Siope 19
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then Job answered and said:
2ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻomou fakafiuʻi hoku laumālie, mo lailaiki ʻaki au ʻae ngaahi lea.
2How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
3Ko hono liunga hongofulu eni mo hoʻomou manukiʻi au: pea ʻoku ʻikai te mou mā ʻi hoʻomou fai ʻo hangē ko e kau muli kiate au.
3These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
4Pea kapau moʻoni kuo u hē, ʻoku ʻiate au pe ʻeku hē.
4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5Pea kapau moʻoni te mou fai fielahi kiate au, pea talatalaakiʻi au ʻaki hoku manukiaʻanga:
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
6Mou ʻilo eni, kuo fulihi au ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ne kāpui au ʻaki hono kupenga.
6Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
7“Vakai, ʻoku ou tangi koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tangi kalanga ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamaau.
7Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
8Kuo ne feleʻi hoku hala ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu, pea kuo ne ʻai ʻae fakapoʻuli ʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
9Kuo ne fakamasivaʻi au ʻi hoku nāunau, pea kuo ne toʻo ʻae tatā mei hoku ʻulu.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10Kuo ne fakaʻauhaʻi au mei he potu kotoa pē, pea kuo u mole: pea kuo ne taʻaki ʻeku ʻamanaki ʻo hangē ha ʻakau.
10He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
11Kuo ne tutu foki ʻa hono houhau kiate au, pea ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko e taha ʻo hono ngaahi fili.
11He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
12ʻOku fakataha ʻene ngaahi kautau, ʻonau keli takatakai ʻiate au, pea nofo fakatakamilo ʻi hoku fale.
12His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
13“Kuo ne fakamamaʻo atu hoku kāinga ʻiate au, pea ko ʻeku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻoku mahuʻi ʻaupito meiate au.
13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14Kuo mahuʻi hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻiate au, pea kuo fakangalongaloʻi au ʻe hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani.
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi hoku fale, mo ʻeku kau kaunanga, ʻoku nau lau au ko e muli, ko e taha kehe au ʻi honau ʻao.
15They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
16Naʻaku ui ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali; ne u fakakolekole ʻaki hoku ngutu ki ai.
16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
17Kuo fakalielia ʻa ʻeku mānava ki hoku uaifi, neongo ʻa ʻeku fakakolekole koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa hoku sino ʻoʻoku.
17My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
18ʻIo, naʻe manukiʻi au ʻe he fānau iiki, ʻoku ou tuʻu hake pea nau lauʻikoviʻi au.
18Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
19Kuo fehiʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani kotoa pē, pea ko kinautolu ne u ʻofa ki ai kuo liliu ʻo angatuʻu kiate au.
19All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20ʻOku piki hoku ngaahi hui ki hoku kili ʻo hangē ko hoku kakano, pea kuo u hao mo e kili ʻo hoku kau nifo.
20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21“ʻOfa mai kiate au, ʻofa mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ko hoku kāinga; he kuo ala kiate au ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua.
21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22Ko e hā ʻoku mou fakatanga ai au ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtua, pea mou taʻefiu ʻi hoku kakano?
22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23“Taumaiā kuo tohi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea! Taumaiā kuo tohi ia ʻi ha tohi!
23Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24Koeʻuhi ke tohi tongi ia ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea mo e pulu, ʻi he maka ke taʻengata!
24That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
25He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa hoku Huhuʻi, pea ʻe tuʻu ia ʻi māmani ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.
25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
26Pea ka ʻosi hoku kili pea maumau hoku sino, ka te u mamata ʻi hoku kakano ki he ʻOtua:
26And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
27ʻAia te u mamata ki ai maʻaku, pea ʻe vakai ki ai ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ha taha kehe; “Neongo ʻae ʻauha ʻa hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino ʻiate au.
27Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
28Ka ʻe lelei hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku tau fakatanga ai ia?’ He ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae tefito ʻoe meʻa lelei.
28If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
29Ke manavahē ʻakimoutolu ki he heletā: he ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he ʻita ʻae ngaahi tautea ʻoe heletā, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku ai ʻae fakamaau.”
29Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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