Siope 17

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

King James Version with Apocrypha

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

1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

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

2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

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

3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

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

4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them .

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

5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even 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 also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

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

7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

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

8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself 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.

9The righteous also 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.

10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

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

11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

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

12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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

13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

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

14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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

15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

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

16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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