Siope 20
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea naʻe toki pehēange ʻe Sofaa mei Neama, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
2“Ko e moʻoni ʻoku langaʻi au ʻe heʻeku ngaahi mahalo ke u tali, ko ia ʻoku ou fakatoʻotoʻo ai.
2Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.
3Kuo u fanongo ki he tautea ʻo ʻeku manuki, pea ko e laumālie ʻo ʻeku ʻilo ʻoku langaʻi au ke u tali.
3The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.
4ʻIkai te ke ʻilo eni mei muʻa, talu hono tuku ʻoe tangata ʻi māmani,
4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
5Koeʻuhi ʻoku fuonounou ʻae nekeneka ʻoe angahala, pea ko e fiefia ʻae mālualoi ʻoku ʻi he kemo pe taha?
5That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
6Neongo ʻae aʻu hake ki he langi ʻa hono ongolelei, pea ʻasi hake hono ʻulu ki he ngaahi ʻao;
6If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:
7Ka ʻe ʻauha ia ʻo taʻengata ʻo hangē pe ko ʻene meʻa kovi ʻaʻana: ko kinautolu naʻe mamata ki ai te nau pehē, ‘Kofaʻā ia?’
7In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that has seen him shall say: Where is he?
8ʻE puna atu ia ʻo hangē ha misi, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻilo ia: ʻio, ʻe tuli atu ia ʻo hangē ko ha meʻa ʻoku hā mai ʻi he pō.
8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
9Ko e mata foki naʻe mamata ki ai ʻe ʻikai toe mamata ai; pea ʻe ʻikai toe ʻilo ia ʻe hono potu.
9The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
10ʻE kumi ʻe heʻene fānau ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻae masiva, pea ʻe toe ʻatu ʻe hono nima ʻenau ngaahi meʻa.
10His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
11ʻOku fonu hono ngaahi hui ʻi he angahala ʻo ʻene kei siʻi, pea ʻe takoto mo ia ʻi he efu.
11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
12“Neongo ʻoku melie ʻi hono ngutu ʻae fai kovi, pea ne fufū ia ʻi hono lalo ʻelelo:
12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
13Neongo ʻene mamae ki ai, ʻo ʻikai liʻaki; kae maʻu pe ʻi hono loto ngutu:
13He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
14ʻE liliu ʻene meʻakai ʻi hono kete, ʻe hoko ia ko e ʻahu ʻoe fanga ngata fekai ʻi loto ʻiate ia.
14His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.
15Kuo ne folo hifo ʻae koloa, ka te ne toe lua ʻaki hake ia: ʻe lī ia ʻe he ʻOtua mei hono kete.
15The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.
16ʻE mimisi ʻe ia ʻae kona ʻoe fanga ngata fekai: ʻe teʻia ia ʻe he ʻelelo ʻoe ngata fekai.
16He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper’s tongue shall kill him.
17ʻE ʻikai mamata ia ki he ngaahi vai, ko e ngaahi vai lahi, mo e ngaahi vaitafe ʻoe meʻa huʻamelie mo e pota.
17(Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)
18ʻE toe ʻatu ʻe ia ʻae fua ʻo ʻene ngāue, pea ʻe ʻikai folo hifo: pea ʻe ʻikai fiefia ia ʻi he lahi fau ʻo ʻene koloa.
18He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.
19Koeʻuhi kuo ne taʻomia mo liʻaki ʻae masiva; kuo ne toʻo fakamālohi ʻae fale naʻe ʻikai ke ne langa;
19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
20“Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai te ne ongoʻi ʻae fiemālie ʻi hono loto, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa maʻu ʻaia kuo ne holi ki ai.
20And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.
21ʻE ʻikai toe ʻene meʻa kai; ko ia ʻe ʻikai ʻamanaki ʻe ha taha ki haʻane meʻa.
21There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:
22ʻI he lahi ʻo ʻene maʻumeʻa ʻe masiva ai ia; ʻe hoko kiate ia ʻae nima ʻoe angakovi kotoa pē.
22When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
23ʻI heʻene teu ke fakapito hono kete, ʻe lī kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae mālohi ʻo hono houhau, pea fakaʻauha ia kiate ia lolotonga ʻene kai.
23May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
24ʻE puna ia mei he meʻa tau ukamea, ka ʻe fanaʻi ia ke ʻasi ʻe he kaufana ukamea.
24He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.
25ʻE unuhi ia, pea ʻasi ʻi hono sino; ʻio, ʻoku haʻu mei hono ʻahu ʻae heletā ngingila, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi ilifia.
25The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.
26Ko e ngaahi fakapoʻuli kotoa pē kuo fufū ʻi hono ngaahi potu fakalilolilo: ʻe fakaʻauha ia ʻe he afi taʻetapili; ʻe hoko ʻae kovi kiate ia ʻoku toe ʻi hono ʻapi.
26All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.
27ʻE fakahā ʻe he langi ʻa ʻene fai kovi, pea ʻe tuʻu hake ki ai ʻae fonua.
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
28Ko e koloa ʻo hono fale ʻe mole, pea tafe atu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hono houhau.
28The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.
29Ko e ʻinasi eni ʻoe tangata angahala mei he ʻOtua, mo e tufakanga kuo tuʻutuʻuni maʻana ʻe he ʻOtua.”
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.
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