Siope 13
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Vakai, kuo mamata ʻe hoku mata ʻa eni kotoa pē, kuo fanongo pea ʻilo ia ʻe hoku telinga.
1Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all.
2Ko ia ʻoku mou ʻilo, ʻoku ou ʻilo foki ia: ʻoku ʻikai te u siʻi hifo au ʻiate kimoutolu.
2According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.
3“ʻAmusiaange ʻeau ke u lea ki he Māfimafi, pea ʻoku ou fie alea mo e ʻOtua.
3But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4Ka ko e kau fakatupu loi ʻakimoutolu, ko e kau faitoʻo taʻeʻaonga ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē.
4Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.
5Taumaiā ke mou mātuʻaki longo pē! Pea ko hoʻomou poto ia.
5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.
6Fanongo eni ki heʻeku fakamatala, pea fakafanongo ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku loungutu.
6Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
7He te mou lea kovi maʻae ʻOtua? Pea lea fakakākā maʻana?
7Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
8He te mou lavaʻi ia? Te mou fakakikihi maʻae ʻOtua?
8Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?
9ʻE lelei ke ne ʻekea ʻakimoutolu? Pe te mou kākaaʻi ia, ʻo hangē ko e kākaaʻi ʻe he tangata ʻe taha ʻae tokotaha?
9Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings?
10Ko e moʻoni ʻe valoki ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu, ʻo kapau te mou filifilimānako fufū pe ʻae kakai.
10He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.
11ʻE ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe heʻene ʻafio? Pea tō kiate kimoutolu ʻene fakailifia?
11As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.
12Ko hoʻomou ngaahi lea fakamanatu ʻoku tatau mo e efuefu, ko e fokotuʻu na ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi lea, ʻoku tatau mo e ngaahi ʻesi ʻumea.
12Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.
13“Tuku hoʻomou lau, pea tuku ai pe au, koeʻuhi, ke u lea, kae hoko kiate au ʻaia ʻe hoko.
13Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.
14Ko e hā ʻoku ou ʻūtaki ai hoku kakano, pea ʻai ʻeku moʻui ki hoku nima?
14Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?
15Neongo ʻene tāmateʻi au, te u falala pe kiate ia: ka te u fakamatala hoku ngaahi hala ʻi hono ʻao.
15Although he should bill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.
16ʻE fakamoʻui au foki ʻe ia: ka ʻe ʻikai ha mālualoi ʻe haʻu ki hono ʻao.
16And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.
17Fanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, fanongo ʻaki homou telinga ʻa ʻeku fakamatala.
17Hear ye my speech, and receive with Sour ears hidden truths.
18Vakai eni, kuo u teu ʻeku fakamatala; ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe fakatonuhiaʻi au.
18If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.
19Ko hai ia te ne talatalaakiʻi au? He ko eni, kapau te u fakalongo pe, te u mate.
19Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?
20“Ko e meʻa ʻe ua pe, ke ʻoua naʻa fai kiate au: ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te u fufū au ʻiate koe.
20Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:
21Ke toʻo atu ke mamaʻo ho nima ʻiate au: pea ʻoua naʻaku puputuʻu ʻi hoʻo fakailifia.
21Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.
22Pea ke toki folofola mai, pea te u talia; pea te u lea atu, ka ke talia au.
22Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.
23ʻOku fiha ʻeku ngaahi hia mo ʻeku angahala? Fakaʻilo mai kiate au ʻeku talangataʻa mo ʻeku angahala.
23How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offences.
24Ko e hā ʻoku ke fufū ai ho fofonga, mo ke lau au ko ho fili?
24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?
25He te ke pakiʻi ʻae louʻakau kuo feʻaveʻaki? Pea te ke tuli ʻe koe ʻae mohuku mōmoa?
25Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.
26He ʻoku ke tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi kiate au, pea ʻoku ke fakahoko kiate au ʻae ngaahi hia ʻo ʻeku kei siʻi.
26For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.
27ʻOku ke ʻai hoku vaʻe ki he ʻakau fakamaʻu vaʻe, pea ke vakai pau hoku ʻalunga kotoa pē; ʻoku ke ʻai ʻae fakaʻilonga ki hoku muivaʻe.
27Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:
28Pea ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ia ʻo hangē ha meʻa popo, pea tatau mo e kofu kuo kai ʻe he ane.
28Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.
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