʻeku māfasia, ʻo fakafiemālieʻi au:’
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
28Tā te u ilifia ʻi heʻeku ngaahi mamahi fulipē, ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe ʻikai te ke fakatonuhiaʻi au.
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
29Kapau ʻoku ou angakovi, pea tā ʻoku kei taʻeʻaonga pe ʻeku ngāue?
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
30He kapau te u kaukau au ʻi he vai ʻuha hinehina, ʻo ngaohi ke maʻa ʻaupito hoku nima;
31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31Ka te ke lī au ki he pelepela, pea ʻe fakaliliʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kofu ʻoʻoku.
32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
32He ʻoku ʻikai ko e tangata ia, ʻo hangē ko au, koeʻuhi ke u talia ia, pea kema fakataha ʻi he fakamaau.
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
33Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata fakalelei ʻi homa vahaʻa, ke ne hili hono nima kiate kimaua fakatouʻosi.
34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
34Ke toʻo ʻe ia ʻene meʻa tā ʻiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa fakailifiaʻi au ʻe heʻene manavahē:
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
35Te u toki lea ai, ʻo taʻemanavahē kiate ia; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u pehē eni.
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