Siope 18
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
2“ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke fakangata ʻae lea? Tokanga, pea te mau toki lea.
2How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
3Ko e hā kuo lau ai ʻakimautolu ko e fanga manu, pea lau ko e ʻuli ʻi ho ʻao?
3Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
4ʻOku ne haehae ia ʻe ia pe ʻi heʻene ʻita: ʻe liʻaki ʻa māmani koeʻuhi ko koe? Pea ʻe hiki ʻae fuʻu makatuʻu mei hono potu?
4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
5“Ko e moʻoni, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoe angahala, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo ʻae kalofiama ʻo ʻene afi.
5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
6ʻE fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi hono fale, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene maama fakataha mo ia.
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
7ʻE fakaʻapiʻapi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻo hono mālohi, pea ʻe lī ki lalo ia ʻe heʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana.
7The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
8He ko hono kauvaʻe ʻoʻona kuo ne lī ia ki he kupenga, pea ʻoku ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he funga tauhele.
8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
9ʻE moʻua ia ʻe he hele ʻi hono muivaʻe, pea ʻe ikuna ia ʻe he kaihaʻa.
9The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.
10Kuo ʻai ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻi he kelekele, mo e sokitanu kiate ia ʻi he hala.
10A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
11ʻE fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia mei he potu kotoa pē, pea ʻe fakaveʻevave ia.
11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
12ʻE kai ʻe he fiekaia ʻa hono mālohi, pea ʻe tali ofi ʻae fakaʻauha ki hono vakavaka.
12Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
13ʻE fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ʻo hono sino: ʻio, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻoe mate te ne fakaʻauha ʻene mālohi.
13Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.
14ʻE lī kituʻa mei hono fale ʻa hono falalaʻanga, pea ko ia ʻe ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻoe fakailifia.
14Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
15ʻE nofo ia ʻi hono fale, he ʻoku ʻikai ʻoʻona ia: ʻe tūtuuʻi ki hono ʻapi ʻae sulifa.
15Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
16ʻE mōmoa mei lalo hono ngaahi aka, pea ʻe motuhi mei ʻolunga ʻa hono vaʻa.
16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
17Ko hono manatuʻi ʻe ʻauha mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai hano hingoa ʻi he hala.
17Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
18ʻE kapusi ia mei he maama ki he poʻuli, pea ʻe tulia ia mei he māmani.
18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
19ʻE ʻikai maʻu ʻe ia ha foha pe mokopuna ʻi hono kakai, ʻe ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ʻi hono ngaahi fale.
19His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.
20Ko kinautolu ʻe muimui ʻiate ia te nau ofo ki hono ʻaho, ʻo hangē ko e ilifia ʻanautolu naʻa nau feangai.
20They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.
21Ko e moʻoni ʻoku pehē pe ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala, pea ko eni ʻae potu ʻo ia ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua.”
21These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.
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