Siope 17

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

1“ʻOku ʻeho ʻeku mānava, kuo ʻosi hoku ngaahi ʻaho, ʻoku tali ʻae ngaahi luo kiate au.

1My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.

2‌ʻIkai ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae kau manuki? Pea ʻikai ʻoku nofomaʻu ʻi hoku ʻao ʻenau ʻahiʻahi kovi?

2I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.

3“Ko eni, ke tuku hifo, ke ai haʻaku fakamoʻoni meiate koe; ko hai ia te ma tā nima mo au?

3Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.

4He kuo ke fufū honau loto mei he ʻilo: ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te ke hakeakiʻi ʻakinautolu.

4Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.

5Ko ia ʻoku ne lea lapu ki hono kāinga, ʻe vaivai ʻae mata ʻo ʻene fānau ʻaʻana.

5He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.

6“Kuo ne tuku au ko e taukaeʻanga ʻoe kakai; ka naʻaku tatau muʻa mo e meʻa faiva.

6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

7Kuo nenefu hoku mata ko e meʻa ʻi he mamahi, pea ko e ata pe ʻa hoku kupuʻi sino kotoa pē.

7My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.

8‌ʻE ofo ʻae kakai angatonu ʻi he meʻa ni, pea ko e taʻeangahala te ne ueʻi ia ki he mālualoi.

8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.

9‌ʻE fakakukafi foki ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻi hono hala, pea ko ia ʻoku nima maʻa ʻe fakahoko ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ki he mālohi.

9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

10Ka ko kimoutolu kotoa pē, mou foki ʻo ʻalu: he ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa ʻilo ha taha ʻoku poto ʻiate kimoutolu.

10Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.

11Kuo ʻosi hoku ngaahi ʻaho, kuo motuhi ʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻio, ʻaia naʻaku loto ki ai.

11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.

12‌ʻOku nau liliu ʻae pō ko e ʻaho: ʻoku fuonounou ʻae maama ko e meʻa ʻi he fakapoʻuli.

12They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.

13Kapau te u tatali, ko hoku fale ʻae faʻitoka pē: kuo ngaohi hoku mohenga ʻi he fakapoʻuli.

13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.

14Kuo u pehē ki he popo, ‘Ko ʻeku tamai koe:’ pea ki he kelemutu, ‘Ko ʻeku faʻē,’ mo ‘hoku tuofefine.’

14If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.

15Pea kofaʻā eni ʻa ʻeku ʻamanaki lelei? ʻIo, ko ʻeku ʻamanaki lelei, ko hai te ne mamata ki ai?

15Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?

16‌ʻE ʻalu hifo ia ki he ngaahi tāpuni ʻoe luo, ʻoka tau ka mālōlō fakataha ʻi he efu.

16All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?

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