Semisi 5
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Vakai mai, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku koloaʻia, tangi mo fakatangiloloa koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi mamahi ʻe hoko kiate kimoutolu.
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you .
2Kuo popo ʻa hoʻomou koloa, pea kuo aneanea hoʻomou ngaahi kofu.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Kuo ʻumeʻumea ʻa hoʻomou koula mo e siliva; pea ko hono ʻumeʻumea ʻo ia ʻe fakamoʻoni ia kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻe kai ʻe ia ʻa homou kakano ʻo hangē ko e afi. Kuo mou fokotuʻu ʻae koloa ki he ngaahi ʻaho fakamui.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Vakai, ko e totongi ʻoe kau ngāue, kuo nau tuʻusi hoʻomou ngaahi ngoue, ʻaia kuo mou taʻofia ʻi he kākā, ʻoku tangi ia: pea ko e ngaahi tangi ʻokinautolu kuo fai ʻae tuʻusi, kuo hū ki he telinga ʻoe ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5Kuo mou moʻui fakafiemālie kovi, pea holi kovi ʻi māmani; kuo mou fangapesi homou loto, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe feilaulau.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6Kuo mou fakahalaia mo tāmateʻi ʻae Angatonu; pea ʻoku ʻikai ke taʻofi ʻe ia kiate kimoutolu.
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ke mou faʻa kātaki, aʻu ki he hāʻele mai ʻoe ʻEiki. Vakai, ʻoku tatali ʻae tangata tauhi ngoue ki he fua lelei ʻoe kelekele, pea ʻoku tatali fuoloa ia ki ai, kaeʻoua ke ne maʻu ʻae ʻuha muʻa mo e ʻuha mui.
7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8Ke faʻa kātaki foki ʻakimoutolu; ke fakamālohi homou loto: he ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ʻo ofi ʻae hāʻele mai ʻoe ʻEiki.
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9ʻE kāinga, ʻoua naʻa felāungaʻaki ʻakimoutolu, telia naʻa mou malaʻia: vakai, ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he matapā ʻae fakamaau.
9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10ʻE hoku kāinga, tokanga ki he kau palōfita, kuo nau lea ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki, ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻoe kātaki ʻoe mamahi, mo e faʻa ʻūkuma.
10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11Vakai, ʻoku tau lau ʻoku monūʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku faʻa kātaki. Kuo mou fanongo ki he faʻa kātaki ʻa Siope, pea kuo mou mamata ki hono ngataʻanga mei he ʻEiki; he ʻoku ʻaloʻofa ʻaupito ʻae ʻEiki, pea manavaʻofa ongongofua.
11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12ʻE hoku kāinga, sino ʻoe meʻa ke ʻoua ʻe fuakava, ʻoua ʻe fai ki he langi, pe ki māmani, pe ʻi ha fuakava kehe ʻe taha: ka ke “ʻIo” pe, ʻi hoʻomou “ʻIo;” mo “ʻIkai,” ʻi hoʻomou “ʻIkai;” telia naʻa mou tō ki he malaʻia.
12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13ʻOku ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku mamahi? Ke lotu ia. ʻOku ai ha taha ʻoku fiefia? Ke hiva ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi saame.
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14ʻOku ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku mahaki? Ke tala ia ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoe siasi; pea ke nau lotua ia, ʻo tākai ʻaki ia ʻae lolo ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki:
14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15Pea ko e lotu ʻi he tui, ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe ia ʻae mahaki, pea ʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻe he ʻEiki; pea kapau naʻe fai ʻe ia ha angahala, ʻe fakamolemolea ia.
15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16Ke fetoutou feveteʻaki hoʻomou ngaahi angahala kiate kimoutolu, pea felotuaʻaki ʻakimoutolu, ke mou moʻui. Ko e lotu fakamātoato ʻoe tangata māʻoniʻoni ʻoku ʻaonga lahi.
16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17Ko ʻIlaisiā, ko e tangata ia naʻe anga tatau mo kitautolu, pea naʻe lotu fakamātoato ia, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻuha: pea naʻe ʻikai tō ha ʻuha ki he kelekele ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu mo e māhina ʻe ono.
17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18Pea toe lotu ia, pea naʻe tuku mai ʻe he langi ʻae ʻuha, pea tupu ai mei he kelekele ʻa hono fua.
18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19ʻE kāinga, kapau ʻe hē hamou tokotaha mei he moʻoni, pea fakafoki mai ia ʻe ha taha;
19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20Ke ʻilo ʻe ia, ko ia ʻoku ne fakafoki mai ʻae angahala mei hono hala kehe, ʻoku ne fakamoʻui ha laumālie mei he mate, pea ʻoku ne ʻufiʻufi foki ʻae ngaahi angahala lahi.
20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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